Elections
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Election 2026: Can candidates debate in depth?
This article is part of a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Toronto faces a long list of...
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NEW ISSUE: Issues & Influencers
For every municipal election since we started Spacing, we’ve published a special election-focused issue in advance of the polls. This year, we decided to...
By Dylan Reid -
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on...
By John Lorinc -
Election 2026: The inter-governmental elephant in the room
In the hall-of-mirrors that is the current mayoral election, as my colleagues John McGrath and Matt Elliott noted, we had the following weirdness last...
By John Lorinc -
Election 2026: How to Read a Candidate’s Platform
This article is part of a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Political campaigns must...
By Christopher Balkaran -
OP-ED: Fighting global warming with joy
This month, more than 1,000 people from across Canada are coming to Toronto to talk about climate adaptation. The timing is good. Toronto has just come...
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Election 2026: Culture wars are warping cycling policy
In 2014, I did something I never imagined I would do — especially after years spent as a political staffer watching campaigns from the inside. I put my...
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Election 2026: Let’s talk about local democracy in Toronto
co-written by Nick Vlahos, Patricia Wood and Gabriel Eidelman Housing. Transit. Crime. Taxes. Bike lanes. Billy Bishop Airport. Almost every major issue...
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Brad Bradford’s glaring judgment problem
By John Lorinc Spacing So, here we are on the eve of the firing of the starter’s pistol for the mayoral race, and Brad Bradford is already mired in...
By John Lorinc -
The Return of Chloe Brown
It takes courage to take on a dynasty, but Chloe Brown has courage – and spirit – to burn. An original thinker, Brown has run for mayor twice, coming in...
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Election 2026: How to critically listen to a municipal candidate
This article begins a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Growing up in Scarborough, I...
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OP-ED: Can Toronto give itself a green light?
This op-ed launches our pre-election discussions of key issues ahead of Toronto’s October 26 municipal election. Our election issue will be...
By Antoine Belaieff and Kelly Rowe