Politics
LORINC: 10 questions about the Ontario Place redevelopment
By John Lorinc
At some point this week, City officials will upload the Ford government’s zoning bylaw amendment application for the Ontario... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 068, Looking for the bright side of Toronto’s election
By Spacing Radio
We’ve had some time to make sense of the Toronto election, and what it might mean for the next four years in this city. Is there... Read More
LORINC: Toronto’s development charge showdown is a distraction
By John Lorinc
As the battle over Bill-23 — a.k.a. the “More Housing Bigger Profits Act” — rumbled towards its inevitable conclusion... Read More
LORINC: What the Unfair Mayor System could look like in practice
By John Lorinc
Late last week, after the Ontario government revealed that it was bulking up mayoral veto powers for the cities of Toronto and Ottawa... Read More
Will Bill 23 kill heritage protections?
By Michael McClelland
The Ontario government has proposed new legislation called the More Homes, Built Faster Act (Bill 23). But I’d prefer an act called... Read More
LORINC: Paul Bedford on what happens next with the Ontario Place redevelopment
By John Lorinc
In the days immediately following the municipal election, the second round of public consultations on the revitalization, so-called... Read More
LORINC: Will Toronto defend its rental replacement law from Doug Ford?
By John Lorinc
In the late 1990s, then St. Paul’s West councillor Joe Mihevc took up the cause of several hundred tenants, many of them... Read More
REID: The Jenga school of civic management
By Dylan Reid
For some years, I worked for an organization that practiced what I came to think of as the Jenga school of management. The... Read More
LORINC: Who is behind the Therme Group, the spa company redeveloping Ontario Place?
By John Lorinc
When Sidewalk Labs rolled into Toronto in 2017, there was no ambiguity about the corporate family tree. Sidewalk officials repeatedly... Read More
ELECTION: Beware of what you wished for
By John Lorinc
The outcome, at least on the mayoral vote, was not ambiguous: Mayor John Tory, campaigning — if that’s how his performance in... Read More