Politics
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UCS #124 – Past & Future?
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Published roughly weekly by a group of cartoonists and...
By Erick Villagomez -
Election 2026: Olivia Chow and the post-election safety file
Lost in the aftermath of Olivia Chow’s shock-and-awe victory last week — in which she beat Brad Bradford by almost 130,000 votes and prevailed in...
By John Lorinc -
Winning Is Not Governing
Four years ago, ABC Vancouver won a commanding majority at City Hall. This October, voters elected a very different government, leaving ABC with just one...
By Erick Villagomez -
UCS #122 – Eviction Notice
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
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UCS #121 – Where to Get Off The Bus
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
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Election 2026: A failure of political imagination
A week ago, I saw a widely shared photo of a pair of cyclist demonstrators planted in the middle of the now destroyed Bloor West bike lane, staring down a...
By John Lorinc -
Election 2026: Who Has the Power to Deliver?
This article is part of a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. This past week, the two...
By Christopher Balkaran -
When Is Power Enough?
David Eby already had what most politicians spend their careers trying to acquire. He was premier of British Columbia. His party held a majority in the...
By Erick Villagomez -
London, Paris, Toronto: A tale of three biking cities
I spent some time in the past couple of weeks in London and Paris, and there’s an emerging point of contrast between these two alpha-cities that has...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 096, Toronto Election Council Races
To prepare you for the Toronto municipal election happening now until October 26, we’ve prepared an expert panel on the council races that stand out...
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Election 2026: Who gets to live in the city?
The housing crisis is a well-trod matter in municipal election debates, and concerns about cost of living and housing affordability have remained at the...
By Andrea Gunraj -
UCS #120: The Brighter Side of AI Data Centres
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate