By John Lorinc
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LORINC: The politics of the minimum wage
One of the more curious differences between the powers of American and Canadian cities has to do with the former’s ability — and willingness — to impose...
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LORINC: No relief in sight when it comes to subways and politics
In the bonfire of the vanities that is transit politics in Greater Toronto, it is often difficult to identify who is the biggest bozo. Take, for example...
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LORINC: Why the Libs’ planning mistakes are fuelling the GTA’s real estate madness
Until the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) released a new report showing that a shortage of supply wasn’t, in fact, the culprit in the speculative...
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THE WARD MUSICAL: Songs and Sounds of a Lost Toronto Neighbourhood
If you try to imagine your way back into the early 20th century streets and laneways of The Ward — the dense immigrant enclave razed to make way for...
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John Tory is serving up a platform for Doug Ford 2018
Say you’re Doug Ford. Say you’re tuning in to Episode 237 of the Scarborough Subway Extension Netflix mini-series. Say you’re listening, in your predatory...
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Unpacking Kellie Leitch’s Phony Threat
By Alexandra Flynn Spacing In an echo of President Donald Trump’s policy-by-twitter, MP Kellie Leitch has turned her attention to sanctuary cities. In a...
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LORINC: Bombardier’s bribery problems in Europe hurt Toronto
To all the tornado chasers who spot the twisters whipping destructively across Toronto’s forlorn transit geography, add this storm system to your list of...
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LORINC: The Scarborough subway extension’s escape hatches
When I look at the latest staff report outlining, ahem, progress on the Scarborough subway extension (SSE), I see a document absolutely packed with...
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LORINC: What the 2016 Canadian census tells us
For those of you who aren’t transfixed by the sight of our youthful prime minister walking the plank today in Washington, here are some thoughts about...
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LORINC: Wynne’s U-turn on road tolls dangerous for Tory
Since the news of the Liberals’ reversal on road tolls for the Gardiner and the Don Valley Parkway began to leak last Thursday evening, Premier Kathleen...
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LORINC: Cities need to heed signals from Trudeau government
The little explosion of sweaty news last week about an apparently buried federal report predicting “decades” of gigantic deficits added just a bit more...
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LORINC: A watchdog for all those $2 road tolls
During the (only half-finished) debate over John Tory’s road tolls scheme, the mayor offered up what looked mostly like a nerve-soothing rider for the...