By John Lorinc
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LORINC: The casino debate and non-fiction numbers
The City of Toronto claims to be interested in your opinion about the proposal to allow the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission develop an integrated...
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LORINC: Beware what you wish for in Gardiner debate
Hands up everyone who loves Lakeshore Boulevard east of the Don, where the Gardiner stub once stood, a monument to an earlier generation’s failed plans...
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LORINC: Building a better budget at city hall
I’ve been a business reporter longer than I’ve covered politics, and I can say without fear of contradiction that the City of Toronto’s budget documents â€...
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LORINC: The merits of appointing a caretaker mayor
Though I can’t speak for my colleagues in the press gallery, I suspect there were many secret pangs of disappointment last Friday when Justice Charles...
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LORINC: The last stand of Rob Ford
In this edition of Lorinc’s Legal Briefs, let’s begin with Exhibit A: the rulebook of the Canadian Football League. When Rob Ford leads teenagers onto the...
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LORINC: Does Andy Byford have buyer’s regret?
One can only imagine the thoughts that must have chugged through Andy Byford’s mind last week when he found himself forced to inform the mayor’s office...
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LORINC: Doubling Down on Toronto’s Future
It was difficult not to think about the nature of civic leadership last week, what with New York mayor Mike Bloomberg serving as the face of a metropolis...
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LORINC: Understanding the pressures of downtown development
Just in time for Halloween, Tom Jakobek, Toronto’s most infamous undead politician, appeared at a community meeting last week to rally the locals against...
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LORINC: Ontario NDP have missed the train
Here’s a question: Why is Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath totally missing in action when it comes to transit? Think about it: when was the last time you...
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LORINC: Dividing the spoils of road pricing
Remember this phrase: funding allocation formula. Last week, before Dalton McGuinty dropped his bomb, everyone piled into the transit financing debate and...
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LORINC: Ceasefire or armistice between TTC and Metrolinx?
At the press conference last week where the TTC and Metrolinx declared their latest truce, I asked Liberal infrastructure minister Bob Chiarelli whether...
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LORINC: The death knell of Metrolinx?
In case you didn’t notice it, that little puff of smoke receding over the horizon this fall is Metrolinx’s $50 billion Big Move investment strategy...