Politics
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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 -
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 -
OP-ED: It’s not just about bike lanes
Whether it’s buck-a-beer, easier access to alcohol, or tunnelling under Highway 401, Doug Ford has proven himself to be a master of distraction...
By Albert Koehl -
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 -
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...
By Eleanor McMahon -
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...
By Susan Grimbly