Politics
REID: The Toronto vote in the 2022 Ontario provincial election
By Dylan Reid
Municipal issues in the City of Toronto are deeply affected by the results of the provincial election. Planning regulations... Read More
LORINC: This fall’s election shouldn’t be a victory lap
By John Lorinc
Mayor John Tory was out and about late last week, talking up what was billed as a plan to revive the city’s economy but which... Read More
WHY WE CAN’T GO: Debunking the Costs of Operating Public Washrooms, pt. 3
By John Lorinc
Parks Forestry and Recreation (PFR), according to City of Toronto data, operates over 1,500 parks, nearly 700 sports fields, 123... Read More
REID: Sixty-two pages of overdue staff reports
By Dylan Reid
Asking overburdened staff for reports is one of the favourite pastimes of Toronto city council. But what happens to those report... Read More
LORINC: Highway 413 and Doug Ford’s tactical whataboutism
By John Lorinc
Going in to this election, did anyone really expect that it would come to focus so intensively on that great big ribbon of blacktop... Read More
EXCERPT: The Islands In My Brain, from “I Own This Town” by Mayor Bert Xanadu
By Mayor Bert Xanadu
“I Own This Town” is a Toronto-centric collection of essays, screeds, proclamations, asides, orders, observations... Read More
How District Energy is Decarbonizing Cities
By Glenn Miller
Although many communities in Ontario and across Canada have pledged support for the government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero... Read More
LORINC: Doug Ford’s electrification plan is actually a gas-powered climate nightmare
By John Lorinc
It being election season (and Earth Day), the Ontario government news releases are arriving a dime a dozen right now, and many seem to... Read More
LORINC: The horrible lies of Pierre Poilievre’s real estate lessons
By John Lorinc
Why do we have a housing crisis? Let me count the ways: Low interest rates, restrictive zoning, permissive zoning, contractor... Read More
LORINC: Holding an easily re-electable Mayor John Tory accountable
By John Lorinc
Elections matter, as the old rule of thumb goes, but maybe some matter less than others? It certainly seems, at this point, that... Read More