Politics
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EXCERPT: The Islands In My Brain, from “I Own This Town” by Mayor Bert Xanadu
“I Own This Town” is a Toronto-centric collection of essays, screeds, proclamations, asides, orders, observations, outbursts and flattery that...
By Mayor Bert Xanadu -
How District Energy is Decarbonizing Cities
Although many communities in Ontario and across Canada have pledged support for the government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2050, few...
By Glenn Miller -
LORINC: Doug Ford’s electrification plan is actually a gas-powered climate nightmare
It being election season (and Earth Day), the Ontario government news releases are arriving a dime a dozen right now, and many seem to feature the...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The horrible lies of Pierre Poilievre’s real estate lessons
Why do we have a housing crisis? Let me count the ways: Low interest rates, restrictive zoning, permissive zoning, contractor shortages, building material...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Holding an easily re-electable Mayor John Tory accountable
Elections matter, as the old rule of thumb goes, but maybe some matter less than others? It certainly seems, at this point, that Toronto’s 2022...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: In praise of low-tech crowd control to thwart the trucker convoy
Like many angry and aghast Canadians, I felt deep satisfaction this past weekend watching the images of ordinary Ottawa residents blocking the route of a...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Debunking the misinformation about garden suites
While most people were riveted last weekend by the wretched spectacle of extremist-palooza in Ottawa, the busy beavers of the tiny world of ratepayer...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 064, Toronto Shelter Collapse
Those working with unhoused people in Toronto, like Sanctuary Toronto outreach worker Lorraine Lam, are warning about the total collapse of the...
By Spacing Radio -
LORINC: The paradox of the City’s new sidewalk snow removal program
A question for the immediate aftermath of the heaviest snowstorm in ten years: Following years of resident complaints and half-hearted lobbying from...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Is the City of Toronto’s buffed up climate plan just hot air?
I’ve expressed this frustration before (here and here), and I suspect I’ll express it again: watching Toronto City Council’s response to...
By John Lorinc -
Regent Park Revitalization: A Progress Report by Spacing
Beginning this week, Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) and Tridel formally commence a public consultation process that marks the beginning of the...
By Spacing -
LORINC: The Revenge of the Market Urbanists
Here’s a tale of two cities… In the City of Toronto (pop. 2.8 million), there are about 1.1 million private dwellings, and most of the growth...
By John Lorinc