Politics
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MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 4
Exactly fifteen years ago this week, I received this short and uplifting e-mail from Toronto city staff: January 12, 2006 Hi Dave, We have researched...
By Dave Meslin -
Reading List: John Sewell, “The Shape of the Suburbs”
When John Sewell’s book The Shape of the Suburbs: Understanding Toronto’s Sprawl came out in 2009, I read it soon after publication, flagging passages...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: Crombie’s resignation from Greenbelt Council reminds us to look upstream
Of course, the Ford government responded with misdirection and a bit of money. In the wake of David Crombie’s weekend resignation from the Greenbelt...
By John Lorinc -
COVID-19 stimulus spending needs to be wise to the perils of road building
In times of economic crisis, stimulus spending is important. But spending it wisely is even more important. In the midst of the climate and public health...
By Nicholas Sanderson -
Ten tips for the cycling advocate at City Hall
When Bells on Bloor was formed in 2007, we thought that convincing City Hall to install bike lanes was simply a question of demonstrating strong community...
By Albert Koehl -
LORINC: Tall or small is a false choice between main streets and intensification
At its meeting Monday, the Toronto Preservation Board (TPB) voted to adopt a set of staff recommendations that seemed, to some observers as well as...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 051, Toronto’s shelter disaster
In this episode, we look at the housing and homelessness crisis that has escalated into a full-blown disaster during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dania Majid...
By Spacing Radio -
A case for compassionate design in housing standards at Toronto shelters
For thousands of Toronto residents, housing precarity and homelessness are a lived reality. But for many others, the issue grew suddenly more visible as...
By Kellie Chin and Naomi Shewchuk -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 050, Toronto transit in the pandemic
It’s been too long since we had a classic Toronto transit episode. And, with the City and province grappling with the pandemic, and the threat of a...
By Spacing Radio -
LORINC: Building a better residents association
We live in a society where individuals aren’t regulated in the ways in which they participate in (legal) group activities — from reading groups to sports...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 049, City scenes that saved summer
It’s been a rough summer for everyone, but people have found ways to get outside and make the most of it. In this episode, we speak to 8 80...
By Glyn Bowerman -
Incomplete streets, incomplete imaginations: Safe streets for whom?
My experience in community bike spaces, and later in cycling advocacy spaces, has been profoundly impactful and transformative. I have become acquainted...
By Sabat Ismail