Politics
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 039, How I Spent Doug Ford’s Summer Vacation
We begin this month by tuning in to the wonderfully named Special Committee on Governance, which was created to find ways to adjust to the changes imposed...
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LORINC: Greta dared all of us to do better. Now what?
In the aftermath of last week’s heady and inspiring climate marches, everyone who’s concerned about global warming should be asking themselves: what next...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 038, Take it to the Streets
Lanrick Bennett starts us off, talking about a pop-up pilot bike lane project on Toronto’s Danforth Ave. Jared Kolb is stepping down as executive...
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LORINC: New residential density plans a small step in right direction
Toronto council today took one small step towards a more rational and potentially more equitable residential land use planning policy with a motion, moved...
By John Lorinc -
ROBINSON: How does government fit into smart city plans?
In the 48 hours since Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan dropped, we have all been working our way through its 1524 pages, watching as...
By Pamela Robinson -
LORINC: Sidewalk Labs and the problem of smart city governance
On page 222 of the least jazzy of Sidewalk Lab’s four-volume magnum opus outlining its plan for Quayside-plus is the first of a series of supplemental...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The myth of the city charter
Midtown city councillor Josh Matlow’s packed public meeting this week, convened to whip up support for charter status for Toronto, may have been good...
By John Lorinc -
City politics in the wake of Ontario’s Bill 5 and lessons for Canadian cities
Last week, two things happened that are useful markers for where Toronto sits in the struggle to manage the impact from Bill 5: a court appeal and a...
By Tricia Wood -
LORINC: Welcome to the post-civic engagement era
With the landslide of hostile omnibus legislation spewing out of Queen’s Park this spring, I found myself wondering whether Doug Ford, General Secretary...
By John Lorinc -
REID: Embedding municipal government in the constitution
Premier Doug Ford’s sudden and arbitrary interference in the 2018 Toronto municipal election – and the preliminary court decision that allowed him to...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: Ford Nation’s growth plan cruises across the finish line
Now that Mayor John Tory has put the muzzle back on his political attack puppy, it’s safe to conclude that nothing else stands between the Ford government...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 035, Activate
In this episode, we join Thomas McKechnie, playwright and organizer with Foodsters United — a new union working for a fair deal for food delivery workers...
By Spacing Radio