Politics
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LORINC: What’s the big idea behind Housing Now?
John Tory’s executive committee convenes today to consider, among other items, the fleshed out implementation strategy for the first phase of his Housing...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Will this council actually fix Toronto’s housing crisis?
If you did the blink test on last fall’s municipal election (disregarding all the static created by Doug Ford’s intervention), it would be fair to say the...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Subway upload: negotiating when you have no cards in your hand
As has been widely noted, the Ford government’s approach to nearly everything has a kind of malevolent Bozo-the-clown vibe, with an emerging record of...
By John Lorinc -
Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto
OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for future generations of...
By Spacing -
LORINC: Throwing out the baby with the harbour water?
The long-awaited auditor general’s report on Waterfront Toronto (WT), released yesterday, is really two evaluations for the price of one. Part of the...
By John Lorinc -
REID: Ward councils for Toronto?
In the wake of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s mid-election decree shrinking Toronto City Council from a planned 47 councillors to just 25, there has been...
By Dylan Reid -
We need to talk about cars
When we plan for our transportation future, whether we’re talking at the municipal, regional or provincial level, there’s an elephant in the room. Even...
By Tricia Wood -
ELECTION: What we didn’t talk about
An old aphorism about elections attributed to former Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell is that the campaign trail is no place for thoughtful debate...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Election Panel with Matthew Blackett and Shawn Micallef
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we’ll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will help you wade through what is maybe...
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ELECTION: Spacing Radio has you covered
From the early days of campaign planning, to Doug Ford’s assault on Toronto city hall, and the mayoral and council races that followed, our Spacing...
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ELECTION: Could we please have a mayor who will stand up for Toronto?
Next week’s municipal election is not going to be as it should be. We should have 47 wards in this city. Doug Ford’s anti-democratic interference in our...
By Tricia Wood -
Come to our election viewing / release party on Monday!
WHAT: 2018 Election viewing party / Spacing Fall 2018 release party WHEN: Monday, October 22 7pm-11pm WHERE: Pauper’s Pub, 539 Bloor St W, just east...
By Matthew Blackett