Politics
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LORINC: Are Toronto’s high-rises safe for seniors? Part I
This is part 1 of a 3-part series on the challenges faced by residents of Toronto Community Housing Marjorie MacMillan, a retiree who lives in the Toronto...
By John Lorinc -
Pam McConnell 1946-2017: A true public servant
In 1997, just months before the old City of Toronto was swallowed up into the chaos of amalgamation, Pam McConnell, who then represented an east-end...
By John Lorinc -
Pride and Policing: a comparative history of Toronto and New York
The decision to ban uniformed police from marching at this year’s Toronto Pride Parade has prompted an invitation from the Gay Officers Action League...
By Marina Tyszkiewicz -
Toronto’s strange climate change plan in the age of Trump
When U.S. president Donald Trump announced last week that he’d decided to abandon the historic Paris Accord, national and sub-national governments around...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The politics of the minimum wage
One of the more curious differences between the powers of American and Canadian cities has to do with the former’s ability — and willingness — to impose...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: No relief in sight when it comes to subways and politics
In the bonfire of the vanities that is transit politics in Greater Toronto, it is often difficult to identify who is the biggest bozo. Take, for example...
By John Lorinc -
A new low for the Scarborough Subway champion
For 2016’s annual Torontoist Heroes and Villains feature, I nominated Toronto Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38, Scarborough Centre) as...
By Sean Marshall -
LORINC: Why the Libs’ planning mistakes are fuelling the GTA’s real estate madness
Until the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) released a new report showing that a shortage of supply wasn’t, in fact, the culprit in the speculative...
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John Tory is serving up a platform for Doug Ford 2018
Say you’re Doug Ford. Say you’re tuning in to Episode 237 of the Scarborough Subway Extension Netflix mini-series. Say you’re listening, in your predatory...
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EDITORIAL: It’s time to stop the Scarborough Subway
This is an editorial from the Spacing magazine team Make no mistake: the current Scarborough subway extension (SSE) plan has become this generation’s...
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LORINC: Bombardier’s bribery problems in Europe hurt Toronto
To all the tornado chasers who spot the twisters whipping destructively across Toronto’s forlorn transit geography, add this storm system to your list of...
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LORINC: The Scarborough subway extension’s escape hatches
When I look at the latest staff report outlining, ahem, progress on the Scarborough subway extension (SSE), I see a document absolutely packed with...
By John Lorinc