Politics
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SPACING INVESTIGATION, PART 3: Ignoring the projected high costs and low ridership
When Toronto city council convened in July, 2013, to make a clear decision on the Scarborough subway conversion, City staff provided an estimate on the...
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SPACING INVESTIGATION, PART 2: “It’ll be over my dead body that Scarborough goes wanting for high speed transit”
On the surface, last summer’s council show-down over the Scarborough subway proposal was the culmination of a sustained political advocacy campaign by TTC...
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SPACING INVESTIGATION, PART 1: The political movements behind the Scarborough Subway
For the last five months Spacing has been investigating the political maneuvering behind the decision to build the Scarborough subway. This is part 1 of 5...
By John Lorinc -
SPACING INVESTIGATION: Timeline of the Scarborough Subway
For the last five months Spacing has been investigating the political maneuvering behind the decision to build the Scarborough subway. This is the...
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LORINC: Garbage in, garbage out
It’s easy to forget, after the landslide of (political) crud unleashed by the brothers Ford, that our chief magistrate’s checkered mayoral career traces...
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LORINC: John Tory Q&A on how to pay for transit
With Mayor Rob Ford out of the race, at least for the time being, John Tory suddenly finds himself with an unexpected opportunity to hoover some of the...
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LORINC: In Ontario election what is the lesser of three evils?
By just about any standard of political analysis I can conjure up, the Ontario Liberal Party desperately needs a time-out. But the problem that be-devils...
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LORINC: Rob Ford takes a look in the mirror
Ever since Rob Ford became mayor, the city has been transfixed by the spectacle of a man uniquely unsuited to hold high public office, inflicting...
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EVENT: Education & Justice in Toronto
The final event of the Justice in Toronto lecture series takes place tomorrow at 230 College Street. This free evening lecture will explore Education...
By Dale Duncan -
LORINC: The courting of Adam Vaughan
Anyone who’s spent even a few minutes in the company of Adam Vaughan knows that the two-term councilor for Trinity-Spadina is about as close to a walking...
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LORINC: Which John Tory will speak up when it comes to transit?
Earlier today, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the grand reveal of the Liberal government’s long-awaited strategy to fund GTA transit this week. In the...
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LORINC: Chow dithers on downtown relief line
On his radio show last week, The Grid’s Ed Keenan asked Olivia Chow to clarify her position on the [insert euphemism here] Relief Line. Her answer: “I...
By John Lorinc