Politics
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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...
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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...
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LORINC: Mayoral candidates carve out positions on transit revenue tools
To tee up the surreal transit funding discussion that will take place at City Hall’s executive committee this week, here’s a quick recap on the...
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LORINC: Peeling back layers of Liberals’ democratic reform
Without question, last week’s vote on the ranked-ballot bill proposed by Scarborough Liberal MPP Mitzi Hunter represented a huge victory for the reformers...
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LORINC: Campaign Notes — Five-and-a-half Questions for Olivia Chow
Four in, and now we wait… In the hangover-like aftermath of last week — which started with a pair of jockeyed candidacy registrations and ended with...
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LORINC: Campaign Notes — Tory & Stintz are in & Doug Ford goes after Nick Kouvalis
Is “relief” the gravy metaphor for the 2014 race? Near the top of John Tory’s slickly designed website, it says the candidate “vows to build relief line....
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LORINC: Why aren’t we bundling transit into the Gardiner removal decision?
With the sort of discretion normally reserved for wait staff and funeral directors, Waterfront Toronto’s (WT) board very quietly released its...
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EVENT: Justice in Housing in Toronto
The Justice in Toronto Lecture Series will hold its second event of 2014 on Thursday, February 27. This evening lecture will explore Justice in Housing in...
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LORINC: What kind of transit plan will Tory present?
If you’ll pardon the cliché, that great sucking sound we’re all hearing these days is coming from John Tory’s almost-a-campaign team, the members of which...
By John Lorinc