Politics
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LORINC: Ford’s flag flap flops
Monday morning pop quiz: As of first thing last Friday morning, how many Torontonians — or Canadians, for that matter — knew that city councils across the...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: deBaeremaeker fans urban-suburban divide
After his over-the-top outburst at the end of council’s budgapalooza, I realized I had reached my lifetime dose of Councillor Glenn de Baeremaeker’s...
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LORINC: Ford’s land transfer tax fantasy
Mayor Rob Ford showed up to his budget show-down presser yesterday wearing a Denver Bronco’s jersey, and I suppose the logic isn’t hard to fathom. The...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Metrolinx and Accenture deny Presto-DC allegations
Metrolinx officials last week strongly denied that Accenture had leveraged its $700 million-plus Presto contract to win a $184 million/six-year deal for a...
By John Lorinc -
The difference between a fee and a tax for city governments
Before the holidays I got into a discussion with Ed Keenan about whether there is a difference between a fee and a tax. In an article, Keenan said...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: Toronto’s business community vs. Rob Ford?
For much of the past two years, University of Toronto urban geographer Richard Florida has repeatedly asked a probing question about the political...
By John Lorinc -
Book Review: Thinking about Yonge-Dundas Square
2013 is not only the 10th anniversary of Spacing, but also the 10th anniversary of Yonge-Dundas Square. The two anniversaries are related — in the first...
By Dylan Reid -
The 10 best Rob Ford-related parodies
At the root of it, the Rob Ford scandal is no joke. Illicit drugs, police investigations, and extortion are all serious matters. But the whirlwind of...
By Josh Sherman -
LORINC: Rise up, Toronto Nation
I am leaving for a long-planned three-week trip later today. As on the eve of all such journeys abroad, I am filled with anticipation about visiting...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: From the Big Move to the Big Stall
Let me say this up front: I have enormous respect for Anne Golden and Paul Bedford. They both understand cities, and have progressive visions of what this...
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LORINC: City has upper hand with Island airport
In his first substantive move as council’s pilot-in-chief, deputy mayor Norm Kelly last week engineered a two-month deferral of the island airport jets...
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Inequality — the real issue behind the Ford crisis in Toronto
The circus of Rob Ford has gained international media attention and been fodder for late night comedians. It does represent a real crisis of governance...
By Hassan Arif