Politics
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LORINC: The many faces of Giambrone
If I tried to catalogue the full inventory of Adam Giambrone’s prevarications in the Scarborough-Guildwood by-election, which will be decided on Thursday...
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LORINC: Why City Council’s Scarborough subway is another undecision
Okay, so now what? After last week’s multi-act debacle, the question hovering over Toronto city council’s Scarborough subway gamble is the obvious one...
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LORINC: No more clarity needed on transit from city hall
On the eve of council’s debate over the foolish plan to tear up the City’s $8.7 billion deal with Metrolinx, I’d like to dredge up a detail from recent...
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LORINC: When a decision is not a decision — the undead Scarborough subway
In the midst of the Toronto Spring in early 2012, TTC chair Karen Stintz posed a question to me that has stuck in my mind ever since: “How do we know...
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LORINC: John Tory’s mayoral dilemma
If you situate your views in the political middle or slightly to the right, and if you find yourself disgusted with Rob Ford’s four-year three-ring...
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LORINC: What will be Doug Ford’s legacy?
It struck me over the weekend that when I look back on this four-year hallucination known as the Ford administration, I will be summoning up a composite...
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The elegance of the plastic bag fee
The plastic bag issue is returning to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday. City staff are recommending a “comprehensiveÂ...
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LORINC: Diversity at city hall no longer our strength
Question: If Mayor Rob Ford had replaced Jaye Robinson with Frances Nunziata on the executive committee yesterday (note to procedural geeks: I know this...
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What has Doug Ford done for his ward? Apparently very little
For two-and-a-half years, Doug Ford’s gladiatorial approach to municipal governance has been as unchanging as that vacant Etobicoke field his brother Rob...
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OP-ED: Metrolinx’s strategy undercounts billions in revenue
When Metrolinx released its Investment Strategy on May 27, many urbanists rushed to endorse it, arguing that any plan to fund more transit was a good...
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LORINC: Glen Murray talks transit revenue tools with Spacing
Everyone knows that Mayor Rob Ford likes revenue tools about as much as the Pride Parade. But when federal Tory finance minister Jim Flaherty waded...
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LORINC: Fourth quarter and Team Ford is down by a few
If you lived inside Rob Ford’s brain these days, what kind of thoughts would you expect to see floating by? After watching the revolving door spectacle...
By John Lorinc