Politics
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LORINC: Is the CNE Casino a Field of Dreams?
Late last week, City officials announced that the release of the casino report long expected to be tabled to the executive committee next week, will be...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: MGM’s Casino Ex-travaganza: have we seen this show before?
When MGM Resorts International unveiled its flashy proto-proposal for the CNE yesterday, the company’s officials were eager to talk about the 10,000 new...
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LORINC: The Life, Death and Re-birth of King Robert Ford, A Tragicomedy in 5 Acts
The Life, Death and Re-birth of King Robert Ford: A Tragicomedy in 5 Acts Cast: Robert, King of Toronto (Rob Ford) Douglas, Earl of Etobicoke (Doug Ford...
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LORINC: Weston’s parks donation rewires relationship with city hall
For years, I’ve played pick-up hockey on Thursday evenings with a group of guys at Campbell Park, a somewhat forlorn space near Dupont and Lansdowne. The...
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LORINC: Who should pay Rob Ford’s legal bills?
Mayor Rob Ford, according to The Globe and Mail, racked up over $116,000 in legal fees fighting the conflict of interest allegation, and it appears that...
By John Lorinc -
Metro-ification of American politics favours Democrats
In the last federal American election, the democrats won 11 of the largest 15 cities across the States. Urban density played a key role: Obama’s...
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TODERIAN: Canada needs a federal ministry of cities
Richard Florida called last week for President Obama to create a national US department of cities. When the author of The Rise of the Creative Class and...
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LORINC: Dispatches from the world of gambling
With the city’s casino consultation wrapping up this week and the April council debate growing closer, some of the gaming industry’s key executives have...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: What Ford’s conflict ruling should tell us about the integrity commissioner’s role
An astute observer of Mayor Rob Ford’s conflict trial posed a fascinating question to me on Friday after the Divisional Court released its ruling: If the...
By John Lorinc -
EVENT: Some Great Idea Book Launch
“I’m writing here about Toronto, an interesting case and a city that’s sometimes defined as much by the brevity of its backstory and its hazy...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
LORINC: Why city hall isn’t run like a business
It can not be said often enough: if Mayor Rob Ford managed a large corporation the way he runs the City, his board would have turfed him ages ago...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The casino debate and non-fiction numbers
The City of Toronto claims to be interested in your opinion about the proposal to allow the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission develop an integrated...
By John Lorinc