Politics

LORINC: Mayor Ford fumbles for third time on transit

The Great Subway Battle of 2012™ was Mayor Rob Ford’s to lose, and he lost it with such single-mindedness and determination that this episode may well go...

Follow our updates from LRT debate at City Hall

For the last two days, Spacing has been tweeting live from City Hall about the ongoing Sheppard LRT debate. We’re using ScribbleLive on our Spacing...

Live coverage of Sheppard LRT vote from City Hall

LORINC: Is Ford ‘conflict of interest’ a crime or misdemeanor?

It’s time for everyone on the left to exhale. No judge is going to strip Mayor Rob Ford of his seat over his mystifying decision to speak during the Feb...

LORINC: Et tu, Doug Ford?

Toronto progressives owe Doug Ford a huge debt of gratitude because he and that perpetual motion machine beneath his nose did as much to save Transit City...

LORINC: Council opposition needs to keep eye on prize

When 24 councillors, representing the entire political spectrum, voted on February 8 to support Karen Stintz’s motion to block Mayor Rob Ford’s bid to set...

Digging into the latest transit poll

The Toronto Star released an Angus Reid poll last weekend indicating that while Torontonians are split on whether we want subways or LRT, we have little...

Shawn Micallef as Rob Ford makes his case for a parachute at the Stephen Leacock debate

EDITOR: Last week at the annual Stephen Leacock debate in Toronto saw Rob Ford, Celine Dion, Stephen Harper and Don Cherry on a crashing plane with only...

Has Mayor Ford opened the door to sustained transit funding?

Mayor Ford’s obsession with the Sheppard subway may have inadvertently broken open the political conundrum of sustained long-term funding for...

LORINC: Fords’ opponents must sell their transit story

In the universe where I live, politicians seeking to deliver on a campaign promise sell their plan to the public and their colleagues during a process...

Mayor Bert Xanadu: Let’s build Transportainment City instead

EDITOR: It’s circa 1973. Fictitious Bert Xanadu is the Mayor of Toronto and owner of the Imperial Six cinemas on Yonge Street. Mayor Xanadu has been...

Council’s growing rainbow majority is creating unity

On Wednesday morning, Metro Morning’s Matt Galloway made the claim that Toronto’s city council is more divided than ever. While rhetorically...