Politics
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MY CITY LIVES: “David Miller, Transit Mayor” part I
“David Miller Transit Mayor” is a new web series that explores the life and leadership of Toronto’s 63rd mayor as explained by Miller himself. Each...
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LORINC: Should he stay or should he go?
I can’t quite decide whether I’m appalled that Rob Ford blew off the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Halifax or relieved that we were...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: What R.C. Harris Says to Rob Ford’s Toronto
One of the most famous stories about Roland Caldwell Harris, the longest-serving Toronto works commissioner, is that when he approved the design of the...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Rob Ford’s Not-so-Excellent Week
Did Mayor Rob Ford move the pigskin towards his end zone last week? An average – which is to say marginally informed – voter might say the answer is an...
By John Lorinc -
Why I Sought an Audit of Rob Ford
The editors of Spacing asked our long-time contributor Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler to write a personal column on the motives and reasons why he and Toronto...
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Headspace: The Fort York Pedestrian Cycle Bridge
This regular online series will feature interviews with fascinating and influential urban thinkers, with a focus on discussing how Toronto can become a...
By Luca De Franco -
LORINC: No time for scapegoats
Late last week, word went ricocheting around progressive circles that Mayor Rob Ford’s office had leaned heavily on city clerk Ulli Watkiss not to appeal...
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Why Shelley Carroll Didn’t Run for Mayor
The following is an expanded version of an article that appears in the Winter 2011 issue of Spacing magazine. After Adam Giambrone dropped out of the...
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LORINC: following Ford’s campaign money trail
The three members of council’s compliance audit committee will convene Friday morning to consider item EA2.2, a.k.a. Ted Ho’s application to review Mayor...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Let’s Play Ball with the Waterfront (Again)!
The brothers Ford launched a big boulder in the direction of Waterfront Toronto last week, first denigrating the agency’s efforts as a “boondoggle” and a...
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City seeks to eliminate citizens’ advisory committees
Toronto’s City Manager has sent a proposal to City Council’s executive committee for their April 20 meeting that seeks to eliminate most...
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LORINC: There’s a New Acronym in Town
If you haven’t already done so, best begin memorizing the sequence “T-T-I-L,” because those four little letters are going to start taking up a whole lot...
By John Lorinc