Politics
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JOHN LORINC: Miller’s demise greatly exaggerated
Don’t you just love a pile-on? In a stirring display of bipartisanship, the gotcha right and the jilted left appear to agree that, a month into the...
By John Lorinc -
JOHN LORINC: The strike and the politics of public health
With the provincial Liberals unwilling to legislate back the municipal employees, and with David Miller promoting a new offer while refusing to ask for...
By John Lorinc -
JOHN LORINC: Throwing out the numbers
Here’s a loaded question: Is the strike costing the City of Toronto money, or is it generating a financial windfall for the Corporation? City...
By John Lorinc -
JOHN LORINC: Waiting for the penny to drop
Well, so much for the National Transit Strategy. When city council approved the additional $417 million for the streetcar purchase on Friday, it was...
By John Lorinc -
Special council meeting called for streetcar funding
The City of Toronto announced that a special meeting of Toronto City Council will take place on Firday at 10am to approve paying for two-thirds of its...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
City adds more garbage drop-off locations
The City of Toronto has announced 19 new locations to drop-off your garbage.The following is a press release sent out by the City earlier today.
By Matthew Blackett -
Development signs of the times
Back in July 2008, I bemoaned the City of Toronto’s lack of decent signage for public notices related to development applications. Having spent a...
By Matthew Blackett -
JOHN LORINC: On streetcars, strikes and the question of control
For all the spin and counter-spin hovering around the David Miller-John Baird feud over the streetcar “ask,†most observers have neglected to account...
By John Lorinc -
Strike!
A few links for you: • The City of Toronto’s contingency plans for the strike • Talks collapse, City workers on strike [ Toronto Star ...
By Matthew Blackett -
Feds reject funding for streetcars
According to the Globe and Mail, another twist has developed in the political soap opera centred around federal funding of Toronto’s streetcars...
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The politics of extending the municipal franchise
In The Globe and Mail’s online debate/column Friday about voting rights for immigrants, Marcus Gee denounced David Miller’s bid to extend the...
By John Lorinc -
All aboard the Committee of Adjustment
The City of Toronto Committee of Adjustment is one of those obscure appointed boards that actually has a big impact on the city. It decides whether...
By Dylan Reid