Politics
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Council Minutia
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. It’s a slow week at City Hall. With few meetings, Rob Ford gaffes or controversies to report, I thought I’d...
By Dale Duncan -
Scarborough Students Vote: Do U U-Pass?
Starting tomorrow, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus students will put conventional wisdom to the test as they go to the polls to say Yes or No to...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
I am (not) lovin’ it
Another one bites the dust. Not that the potential loss of a McDonald’s restaurant causes me any particular heartache, but this particular...
By Thomas Wicks -
Will a ‘strong’ mayor hold up bikes?
The City of Toronto Official Plan envisions a city where active transportation helps to relieve congestion and improve air quality. Yet, right now less...
By Tammy Thorne -
Green Fleet is a go
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. This morning city council unanimously passed its Green Fleet Plan [PDF], which will accelerate the greening of city-owned...
By Dale Duncan -
POLL: Should the mayor have more power?
Old City Hall council chambers, 1951 The independent fiscal review panel that Mayor David Miller put together to provide the city with advice on how to...
By Dale Duncan -
Cities and the 2008 Budget
With the announcement of the 2008 budget earlier today, it’s worth examining what funding, if any, the Conservative government has allotted for...
By David Pal -
Winter cyclist profile – Alex, Bikechain coordinator
Name / Occupation / Age Alex Gatien / Bikechain coordinator / 22 What do you use your bike for? Everything. I commute year-round and do a fair bit of road...
By Tammy Thorne -
Panel tells City to sell lands, install road tolls, raise taxes…
Today, an independent panel is adivsing the City of Toronto to take on a number of drastic measures in order to right the city’s economic ship. from...
By Matthew Blackett -
Ted Tyndorf, 1953-2008: Toronto Chief City Planner
Over the weekend, Toronto’s chief city planner, Ted Tyndorf, passed away. He had been battling for months against a second bout of cancer. Over the...
By Spacing -
POLL: Should the province take control of the TTC?
All over the headlines today is speculation on whether the province/Metrolinx should take over the TTC in order to co-ordinate regional transit planning...
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Let’s get this (political) party started?
Spacing’s editor Dale Duncan wrote a great piece in this week’s Eye Weekly that discusses the possibility of political parties at the...
By Matthew Blackett