{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Toronto","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto","author_name":"John Lorinc","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/john\/","title":"LORINC: The myth of the city charter - Spacing Toronto","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EQovkEkMU1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2019\/06\/21\/lorinc-the-myth-of-the-city-charter\/\">LORINC: The myth of the city charter<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2019\/06\/21\/lorinc-the-myth-of-the-city-charter\/embed\/#?secret=EQovkEkMU1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;LORINC: The myth of the city charter&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Toronto\" data-secret=\"EQovkEkMU1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Cityhall-secede-protest-ericparker-600x308.png","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":308,"description":"Midtown city councillor Josh Matlow\u2019s packed public meeting this week, convened to whip up support for charter status for Toronto, may have been good politics, but I\u2019m not convinced the notion of charter-as-protective-force field is good policy. In fact, in the long run, I\u2019m not even sure it\u2019s especially good politics. Full disclosure: I amContinue reading"}