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There is less than a week before we go to the polls and elect our next provincial government and decide the future of how we elect a government<\/a>. Spacing has been covering the election on our other blog Spacing Votes for over a month now. We’ve been examining the platforms of each party and seeing how their policies affect Toronto’s urban landscape. Here are a bunch of links if you haven’t been following our daily posts.<\/p>\n

TRANSIT<\/strong>
\n• Munro: hard truths about transit funding<\/a>
\n• The NDP takes us for a ride<\/a>
\n• PC transit critic has private eyes<\/a>
\n• Cansfield leaving transit behind in Etobicoke<\/a>
\n• Mississauga gives Greens a chance to debate<\/a>
\n• Munro: still waiting for transit promises<\/a>
\n• Operational funding takes a back seat<\/a>
\n• Munro: PC transit policy: announce often, ignore details<\/a><\/p>\n

JOHN LORINC COLUMNS<\/strong>
\n• C’mon Dalton, just say the H-word…<\/a>
\n• Flipping Tory’s flop<\/a>
\n• Not up for debate, pt. VI: NDP and affordable housing<\/a>
\n• Not up for debate, pt. III: property taxes<\/a>
\n• Not up for debate, pt. II: transit promises<\/a>
\n• Not up for debate, pt. I: smart growth<\/a>
\n• The mating game begins: a NDP-Liberal coalition?<\/a>
\n• Greening the property tax<\/a>
\n• Earth calling Howard Hampton, come in Howard…<\/a><\/p>\n

ENVIRONMENT ISSUES<\/strong>
\n• One-on-One with Bruce Cox, Greenpeace executive director<\/a>
\n• One-on-One with John Yakabuski, PC energy critic<\/a>
\n<\/a>• One-on-One with Frank de Jong, Green party leader<\/a>
\n• One-on-One with Gord Perks, city councillor and eco-activist<\/a>
\n• Canvassing the Danforth with the messengers of green<\/a>
\n• Find your local polluters<\/a>
\n• Green ideas that deserve discussion<\/a><\/p>\n

MMP REFERENDUM<\/strong>
\n• Disproportionality, pt. II<\/a>
\n• Disproportionality, pt. I<\/a>
\n• It’s time to bake the referendum cake<\/a>
\n• Greens announce their MMP list<\/a>
\n• The end of McGuintoryism: Andrew Coyne<\/a>
\n• MMP variations<\/a>
\n• A look at referendum ballot question<\/a>
\n• Politicians take sides on MMP<\/a>
\n• Web resources for MMP<\/a>
\n• MMP primer, pt. II<\/a>
\n• MMP primer, pt. I<\/a><\/p>\n

DEVELOPMENT & OMB ISSUES<\/strong>
\n• David Caplan is a believer<\/a>
\n• How I learned to love the OMB<\/a>
\n• Why we should be talking about property taxes<\/a>
\n• The long shadow of the OMB<\/a>
\n• The shape of the province<\/a>
\n• OMB case studies<\/a>
\n• Connecting food and urban sprawl<\/a>
\n• Getting tough with smarth growth<\/a>
\n• Taking positions on the OMB<\/a>
\nphoto by Grant MacDonald<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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