Rob Ford and the Little Farm
Far Enough Farm is a little hobby farm located on one of the Toronto Islands. Every year hundreds of thousands of people visit it.Because admission is free, it's a great…
Toronto
How the Liberals lost Toronto
The Star has a reasonable accounting of why the Liberals lost Toronto. The story is really about how the Liberals lost Canada. It comes down to two things: immigrants were…
The Mayors of Jane Jacobs’ Toronto
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs, a book which influenced generations of urban planners and…
The Mayors of Jane Jacobs’ Toronto
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” by Jane Jacobs, a book which influenced generations of urban planners and…
The Mayors of Jane Jacobs’ Toronto
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs, a book which influenced generations of urban planners and…
The Mayors of Jane Jacobs’ Toronto
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” by Jane Jacobs, a book which influenced generations of urban planners and…
Rob Ford’s War: The Fight Back Begins
His ghastly face stares out from newspaper boxes all over the city, like Big Bubbah. The message couldn't be clearer, or more urgent.Rob Ford has declared war on us. Now…
Rob Ford and the Moron Nation
(click pic to enlarge)As I watched a storm sweeping in over Toronto this evening, I couldn't help thinking about how Rob Ford is planning to turn the city I have…
Ontario Votes 2011: McGuinty’s Prescription For A Cancer Called “Canadian Experience”
The Liberals pledge to offer $10 000 in tax credits to Ontario businesses that hire new immigrants is spot-on. It might just be the cure for a stubborn cancer called…
Doug Ford’s backroom sweetheart dealings on waterfront breaks Ford Nation campaign promise and the Toronto Municipal Code
Toronto News: Doug Ford’s mall dealings spark complaint - thestar.com Doug Ford claimed to various newspapers that he had been in talks with The Westfield Group regarding proposals for the…
Labour Day and the Toronto Sun: An Annotation
Public sector workers are lazy and overpaid parasites sucking at the taxpayer teat. Or something. Please remember to tell us this when we’re doing ACLS on your sorry ass. Happy…
Sign Posted on Jarvis in Toronto
Here's a picture I found via FailBlog that I planned to share a while ago. It still has relevance if you're familiar with the Ford-era of politics in Toronto.
Ford Nation is now a little clam. And, Tim Hudak is as out of touch as ever
Toronto News: Hudak plunges into dangerous liaison with Rob Ford - thestar.com According to the Toronto Star, Rob Ford's popularity has been steadily since the election in Oct. 2010. Ford’s…
With Persichilli Appointment, PM Harper Shows Quebec The Political Middle Finger, Embraces The Ethnic Vote
Quebec will not be a priority for the Conservative Canadian Prime Minister during the next four years of his comfortable majority rule. That was the message Stephen Harper sent with…
New Toranto Port Lands strategy involved private talks with mall operator
Inspired by these stories: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/new-toronto-port-lands-strategy-involved-private-talks-with-mall-operator/article2151189/and http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/09/01/pol-doer-oilsands.html
Doug Ford is not representing the will of the people
Toronto News: Australian firm eyeing waterfront mall - thestar.comThe driving force behind a member of city council should be the people he represents, the people of Toronto, not some rich…
Toronto Police Services Board shows some spine
Toronto News: Police board refuses to promote G20 officers - thestar.comGood for the board! The Toronto police b...
Ontario Election: GSAs, Greens and Catholic Schools
The issue of gay-straight alliances in Catholic schools in Ontario has heated up again, this time in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, which voted this week to place denominational…
Doug Ford pours on the lies. Will the public continue to bite?
Do you like Doug Ford's preliminary plans for Toronto's waterfront? - Your CommunityThey have to keep piling it up. One lie after another. The next one has to top the…
Right wing group Toronto Taxpayers Coalition backs contest to win lunch with Doug Ford
Toronto News: Readers wonder: What’s lunch with Doug Ford without any gravy? - thestar.comThese groups that purport to be in support of taxpayers are nothing but a front for hard-right-wing…