Opinion

Suburbanites are the tails wagging the city dog

Lots of people argue with the idea that the older city, with its compactness, mixed use and relatively high density of people, creates different social values than does the low-density sprawling suburb. They might argue, but the support for the ...

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Are we building a city for people or for automobiles?

Another simmering battle is reaching a boil in the seemingly endless debate about traffic in Toronto, public and private. It will arrive at city council June 10. The battle boils down to the basic long-term question: Are we building a ...

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Will only the poorest kids attend our public schools?

Chris Moise- With spring finally here, parents and children are looking forward to the end of the school year and the beginning of summer. However strike actions, including work-to-rule campaigns by high school and elementary teachers across the province in ...

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Adam Vaughan votes for Bill C-51 against wishes of Canadians

Dennis Bryson — MP Adam Vaughan (L-Trinity Spadina) voted “yes” on Bill C-51. It doesn’t represent what Canadians want. It is reactionary policy to a few isolated incidences. I am 30 years old and this more than anything has gotten ...

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Lower Yonge Precinct plans are a huge improvement

 Stig Harvor — A Manhattan-like jungle of skyscrapers have shot up in the last decade west of Yonge Street in the lower downtown core. They are almost all built on small lots of land without consideration of each other. Towers ...

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Pan-handling not just for the poor: John Tory did it

John Sewell — Pan-handling is the world’s second oldest profession. While begging is often the practise of the down-and-out as they scrounge to survive, it is also carried on by the respectable and well-to-do to meet their needs. And so ...

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Moise: Closing schools in the poorest areas is a sick twist

Chris Moise – During the last four years within the Toronto District School Board, various communities across our city experienced school closures. This was often carried out under a cloak of secrecy. Community members felt that the process was not ...

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Why not sell all public assets and let business rule?

Frank Touby – Is privatization of public assets the best way to hold down taxes and still provide the public with needed government services? Let’s see how this works. From the conservative, far-right side of the question there’s this position: ...

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