Opinion

“You can get so much information you can’t tell anything” By Frank Touby – The city’s new lobbyist registry got me wondering how they did things in my friend Slovo’s former part of the world. As usual, I got to ...

When we start entertaining the regional market, international tourism is bound to follow By Mike Comstock –  This is the time of year to think about house guests visiting you and Toronto this summer. Hopefully these are planned visits by ...

By John Sewell – What should happen when senior police managers are unwilling to fully prosecute criminal cases in a timely fashion and their lack of action results in cases being thrown out of court? And what should be done ...

Orphan’s Park between Adelaide & Richmond, east of Power likely new off-leash spot, says councilor’s office By Frank Touby – Corktowners have been having a bitch of a time getting an off-leash park for their dogs. And they’re accusing city ...

Liberal hack makes up statistics to support pork barrel port authority Joe Volpe, Liberal MP and avid Toronto Port Authority supporter, omitted some important facts in parliament yesterday. In a debate on amendments to the Canada Marine Act, he stated: ...

By Eva Curlanis-Bart – A city aspiring to “world class” should be able to deliver on key services under its municipal charter–efficient municipal infrastructure, safe and secure streets, attractive business and residential tax rates. Downtown residents, however, are inundated with ...

By Frank Touby – The much-criticized Corus building taking a primo lakeshore spot at the foot of Jarvis Street is a finalist in the claimed “prestigious” Office Lease of the Year “REX” award from the National Association of Office and ...

Yes, we’re talking Toronto city council By Frank Touby – These dysfunctional bozos now want to waste scarce transit funds to decorate subway stations. Their monumental stupidity in pushing for outrageously pricey and inefficient streetcars—a boon only to the concrete ...

I am quite different from Pam McConnell, Kyle Rae and Olivia Chow, because I have a car. I drive it very little, it is 11 years old with only 94,000 kms, and most of that mileage (kilometrage?) is driving to ...

Within the service sector in Canada we find tourism in the crapper. The looney, the border and the people sleeping on the streets are robbing Toronto’s economy of tourism’s value. And tourism is a wonderful thing. Tourism integrates the world, ...