Opinion

Frank Touby —  A hideous gorilla lurks in the 1,000+ of pages of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Few are mentioning this, but signing on to the TTP is akin to treason.While we are being sold an outright lie that ...

Stig Harvor —  The frantic Downtown building boom continues. Three new, tall and very dense Downtown projects are in the news. One is a large office development close to Union Station along Bay Street; two are condos in the sensitive ...

John Sewell — There are a number of really good reasons to celebrate the year just passed. A firm decision was taken to prevent jets from using the Toronto Island airport. This puts an end to the runway expansion which ...

Ulla Colgrass — News about a change to the city’s noise bylaw may sound dull enough to put a person to sleep. In reality, the opposite is true and sleep could be in short supply if a new bylaw is ...

Chris Moise — With the winter holidays behind us and a New Year ahead of us we now have a chance to ask ourselves how we want 2016 to be defined. It’s a time when we celebrated the arrival of thousands ...

Frank Touby —  The willful slaughter of Sammy Yatim, executed by a cop on “the job” just 3.5-years, highlights what a poorly trained and mismanaged police force Toronto has. We deserve a whole lot better. Much as we’d hope our ...

The spell is broken! After years of conservative obsession with tax cuts and no budget deficits, our national election in October unexpectedly brought the Liberal party to power led by a young, energetic Justin Trudeau. Trudeau correctly sensed and took ...

Frank Touby – Sadly our great misfortune is that Ontario is ruled not by liberals, but by NeoLiberals. Most of them unknowingly adhere to a philosophy of government outlined by World War II Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. To be a ...

Chris Moise — In the face of the terrorist attacks on Paris we have seen renewed violence against Muslims in our own communities. The day after the attacks in Paris the only mosque in Peterborough was deliberately set on fire in ...

Eric Morse — Dear Justin: As you work into the new job, you will probably be amazed at what a huge chunk the handling of foreign relations and defence takes out of your time and energy. It came as a complete ...