Frank Touby

Frank Touby’s editorials, columns, articles, short stories

Globalization may be leading to the downfall of Canada

Free trade is another evil that is presented as wonderfully forward thinking and modern. By Frank Touby – Globalization is a terrible thing. It’s presented to us as a sign that the world is becoming more civilized, humane and democratic. ...

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G20 shows how sorely we need better cops

There is never an excuse for a cop kneeling on a person’s head, beating an unoffensive person with a fist or club, or shooting teargas and plastic bullets into a non-resisting crowd. Those are felonies. By Frank Touby – Compared ...

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LIberals should dump McGuinty now or lose bigtime in October

When Mike Hatred’s Common Simpleton’s Revolution came to an end and everyone was so sick of it and of him that the Liberals romped to victory, the last thing we expected was what we got: Mike Harris with a brain ...

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Yesterday’s pot was just as potent as today’s pot

It was the semi-hallucinogenic Acapuico Gold that sustained me through a terrible The Doors concert at Dinner Key Auditorium (which my father built) where I saw a staggering drunk Jim Morrison grab his crotch (it was zipped up) and look ...

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The Bulletin endorses the NDP to defeat Harper

Harper’s G20 curse upon our city highlights his misbehaviour as an enemy of justice and democracy while Bostonian Ignatieff’s confession that he’s a ‘continentalist’ puts him in bed with the American police state and dysfunctional Mexico By Frank Touby – ...

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This nasty TCHC mess could be our downfall

By Frank Touby – I really hate to write this. But it’s just so egregiously manifest that things are converging to create havoc Downtown if remedies aren’t put in place quickly. If the city’s much-envied successful experiment in modern urban ...

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G20 police-state reaction still haunts Toronto

By Frank Touby – A G20 arrestee has finally been released from jail after three months for participating in a Ryerson University panel discussion, contrary to his bail conditions that he not participate in public protests. That bail condition was ...

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Our hopes abide in Coach Ford

By Frank Touby – It was probably more disgust than anger that energized Toronto voters to bring down the David Miller regime. When a message like “Stop the Gravy Train” resonates so broadly across the city, it’s a clear sign ...

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Arson can trump restrictive building rules

Real estate executive was ‘too big to jail’ By Frank Touby – My friend Slovo the Shoemaker likes to shock me with tales of his life in the “old country” before moving to Toronto. He makes it sound as if ...

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Does Toronto really want a financial centre?

It would bring some of the worst people on earth to our city and pressure for more neocon deregulation of the financial scammers. Below, see former top banker Nomi Prins explain how they run the government. By Frank Touby – ...

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