Frank Touby

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

Did Don Meredith chicken out?

Or was it a weird campaign manager who feared an interview with The Bulletin By Frank Touby – The Tory outside hope for replacing Bill Graham in Toronto Centre Rosedale won’t talk to The Bulletin about his proposals to improve ...

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Neo con Tories & Grits threaten cities

Two new bills would endanger the flying public and give port authorities infrastructure funds intended for cities By Frank Touby – Both the Harper Tories and the Dion Tories (masquerading as liberals) are backing legislation to let airlines regulate themselves ...

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Frank Touby: Pork barrel’s annual spring passion play

It is an annual ritual that former Liberal MP Dennis Mills condemned city residents to endure each year when the perennial backbencher talked the Jean Chretien government into remaking the failed Toronto Harbour Commission into a federal port authority, against ...

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Pave through a park? Port bunch may do that

By Frank Touby – The Downtown community council of Toronto city council recently voted to reduce traffic to the Island airport’s ferry dock from Queen’s Quay West to the water from five lanes to just two to improve neighbourhood pedestrian ...

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Conrad Black is not guilty

Like O.J. Simpson, Lord Crossharbour is being framed By Frank Touby – As I watch the prosecutorial abuse of my fellow media mogul, Lord Black of Crossharbour, it is apparent how that stilted skit we call a justice system plays ...

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Will the Tory Pork barrel swamp us with flights?

By Frank Touby – Porter Airlines, the one that uses an urban pest as its mascot, a raccoon, is trying to get permission in the U.S. to fly from the Island airport into New York/Newark airport. Continental Airlines in the ...

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Frank Touby: Tories: Aristocrats, Wannabes or Butlers

Some of you are going to be very offended by this and for that, I’m sorry and I apologize in advance. Because if you’re offended, it’s likely that you’re not among the people I’m going to describe, despite your political ...

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Addiction treatment centre torments Corktowners

By Frank Touby – Don’t get them wrong. They’re not NIMBYs. Corktown residents gathered last month in antique Enoch Turner Schoolhouse in a promise kept by their MPP, Health Minister George Smitherman to add a third Methadone Task Force hearing ...

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Frank Touby: David, please be as good as you look

With our recycled more powerful mayor and genuine new decision-making powers for council, we have every reason to expect city hall to turn around this new year. There are a number of things that haven’t been addressed by council in ...

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Western Gap seawall collapses opposite Island airport

Question is who’s responsible for fixing the crumbling seawall. Is it city taxpayers or will the Toronto Port Authority end up with the bill? By Frank Touby – A 50-foot wide portion of the seawall at the Western Gap promenade ...

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