Opinion

Deal to sell lease to Montreal’s O. Noir restaurant falls through By Frank Touby – Contrary to a report in The Bulletin, Golden Griddle at 77 Lower Jarvis remains in business. There had been a deal with O. Noir restaurant ...

Complaints that votes “didn’t count” rings hollow when all member of the proposed coalition were elected By Frank Touby – Are Canadians really this stupid? My blog is getting scores of replies from voters who claim their votes don’t count ...

Cyclists and drivers need to be more considerate of each other By Mark Page – Last month in the Bulletin the merits of Sharrow lanes were discussed – bike symbols painted on the roadway to remind drivers to share space ...

More voters wanted a progressive government than a Neocon regime By Frank Touby –  Editorial minds at National Post have adhered to the Neocon lying point that because the separatist Bloc Quebecois is backing the pending coalition government likely to ...

By Stig Harvor – The oldest prominent commercial street in Old Town Toronto is under attack. King St. E. from Yonge in the west to Parliament St. in the east is designated by city planners as a “Special Street” in an ...

By John Sewell – One of the wisest and most perceptive reports on a pressing public policy issue the city is facing was released {in 2008}: Roots of Youth Violence, by former Chief Justice Roy McMurtry and former legislative Speaker ...

By Michael Comstock – You always expect daylight will fade in the winter months, but it comes as a shock each year that it is dark at 5 p.m. In Old Town there are over 100 home décor stores; many ...

By Hamish Wilson – The city’s planning committee has just urged a significant shift in the horrendously complex waterfront transport tangle by excising the very costly, controversial, and nearly dead Front St. Extension (FSE) project from the Official Plan during ...

When is our government going to protect long-standing residents of this country? By Sam Lloyd – Our parents and grandparents fought in the World Wars and what good has it done to them and their offspring?  Seniors living in poverty ...

I was 14 when I heard the devastating news that a bunch of judges in Washington D.C. had declared that American children would have to share their classrooms with monkeys. In my then largely redneck town of Miami, Florida where ...