Opinion

By Stig Harvor – The federal government is playing devious political games with the ongoing efforts to revitalize our long-neglected waterfront. Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (TWRC) depends wholly on funding by the federal, provincial and municipal governments. Despite these governments ...

Frank Touby – Vital Planet, the health shop that Hamilton lawyer Michael Granat started years ago at St. Lawrence North Market, went on the block last year. He wanted to sell it. And that desire led to his first (semi-biographical) ...

Chris Moise – Most of us are fortunate enough to have a roof over our heads, employment, and friends and family we can lean upon. It is easy to forget that not all of us are as fortunate. I work ...

Frank Touby – There is only one way to get Toronto back on its game and that’s to de-amalgamate. Like many of you, I remember when Toronto-the-Good became Toronto-the-Great during its heyday under mayors like David Crombie and John Sewell. ...

Stig Harvor – Taxes are continuing to be a hot topic of public debate. Our provincial and city elections last year prominently featured taxes. This new year we are facing an important federal election on Oct. 19—unless Harper breaks his ...

John Sewell – You may not be aware of an obscure section of the City of Toronto Act, the law that governs the things city council can and cannot do. Section 228(5) states that city council cannot include in budget ...

John Sewell — Less than two months to voting day and the municipal election has yet to heat up and create some genuine excitement. The easy explanation is to blame Rob Ford. His continued presence demeans local politics, brings it ...

Chris Moise — As a visible minority, I have been paying close attention to the aftermath of the Ferguson shooting south of the border. While the details of the tragic shooting have yet to be revealed, all I can say ...

Frank Touby — When it comes to determining what’s really going on in this city, I defer to my ever-knowledgeable source. He’s a man who is intimately in touch with the city’s elites and its movers and shakers. That’s because ...

Frank Touby — John Tory is a magnificent thinker and communicator in the right forum. He has found that métier at CFRB, the AM talk-radio station at 1010 on the dial whose call letters stand for Canada’s First Rogers Broadcast. ...