Politics

Angela Bischoff — On Wednesday Ontario’s Opposition Leader, Patrick Brown, asked Premier Wynne to call a Commission of Inquiry into her Government’s political fundraising practices. According to Mr. Brown, “The people of Ontario need to know if government contracts and ...

Craig Saunders — Following revelations that a bank underwriting the Hydro One sale backed a fundraiser that funnelled tens of thousands of dollars into Liberal party coffers, it is time for police to investigate, says Fred Hahn, president of the ...

Dennis Hanagan —  Community council recommended at its Feb. 23 meeting that city designate the Victory Soya Mills silos near the foot of Parliament St. as a heritage site. But a letter from Bay St. lawyers Aird & Berlis representing ...

Ulla Colgrass — The city is trying to change the Noise Bylaw — and not in our favour. The changes would allow noise inside our homes from an outside source (amplified music, construction, clubs , etc.) at 85 dBA from ...

A funny thing happened on Election Day as the Dippers imploded and the Tories were demolished. Orange was the colour of the month for all parties except the Greens. But it didn’t exactly show a desire to emulate Tom Mulcair ...

Wow, what an election! Contrary to all expectations, the apparently moribund Liberal party led by Justin Trudeau is today Canada’s next majority government. What happened? Basically, the Conservatives held on to their loyal, hard-rock 30% base, the NDP lost their ...

Dylan Moran — While most polls had been placing the Liberal party as favourite, no one expected such a resounding victory. The win by the Liberals is the first time a son of a former Prime minister has won the ...

John Sewell provides an insider’s account of 12 years when Toronto was transformed by activist citizens and high-rise developments. By the mid-1990s Toronto was well on the way to being Canada’s laraget and most powerful city, but all this “progress” ...

Commentary by Ron Rhodes — You can drive the 400 mile length of the New York Thruway (I-90), from Buffalo to New York City , a toll road with fully staffed toll booths, for peanuts. Actually 2.1 cents per km. No ...

The Ontario budget begins a massive sell-off of public assets and service cuts that will reward bankers, but hurt Ontarians, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Nobody voted for this,” said Hahn. “Selling ...