It took teamwork to get the Conservatives to back down. Environmentalists and citizens sent emails, made phone calls, and attended and organized protests and lobbying campaigns in the 905 and beyond.
Entries Tagged as 'Opinion'
FORUM: Engage in the political process and change can happen (Fall 2023)
December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: Engage in the political process and change can happen (Fall 2023)
Tags: Annex · Columns · Opinion
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Summer 2023)
SEE MORE: EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May/June 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (April 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Scale of badness (Mar. 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Winter’s not as cold as these deals! (Feb. 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice — Can dreams come true? (For John Tory) (Dec. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Sept. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Aug. 2022) EDITORIAL […]
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FORUM: Fighting on five fronts (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: Fighting on five fronts (Summer 2023)
No sleepy summer in University-Rosedale By Dianne Saxe I hope you’ve had a good summer, even if it has been the hottest in at least 120,000 years. Here are a few of the issues we have been working on for you. First, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the reconstruction of Bloor Street between Avenue Road and Spadina, […]
FORUM: Shelters overwhelmed by refugee seekers (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: Shelters overwhelmed by refugee seekers (Summer 2023)
The roots of today’s crisis date back decades. In the early 1990s, the federal and provincial governments were building 10,000-15,000 affordable homes a year, including mixed-income co-ops, public housing, and supportive housing for people with mental health and addiction challenges. In the mid-1990s, the federal Liberals canceled the federal housing program, and the Ontario government downloaded the responsibility of providing housing to cities.
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May/June 2023)
SEE MORE: EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (April 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Scale of badness (Mar. 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Winter’s not as cold as these deals! (Feb. 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice — Can dreams come true? (For John Tory) (Dec. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Sept. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Aug. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: A chacun son principles (July […]
Tags: Annex · Editorial · Opinion
EDITORIAL: Ford’s poor planning will hurt us all (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford’s poor planning will hurt us all (May/June 2023)
brought in the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act. This was the foundational legislation for what we now call the Greenbelt—2 million acres of farmland, forest, wetlands and watersheds in southern Ontario.
Tags: Annex · Editorial · Opinion
FORUM: Navigating a strong fiscal recovery (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: Navigating a strong fiscal recovery (May/June 2023)
Battling inflation and the challenge to create a clean economy By Chrystia Freeland Canada has made a remarkable recovery from the COVID recession. Our economic growth was the strongest in the G7 in 2022, and 900,000 more Canadians are employed today than before the pandemic. The Bank of Canada predicts inflation will fall to 3 […]
FORUM: Addressing a housing shortage (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: Addressing a housing shortage (May/June 2023)
Knowing the struggles that many of our neighbours face in securing long-term housing, I was proud to second Councillor Pasternak’s motion for the development of a comprehensive homelessness response plan.
FORUM: New density is landing where there are few schools (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: New density is landing where there are few schools (May/June 2023)
We are a rapidly growing city. We have more cranes in the sky than any other city in North America. Without additional revenue, our school system will not be ready to educate the 30,000 additional children who are expected to enroll in the TDSB.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR (April 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on LETTER TO THE EDITOR (April 2023)
RE: Budget passes in consensus vote, March 2023 Thank you for the complimentary copy which arrived in my mailbox on March 20. I found it an interesting read, but must take exception to the “Forum” column by Dianne Saxe. I am a resident in Ms. Saxe’s ward. As with any other area of Toronto, the […]
Tags: Annex · Letters · Opinion
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (April 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (April 2023)
SEE MORE: EDITORIAL CARTOON: Scale of badness (Mar. 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Winter’s not as cold as these deals! (Feb. 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice — Can dreams come true? (For John Tory) (Dec. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Sept. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Aug. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: A chacun son principles (July 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Provincial […]
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EDITORIAL: Bleed it and then blame it for dying (April 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Bleed it and then blame it for dying (April 2023)
The province has frozen Science Centre funding for 10 years now but blames the Science Centre for its brokenness. This narrative sounds an awful lot like what’s happened in health care. Ford says attendance is down 40 per cent when in fact on-site attendance for 2021-22 well exceeded the Centre’s target of 142,078 for that year.