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EDITORIAL: Ford needs to step up and lead for once (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford needs to step up and lead for once (May 2024)

The competing notions of treating illicit drug use as a health issue versus a criminal one is at the heart of a divide between the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario. The city wants to decriminalize and help people who are addicted and the province thinks it can arrest its way out of the problem.

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EDITORIAL CARTON: “Someone’s getting rich!” (Dec. 2023)

December 23rd, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTON: “Someone’s getting rich!” (Dec. 2023)

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EDITORIAL: AG confirms Ford rigged Science Centre analysis (Dec. 2023)

December 23rd, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: AG confirms Ford rigged Science Centre analysis (Dec. 2023)

In an annual report, Ontario’s Acting Auditor General (AG) Nick Stavropoulos contradicts the conclusions of the government’s stated “business case” for moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place. It turns out the “savings” the government promises taxpayers is anything but.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2023)

December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2023)

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EDITORIAL: An insincere mea culpa (Fall 2023)

December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: An insincere mea culpa (Fall 2023)

When announcing his latest reversal of plans to develop parts of the Greenbelt, Premier Doug Ford said he was “very, very, sorry.” It’s not clear what exactly he is sorry for, or if he is indeed sorry at all. After months of ignoring his critics, including damning reports from the Auditor General and the Integrity Commission, Ford forced his flying monkey cabinet to line up behind him to try and rationalize his latest u-turn on the Greenbelt file.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Summer 2023)

September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Summer 2023)

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EDITORIAL: Ford exploits housing crisis (Summer 2023)

September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford exploits housing crisis (Summer 2023)

Ontario’s auditor general, Bonnie Lysyk, and now, protests across the province, have the Ford government playing their best defensive game. In a scathing investigative report released in August, Lysyk showed more of the same in terms of the Ford government’s approach to decision-making and democracy. For those of us who have been paying attention, none of it comes as a surprise, but we can only hope that this spells the end of a corrupt regime, and that these Greenbelt decisions won’t move forward.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May/June 2023)

August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May/June 2023)

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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)

Back in 1973, when Ontario Premier Doug Ford was just nine years old, Conservative Premier Bill Davis 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. Every premier since then, of every political stripe, has fought to protect that—until now. Premier Doug Ford is bent on tearing the area apart despite whatever promises he made in the last election, and that destruction is justified by a false premise.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (April 2023)

August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (April 2023)

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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)

Mayoral candidate Anna Bailao launched her campaign with a plan to move the Science Centre to Ontario Place and replace it with housing. Premier Doug Ford promptly seized the moment by saying this was his plan all along, for three years now!  This is hard to believe; it’s a scheme fraught with problems and a scheme that must absolutely be challenged.

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EDITORIAL: Ford’s budget is a fail (Mar. 2023)

April 12th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford’s budget is a fail (Mar. 2023)

The province is enjoying a windfall from sales tax on the inflated prices of goods and services. Notwithstanding a legacy of debt, which provincial governments of all stripes have contributed to, this government here and now is swimming in cash. One might have expected a budget with more punch, a budget that makes a difference for the economy, the environment, or for the many Ontarians who are struggling right now—but no. We have a budget that is neither conservative nor progressive, and there appears to be no underlying vision whatsoever, beyond kicking the can down the road. 

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: Winter’s not as cold as these deals! (Feb. 2023)

March 27th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: Winter’s not as cold as these deals! (Feb. 2023)

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