A case for road tolls By Tim Grant Why is the idea of charging drivers for the use of roads something that provincial politicians steadfastly avoid? Twenty years ago, the then Premier Mike Harris downloaded the costs of maintaining the Don Valley Parkway and the Gardiner Expressway to the City of Toronto. Since that time, […]
FORUM: Fairness and cleaner air (Dec. 2017)
December 15th, 2017 · Comments Off on FORUM: Fairness and cleaner air (Dec. 2017)
FORUM (AUGUST 2017): Modernizing an extraordinary agreement
September 13th, 2017 · Comments Off on FORUM (AUGUST 2017): Modernizing an extraordinary agreement
Prepare for excitement and drama during trade talks By Chrystia Freeland As we undertake our discussions with the United States and Mexico on the renegotiation of NAFTA, we are seeking your views. Are there areas of the agreement that could be clarified? Are there parts that should be updated? Are there any new sections that […]
NEWS (SEPTEMBER 2016): Trains in the night
September 15th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS (SEPTEMBER 2016): Trains in the night
Potential disaster averted By Brian Burchell Two Canadian Pacific freight trains collided on August 21 sending two locomotives and several rail cars off the tracks just north of Dupont Street near Howland Avenue. The trains were going in opposite directions and one clipped the tail end of the other as it failed to execute a […]
NEWS: Rail safety focus of town hall
May 13th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS: Rail safety focus of town hall
Minister of Transport questioned on diverting dangerous goods By Annemarie Brissenden If residents at the well-attended town hall on rail safety were looking for the federal government to commit to diverting railway tracks out of dense urban neighbourhoods, they came away disappointed. [pullquote] “We are not actively looking at relocating rail outside of Toronto”—Marc Garneau, […]