Reading Time: 5 minutes Gil read the room and decided he would not be another vanity candidate. He should be applauded
Tag: Municipal politics
Social media advice for Toronto mayoral candidates
Reading Time: 4 minutes Don’t be afraid to have fun with social media – show your true selves
Toronto mayoral candidates need to pledge to cut spending
Reading Time: 3 minutes Keep property tax hikes below the rate of inflation; close the budget gap created by Tory’s reckless spending
Is Toronto ready for another mayoral candidate circus?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Send in the clowns
Mayor John Tory was no friend of Toronto taxpayers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tory’s out-of-control spending rivals even that of Justin Trudeau and even makes Doug Ford look like a penny pincher
Toronto city council kills cat leash bylaw
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dooming tens of thousands of birds, small mammals and amphibians to death
Cities are incubators for what is best about humanity
Reading Time: 4 minutes Cities are akin to living organisms where everyone can potentially thrive
John Tory sleepwalks to a third term as Toronto mayor
Reading Time: 4 minutes This has been a cakewalk or, if you prefer, a sleepwalk for the incumbent Toronto mayor
What annoys me about municipal elections
Reading Time: 4 minutes But no matter how annoying, we at least have the democratic right to vote
Local elections: democracy as it is meant to be
Reading Time: 3 minutes Candidates do not tend to have corporate sponsorships nor to conform to the wishes of political parties