Reading Time: 6 minutes Send in the clowns
Tag: Toronto
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
In hindsight, Smith, Trudeau and Tory should have known better
Reading Time: 4 minutes But, as Margeret Thatcher wrote, hindsight is “sadly denied to practicing politicians
Cities have to expand for house prices to fall
Reading Time: 3 minutes Land use policies the main culprit. Just look at Toronto
Ford’s undemocratic law could hold the province hostage
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bill 39 would allow a mayor to pass laws with only the support of one-third of council
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
Ford should shelve his plan to give mayors new powers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taxpayers could get soaked with higher taxes and reckless government spending
Housing affordability lies at the very heart of inequality
Reading Time: 4 minutes Government land-use regulations a principal source of this inequality
Ontario land use policies make housing unaffordable
Reading Time: 3 minutes Young people aren’t able to afford the homes they grew up in
Policy restrictions have caused the housing crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Urban containment regulations on the urban fringe must be relaxed