Reading Time: 3 minutes The idea might have some intuitive appeal but misses the bigger point – Toronto needs more housing
Tag: Toronto
Touchdown: an NFL franchise in Canada would score big
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Toronto team would easily sell out. New advertising revenue, jobs and industries would be created. Hotels, restaurants and bars would flourish
Ontario government’s plan: let Toronto traffic get worse
Reading Time: 3 minutes By burying the latest modest road-pricing scheme, Queen’s Park virtually guarantees worsening traffic congestion in the GTA for the foreseeable future
Highway robbery: the case against toll roads
Reading Time: 3 minutes The argument in favour of tolls in Toronto fails on several levels, even for those whose fiscal persuasion is conservative
Toronto needs road tolls to tame gridlock
Reading Time: 3 minutes Congestion costs the area’s economy billions of dollars a year, reducing people’s job options, delaying deliveries and increasing emissions
We cannot afford the cost of ignoring poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes A society with no poverty would be healthier, happier and easier to live in – and would save us all money in the end
Getting the most value for infrastructure spending
Reading Time: 3 minutes Establishing an infrastructure bank won’t pay off if all levels of Canadian government don’t learn to broaden the tender process
What homebuilders think about Ontario’s housing regulations
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reduce housing barriers to help ensure that Canada’s largest urban area remains affordable and keeps attracting the best and brightest
Like the health act, our schools need funding guarantees
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government needs to address the inequities that exist between the provinces today
A simple solution to the high cost of housing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cutting local red tape will increase housing stock and reduce prices in Toronto, Vancouver and beyond