Opinion Archive
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Muddle in the middle
Posted on August 20, 2012 | No CommentsA continual topic of debate on the staff of Toronto Today concerns what our boundaries are. Not our personal boundaries (though perhaps such a discussion would... -
Watching the wheels
Posted on July 19, 2012 | No CommentsWe’ve heard a lot about Transit City in recent years, but mainly in relation to plans for mass transit in Toronto. Yet a growing number of... -
Beyond St. Clair
Posted on June 21, 2012 | No CommentsI’m happy to report there’s nothing about the St. Clair right-of-way in this issue of Toronto Today. We took a little heat from what some people... -
What the people who use St. Clair say
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsSee also: The Great Divide: Two years later, who’s right about St. Clair? Why did St. Clair cost so much—or did it? Dragging the lines: Eglinton... -
Let’s settle this
Posted on May 10, 2012 | No CommentsWe didn’t really want to devote so much of a Toronto Today issue to the St.Clair right-of-way. Especially not two years after it was built. You’d think... -
Balking at permit fees
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsPermit me to make a few comments on the corporate ninjas who have sabotaged a perfectly good year of baseball. The corporation in this case is... -
This time for real? The new transit plan
Posted on April 1, 2012 | No CommentsSometimes an editor doesn’t get the story he thinks he had assigned, but he doesn’t complain because the story received is better than what was expected.... -
Numbers help tell a human story
Posted on March 7, 2012 | No CommentsThere’s a rule of thumb in the book publishing industry that you lose half your readership for every mathematical formula you print. This likely holds true... -
Making executive decisions
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsWhen Starbucks used to have quotes on their cups, under the heading “The Way I See It”, one rung true with me. A city councillor in... -
Here’s an issue for our city’s critics
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsLike most Torontonians, I have relatives across Canada who like nothing better than to rail against Toronto. How can you live there? They ask as if...
