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Analysis

Toronto city hall still throwing up roadblocks to road safety

The issue of road safety has been keeping Torontos community councils busy. But is tangible progress happening?
Analysis

Toronto can't cut or tax its way out of provincial cuts and so the fight is on

After weeks of back and forth, the bean counters at Toronto city hall have finally been able to attach a number to the municipal funding cuts resulting from the provincial budget. The damage? Nearly $178 million and counting. So what happens next?
Analysis

Ontario budget doesn't have much on offer for Toronto's housing crisis

Premier Doug Fords first provincial budget offers Toronto a few things. But it doesnt offer any confirmation of new provincial support for housing for a city suffering from a deep affordable housing crisis.
Analysis

Toronto needs 1 thing in the federal budget money, and lots of it

The City of Toronto wants $45 million from the federal government just to balance this years books, and it needs a lot more when it comes to building transit and affordable housing in the future.
Opinion

Toronto city hall struggling with snow and 8 years of austerity

Torontonians can forgive their municipal government for being cash-strapped. But can they put up with a city that can't handle a snowy winter?
Analysis

Scarborough subway debate leaves 35,000 RT riders waiting but for what?

Doug Fords interjection into the subway debate creates more unknowns for the thousands of riders still depending on the rickety Scarborough RT to get around.
Analysis

Why Doug Ford's subway 'upload' could be Toronto's most contentious city hall story of 2019

There was a time when Toronto city council might have seen the Ontario provincial governments desire to get more involved in the citys transit system as a gift. But Premier Doug Ford's plan to upload the TTC subway isn't a present, Matt Elliott writes.
Analysis

Messy, complex, risky: Toronto council deals with fallout from Ford's big cut

Toronto's new city council won't talk taxes or transit today, Matt Elliott writes. Instead, they're set to hold a debate about themselves.
Analysis

John Tory wins a commanding victory, but can he command the new council?

Toronto's mayor could be in for a series of political headaches if he can't find a way to work with the progressive wing of city council, Matt Elliott writes.
Analysis

Why vote today? Because Toronto's future is still TBD

With early voting numbers down from 2014 and John Tory leading the mayor's race, some Toronto residents may see the result of Monday's municipal election as a foregone conclusion. But it's not, Matt Elliott writes.