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  • When GM stood for Generous Motors

    General Motors surprise announcement on November 26 of the impending shutdown of its historic Oshawa auto factory was taken in stride by mainstream media and...
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  • The secret about free trade is out of the bag

    When fast history repeats itself – as with the recent high-pressure finale to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that Canada sign onto a U.S.-Mexico trade...
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  • Toward a city state

    Cities are often seen as hard, glossy and bustling, with residents who survive by being edgy and tough. City places are imagined as alluring, exciting...
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  • Whose land?

    Toronto is developing a new tagline that's much more appealing than Hogtown, Toronto the Good or the big smoke. Now we have "Toronto, traditional territory...
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  • Down to the wire

    Toronto city councillors have over $200 million worth of reasons to demand to become masters of their own house when it comes to energy policy....
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  • Easy alcohol: drink!

    This is one of those rare times of year when a huge number of people get a vivid sense of what if feels like to...
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  • No winds of change

    The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's hearing on Ontario Power Generation's plan to refurbish Darlington wrapped up earlier this month, and if the green light is...
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  • The China syndrome

    Canada's PM might be somebody's tool, but he's nobody's fool. Given the tar sands' iffy prospects, Stephen Harper faced limited choices when he allowed the...
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  • Who’s innovating?

    It's a lucky break that a new report on Ontario's economic problems has been released in time to be digested and commented on by candidates...
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  • Dalton McGuinty’s mission failure

    Premier Dalton McGuinty's misfortune was to govern Ontario, and ours to be governed by him, at a time when the province faced excruciating challenges. McGuinty...
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  • Libs losers on local

    To understand the Promoting Local Food Act, tabled in the Ontario Legislature on October 4, it helps to know the difference between government support and...
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  • Vital signs: code blue

    The Toronto Community Foundation's just-released report, Toronto's Vital Signs, Report 2012, subtitled Not Too Bad, is not so good. The annual report's 230-plus pages of...
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  • War on walkers

    Mayor Rob Ford's delegation to Chicago could have been a lot less pedestrian - or should I say more pedestrian? - if it had been...
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  • Toronto’s greenspiration gap

    While Toronto was mesmerized by a debate on the mayor's football passion last week, Philadelphia was announcing plans for it's Park(ing) Day, an international fest...
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  • Organic field day

    The media sure had a field day last week with a study from Stanford University dissing the nutritional benefits of organic food. Can I ask...
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