Urban containment policies driving up land values and housing costs
WENDELL COX: Rising land costs, not construction, to blame for housing unaffordability
Tag: Municipal politics
Oakland no longer willing to play the stadium extortion game
KEN REED: The Oakland A’s are looking to leave the city for Vegas, after failing to extort more money from the city
Gil Penalosa out of the race for Toronto mayor
NICK KOSSOVAN: Gil read the room and decided he would not be another vanity candidate
Social media advice for Toronto mayoral candidates
NICK KOSSOVAN: Don’t be afraid to have fun with social media – show your true selves
Toronto mayoral candidates need to pledge to cut spending
JAY GOLDBERG: Keep property tax hikes below the rate of inflation and close the budget gap created by Tory’s reckless spending
Is Toronto ready for another mayoral candidate circus?
NICK KOSSOVAN: Whoever wins the upcoming Toronto mayoral by-election on Jun. 26 will likely receive at most 20 per cent of the votes
Mayor John Tory was no friend of Toronto taxpayers
JAY GOLDBERG: Tory’s out-of-control spending rivals even that of Justin Trudeau and even makes Doug Ford look like a penny pincher
Rents are out of control, but let’s not blame ‘the market’ for our woes
RICARDO TRANJAN: Because rent increases are well above wages, entire cities are becoming unaffordable for working families
Toronto city council kills cat leash bylaw
GEOFF CARPENTIER: Dooming tens of thousands of birds, small mammals and amphibians to death
Cities are incubators for what is best about humanity
MARK MILKE: Cities are akin to living organisms where everyone can potentially thrive
John Tory sleepwalks to a third term as Toronto mayor
MICHAEL TAUBE: This has been a cakewalk or, if you prefer, a sleepwalk for the incumbent Toronto mayor
What annoys me about municipal elections
ROSLYN KUNIN: But no matter how annoying, we at least have the democratic right to vote
Local elections: democracy as it is meant to be
GERRY CHIDIAC: Candidates do not tend to have corporate sponsorships nor to conform to the wishes of political parties
Why Mark Sutcliffe is the best choice to become the next Mayor of Ottawa
MICHAEL TAUBE: He would be a tremendous asset to the city and a great public servant
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