News report: Federal government to allow commercial redevelopment of Toronto’s “Dominion Public Building” The fine folks at 60 Harbour Street must feel a bit like Rodney Dangerfield right about now. For years, PortsToronto has followed...
Well, wasn’t that an experience! I’ve bored you all with the occasional vignette of my time as a member of the Board and Chairman of PortsToronto (aka the Toronto Port Authority) for the better...
It has been a few years since I’ve written about a discredited former Globe and Mail columnist by the name of John Barber (see prior post “Barber’s Blazing Beretta” Jan 28-09). The reason being,...
It has been some time since the words “Adam Vaughan” have appeared on this blog, and I know you’re all grateful (see prior representative post “And Adam Vaughan wants to be Toronto’s Mayor?” Nov....
Right about now, the former Chief of Staff of the embattled Mayor of Toronto will be taking to the radio airwaves. According to his Twitterfeed, he plans to provide his insight into this week’s...
I had a fascinating day yesterday (and not just because Wellington Financial announced its new $200M fund and San Fran office opening); if you’ve ever used the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, this long...
Fixing Toronto Part 15 For the life of me I can’t understand what the apparent resistance to toll roads is, when Canadian taxpayers are prepared to pay user fees for so many other elements...
Fixing Toronto – Part 10 What’s with those massive outdoor TTC LRT billboards? I see in my morning paper that Toronto Mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi has included a moratorium on Toronto’s “Transit City” infrastructure...
Fixing Toronto – Part Four At the risk of boring you with more nitty gritty on how things work in the rough and tumble world of politics and the Toronto waterfront, I have very...
Fixing Toronto – Part One It was just a few hours ago that I had to pay 50 cents to enter a stretch of road near Reston, Virginia. And then another 50 cents to...
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