In their campaign to hang onto power, the ruling Conservatives have zeroed in on the separatist Bloc Québécois' support for the opposition coalition that seeks to replace them.
Fund the poverty fight
Child poverty has spread to the GTA's suburban cities and is growing even faster there than it is in Toronto.
Address the 905 gap
Surging population growth is widening an already serious gap in hospital funding in the regions surrounding Toronto. The same regions are being shortchanged in social services, too, and indications are that the gap will widen further ...
Coalition deserves chance
The Conservatives' reaction was fast and furious to news that the opposition parties have signed off on a historic deal to kick them out of office and replace them with a coalition government.
Time is up at York U
There will be students protesting on the front lawn of Queen's Park today instead of learning in their classrooms and labs at York University where they belong.
Harper to blame for political crisis
Our nation's capital is in the midst of a political crisis when it should be addressing an economic crisis. But whose fault is that?
Reform city elections
Four years ago a majority of Toronto city councillors did what many thought they would never do – cast self-interest aside in favour of democratic reforms making their re-election more difficult.
For diversity in boardrooms
The Toronto region is one of the most ethnically and racially diverse places on the planet, so why are the bulk of our leaders white?
Karzai's many demands
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who faces an election in 2009, is caught between Afghan voters who are chafing at a war that isn't going well and the foreigners who have been fighting it for them.
Zoo crew not so fine
With hard-pressed consumers cutting back on their spending and attendance already dropping at the Toronto Zoo, it seems an inopportune time to raise the fee to see this attraction. Nonetheless, that's what the zoo board has decided ...
PM needs to fix economy
Facing a potential defeat of his government over its utterly inadequate economic statement, Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday chose discretion as the better part of valour.
Teachers on shaky turf
The bell is about to ring for 73,000 public school elementary teachers and it won't be welcomed the way it is at the end of the school day.
Playing politics with a meltdown
So much for the kinder, gentler Stephen Harper who appeared to emerge from the Oct. 14 federal election.
Terror in Mumbai
Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke for all Canadians yesterday when he denounced the "unforgivable hatred, brutality and violence" of the terror attacks that police say killed some 120 people and injured 300 in Mumbai, ...
Name offending trustees
The police have decided not to investigate Toronto Catholic school trustees caught billing taxpayers for nearly $30,000 of questionable and prohibited expenses. But as the board chair rightly wonders: "Will the public be ...
Putting a price on plastic bags
In a testament to what well-intentioned people can accomplish, major grocery store chains and Toronto city officials have arrived at a reasonable and effective way to discourage the use of plastic bags.
Quebec's healthy debate
It was a raucous, bad-tempered Quebec debate, more full of sound and fury than policy. Premier Jean Charest spent much of it defending his minority government decision to call an unpopular election amid a global economic crisis.
End the strike at York
After a lengthy hiatus, York University and its striking teaching staff are set to get back to the bargaining table today. It's about time.
Chill the debate over wind energy
In our apathetic times, it says something when dozens of people are still lined up at microphones at 10:30 p.m. to speak at a public meeting. Less heartening is that it was over a proposal to put a refrigerator-sized box ...
Free speech, and hate
Canada's Criminal Code is tough on hate speech, and rightly so. Those who incite or wilfully promote hatred against identifiable groups can spend two years in jail.
Football in the snow
High-school football teams from the Greater Toronto Area will be participating in provincial playoffs today and tomorrow at outdoor venues. The forecast is for snow both days.
Prime Minister discovers Keynes
Having discovered his inner Keynes, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is now saying fiscal stimulus and deficit financing are "essential" to avert economic disaster. He even suggests that Canadians who cling ...
Putting children first
Under legislation introduced yesterday at Queen's Park, judges would no longer be able to transfer custody of children from their parents to friends or extended family with little more than a signed slip of paper.
Child poverty has spread to the GTA's suburban cities and is growing even faster there than it is in Toronto.
Address the 905 gap
Surging population growth is widening an already serious gap in hospital funding in the regions surrounding Toronto. The same regions are being shortchanged in social services, too, and indications are that the gap will widen further ...
Coalition deserves chance
The Conservatives' reaction was fast and furious to news that the opposition parties have signed off on a historic deal to kick them out of office and replace them with a coalition government.
Time is up at York U
There will be students protesting on the front lawn of Queen's Park today instead of learning in their classrooms and labs at York University where they belong.
Harper to blame for political crisis
Our nation's capital is in the midst of a political crisis when it should be addressing an economic crisis. But whose fault is that?
Reform city elections
Four years ago a majority of Toronto city councillors did what many thought they would never do – cast self-interest aside in favour of democratic reforms making their re-election more difficult.
For diversity in boardrooms
The Toronto region is one of the most ethnically and racially diverse places on the planet, so why are the bulk of our leaders white?
Karzai's many demands
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who faces an election in 2009, is caught between Afghan voters who are chafing at a war that isn't going well and the foreigners who have been fighting it for them.
Zoo crew not so fine
With hard-pressed consumers cutting back on their spending and attendance already dropping at the Toronto Zoo, it seems an inopportune time to raise the fee to see this attraction. Nonetheless, that's what the zoo board has decided ...
PM needs to fix economy
Facing a potential defeat of his government over its utterly inadequate economic statement, Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday chose discretion as the better part of valour.
Teachers on shaky turf
The bell is about to ring for 73,000 public school elementary teachers and it won't be welcomed the way it is at the end of the school day.
Playing politics with a meltdown
So much for the kinder, gentler Stephen Harper who appeared to emerge from the Oct. 14 federal election.
Terror in Mumbai
Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke for all Canadians yesterday when he denounced the "unforgivable hatred, brutality and violence" of the terror attacks that police say killed some 120 people and injured 300 in Mumbai, ...
Name offending trustees
The police have decided not to investigate Toronto Catholic school trustees caught billing taxpayers for nearly $30,000 of questionable and prohibited expenses. But as the board chair rightly wonders: "Will the public be ...
Putting a price on plastic bags
In a testament to what well-intentioned people can accomplish, major grocery store chains and Toronto city officials have arrived at a reasonable and effective way to discourage the use of plastic bags.
Quebec's healthy debate
It was a raucous, bad-tempered Quebec debate, more full of sound and fury than policy. Premier Jean Charest spent much of it defending his minority government decision to call an unpopular election amid a global economic crisis.
End the strike at York
After a lengthy hiatus, York University and its striking teaching staff are set to get back to the bargaining table today. It's about time.
Chill the debate over wind energy
In our apathetic times, it says something when dozens of people are still lined up at microphones at 10:30 p.m. to speak at a public meeting. Less heartening is that it was over a proposal to put a refrigerator-sized box ...
Free speech, and hate
Canada's Criminal Code is tough on hate speech, and rightly so. Those who incite or wilfully promote hatred against identifiable groups can spend two years in jail.
Football in the snow
High-school football teams from the Greater Toronto Area will be participating in provincial playoffs today and tomorrow at outdoor venues. The forecast is for snow both days.
Prime Minister discovers Keynes
Having discovered his inner Keynes, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is now saying fiscal stimulus and deficit financing are "essential" to avert economic disaster. He even suggests that Canadians who cling ...
Putting children first
Under legislation introduced yesterday at Queen's Park, judges would no longer be able to transfer custody of children from their parents to friends or extended family with little more than a signed slip of paper.
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