ArchiveMay 2014

By: Matt Elliott Metro, Metro Canada Published on Fri May 09 2014 If you believe the John Tory campaign, one of the key differences between Tory and opponent Olivia Chow is that he’s serious about building Toronto's much-needed relief line subway, and she’s not. Tory is certainly full of bluster when it comes to the new line. Last week, he used up his entire quota of campaign exclamation...

By: Matt Elliott Metro, Metro Published on Wed May 07 2014 Our governments could buy a lot of things with $367 million. That would be enough to make a huge dent in the repair bill at Toronto Community Housing. It could also pay for the planned LRT along Queens Quay East – the one students at the new George Brown campus have been waiting for. It’d buy us three St. Clair streetcar right-of...

By: Matt Elliott Metro, Metro Canada Published on Thu May 01 2014 Rob Ford should resign. Yeah, I know, you’ve heard that before. It’s not a radical statement. It’s not even a new statement. People have been saying it for months. It was a fair thing to say the first time there were credible reports that the mayor had been captured on video smoking crack-cocaine while uttering racist and...