Click on the 'How Can I Increase My Walk Score?' link - it's all just Google data So, don't blame them if your local grocery isn't there. I find it curious, though, that they don't count schools. That's an important part of walkability for a good portion of the population. Combined...

That's such an important point. We won't get reasonable process for approving developments as long as the councillors can pander to local opposition and leave the unpopular decisions to the to the OMB.

I think most of the claims are commonly accepted as true. These trends have been reported on for years by the city, by the Board of Trade, by urban advocates, and by the Conference Board of Canada. There's hardly any news in this shallow report. The ONLY thing newsworthy in this report is...

Is this not really an attempt by Mike Harris to defend his legacy in against the growing acknowledgment that he screwed things up? Oh yeah, it's all just waste on the part of the city government. Not the added cost of social services that YOU downloaded? High city taxes are to blame but...

The mayor should be empowered to effectively operate the executive branch of municipal government. With authority over the civil service and a cabinet that is allowed to debate policy in private. Just like the Premier or PM. Council should operate as the legislative branch - reviewing and...

McGuinty's responses to issues of religion and public institutions have reflected an admirably consistent position of secularism. - He got rid of faith based arbitration - He opposed publicly funded religious schools in favour of a single secular system for all. - He wanted to remove prayer...

Yup. I believe there are more people working in the downtown core, but there has been a big exodus of office and manufacturing jobs from the inner burbs to the 905. Chased out by high taxes. And a lot of that land has been replaced with big box retail. To which, I guess, the Smart...

I guess actually reading what I wrote would have ruined the fun of your rant. "There is no evidence that there will be a net increase in retail jobs.." Does not equal "There will be no net increase in retail jobs..." I'm in no position to make the latter claim. Likewise, Smart Centres is in...

Quite a claim. The number of low end service jobs downtown is declining, while the number of high paying service jobs is increasing. Do you have any evidence to back it up? Is there less retail downtown than there used to be? The 'jobs for the poor' argument is just a put-on by the...

I made my first trip to the Crystal recently with my 2 small kids. Although I find the Crystal interesting from the outside, the inside was annoying. We spent most of our time on the second floor. The exhibit areas are too much dominated by the funny angles of the Crystal. The galleries...

C'est What, on Front at Church, has a good selection of local brews and a few of their own creations. Al's Cask Ale is one of their best. It's one of my favourite places on the planet, especially by the 3rd pint.

What was the condo proposal that was turned down?

You're right, let's just roll over while they turn Leslie to Broadview into a sprawl of parking lots and chain stores. Past mistakes justify future mistakes. And aren't the opponents all SUV owners from the Beaches who DRIVE along Eastern Ave. (as another recent Smart Centres promo article...

Worse than just the lack of geographical clues, the corporation names would change every few years. When they built the new baseball stadium in San Francisco it was Pac Bell Park. Then SBC bought Pacific Ball and it became SBC Park. Now that SBC is AT&T I guess it's AT&T Park or even the...

So do nothing. That's fine. Or be creative and find some other use for the structures. Or leave it as a film studio. It was the developer's choice to buy into the property with a condition that the present profitable use would be disallowed. The city should have no obligation to make that...

That's not the issue at all. Nobody can stop the closing of the Eastern Ave. studio. TFS isn't interested in operating one and it won't allow a new owner to operate one at that location. That's a private matter. Neither the city nor the OMB can mandate the operation of a film studio at...

From the Globe Abject capitulation by TTC management. Nice to see that they bargained hard for the cash strapped city and it's rate payers. Toronto's finances will only become sustainable once the unions (and the Police are due for a much sweeter deal) are brought under control.

It seems to me that fumbling is what the city does best. I avoid looking for conspiracies where common stupidity and incompetence will do. I've only subjected myself to reading a couple of OMB rulings, but they were full of scorn for the foot dragging, incompetence and duplicity of the city...

That's annoying. Bike theft and resale is essentially an organized crime. Those involved a highly likely to be indulging in other criminal acts. It deserves more attention. I'm sure that lobbying through city hall could get the police to do something. Actually, you could probably get...

True, but if we're not subsidizing them I don't care if they hate us. :) I also agree with hipster duck that less subsidization would lead to greater independence, self confidence and less nursing of grievances. It would also lead to a lot of out migration, which is good and natural. I'd...