Electing a government based on a shared national faith in a fair, reasonable immigration system does not give them carte blanche to change it instead to infinity immigration no matter how much corporations/special interests whine and mope- in doing so, that faith has been violated...

Struggles in the arts community- leadership, especially from the city will be needed: But some optimism...

Liberal legacy:

When has that stopped the Star from pushing a narrative?

For all it's worth, Concords's old omnipresent Cityplace rendering from Lake Ontario (can no longer find it) always had 'Signature' as the tallest building in Cityplace. I personally think it's a shame we went from something like Vancouver Wall Centre to an econoplex- the rest of the...

I hate to say it, but the disappearance of ultra-cheap apartments, flophouses, and motels in inner city neighborhoods has been almost equally disastrous for the precariously housed and urban poor as the loss of institutional mental health spaces. Without this supply of housing, the net result...

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/there-is-no-pharmacare-deal?taid=65e4746272a63d00014b689b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Late-term Trudeau has a similar air to late-term Tory; PR-friendly managerial ‘centrism’ beset by intensifying crises, while leadership feels like it is absent or aspirationally demure in the face of these issues. The difference is that I think Trudeau will see it through to the election, while...

Hoboken eliminating traffic fatalities: https://fortune.com/2024/03/02/hoboken-new-jersey-no-traffic-fatalities-7-years-pedestrians/

It's clear that the Federal government must re-assert Canada as a national project against the centrifugal forces occurring in this country. Canada will absolutely not survive on the embers of the postwar nationbuilding project as a 'Postnational' state, in Trudeau's words.

I wonder if there's opportunities to in-fill between the annex and the main legislature building + the parking lot, with perhaps a new library situated underground?

What hopes are there of reworking the forecourts? The grass is always ratty and makes the entire square by extension feel run down. I know that area has been cut from the original scope but it's seriously crying out for some attention. Personally, I think that the forecourt should be...

There are some elements of the new design that I like, including the crown (sorely lacking in this city) and the retention of the heritage facades (say what you will about their quality, but none of the previous proposals were satisfactory either in the podium levels). On the other hand: - The...

I think the actual site is around Birchmount and McNabb, on the site of the Oasis Fitness: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QCL4SMbmWcxhAZy67

Interesting: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/houston-we-have-a-solution/

I’m not seeing the maple leaves here- the buildings either needed to be simpler in both massing and facade, or the leaves more pronounced in expression for them to have an effect.

Fascinating how much visually better this project is compared to Central Condos just up the street, which devoured a similar row of bay-and-gables without much in return.

Interesting comment- would make sense for Montreal, but perhaps an East Harbor station in Toronto? https://montrealgazette.com/business/via-rail-to-put-greater-emphasis-on-speed-for-planned-high-frequency-line-executive

Liberals giving Conservatives so many arrows to put into their quiver: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/report-into-arrivecan-finds-shoddy-bids-nonexistent-contractors

2024 Ontario Economic Outlook https://occ.ca/interactive-oer2024/