Yes, it's much clearer to name stations after neighbourhoods they aren't in.

IMO the most elegant solution is to copy Quebec and start naming things after people. A few good candidates for what's now to be Chinatown station: - Sam Factor, one of Canada's first Jewish MPs, who represented the area in the House of Commons and served with distinction in both World Wars. -...

I can think of at least two reasons: 1. Because nobody at Ontario Place is going to complain about frequent, slightly noisy ferry service. (Whereas, at Humber Bay, you've got several condo towers, plus the usual trouble of people who think that public parks should be for their exclusive...

Might be a matter of necessity. There aren't a lot of low-floor motorcoaches on the market.

Or tattoos if you're really hardcore.

If you think political discourse is somewhere people ought to express their honest beliefs in clear terms, make persuasive arguments built around facts and patterns, acknowledge when they have been wrong, and stick to their principles over time, Andrew Coyne is one of Canada's best political...

Or they'll vote Bloc to send a message to the government. Or they won't vote at all.

The.Bloc are skeptical but not opposed in principle: (Processes must be followed, local concerns must be addressed, due consideration, proper management, etc. but so long as the project meets a standard of perfection humanity has not yet achieved, they're happy to support it.)

At the risk of dragging this thread deeper into political analysis, something worth internalizing about Terrebonne is that it's close, to a point that pissing off 1% of their voters from last time would likely be enough to cost the Liberals the seat. When the commentators say that ALTO could...

Most Canadians aren't voting in the Terrebonne byelection.

First of all, construction sites aren't supposed to stay construction sites. It is appropriate to talk about future land use in the context of transit planning. Second, taking the SeaBus as our benchmark, it takes the SeaBus about 15 minutes to travel 3.25 kilometres, unload, and load. That...

The SeaBus connects the downtown core of Vancouver to a dense suburb along a route which is significantly shorter than the best road connection. This is also why the Dartmouth Ferries work in Halifax, why the Thames ferries work in London, why the river ferries work in Manhattan, etc. These...

The thing with parties soaring from opposition into majority positions is that, whatever their previously-stated principles, they tend to fold themselves into pretzels for whatever constituencies made their majority. In this case, while it's true the Conservatives hold very few Quebec seats at...

If the Liberals lose the next election and the project is still in the Establishing A Framework To Initiate Discussions With Potential Vendors Related To Planning A Model For Developing A Project phase, it won't matter how high Mark Carney's approval rating was in the spring of 2026. Great...

Excuse you, that's the Canal District, the premier nightlife and cultural destination in greater Sault Ste Marie, "where culinary delights meet casual comfort and sophistication"!

We're ordering off a limited menu: whatever model the city buys, the bikes need to be fully compatible with the existing dock and charger infrastructure. Ideally we'd also like a model which has been road-tested in similar installations, and which is maximally compatible with existing...

The NDP entered the 2015 election campaign leading in most major polls. They ended the campaign 10% behind the other two parties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2015_Canadian_federal_election

There's plenty of evidence that Mulcair is just not a very good politician: his post-Parliamentary punditry has been an absolute clown show. (Two years ago he was on TV confidently predicting that Jean Charest would have no trouble beating Pierre Poilievre to the Conservative leadership. How did...

Makes a great deal of sense, especially in light of the colossally stupid experiment with running GO Trains to London. So, on the one hand, there's enough political leverage in play here to force a conservative provincial government to run train service to London. But because the only extant...

We would also be further fracturing the passenger experience. (You must ALWAYS request stops on THESE services UNLESS the following criteria are met. You must pay your fare BEFORE boarding, unless you pay it UPON boarding, unless you board the service HERE, HERE or HERE...)