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How can Canada possibly spend five years and tens of billions to fix the housing crisis, but still have no idea if it’s working? That’s the question raised in a recent report by the federal auditor general. Canada’s government is in the process of spending $78.5 billion — about $5,000 per family — to fix housing. […] The post What Does Our $78-Billion Housing Program Really Fix? appeared first on Spacing Vancouver.

Here’s a strange little detail about the 20-car pile-up that is the Ontario Place redevelopment scheme: Shortly before Christmas, the province posted a heritage impact assessment (HIA) on its EngageOntarioplace.ca website. The document contained what, for me, was an ah-ha detail about a plan that has continued to evolve behind the scenes ever since the […] The post LORINC: Can the Ontario Science Centre save Ontario Place? appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

In the days immediately following the municipal election, the second round of public consultations on the revitalization, so-called, of Ontario Place. A provincial website, Engage Ontario Place, seems to be the point of contact, and there has been an online consultation session, facilitated by Bespoke Collective. The process is moving ahead rapidly, including class environmental […] The post LORINC: Paul Bedford on what happens next with the Ontario Place redevelopment appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

In the late 1990s, then St. Paul’s West councillor Joe Mihevc took up the cause of several hundred tenants, many of them seniors, living in two apartment buildings on Tweedsmuir Ave., overlooking the St. Clair West subway station. The buildings, 12-storey slab towers designed by Peter Dickinson with a total of 246 units (146 of […] The post LORINC: Will Toronto defend its rental replacement law from Doug Ford? appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms, and issues that will shape our city for the next four years. Lorraine Lam is community organizer who works with unhoused people, John Lorinc is a Spacing senior editor, together, we […] The post PODCAST: Election Panel with Lorraine Lam and John Lorinc appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms, and issues that will shape our city for the next four years. But the Big Smoke isn’t the only municipality going to the polls October 24th. All across Ontario, people are […] The post Election Panel: the 905 Edition appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms, and issues that will shape our city for the next four years. In this episode, it’s a classic transit panel with Matt Elliott (Toronto Star columnist and City Hall Watcher proprietor) […] The post PODCAST: Election Panel with Matt Elliott and Tricia Wood appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, Toronto’s local politicians had ambitions for local transit. The topic was debated, often intensively and at length. Plans were bruited, consultants were consulted, arms were twisted, and deals got done, or (often) not, as the case may be. Those halcyon days, however, are long […] The post ELECTION: The incredible shrinking transit debate appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

As Toronto gets ready to vote, we’ll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms, and issues that will shape our city for the next four years. In this episode, we talk to Spacing senior editor Shawn Micallef and Spacing contributor and West End Phoenix associate […] The post PODCAST: Election Panel with Shawn Micallef and Kunal Chaudhary appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

City council has spent the past few years chipping away at the walls surrounding that seemingly impregnable fortress otherwise known as Toronto’s Stable Neighbourhoods, with incremental moves such as allowing rental laneway suites and, just recently, an official plan amendment allowing small-scale retail in neighbourhoods. These moves are part of the Expanding Housing Options in […] The post LORINC: What’s missing from the missing middle debate appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

Last week, Statistics Canada released the latest set of data from the 2021 Census, which included information on housing type and tenure. According to the census, more Torontonians rent, and even more live in mid-rise and high-rise apartment buildings, compared to the previous 2016 census. Last year 48.1% of all households in the City of […] The post ELECTION: Toronto is a highrise, rental city – unlike City Council appeared first on Spacing Toronto.

Spacing Radio is a bi-weekly podcast based in Toronto, Canada. We sit down with compelling and provocative civic leaders from Toronto, Montreal, and cities around the world to discuss the latest issues affecting the urban landscape. Our host David Michael Lamb and our cast of contributors will take you right into the middle of the public spaces and talk with the people that bring our cities to life.

Spacing Radio is a bi-weekly podcast based in Toronto, Canada. We sit down with compelling and provocative civic leaders from Toronto, Montreal, and cities around the world to discuss the latest issues affecting the urban landscape. Our host David Michael Lamb and our cast of contributors will take you right into the middle of the public spaces and talk with the people that bring our cities to life.

Spacing Radio is a bi-weekly podcast based in Toronto, Canada. We sit down with compelling and provocative civic leaders from Toronto, Montreal, and cities around the world to discuss the latest issues affecting the urban landscape. Our host David Michael Lamb and our cast of contributors will take you right into the middle of the public spaces and talk with the people that bring our cities to life.

Spacing Radio is a bi-weekly podcast based in Toronto, Canada. We sit down with compelling and provocative civic leaders from Toronto, Montreal, and cities around the world to discuss the latest issues affecting the urban landscape. Our host David Michael Lamb and our cast of contributors will take you right into the middle of the public spaces and talk with the people that bring our cities to life.