I remember packing my best approximation of business casual outfits, but I don’t recall my last breath of the crisp, outdoor air. I didn’t think to savour it.
In October 2012, the Star sent me to live in the PATH for two weeks to see what kind of life I could lead in the underground retail world that supported Toronto’s office towers.
Every morning, the pantsuit army showed up in endless GO train waves, flowing north as a pack, unimpeded through food courts, shops and marble lobbies, up elevators, into drop-ceilinged offices. I learned to walk with the currents. I existed in a corporate haze.
This does not bode well for Toronto, and the article makes no mention of the insane cost of shelter as a barrier preventing recovery to pre-pandemic levels. No People No Path.
Toronto is so screwed … Here’s why Toronto’s bloated race for mayor is bad for democracy
Democracy is a good thing.
But too much of a good thing can be bad news.
Torontonians are waking up to an election campaign overrun by more than 100 candidates running for mayor after Friday’s final deadline for nominations.
The more the merrier? Sadly, this 102-ring circus risks turning a serious race into a bad joke at the ballot box.
