Archive for 'Patrick Metzger'
The Ontario government and the province's doctors aren't seeing eye to eye on fees, and we may all end up paying the price.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley May. 18th, 11:00 am
A glimpse into one possible Queen's Park future.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley May. 10th, 4:00 pm
The dust is finally settling on the Ontario budget debate, and whoever won, it wasn't taxpayers.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Apr. 26th, 3:00 pm
Next week could see a right-wing Wildrose Alliance Party government in Alberta—and with it, a more contentious relationship between eastern and western Canada.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Apr. 19th, 12:15 pm
It's still a long shot, but the odds of a provincial election are ticking up slightly as nobody wants to back down on budget talks.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Apr. 12th, 4:15 pm
The proposed NDP tax on the wealthy looks good on paper, but don't expect to see it happen.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Apr. 5th, 2:15 pm
The liberal "austerity" budget isn't making the opposition parties especially happy, but it won't trigger an election.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Mar. 29th, 3:15 pm
The Liberal budget has little to please and something to annoy everyone. But the only question that matters is, will it cut the deficit?
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Patrick Metzger • Photo by Christopher Drost Mar. 27th, 5:45 pm
The Ornge scandal just keeps getting uglier. Will it cost Deb Matthews her job?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Mar. 23rd, 9:00 am
The Toronto-Danforth by-election to replace Jack Layton happens on March 19. Here, Torontoist aims to tell you who’s running, and why.
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Patrick Metzger Mar. 15th, 3:03 pm
This week Tim Hudak and the Tories really kicked up their Toronto-transit agenda. Here's why that's all kinds of stupid.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Mar. 8th, 2:30 pm
With the future of transit in Toronto far from decided, even the politicians at Queen's Park are jumping—or being pushed—into the debate. Will the senior level of government bring a new maturity to the discussion? In a word: No.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Mar. 1st, 4:30 pm
Ontario waits with bated breath as the budget gnomes toil away in the bowels of Queen's Park. The big question is, who's going to get hurt the most?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Feb. 23rd, 4:00 pm
Yesterday, Don Drummond's Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services marched down from Mount Doom to tell Ontarians that unless we put the brakes on spending we could be eurozoning by 2017. Fortunately all we have to cut is everything.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Feb. 16th, 3:15 pm
The 2011 census data show what we already knew: jobs and people are headed west. What can Ontario do about it?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Feb. 9th, 3:30 pm
Yesterday, the province announced plans to close most of Ontario Place while figuring out how best to revamp the property. What remains to be seen is how much input Toronto will have into the outcome.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Feb. 2nd, 3:30 pm
In a speech this week, the Premier talked about change, but offered no detail on what that might look like.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Jan. 27th, 11:30 am
Hey Toronto, do you like gambling? Like deficit reduction? Has OLG got an idea for you!
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Jan. 19th, 2:00 pm
The Government of Ontario wants you looking good in 2012.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Jan. 12th, 6:30 pm
Austerity: It's not just for Europeans anymore.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Jan. 5th, 4:15 pm
With the federal contribution to Ontario's health care funding set to slow down in five years, it's time to look for better ways of keeping us well.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Dec. 22nd, 2:00 pm
Nominated for: squandering a rare opportunity.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Brian McLachlan Dec. 15th, 3:31 pm
Short answer: because of our three levels of government, precisely zero have made it a priority.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Dec. 15th, 3:00 pm
This week the minority Liberals got hammered for not conserving enough electricity and for paying too much to make more of it.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Dec. 8th, 11:00 am
This week, a rare moment of political cohesion as all parties agree that anti-bullying legislation is necessary and important. Residents of Ontario should be proud.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Dec. 1st, 2:30 pm
Dalton McGuinty's Throne Speech this week told us we're in for a choppy ride. The question is, what's going to get chopped?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Nov. 24th, 3:15 pm
In what could be the most boring buddy movie ever made, the NDP and Tories are joining forces to try and lower your monthly heating bill. It remains to be seen whether the Liberal minority government will let it happen.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Nov. 17th, 1:30 pm
The ongoing world economic crisis means it sucks to be Ontario's finance minister. What can he do to keep the province from stalling out?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Nov. 10th, 1:30 pm
Stephen Harper wants to put more people in jail, but Dalton McGuinty doesn't want to pay for it. Who's going to win?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Nov. 3rd, 1:30 pm
MPP Frank Klees' apparent bid to shift the balance of power at Queen's Park by running for Speaker of the House raises one big question: what is he thinking?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Oct. 27th, 2:00 pm
Today Dalton McGuinty named his new cabinet: what does it mean for Toronto?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Oct. 20th, 12:30 pm
For all the hoopla around social media and elections, does the former really make any difference in the latter?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Oct. 13th, 2:30 pm
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Christopher Bird , Hamutal Dotan , and Patrick Metzger • Photos by Christopher Drost Oct. 6th, 8:55 pm
With Ontarians dealing with a lingering recession and daily scare-mongering headlines, the economy is really the central issue in this election. Here's how the parties are saying they'll put us back to work.
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Patrick Metzger • Graphic by Michael Chrisman Oct. 1st, 3:15 pm
The outcome of the provincial election will have a major impact on the future state of Ontario's cities and how we get around in them. Here's what the parties say they'll do.
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Patrick Metzger • Graphic by Michael Chrisman Sep. 30th, 3:00 pm
Health care accounts for almost half of the provincial budget, and that number is only going to rise. Here's what the parties are proposing to do with all that money.
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Patrick Metzger • Graphic by Michael Chrisman Sep. 29th, 2:00 pm
It's one of the two most significant areas of provincial jurisdiction. We look at who is promising what.
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Patrick Metzger • Graphic by Michael Chrisman Sep. 28th, 1:30 pm
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Patrick Metzger • Graphic by Michael Chrisman Sep. 27th, 2:00 pm
Controversy over subsidizing employers who hire new Canadians exemplifies the pointless pettiness of election politics.
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Sep. 15th, 3:00 pm
With the provincial election less than a month away, we ask the big question: which party gives the best video?
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Patrick Metzger • Illustration by Matthew Daley Sep. 8th, 12:00 pm
