Besides lawn signs and public meetings, newspaper advertisements have long been a preferred method for Ontario politicians to spread their message to the public. Whether it’s a simple promise to provide “good government” or a full platform requiring a magnifying glass to read, the press has offered a forum for candidates to make their case [...]

Photo by Joel Charlebois/Torontoist. As the results come in we’ll be providing updates from key campaigns, announcing winners as they are declared, and trying to understand what it all means. For background on the campaign and Toronto’s role in it head over to our politics hub and click on the map to find out more [...]

Photo by dan cronin from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Rob Ford isn’t the silent type. When our mayor has an opinion about something, whether it’s bike lanes, gravy trains, football, subways, or any of his other projects or pet peeves, he usually makes himself heard. Up until last Friday, when he finally decided to trek [...]

In the run-up to the federal election on May 2, we’ll be comparing the major parties’ platforms on issues that matter to urban voters. Each party’s key messages, according their respective colours. Image by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist. Tired as you may be of hearing it, Canada is a country of immigrants, many of whom vote. For [...]

In the run-up to the federal election on May 2, we’ll be comparing the major parties’ platforms on issues that matter to urban voters. Each party’s key messages, according their respective colours. Image by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist. Crime is a perennial hot-button issue, even when there’s not really that much of it around. Our national parties [...]

In the run-up to the federal election on May 2, we’ll be comparing the major parties’ platforms on issues that matter to urban voters. Each party’s key messages, according their respective colours. Image by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist. In spite of our penchant for clubbing baby seals and drowning ducks in toxic sludge, polls routinely suggest that [...]

In the run-up to the federal election on May 2, we’ll be comparing the major parties’ platforms on issues that matter to urban voters. Each party’s key messages, according to their respective colours. Image by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist. Historically, attracting the student vote hasn’t been terribly important to federal parties due to the fact that traditionally [...]

In the run-up to the federal election on May 2, we’ll be comparing the major parties’ platforms on issues that matter to urban voters. Each party’s key messages, according their respective colours. Image by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist. Is the electoral system in this country broken? In spite of frequent tweaking to the seat-assignment formula over the [...]

In the run-up to the federal election on May 2, we’ll be comparing the major parties’ platforms on issues that matter to urban voters. Each party’s key messages, according their respective colours. Image by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist. Health care discussions have been decidedly lacking this election, taking a back seat to questions of fighter jets, prisons, [...]

In the run-up to the federal election on May 2, we’ll be comparing the major parties’ platforms on issues that matter to urban voters. Each party’s key messages, according their respective colours. Image by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist. With the country still meandering out of recession and most people more interested in jobs than Junos, Genies, and [...]