Photo by Georgie_grrl from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Since long before he was elected mayor, Rob Ford has championed the idea that Toronto was spending its way towards fiscal disaster. Believe that or not (and many don’t), Ford swept into office on a wave of anti-gravy promises, so it’s no surprise that he’s launched a [...]

Sections of downtown core shut down for fear of falling debris. David Miller responds by initiating the “Less Wind Now” campaign, encouraging Ottawa to build “a giant wall” around Toronto to serve as a windbreak. Forty year mortages have arrived. Suggested advertising slogan: “Now you can be in your seventies and still not have paid [...]