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Policy Monday is a weekly feature during the lead-up to the provincial election where Torontoist will dive into the mean and gritty world of public policy, turning a critical eye at a specific area of the policies and machinations of the four major provincial parties.

Roselawn Ave (near Dufferin and Eglinton) Tommy Douglas Ave. after the Greatest Canadian. They'll be unveiling the street sign tommorow at 1pm.

and was promptly kicked out of the Liberal caucus. Now she's decided to make a further ass out of herself by appearing on Global's Train 48. Which is a shame since C.P. had an interesting political career going, even winning the largest nomination meeting in the history of Canadian politics in 1993. I guess this all means there will never be a Lake Carolyn. Parrish the thought.

Why wasn't Dan Ackroyd CBC's 'Greatest Canadian?' The network's exercise in garish anointment (rightly) gave us Tommy Douglas as Prime Time star for the evening, but Dan's got the charisma and the c.v. too! Gawker's Scoop gives us the lowdown on Ackroyd's rampant America-hating, and just in time for the commander-in-chief's visit to Dan's home turf too. All this Krankery is, in TOist's opinion, perfect pr for Ackroyd's cranky new film, though Ms. Scoop doesn't think so. Dan's in the finest form we've seen since The Great Outdoors.