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If they can cut the development time by a decade, building it to Pearson, or to downsview or something, seems just fine.
January 23, 2026 at 7:56 PM
No, you do
January 20, 2026 at 11:55 PM
And somehow they're going to also attack Greenland next month.
January 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Oh come on
January 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Will Alsop can make a template for a cantilevered dorm in the style of the OCAD building. Boom! Instant housing above every TTC station.
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
And the distances between things is increased to make room for all the road space
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Reposted
Per other's reporting, this isn't opening-day jitters primarily, it's the result of operational decisions made by the TTC (which means it's also not Doug Ford's fault.)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Your handle is "davidmoscrop.com" but that doesn't work to access your sub stack, I had to edit the URL to "www.davidmoscrop.com". Consider adding a redirect, and /or putting the correct link in your bio.
davidmoscrop.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Yeah of course, but I can't think of a better explanation for problems like stop spacing in a new build. The people who created this plan cared about something, certainly. Equity, aesthetics, but apparently not speed.
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We've got plenty of experience with trams, maybe less than some but enough. The only explanation is apathetic leadership.
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It's confusing but they are now C-3PO-D2 and R2-3PO-D2
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And unfortunately people still seem to think the problem isn't lack of supply or excessive fees and red tape but rather greedy developers. Which is why Ford keeps getting away with his incompetence.
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Yeah I was being a little tongue in cheek, my actual opinion is that a solution involves actually taking the problem seriously and not just looking at it, as the Dems seem to be, as a normal swing of the political pendulum. Dictatorship isn't another political wedge issue.
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Switch to a parliamentary system with a figurehead as executive.
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Canada's high speed rail plan includes all the places currently served by rail: Vancouver, Halifax, Prince Rupert, Hay River (might as well extend up to Yellowknife), Churchill, Moosonee. Also create charter cities out of Toronto and Vancouver are now charter but with a builders remedy.
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This obviously needs to be extended to moosonee, Laborador city and Goose Bay.
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Government information must be provided unredacted within five minutes of the request.
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
You forgot one coast
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
And then after you introduce New Dollar suddenly go out with Dollar Classic, kill New Dollar and try to pretend it never existed.
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Suddenly private spas on the waterfront are ok, need to update my talking points.
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
That's actually Toronto's slogan : partially open transit hub
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Marx was similarly anti -urban although it wasn't a really key part of his philosophy so people don't talk about it much.
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Skydome used to be surrounded by parking too. The problem with BMO Field is that the giant parking lot is owned by the city and, unlike private lots downtown, isn't susceptible to market forces.
November 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Toronto also has a ridiculous parking lot ripe for development right beside a downtown stadium - BMO Field. We could be learning from ourselves...
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM