Opinion

People deserve a mayor who has their back, writes Olivia Chow.

Toronto isn’t broken. It’s stuck, Brad Bradford writes.

I am asking for your vote to build a city where you can get ahead, put down roots and look forward to what comes next, writes Bonnie Crombie.

My two years as mayor have been marked by progress, focus, and direction, Carolyn Parrish writes.

This election turns on the voter who usually stays home, but has now decided to cast a ballot, writes Alvin Tedjo.

Instead of looking at which political “card” we carry, we get to really look at our city and think about what we want and need most in the communities where we live, Bradford's campaign co-chair writes.

This is a government more concerned with room service than public service, writes NDP leader Marit Stiles.

On the Shakespearean drama in Scarborough Southwest.

Local voice — and with it, support, resources and accountability — is being stripped away, writes a Peel District School Board trustee.

The Ford government is wrong to cut OSAP. Here’s how we can actually help students.

If we were designing Niagara today, the modern answer would be one Niagara, one city.

The Ford government's “Buy vs. Build” experiment is a risky bet that leaves Ontario dependent on foreign corporations for our survival, writes Liam Gill.

Political campaigning in Canada has evolved dramatically, yet the ecosystems supporting campaigners have not always kept pace, the co-founders write.

The ‘guys in a group chat’ ended up changing the direction of our party for the better, writes the Toronto-area regional vice-president.

The goal should be a stronger, more consistent conservation system — not a distant bureaucracy without local control, says the chair of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority.

Ford thought the ad blitz would rally support against Trump and his administration. But failing to anticipate the president’s response was a fundamental political mistake, writes Liberal strategist Marcel Wieder.

The $2.5-billion job-training fund is not about public versus private. It’s about outcomes versus process, Premier Doug Ford’s ex-director of communications writes.

We showed the value of grassroots organizing and building a movement, even against the odds, the co-founders of the New Leaf Liberals write.

The foundation has been laid, and we’ve got another three and a half years to build on it, says one ex-Liberal candidate.

Bonnie Crombie had her chance to lead — and failed, says the co-founder of the New Leaf Liberals.

For nearly two years, some have asked aloud: “Where are the Arabs?” I spent a month in the region and found them right where they’ve always been — hushed, perhaps, but never hardened.