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Referendum Trudeau

He campaigned in poetry but governed in prose

Rinkside Reading

What does hockey’s literature say about the sport?

Alarm Bells

Fort McMurray and fires hence

Michael Booth

Michael Booth served as a policy advisor in the administration of Toronto mayor David Miller and is currently director of special projects for the LRC and production director for the LRC-affiliated Spur Festival.

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Michael Booth

Cracked

Placing the Ford mayoralty in long-term perspective. March 2016
It is one of the mixed blessings of our political culture that our memories tend to be rather short. Accomplishments and failures of previous administrations are often forgotten or misappropriated as the next lot takes over. This seems particularly true of municipal politics. Although every city council has long-serving members, mayors tend to attract attention only when in…