Tag Archives: privatization

Lawrence Solomon: Subways, profitable subways

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

Politics have transformed once economic subways into an unaffordable public transit option. Continue reading →

Posted in Public transit, Transportation | Tagged Lawrence Solomon, privatization, public transit, Queen Street, subways, toronto | 1 Comment

Lawrence Solomon: Atwood’s library

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(August 5, 2011) Toronto has an extraordinary library system with close to 100 branches. The former is mostly about books; the latter mostly about everything but books. This is true of most Canadian cities, where the great history of building public libraries to bring books to the people is running up against rapidly changing cultures and technologies. Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets | Tagged budget, budget cuts, fix your city, KPMG, Lawrence Solomon, Margaret Atwood, Mayor Ford, municipal financing, NGOs, privatization, retail, toronto, Toronto Public Library, TPL | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Fix Your City – KPMG cuts are merely cautious

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(July 29, 2011) The potential cuts that KPMG laid out are just what you’d expect from a consulting group inspired by accountants: cautious and uninspired. Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets | Tagged BIA, budget, budget cuts, Business Improvement Area, deregulation, fix your city, KPMG, Lawrence Solomon, Mayor Ford, municipal financing, privatization, retail, toronto | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: A Tea Party budget

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Other News Sources

(July 15, 2011) Michele Bachmann would stop the borrowing and prioritize Social Security, Medicare and defence. Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets | Tagged asset sale, balanced budget, Bipartisan Policy Center, credit rating, debt ceiling, debt clock, Inflation, Karl Rove, Lawrence Solomon, Michele Bachmann, Moody’s, privatization, S & P, Standard and Poor’s, Triple A credit rating, US default, US dollar | 1 Comment

Lawrence Solomon: Keep names, sell stations

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(July 8, 2011) To minimize fare hikes on Toronto’s deficit-ridden transit system, a desperate Toronto Transit Commission decided this week to raise revenue from corporations by selling them naming rights to subway stations. Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged deregulation, fix your city, Lawrence Solomon, Mayor Ford, Naming rights, PPP, privatization, public private partnership, public transit, retail, subways, toronto, Toronto Transit Commission, TTC | Leave a comment