This page is dedicated to the media coverage that has been provided to The Toronto Party.
2010 News Coverage
January 22:
The Toronto Sun, Don Peat, "Trying to avoid Heaps of trouble"
Inside Toronto, David Nickle, "No Holyday for some councillors"
January 21: The Toronto Star, Paul Moloney and John Spears, "Councillor hires a lawyer to quash payments"
January 18:
The Toronto Sun, Editorial, "Councillors in Heaps of trouble"
National Post, Posted Toronto, Natalie Alcoba, "Mayor says City needs to protect councillors from being sued"
The Toronto Sun, Bryn Weese, "Mayor Miller won't comment on lawsuit"
Law Times, Glenn Kauth, "Funding for defamation cases close to crossing line"
January 17: The Toronto Star, Editorial, "Heaps payout offensive"
January 14:
The Toronto Sun, Bryn Weese, "Where's the money, councillors asked"
The Toronto Star, Royson James, "Tax dollars at work flouting the law"
National Post, Natalie Alcoba, "Watchdog group sues city over funding of councillor's pre-election legal fees"
Insdie Toronto, David Nickle, "Lawsuit launched for benefit of taxpayers, Toronto Party says"
January 13:
Global TV, Jackson Proskow, "Councillors, city sued over reimbursed legal fees"
Newstalk 1010, "Toronto Party discusses lawsuit details"
January 12:
The Toronto Star, Royson James, "Paying for Heaps of trouble"
Inside Toronto, David Nickle, "Councillors sued for decision to pay colleague's lawsuit expenses"
January 8: The Toronto Star, Vanessa Lu, "21 Toronto councillors sued for footing legal bills"
January 5: The Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy, "Lawsuit is Heaps of trouble - Councillors who vote to pay politician's tab aren't talking"
January 4: The Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy, "Payout sparks lawsuit - Toronto Party targets 23 councillors who backed move to pay colleague's legal bills"
2009 News Coverage
October 8, 2009, "City Hall needs fresh meat", Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy
September 22, 2009, "Toronto Party unveils its transportation plan", Inside Toronto, David Nickle
September 21, 2009, The Toronto Party announces its transportation platform for the 2010 municipal election, CTV News, Janice Golding
September 21, 2009, "Council contenders turn up heat", The Toronto Star, Vanessa Lu and John Spears
June 3, 2009, "An eyesore - or essential?", The Toronto Star, featuring comments by James Alcock, Chair of The Toronto Party Transportation Committee
February 19, 2009, Budget Deputation, CTV News, Toronto
February 4, 2009, Insight as part of the Carribbean Connection, CHIN Radio, Interview with Stephen Thiele and Max Wynter
December 29, 2008, Jim Richards Show, 1010 CFRB, Interview
December 23, 2008, "All he wants for Christmas...", The Toronto Sun, Joe Warmington (Column on The Toronto Party)
October 9, 2008, "Petulant, Juvenile Antics", The Toronto Star, John Eisan (Letter to the Editor)
June 26, 2008, "The City Shoots Itself in the Foot", The Toronto Star, Stephen Thiele (Letter to the Editor)
June 6, 2008, "Mayoral Power Play", Jonathan Goldsbie, EyeWeekly.
May 18, 2008, "Tree stumps go for a spin", Sue-Ann Levy, The Toronto Sun. (Featuring Tony Dickins)
May 11, 2008, "Teens Gone Wild? Chop Down Trees", Sue-Ann Levy, The Toronto Sun. (Featuring Tony Dickins)
May 2008: Theo Caldwell, a friend of The Toronto Party, now has a regular weekly radio program every Saturday on AM640 at 3:05 p.m. with Arlene Bynon. The program runs for a half-hour. Catch Theo as he takes calls from Torontonians.
February 23, 2008, "Parkdale Starts Here", National Post, Toronto Magazine, p. 12, interview with James Alcock, Chair of The Toronto Party Transportation Committee and Jose Gutierrez on The Toronto Party's transportation plan
February 14, 2008, "Let's get this (political) party started?", Matthew Blackett, Spacing.ca (Vote in their online poll: Do you want municipal political parties?)
February 13, 2008, "Party Time?", Dale Duncan, EyeWeekly
February 10, 2008, "Heading in the Wrong Direction", Sue-Ann Levy, The Toronto Sun
January 25, 2008, "The days of trucking trash are numbered", The Toronto Star, Stephen Thiele
October 18, 2007, Jim Richards Show, 1010 CFRB
October 17, 2007, "Lindsay Luby spends $4,800 on spin", The Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy
September 18, 2007, "What's so 'fair' about a duplicate tax?", The Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy
September 4, 2007, "Let the propaganda begin", The Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy
August 5, 2007, "They spend your money like water", The Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy
August 1, 2007, "Miller forced to choose (Large groups promote friendly candidates in city elections)", Ming Pao
July 21, 2007, "Embattled Mayor hangs tough", The Toronto Star, Jim Byers (Please see Councillor Stintz's comment regarding the potential need for civic parties)
July 19, 2007, "No easy street for Toronto", The Toronto Star, Stephen Thiele
July 13, 2007, "Councillors prepare for contentious tax vote Monday", Inside Toronto, David Nickle
July 6, 2007, The Right Side, Doug Aldridge, www.therightside.ca
June 29, 2007, Bill Carroll Show, 1010 CFRB
June 23, 2007, Caribbean Connection, CHIN Radio, Clive McNeil
June 12, 2007, "Board game lampoons City Hall", The Toronto Sun, Linda Leatherdale
May 26, 2007, "Critics pounce on tax proposals", The Globe and Mail, Jennifer Lewington
May 25, 2007, "Councillor probe is a whole new low", The Toronto Star, Stephen Thiele
May 24, 2007, "Miller refuses to attend Scarborough meeting", The National Post, Kelly Patrick
May 8, 2007, "Who wants city to hike taxes?", The Toronto Star, Jim Byers
March 19, 2007, "Taxing times for city", The Toronto Star, Stephen Thiele
March 9, 2007, The Toronto Sun, John Eisan
March 1, 2007, Global News, Mark McAllister (feature on The Toronto Viaduct)
March 1, 2007, "Cars, cyclists and condos welcome at proposed viaduct", The National Post, Dave McGinn
February 25, 2007, CBC-Radio-Canada
February 14, 2007, "In Focus", The Etobicoke Guardian, John Anga
February 9, 2007, "City transit budget is hogging the road", The Toronto Star, Stephen Thiele
February 3, 2007, "Odd waterfront vision", Globe and Mail, John Eisan
January 13, 2007, "City must manage TTC landholdings", The Toronto Star, John Eisan
January 10, 2007, "Civic politics approach over partisanship", Vaughan Weekly, Paul Leavoy
December 30, 2006, CTV Evening News, Desmond Brown
December 18, 2006, "Let's have a party", City Hall Notebook, The Globe and Mail
December 15, 2006, "Toronto Party names three City Hall critics", The Toronto Star, Jim Byers (Article available)
Nightside, 1010 CFRB, Mark Elliott
December 3, 2006, "A new hope for Toronto", The Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy (Article available)
December 1, 2006, "New Toronto Party to revolutionize City Hall", Toronto Free Press, Judi McLeod (Article available)
December issue, "Welcome to the Party", The Bloor West Journal, Liz Clayton (Article available)
November 27, 2006, Editorial, The Windsor Star
November 21, 2006, CH Live, Hamilton
November 17, 2006, "Province urged to allow municipal parties", The National Post, James Cowan
November 14, 2006, "His second chance to satisfy Toronto", The Toronto Star, Royson James
November 4, 2006, Impact, CBC, Rachel Dugas
November 3, 2006, CBC Telejournal, Rachel Dugas
November 1, 2006, CBC-Radio Canada, Michel Bolduc