Matt Elliott
City Columnist | Toronto
About Matt Elliott
Matt Elliott is a Toronto-based columnist covering politics. The Globe & Mail once said he covered City Hall with "devastating clarity." He was named one of the 50 people who made Toronto better in 2011 by The Grid, due to his work covering municipal politics in Toronto.
One sentence in a budget report should terrify Mayor John Tory
It may not get more than a passing glance when it goes in front of Toronto City Council at their meeting next week, but one short sentence buried on the fifteenth page of a routine budget report should send a chill up the spine of Mayor John Tory.
Toronto City Hall braces for Premier Doug Ford — by telling him his plans are bad
Toronto City Council is set to kick off a three-day meeting Tuesday, their first since Doug Ford was elected Ontario’s next premier, and some city councillors are using the opportunity to tell Ford they think some of his major election promises suck.
Does John Tory have what it takes to stand up to Doug Ford?
Since he was elected in 2014, Mayor John Tory has had it easy. With Doug Ford now the premier-designate of Ontario, things are about to get hard.
Doug Ford does not have a plan to address climate change. Let that sink in.
A 2012 report released by the Toronto Environment Office projected Toronto’s future weather patterns in this age of climate change and found a whole lot of misery.
Brace yourselves, Toronto. Change is coming.
The Ontario election is a fork in the road for Toronto, but only the NDP has offered a map.