Craig Meerkamper

Jan 14, 2025 | spacing.ca | John Lorinc |Craig Meerkamper

For years, Toronto’s finance officials have dutifully added an annual footnote to their budget documents, cautioning readers that a portion of the City’s revenues — namely the municipal land transfer tax (MLTT) and, to a lesser degree, development charges — is exposed to fluctuations in property markets.

Apr 26, 2024 | spacing.ca | Craig Meerkamper |Cara Chellew |Maryam Siddiqi |Nathan Abraha

Finding a public space to sit down and write this article was a struggle. My neighbourhood library is under renovation and will be for the next 12-18 months, and it was still too chilly and rainy this past month to set up in a park nearby. When the weather eliminates outdoor options in Toronto, it's hard to find a 'third place,' where I can settle in for an extended time outside of home or office.

Mar 30, 2024 | spacing.ca | Bert Xanadu |Jamie Bradburn |Craig Meerkamper

EDITOR: It’s 1954. Fictitious Bert Xanadu is the Mayor of Toronto and owner of the Imperial Six cinemas on Yonge Street. Mayor Xanadu has been governing from his twitter account for many years, and also from occasional Spacing Toronto posts straight out of the last century and into Toronto’s comedic political fray. The people of Toronto often tell me that they want to get the hell out of here. Transporting them elsewhere is, unfortunately, the responsibility of higher levels of government.

Jan 16, 2024 | spacing.ca | Dylan Reid |Maryam Siddiqi |John Lorinc |Craig Meerkamper

I was sitting in the Cineplex at Yonge and Eglinton, watching the pre-show for the new Nic Cage film Dream Scenario. We were still in the ever-expanding advertising portion but not quite into the trailers. Since returning to in-theater movies I’ve noticed the audiences have been sparse, but despite the limited size of the crowd that day I have  never experienced a collective emotional outrage quite like what followed. “Go fuck yourself!” someone in the dark shouted.