On Thursday, Executive Committee nudged the Rail Deck Park about six inches down a hundred-mile road to existence. “This is equivalent to 1.5 times the size of High Park,” staff observe. So the 21-acre Rail Deck Park would hardly make a dent in the problem. Providing downtown residents with adequate parkland is a moral imperative, Rail Deck Park supporters insist. By the same logic, I submit the Toronto Islands can no longer be kept under lock and key.

Source: National Post September 26, 2016 15:22 UTC