The Globe and Mail · Toronto Star
John Zada
Last published Sept. 2025 · On our record since 2011
Where this writer stands
Housing1 piece
Public supply and demand controlsMarket supply and deregulation
“Real estate developers have been knocking down scores of older row buildings for their condo and rental apartments, only to replace the previous brick-and-mortar indie businesses at ground level with large chain and franchise companies.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: Soulless ‘big box’ storefronts are erasing downtowns’ character. But there’s still time to save our citiesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 25, 2025
- Opinion: New planes that can limit window-gazing are taking the magic out of flyingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 20, 2024
- Opinion: Will Syrians be able to unite as they forge a new future?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 7, 2024
- Opinion: Israel’s attacks have revealed Hezbollah’s fatal flawOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 28, 2024
- Opinion: To end polarization, Canadian political parties need to rediscover the art of co-operationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 18, 2022
- Opinion: As tensions between NATO and Russia increase, look to KaliningradOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 9, 2022
- Opinion: Military aid to Ukraine will likely provoke – not deter – Putin’s aggressionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 6, 2022
- Iranian influence will fall with AssadOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 5, 2011
- Iranian influence will fall with AssadOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 4, 2011