Josh O’Kane

Josh O'Kane is author of Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, by Josh O’Kane, published by Random House Canada. The book is one of five finalists nominated for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Established by the Writers' Trust in honour of the late MP from Windsor, Ont., the $25,000 award is given annually for an exceptional book of literary nonfiction that captures a political subject of relevance to Canadian readers.

O’Kane lifts the lid on Google’s failure to build a city of the future on Toronto’s waterfront

The following is an excerpt from Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, by Josh O’Kane, one of the five finalists for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

feature | BY JOSH O’KANE | May 8, 2023