March 27, 2012 Rookie Councillor Josh Matlow is throwing a flag on Mayor Rob Ford’s play to recruit a slate of 2014 election candidates through his taxpayer-funded office. Ford took to the radio airwaves Sunday for his weekly NEWSTALK 1010 show and invited those interested in joining a pro-Ford slate to run against [...]
March 26, 2012 The road to a BIA on Bayview is being travelled with baby steps. Talk of a business improvement area along the Leaside stretch of Bayview Avenue has been talked about for years with nothing to show for the talk, but Don Valley West Councillor John Parker said they are currently [...]
March 26, 2012 Toronto city councillors have voted 24-19 in favour of a motion for building light-rail transit on Sheppard Avenue East. The vote effectively ends Mayor Rob Ford’s push for extending a subway line across Sheppard Avenue. Asked what his message was, Ford didn’t mince his words. […]
March 22, 2012 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has lost another key vote in his bid for subways, with council voting 24-19 in favour of light-rail transit along Sheppard Avenue East. Immediately after the Thursday vote at city hall, Ford said he was already looking forward to the 2014 municipal election. “We came [...]
March 22, 2012 If citizens tuned in Wednesday to get clarity and a decision on Toronto’s most important transit decision in more than a decade, they left befuddled. So often did councillors and speakers misinform and give patently false information in the “LRT versus Subway” showdown that one had to conclude the strategy [...]
Dear residents, Thank you to everyone who attended my Tenants' Town Hall. I hosted this community meeting to inform you of your rights and to discuss with you what action is needed to protect them. It was a pleasure seeing so many tenants actively engaged in our community. Many of you have [...]
Dear residents, Toronto's city council made a historic decision to finally move forward with building transit for Toronto and to truly connect our city. I want to extend my deepest appreciation to each of you who have supported this honest, evidence-based and fiscally responsible plan. Next steps must start now Now that [...]
Today, Transportation Minister Bob Chiarelli issued the following statement on the Toronto City Council vote in favour of light rail transit: "A majority of Toronto City Council voted today to build light rail transit along Sheppard Avenue East. Last year, the Province signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mayor Rob Ford to build a subway [...]
March 22,2012 If you can’t beat ‘em, stall ‘em. That appears to have been the mayor’s strategy Wednesday night when, moments before he was expected to lose another crucial vote on transit, his council allies successfully ground proceedings to a halt. Councillors were poised to approve a surface LRT for Sheppard Ave., [...]
