March 22, 2012 The special council meeting to determine the future of transit on Sheppard Avenue East will resume, Thursday. Live streaming of council will begin at 9:30 a.m. After almost 12 hours of debate, Mayor Rob Ford abruptly ended the debate before a vote Wednesday night. Councillors are debating whether to [...]
March 21, 2012 On the verge of apparently losing a vote to build a subway along Sheppard, Mayor Rob Ford and his supporters opted for a filibuster Wednesday night to suspend the debate on whether to build subway or light rail along Sheppard Avenue. The move came toward the end of the special [...]
March 21, 2012 The debate over the fate of transit along Sheppard Avenue will continue for another day as councillors voted Wednesday not to extend a meeting after they failed to come to a final vote by 8 p.m. The city’s transit future has been at the centre of ongoing tension at city [...]
March 21, 2012 With a debate about the future of transit on Sheppard Avenue underway at City Hall, Budget Chief Mike Del Grande is proposing a levy on commercial parking spots across the city in order to pay for transit expansion. Mr. Del Grande says the fee could raise about $90-million a year [...]
Councillor Josh Matlow spoke regarding an attempt at delaying decision on Sheppard Avenue Transit at Toronto City Council, March 22, 2012.
Councillor Josh Matlow asks questions to Professor Eric Miller regarding transit at Toronto City Council on March 21, 2012.
Councillor Josh Matlow spoke about expanding transit on Sheppard Avenue at Toronto City Council on March 21, 2012.
March 16, 2012 Toronto’s subway war is the latest issue to prompt allegations of inappropriate robocall messages. Councillor Josh Matlow (Ward 22, St. Paul’s) tweeted Friday that a resident in his Ward received a recorded robocall recently instructing them to threaten to pull their political support if he votes for LRTs over subways. [...]
March 15, 2012 The Sheppard advisory panel is overwhelmingly endorsing a light rail line — not a subway — for Sheppard Avenue. The panel’s report is not due for release until Friday, although panel member and former vice-chairman for the TTC Gordon Chong confirmed the results on Thursday night. “I doubt that [...]
March 9, 2012 Prime Minister Stephen Harper climbed on board Mayor Rob Ford’s subway bandwagon Friday. Although Harper didn’t offer the federal government’s help in paying the fare for such a costly project, he made it clear he likes his public transit underground. Harper and Ford appeared together at the Billy Bishop [...]
