October 25, 2011 Toronto Council has approved a contract that will see a private company collecting garbage from homes between Yonge Street and the Humber River. The contract, worth $186.4 million, will see GFL (Green for Life) Environmental Corporation, collect garbage from 165,000 homes. The bid was a low one – for $17.47 [...]
By TRISTAN CARTER October 27, 2011 It’s a rainy afternoon at city hall and Josh Matlow is wrapping up a staff meeting. A whiteboard in his office overlooking Bay Street is covered by more than 50 handwritten To Do notes, including reminders to update his website and obtain some new street signs for [...]
Wednesday, October 05, 2011 “Did you know that playing hockey in the street is illegal in Toronto?” asks Jeff Gruchy. As a kid who grew up playing ball hockey “and pretty much every sport there is” on the streets of Toronto, the adult Gruchy is still galled by a rarely-enforced city bylaw, which [...]
Authorization to Release Section 37 Funds to Toronto District School Board for Capital Improvements to Hodgson Senior Public School Grounds – by Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Karen Stintz Recommendations Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Karen Stintz, recommends that: […]
Dear Friends and Residents, After two long days of City Council debates, I wanted to provide an update on some of the issues that were approved at City Hall. I have also provided some infromation on upcoming events and a proposed “Ecopark” in our Ward. You can find more information on the following subjects below: [...]
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Toronto’s audit committee wants the city to crack down on improper untendered purchases after a Star investigation revealed staff disobeyed rules and made millions in purchases before getting approval. “I hope this sends a clear message to our staff that they need to abide by our purchasing policies, and to our managers that they [...]
After months of controversy on the animal’s well-being, Toronto city council voted Tuesday night to send the Toronto Zoo’s three elephants to a California sanctuary. “Its a proper and humane retirement plan for our elephants,” Coun. Josh Matlow tweeted after the vote passed. […]
Toronto Zoo’s three elephants are moving to the PAWS sanctuary, politicians at City Hall decided Tuesday night. By a vote of 31-4, City Council decided to send Iringa, Toka and Thika to the PAWS sanctuary in California, the very place that the Zoo Board of Management did its best to rule out last May. The [...]
Contracting Out Public-private competition for long term best value By: Beth Goodger 2011-08-01 The issue of private versus public collection of municipal waste has been in the news recently. This year, the City of Windsor, Ontario privatized waste collection services and Toronto City Council approved privatizing waste collection for 165,000 households in that city’s [...]
