Councillor Josh Matlow hosted a municipal affairs talk radio show on radio station, Newstalk 1010. The City with Councillor Josh Matlow aired every Sunday afternoon between 1-3pm until the winter of 2012. On each program, Josh discussed City Hall's top headlines and the inspiring stories that can be found in every corner of our city [...]
Councillor Josh Matlow will be joining MPP Mike Colle in a walk across Eglinton Avenue in Ward 22 with the Eglinton 2020 on Wednesday August 17th. Residents and Community Organizations are invited to join and be part of the future planning and shaping of Eglinton Avenue above-ground as under-ground work begins on the Eglinton Crosstown [...]
In the first seven months of his four-year term, everything went Rob Ford’s way. His moves to trim minor expenses, cut an unpopular tax and expand the contracting-out of garbage pick-up sailed through with relative ease. Kept under tight control by his staff, he avoided the verbal bloopers and dubious behaviour that marked his 10-year [...]
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Josh Matlow City Hall Diary The prospect of cuts to virtually every city service mobilized hundreds of concerned Toronto residents last week to make deputations to eight council committees considering the mayor’s core service review. […]
An outpouring of well wishes from politicians and the general public immediately followed Jack Layton’s announcement that he was temporarily stepping down as NDP leader to get medical treatment for a new cancer. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was deeply saddened that Layton is taking a leave and wished him a speedy recovery so [...]
Josh Matlow City Hall Diary Most city councillors, aside from those in the mayor’s inner circle, are far too often sidelined when it comes to many of the big decisions at city hall. For example, last week city manager Joe Pennachetti, budget chair Mike Del Grande and a consulting firm recently hired by the city [...]
TORONTO, Ont. – City Hall has voted 28-9 to remove the bike lanes from Jarvis Street, Pharmacy Avenue and Birchmount Road.Jarvis will return to five lanes of traffic in 2012 and separated bike lanes will be installed on several downtown streets including Sherbourne, Wellesley and Richmond. […]
Josh Matlow City Hall Diary What you’re about to read might surprise you — Toronto’s city councillors are much less divided than you might think. Council meeting agendas typically contain hundreds of items each month; yet only a small number of them are covered by the media for the public’s consumption. And while most reporters [...]
A Note from Joe Pennachetti, City Manager Welcome to the third of my regular messages to the Toronto Public Service. In my last note to you on May 20, I provided details on the City’s Ideas that Work employee suggestion initiative, the launch of a multi-year financial planning process and the Service Review Program [...]
