April 28, 2017 David Rider, Jennifer Pagliaro The Toronto Star City manager Peter Wallace said the audit exposed a major systemic failure within the city bureaucracy to identify possible corruption. (CHRIS SO / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO) Ontario Provincial Police officers are investigating suspicions that companies rigged bids for City of Toronto paving contracts to drive [...]
April 4, 2017 Josh Matlow, Ana Bailao The Toronto Star "Due to a historically low vacancy rate of 1.3 per cent, and a lack of new purpose-built rental supply, more and more residents are finding themselves precariously housed by renting condominiums," writes Josh Matlow and Ana Bailão. (Richard Lautens / Toronto Star) While there is seemingly [...]
April 15, 2017 The South Bayview Bulldog Josh Matlow tweets a look inside the Regent Theatre at Mount Pleasant Road and Belsize Drive. Josh Matlow has tweeted a look inside the Regent Theatre at Mount Pleasant Road and Belsize [...]
The City has received an application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a new high-rise residential building in the northwest corner of a 1.26 hectare site with two existing high-rise rental apartment buildings. The new building is proposed to be 29-storeys high with a 4-storey podium base. Please join me at 7pm on Thursday, April [...]
Dear Residents, For your information and review, here are the final illustrative panels of the exciting improvements to Sharon, Lois & Bram Playground at June Rowlands Park. Special thanks to Lesley Stoyan, the Communities in Action Group, Sharon Hampson and Bram Morrison for their participation in our design team, Dan Connolly and City Parks staff [...]
April 5, 2017 News Staff City News For the second time in a year, contractors hired by Metrolinx for the Eglinton LRT construction have performed overnight work without acquiring the proper permits, angering sleep-deprived residents in Ward 22 and their councillor, Josh Matlow. The community is generally supportive of the project but feels that they [...]
April 3, 2017 Shannon Martin CBC News City councillors Josh Matlow and Ana Bailao are calling for 'real reforms' on rent control at Queen's Park. They chaired a joint meeting of the affordable housing committee and the tenant issues committee at city hall Monday. (Grant [...]
Groundbreaking Tenant Protection Legislation Passes Final HurdleAs Chair of the Tenants Issues Committee, I am very pleased to report that my colleagues supported our new Tenant Protection by-law to provide much needed protection for Toronto renters. The provisions in the by-law will be in force by July of this year. This success was the result of years [...]
The South Forest Hill Residents Association (SFHRA) has asked that I share the following message with you regarding this inappropriate development proposal: Forest Hill Village is Under Attack! More than 60 local residents attended the pre-OMB hearing on March 1st forcing the OMB to move the proceedings to their largest room. South Forest Hill Residents Association [...]
On Thursday, June 1 from 4-8pm, I will be hosting my annual Community Environment Day. The event will take place in the parking lot of North Toronto Memorial Arena (174 Orchard View Blvd). Please drop off any unwanted art supplies, books, toys, and used sports equipment. Facilities will be available to dispose of computers and other hazardous household waste, or even [...]
