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Update on Our New and Improved Parks!
Josh Matlow2018-07-06T19:48:27+00:00I'm delighted to share the exciting news with you that four new park projects are complete (or nearly complete) and will be ready to fully enjoy for this coming spring season! Below is an update for each of these new or improved green spaces: Lionel Conacher Park I am pleased to inform you that the [...]
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SAVE THE REGENT THEATRE- Iconic Local Movie House on Mount Pleasant for Sale
Josh Matlow2018-07-06T19:52:18+00:00I’m very concerned about the sale of the iconic and historic Regent Theatre on Mount Pleasant. In addition to the theatre being listed on the Heritage Registry, I successfully moved a motion at Community Council to have Heritage Preservation staff evaluate its full designation which would provide it with even greater protection. However, there are still concerns that [...]
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Midtown in Focus: Draft Review of Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan Approved at Council
Josh Matlow2018-07-06T19:39:13+00:00In 2015, I helped initiate the Midtown in Focus review of growth, built form, social services and infrastructure issues in the Yonge-Eglinton area. I believe this work should've been done two decades ago, before the condo boom. After two years of intensive study by our dedicated City Planning Staff, we now will have an up-to-date [...]
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Council Votes against Value-for-Money Audit (the most basic and relevant facts) on Scarborough Transit
Josh Matlow2018-07-06T19:38:32+00:00It is unfortunate that, yet again, the Mayor and Council decided to not ask for relevant and important information, regarding the future of our rapid transit system and the expenditure of billions of tax dollars, by voting against my motion to finally see a Value-for-Money comparison of the 1-stop subway extension with a 7-stop LRT in the McCowan corridor. [...]
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Our Fight to Abolish the Ontario Municipal Board- Province Passes Legislation to Eliminate OMB
Josh Matlow2018-07-06T19:37:20+00:00After years of advocating alongside my colleague, Kristyn-Wong Tam and local residents' associations, the Ontario legislature voted to move forward with major changes to the planning appeals system in Toronto yesterday. Bill 139, the Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 will replace the OMB with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. While I have serious [...]
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City Hall and Community Update for December 13, 2017
Josh Matlow2017-12-13T17:30:08+00:00Our Fight to Abolish the Ontario Municipal Board- Province Passes Legislation to Eliminate OMB After years of advocating alongside my colleague, Kristyn-Wong Tam and local residents' associations, the Ontario legislature voted to move forward with major changes to the planning appeals system in Toronto yesterday. Bill 139, the Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, [...]
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Ontario PC leader says people of Scarborough deserve $3.35B subway extension
Josh Matlow2018-08-24T20:48:59+00:00CBC News December 4, 2017 Muriel Draaisma Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown says he supports the $3.35 billion Scarborough subway extension because the massive transit project would create jobs. Brown told CBC Radio's Metro Morning that the PC party has promised $5 billion in new funding for subway projects in the Greater Toronto Area, including the Scarborough extension, because commuters need the [...]
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Mayor John Tory and Councillor Josh Matlow square off on Scarborough transit
Josh Matlow2018-08-24T20:37:11+00:00Toronto Star Jennifer Pagliaro Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Standing in the middle of the Malvern Community Recreation Centre, Mayor John Tory and councillor Josh Matlow squared off on the transit that Scarborough residents deserve. Moments earlier, Matlow rose from his seat in the back of the gym-turned-meeting-space and told the approximately 30 residents there for [...]
