Torontoist November 28, 2017 Simon Cameron Appeals made to the Ontario Municipal Board have more than doubled, according to new data released by the City. The sudden rush of applications comes as developers anticipate that upcoming provincial legislation will result in a less favourable system. For more than a hundred years, the Ontario Municipal Board [...]
Monday, November 27, 2017 Jennifer Pagliaro Toronto Star City officials are warning that developers are rushing en masse to appeal problematic applications to the powerful provincial tribunal that oversees land-use planning in order to avoid a less-favourable system. City data shows the number of appeals to the Ontario Municipal Board on major development applications to the city [...]
Making Neighbourhood Road Safety a Priority Keeping residents safe on our streets is a serious concern in our community and in neighbourhoods across our city. I was grateful that Toronto & East York Community Council supported my motion requesting Transportation Services Staff to report on measures we can take to improve pedestrian safety, including paved speed limit [...]
Every Canadian deserves affordable and accessible housing, and all levels of government must work together to meet this goal. Please join me and the other elected officials of Toronto-St. Paul’s riding and share your questions, concerns, and ideas on this issue, and let’s work together to ensure the housing needs of our community are met. [...]
In 2015, I worked with my fellow Midtown Councillors to initiate the Midtown in Focus review of growth, built form, and infrastructure issues in the Yonge-Eglinton area. After two years of intensive study by our dedicated City Planning Staff, we now have an up-to-date policy that will guide growth in the area and, in combination [...]
November 10, 2017 Armina Ligaya The Canadian Press The cancellation of a ten-storey Toronto condominium development that has thrust would-be owners back into an increasingly competitive condo market has renewed calls for tighter regulations and more protections for buyers of pre-construction projects. The Museum FLTS condominium cancelled earlier this month is the latest condo project to be shelved. Developer Castlepoint Numa cited lengthy [...]
Thursday, November 9, 2017 Edward Keenan Toronto Star Toward the end of a long and often angry debate at city council on Wednesday, one that meandered around the well-trod paths of the years-long Scarborough subway extension question, Councillor Josh Colle joked that for convenience sake, the topic should just be added as a standing item [...]
November 09, 2017 John Lancaster CBC News When Tanya Rumble and her partner Josh Kolic heard a new condo development was going up in their Junction neighbourhood, they thought it would be the ideal time and place to buy. After all, they had been renting in the neighbourhood for seven years and loved it. The developer, [...]
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Chris Fox, CP24 A city councillor and longtime opponent of the Scarborough subway will make another attempt at reviving the debate surrounding the $3.35 billion project on Wednesday. At today’s council meeting, Coun. Josh Matlow plans to ask Auditor General Beverly Romeo-Beehler to conduct a “value for money comparison” between the [...]
November, 9, 2017 John Rieti CBC News Parks staff warn nearly 200,000 on waiting list for recreational programs and facilities. With Toronto's parks and recreation facilities in huge demand, city council approved a long-term $2 billion plan Thursday to build and maintain them across the city. In 2016, parks staff reported the waiting lists for programs and [...]
