May 1, 2012 Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow calls an application to build two apartment buildings on Davisville Avenue and Balliol Street one of the most offensive proposals he’s seen since being elected councillor. The St. Paul’s representative is stiffly opposed to a proposal to build a 12-storey apartment building with 176 units at [...]
April 30, 2012 Toronto’s budget chief Mike Del Grande says efforts to trim the fat have paid off with the city posting a $285 million-surplus Monday, about $130 million higher than expected. Del Grande told CityNews the budget surplus is between $284 million and $285 million. That figure was pegged at $154 million going [...]
April 27, 2012 A recent push to consider placing road tolls on routes into Toronto could be successful if the city makes it clear the money would go to improving transit systems, an urban economist said on Friday. Kevin Stolarick, research director at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, said a toll [...]
April 27, 2012 Toronto’s 2011 year-end surplus is a whopping $292-million – $138-million more than city staff forecast when council signed off on this year’s contentious budget, The Globe and Mail has learned. The final figures for 2011 are expected to be released Monday. Mayor Rob Ford hinted at the positive news in a rare [...]
April 27, 2012 Toronto city council moved further along its crash course with another road tolls debate Friday. Councillor Josh Matlow — who is leading the charge to revive the debate — e-mailed his road toll motion to his council colleagues Friday and asked for their feedback. “This motion ensures that Toronto has a leading [...]
April 26. 2012 The one thing they agreed on is they’re going to meet again. Nine city councillors — mostly cut from council’s political middle — met in a Bay St. boardroom Thursday to talk about what they want to see happen next at City Hall. The group met inside the Bay [...]
April 26, 2012 Toronto Coun. Josh Matlow is pushing for city hall to seriously consider implementing road tolls or a regional sales tax in order to fund transit expansion. Matlow will introduce a motion next month asking staff to study the establishment of a working group with other municipalities in the Greater Toronto [...]
April 25, 2012 Mayor Rob Ford’s City Hall will be debating road tolls and a sales tax whether he wants to or not. Councillor Josh Matlow said Wednesday he will be asking city councillors to consider either road tolls or a regional sales tax as a way to build subways and improve transit [...]
April 25, 2012 Toronto Councillor Josh Matlow wants city staff to research the potential for tolls and taxes that would be dedicated exclusively to transit expansion and improvement — not just in Toronto, but across the region. “I think it’s vital we have a conversation with our neighbouring municipalities,” Matlow said Wednesday, acknowledging [...]
April 25, 2012 Councillor Josh Matlow is pushing to get the controversial topic of road tolls and a regional sales tax on next month’s council agenda. The rookie councillor says he will put forward a motion, which he says will be backed by TTC Chair Karen Stintz, that proposes setting up a working [...]
