December 15, 2011 Mayor Rob Ford now says the land transfer tax will be reduced next year, perhaps by 25 per cent. But he may not have the votes to fulfill the new pledge. Several centrist swing voters, such as Councillor Josh Matlow, and council’s left-leaning bloc are vehemently opposed. Even some of [...]
December 14, 2011 Reports suggest getting rid of Transit City could reportedly cost Mayor Rob Ford’s budget around $65 million. The city has not received an invoice yet, which is why TTC general manager Gary Webster and budget chief Mike Del Grande have not accounted for that cost in the 2012 budget. [...]
December 10, 2011 Call it the 5 cent solution. Councillor Michelle Berardinetti, a member of the budget committee, wants to urge businesses bagging cash from the city’s 5-cent plastic bag fee to pony up to help save a rash of programs on the chopping block in the 2012 budget. “It’s a local tax and it [...]
December 9, 2011 Mayor Rob Ford’s office is continuing to thwart efforts to get a peek at his daily itinerary, raising questions from Ontario’s information and privacy watchdog about his commitment to transparency and accountability. The mayor has denied a request from The Globe and Mail to obtain his schedule within 30 days. The reason [...]
December 1, 2011 Former Toronto mayor David Crombie is asking the city to “revisit” its proposal to axe funding for seven school pools, urging staff to work with the school board instead. The city has proposed eliminating programs in school pools at Bedford Park, Frankland, Gordon A. Brown, Hillcrest Community Centre, Runnymede Collegiate, [...]
December 1, 2011 A bid to give city council the final say on locking out municipal employees failed to gain enough support at City Hall on Thursday. Councillors John Filion and Josh Matlow sought to strip the lockout power away from Mayor Rob Ford’s handpicked employee and labour relations committee, as the city [...]
December 1, 2011 A bid to strip Mayor Rob Ford’s handpicked employee and labour relations committee of the ability to start a lockout lost at city council Thursday. Left-leaning councillors defended the ill-fated move to give the final say in a lockout to council as a way to preserve democracy while Ford’s allies [...]
November 30, 2011 Tyler Bozak, like thousands of men across the GTA, now faces a hair-razing decision. Movember is over and all those moustaches, grown in the name of prostate cancer awareness and fundraising, await their fate. […]
November 30, 2011 City councillors have a number of wide-ranging issues to debate Wednesday, including selling off city assets, naming rights for public buildings, separated bike lanes, amending councillor expense budget rules and backyard chickens. Council is debating whether it should sell the city’s stake in Enwave. Earlier this month, the executive committee recommended [...]
November 29, 2011 Councillor Josh Matlow says it’s time for Mint Bar Lounge to stop the music — after 11 p.m. that is. That’s because the Ward 22 councillor says the establishment, zoned as a bar and/or restaurant, has been illegally operating as a nightclub since it opened in April 2010. [...]
