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Current News Updates
Council Supports My Motion to Address Rail Safety Concerns
I'm very pleased to report that Council has unanimously supported [...]
Yonge Eglinton Bus Barns
The TTC's bus barns site at the south west corner [...]
CTV News: Council votes to request affordable fares for Union-Pearson rail link
CTV NEWS
August 28, 2014
Toronto council has voted to request Metrolinx make fares affordable for the new airport rail link will be kept affordable.
The motion, which was put forward by Coun. Frances Nunziata, was passed Thursday night during the last meeting of the term before the fall election. It urged the province’s transit body, Metrolinx, to keep the fare on the rapid transit line from Union Station to Toronto’s Pearson airport at "rates comparable to GO Transit fares."
CityNews: Ford brothers slam integrity commissioner’s recommendations on Augimeri
CityNews
August 26th, 2014
Kevin Misener
Mayor Rob Ford and his brother are not happy with the city protocol for violations of the code of conduct.
City council voted 30-4 in favour of accepting the integrity commissioner’s recommendation that Coun. Maria Augimeri be found in violation of the code of conduct, but face no sanctions.
Torontoist: What’s on Council’s Agenda: August 2014
Torontoist
August 25th, 2014
Graeme Bliss
This is it: on Monday and Tuesday, city council convenes for the last time this term, and there are more than 400 items on the agenda—from futile symbolic gestures to motions that could affect the upcoming municipal election.
Here are some key items council will consider…
The Star: Raptors practice courts okayed by council, but Ford objects
The Star
August 25th, 2014
Paul Moloney
The first night of the 55th and final meeting of council ended Monday much like the turbulent last few months at city hall: with the Ford brothers standing united and defiant against the rest of council.
Early in the day, council voted to treat electronic cigarettes like regular cigarettes by banning them in city work spaces. Mayor Rob Ford (Open Rob Ford’s policard) and Councillor Doug Ford (Open Doug Ford’s policard) were the only two dissenters in that 36-2 vote.
