Toronto’s $1.25-billion light-rail gamble November 24, 2007 Check out the “Globe and Mail” link below for this excellent post on Toronto’s Light-Rail Transit City situation. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071124.TTC24/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Ontario/ Toronto’s decaying streetcar fleet, once…
Mayoral smackdown: Miller wins, but compromises November 18, 2007 Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion has backed down over her attempt to supplant the “One Cent Now” campaign led by Toronto Mayor David Miller to…
One year later: A Miller progress checklist November 10, 2007 Tuesday marks the first anniversary of the resounding election victory that gave David Miller his second term as mayor. During the 2006 campaign, Miller’s…
Toronto unveils ambitious works agenda October 30, 2007 “The TTC takes up 46 per cent of the 2008 capital budget. It has to replace aging streetcars, buses and subway cars. Some $79.4…
Ontario Liberal Cabinet shuffle puts focus on poverty October 30, 2007 McGuinty to put new cabinet minister in charge of poverty reduction bid; Duncan moving to finance. Premier Dalton McGuinty is today dropping four ministers…
Critical of perks? Take pay cut, councillor challenges October 29, 2007 Fed up with fellow councillors who fulminate about their pay and perks (Michael Walker, Rob Ford, come on down), Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby made…
Everything is proceeding as the Liberals has foreseen October 27, 2007 “Everything is proceeding as Dalton McGuinty had foreseen”. John Tory was supposed to lead Ontario‘s Progressive Conservatives to certain victory over the “supposed”…
Finance Minister Greg Sorbara announces he won’t stay in McGuinty cabinet October 26, 2007 Regardless on how you feel about Greg Sorbara, he will be greatly missed from the Liberal cabinet. They have lost an extremely intelligent and…
Merging the TTC and GO under GTTA control? October 24, 2007 The Toronto Star, CityTV (Breakfast Television) and other media outlets are reporting that the TTC maybe “high-jacked” by the Liberal Government of Ontario, which…
Tax Me I’m Torontonian October 23, 2007 Toronto Council has finally passed the controversial new land-transfer tax and vehicle registration tax/fee. Although a compromise was needed, Toronto should now have the…