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Critical of perks? Take pay cut, councillor challenges

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 29, 2007 | GTA Politics, Toronto

Fed up with fellow councillors who fulminate about their pay and perks (Michael Walker, Rob Ford, come on down), Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby made them an offer last week. In her speech on the mayor’s tax plan (she voted with the majority to approve it), Ms....

Tax Me I’m Torontonian

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 23, 2007 | Canada, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Politics, Public Transit, Toronto

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 stable funding that they require to run the city. Barring that the housing market does not go...

Toronto likely to approve new taxes

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 22, 2007 | Canada, GTA Issues, GTA Politics

Toronto Council is likely to approve two new taxes later today, according to Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone. “I think that the mayor’s compromise is going to pass – that’s my sense, absolutely,” said Pantalone, who represents Ward 19 (Trinity...
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The Eglinton Crosstown and Mayor Olivia Chow

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said she’s “speechless” about the continued delayed of the Eglinton Crosstown, saying she’s no more knowledgeable on the project than residents and business owners who’ve been waiting years for it to wrap up.

“I don’t know what to say anymore, it’s leaving me speechless,”  said Chow.

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