Milton – The 905er

905 Round-Up: Cowardly Candidates and Who’s Winning in Hamilton?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:17:59 +0000

If a candidate skips debates, interviews, media opportunities, and, er, everything, why on earth should we vote for them? And if Andrea Horwath and Bob Bratina are concentrating their fire on Keanin Loomis in Hamilton, what does that tell us about the Keanin Loomis campaign?

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Halton Regional Chair Race – Andrea Grebenc

Roland Tanner — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000

As we’ve mentioned before, we can’t cover every race, but we can highlight some of the races we think are most interesting. This week we're focusing on the Halton Regional Chair race. For the first time since the position became elected in 2000, there are three candidates in the race with clearly established credentials and contrasting platforms. Andrea Grebenc, former chair of the Halton District School Board did reply, and joined us to set out why she thinks she's the right choice for the job.

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The Race for Milton: Zeeshan Hamid

Roland Tanner — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Does Zeeshan Hamid have what it takes to launch a serious challenge to Gord Krantz in Milton? It's a battle between a computer scientist and an incumbent mayor who doesn't have an email address. But it's an Ontario municipal election, so the guy unreachable by modern technology is obviously the favourite right? Right. But Milton has a real choice to make at this election. Listen up.

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The 905 Round-Up: The Tories True Colours on Development

Roland Tanner — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:59:59 +0000

This week had huge news in Hamilton. Local area MPP Donna Skelly earned some local headlines, by saying that #Hamilton city council made the wrong call in not expanding its urban boundary earlier this year. And the PC government tabled legislation based on the Housing Task Force report, and this gives a lot of power to developers, restricting municipalities in how they respond to proposals, and puts it all basically on the Ontario Land Tribunal to sort it out.

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Maureen Wilson and Rory Nisan: Where was the Debate over Mask Mandates?

Roland Tanner — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:00:07 +0000

Rory Nisan is city and regional councillor for Ward 3 in Burlington and Halton and Maureen Wilson is councillor for Ward 1 in Hamilton. Both of them join us today to give their perspective on why the municipal votes in Hamilton and Halton to repeal mask mandates were so one-sided, when the public seems far from united on the wisdom of abandoning masks.

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The 905 Round-Up: Fewer Masks & Why Can’t Parties Get Along More Often?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:25:00 +0000

Milton Reporter, Laura Steiner returns to The 905er to share her insight on 905 politics, as we discuss the Liberal/NDP federal agreement and its implications for the proviincial election. And something, something, the pandemic is over, right? Yeah, right.

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Halton’s Boundary Expansion Vote – Paul Sharman and Jane Fogal Share Their Perspectives

Roland Tanner — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:02:00 +0000

We discuss Halton Region’s crucial vote last week against expanding the urban boundaries of its municipalities to allow development on farmland. It’s the top-level or single tier municipality to do so, in what appears to be a major sea-change in public opinion in favour of halting sprawl in the 905. We invited on two councillors who took part in the vote, Burlington’s Paul Sharman and Halton Hills Jane Fogal, who have opposing views about the right decision for Halton, to explain their perspectives.

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The 905 Round-Up: Pride and Progressive Housing

Roland Tanner — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:48:00 +0000

HCDSB does the right thing; the province's Housing Affordability Taskforce has some big ideas, and Hamilton City Hall turfs the homeless of its doorstep.

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Brenda Agnew and the Pride Flag Debate

Roland Tanner — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:53:01 +0000

HCDSB Trustee Brenda Agnew joined us late last week ahead of her new motion to support the raising of the Pride flag over Halton's Catholic Schools, folliowing last years highly divisive decision not to do so. We ask why she's bringing another motion now, what she expects from her fellow trustees this time, and why she believes HCDSB's decision over the Pride flag is so important.

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The 905 Round-Up: Covid Deja Vu, Lawn Sign Loopholes and More Pride for HCDSB

Roland Tanner — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:54:06 +0000

Our first episode of 2022, has our intrepid hosts looking down the barrel of another lockdown and shutting of schools to mark the start of the year. Plus how City Halls hide things in plain sight and Halton Catholtic School Board is having another crack at the Pride flag debate.

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