The 905 Round-Up: Brian Lilley Ruins Everything
Brian Lilley waded into the Hamilton Centre By-election with an accusation of antisemitism against the NDP. The Liberals jumped on his bandwagon, and the NDP fought back. Who does it help?Read More …
Brian Lilley waded into the Hamilton Centre By-election with an accusation of antisemitism against the NDP. The Liberals jumped on his bandwagon, and the NDP fought back. Who does it help?Read More …
Laura Steiner sits in for Joel as we discuss the late Hazel McCallion’s legacy for Mississauga and the 905 region. And we share some first impressions (recorded before Tuesday’s interview with Kate Graham – go and listen to it if you haven’t heard it yet) on the 40 Liberal insiders who have put their names to an attempt to co-opt Mike Schreiner from the Ontario Greens.Read More …
Halton Catholic Trustees behaving badly, ’MEH-XIT’ for Mississauga, and Hamilton has a mayoral race where either likely winner is … pretty good actually? Shurely shome mishtake?Read More …
Alan Kan writes the #munipoli matters newsletter, focusing on the news and politics of municipalities not just here in the 905 but across the country as well. Today we talk with him and ask him to share his take on what he predicts will be the more interesting municipal elections in the region.Read More …
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.Read More …
Halton’s boundary, Mississauga’s missing population growth, and Burlington’s MPP quits to run for regional chair.Read More …
Alan Kan writes on the scandal surrounding the resignation of Karen Ras in Mississauga following repeated incidents in which her car was vandalized.Read More …
On this episode of The 905 Round-Up, we have a special guest. Alan Kan writes a municipal politics blog titledRead More …
A councillor quits after a colleague allegedly appears to have repeatedly vandalized her car. In Burlington, big bucks are being budgeted for Bateman, but the public has no idea how much or on what terms because of the use in camera meetings.Read More …
Durham media! Do you exist? We need you!
Mississauga has developed it’s last bit of greenfield. What does this tell us about both the past and future of the city?
Why can Ontario’s mayors stick to jobs where they might actually help?Read More …
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