Peel – The 905er

Franz Hartmann Talks to The 905er About Saving the Greenbelt

Roland Tanner — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:28:01 +0000

Franz Hartmann of Ontario Greenbelt Alliance joins us today to talk about the group and Doug Ford letting developers destroy the Greenbelt.

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The 905 Round-Up: Health Care Collapse and Land Grabs for the Rich

Roland Tanner — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:24:30 +0000

The gloves are off for the PC Government as they attack anything and everything that stands in the way of their most generous donors. Meanwhile healthcare approaches collapse, and the minimum wage falls further and further behind the actual minimum cost of living.

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905 Round-Up: Doug Ford Rolls Over for CUPE

Roland Tanner — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:16:50 +0000

WOW!!! What a week! Doug Ford blinked before the entire province this week by capitulating to CUPE and revoking Bill 28. This happened as a result of the mobilization and solidarity of the labour movement in Ontario, the likes of which haven't really been seen in a few generations. While that might sound like a reason to celebrate (it is), Doug Ford and his team haven't wasted any time to back track on previous promises that they've made to voters. Namely to keep the Greenbelt intact.

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905 Round-Up: Bad Trustees, MEXIT and Who’s Ahead in Hamilton?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:17:00 +0000

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?

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Taking the P Out of Politics: Racing to the Bottom in ’Bramton’ and the Hammer

Roland Tanner — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Regular guest Alan Kan joins us again to chat about the latest news from the municipal election trail. And leading the pack for 'oh, good grief, really?' moments in this election are the good cities of Brampton and Hamilton. We look at the latest stories from those two cities, asking whether Patrick Brown's main challenger is much of an alternative, and whether what some assumed was a 'slam dunk' win for Andrea Horwath is being undone by, well, Andrea Horwath.

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905 Round-Up: Rent’s Up, Gary’s Back, and Peel School Board is Dysfunctional

Roland Tanner — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Rents have jumped in the last year. Why, and what are we doing about it? Gary Carr has announced he is running for Regional Chair again, torpedoing Jane McKenna's hope of an easy election to be regional chair of Halton. Does McKenna have what it takes to be a serious challenge to Carr? We look for evidence. And Peel District School Board has a racism problem, as trustees resist doing what the province has ordered them to do, and abolish streaming.

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905 Round-Up: Alan Kan talks about what to expect this falls Municipal Elections

Roland Tanner — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:07:21 +0000

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.

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The 905 Round-Up: The Downside of Nomination Meetings

Roland Tanner — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:20:28 +0000

The NDP made news this week when sitting MPP Kevin Yarde in Brampton was ousted by his own riding association in a nomination meeting for Sandeep Singh. In Brampton North, approximately 150 people were able to over rule the voice of 100,000 people before the provincial election this June. What does it say about our democracy when so few people in a riding association are able to decide the candidates to represent so many people in our places of power?

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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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905 Round-Up: Patrick Brown wants out of Brampton; and is the 905er anti-Urbanist?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:24:19 +0000

Patrick Brown wants to run for the federal CPC leadership, while his actions in Brampton see his mayoralty face huge questions. Were we tough enough on Mayor John Taylor on Tuesday? Is the Affordability Task Force Report "good" for Urbanists?

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