Burlington Goes on a Spending Spree—Behind Closed Doors
2022-02-08
Burlington is the process of negotiating some major purchases of land, but the process and likely costs are almost entirely hidden from public view.Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Convoys and HATS for the Homeless
2022-02-07
Of course, we have to talk about the entitled man-babies/attempt to overthrow a democratic government/convoy or the functionally illiterate in Ottawa, as it has support from the 905. Blurg.
Then on a note of good news, Hamilton has taken positive action towards the homeless issue in its city. Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters (HATS) is hoping to build shelters for the homeless community at the former Sir John A Macdonald School.Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Pride and Progressive Housing
2022-01-27
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.Read More …
Todd Coleman Explains the Future of COVID-19
2022-01-25
As the Omicron variant continues to paralyze the 905 and all of Ontario, we asked epidemiologist Dr Todd Coleman what we should be doing to live with COVID-19 as we enter the third year of this pandemic.Read More …
The 905 Round-Up – Poor Media & Last Development of Mississauga
2022-01-20
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 …
A Polite Suggestion to Ontario’s Big City Mayors: Shut Up
2022-01-17
The mayors are at it again. What don’t they understand about political interference in a public health issue?Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Cabs, Council and Politics
2021-12-22
What did we learned from our explosive interview with Scott Wallace of Burlington Taxi. Where is the outrage from councillors towards the failure of staff to follow through on instructions?
A recent poll shows a big uphill battle for provincial Liberal leader, Steven Del Duca and the NDP’s Andrea Horwath. What do they need to turn things around in 2022?Read More …
Scott Wallace of Burlington Taxi Sets the Record Straight
2021-12-22
Scott Wallace, President of Burlington Taxi. Scott sat down to give us a detailed account of how Burlington Taxi‘s requests for assistance to the City of Burlington went unheeded – until the week after they closed. It was an interview that certainly added greatly our understanding of the timeline of what went on. Yet, as you will hear, there remain significant questions for the city to answer about how and why council’s direct instructions could simply be ignored.Read More …
Graham Crawford Shares what Hamilton Thinks of its Politics
2021-12-07
Graham Crawford, one of the organizers of iElectHamilton, returns to the 905er, to discuss their recent resident survey, recent events, and the preparations for a 2022 municipal election that promises to be one with a clear choice for voters to make at the ballot box.Read More …
Lisa Kearns Discusses Why 905 Cities Need a Better Deal
2021-11-30
Today’s episode goes to the heart of the planning and development debate in the 905.
The new council elected in Burlington in 2018 has undoubtedly achieved significant change to Burlington’s downtown planning framework, and extracted major concessions from the province–at least, it has on paper.
Not so fast …
Today we speak to Burlington’s Councillor for downtown Lisa Kearns, about the catch in the deal with the province, and the wider need for reform of how municipalities control planning.Read More …