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The 905 Round-Up: Liberal Rebirth and Third Party Validation

Roland Tanner — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Have the Ontario Liberals turned a corner? Meanwhile, the PCs are swimming in corporate money in a world where corporate donations are illegal. What gives?

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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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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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23: Seeing Red – Could Stricter COVID Regulations Have Been Avoided with More Foresight?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:00:19 +0000

Joel and Roland discuss the latest changes to COVID-19 restrictions across the 905 and ask whether we could have avoided reaching this stage with some better planning from the province and less dickering from some municipalities.

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