Doug Ford’s Conservatives have broken their election commitment to continue Ontario’s basic income pilot. This is not fair to the more than 4,000 people who are participating in the pilot program in Hamilton, Brant County, Lindsay and Thunder Bay. Imagine signing up to participate in this pilot only to have…

Internal audits are important. But they are also a bit boring. …

It’s one thing to oppose bus rapid transit, as Paul McKeever, leader of the Freedom Party of Ontario and a candidate in London North Centre, does. …

Dear Londoners, I’m growing increasingly worried that politics may paralyze our progress in building a better city. I’m a strong believer in “politics in full sentences,” as Mayors Don Iveson and Naheed Nenshi would say, so I’m going to try my best to explain, in detail, why I now support…

Meeting in council chambers at 4:30pm. The livestream will be available once the meeting starts. The agenda is fairly substantial, with presentations from Edward Soldo, Director of Roads and Transportation on a number of topics: Update on the rapid transit business case, which has been reviewed by staff at the Ministry of Transportation. Overview of the rapid transit master plan environmental assessment process.

Meeting held in Council Chambers at 4pm, with a recess for dinner at 6:30pm, as required. A livestream will be available once the meeting begins. The agenda includes the following items: 1) A report from the Rapid Transit Implementation Working Group including the initial stages of consultation with Western University…

Meeting to be held in the Main Boardroom at 450 Highbury Avenue N. at 5:00 p.m. The agenda (links are to PDFs) includes the following: A report from the Director of Transportation and Planning recommending the Commission approve the outlined 2017 Service Plan — Conventional Transit. …

Meeting in council chambers at 4:00 pm, with a dinner break at 6:30 pm if required. The SIRE livestream and YouTube livestream (good for mobile devices) will be available once the meeting begins. The agenda includes a public participation meeting (PPM), outlined below along with the rest of the agenda: …

Similar to how the federal government replaced the un-targeted Universal Child Care Benefit with the Canada Child Benefit, it should replace the existing un-targeted federal transit pass tax credit, which costs the federal government roughly $210,000,000 per year, with a ridership-based transfer through provinces to municipalities to support discounted transit…