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City councillors get scored and shuffled
City Hall Watcher #310: The Council Scorecard RETURNS with a look at how often councillors are voting with Mayor Olivia Chow.
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SmartTrack flunks further, Ombudsman versus City Manager, and let's do the mid-term shuffle
The week at Toronto City Hall for December 16 to 20, featuring a look at the agenda for the final Council meeting of 2024
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Don't blame bikes: an intersectional analysis of what really causes Toronto traffic
City Hall Watcher #309: Guest contributor Damien Moule returns with a look at what's really responsible for our traffic woes. It's not bike lanes. Plus…
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Police budget on the rise, rideshare licenses may get capped (again), Hotel X2 faces uncanny delay
The week at Toronto City Hall for December 9 to 13, featuring a whole lot of proposed police spending, a report on rideshare wages — and a rideshare cap…
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Lobbyists bring the noise and perhaps the funk
City Hall Watcher #308: Lobbyist Watch for November 2024, featuring notes about Live Nation lobbying, noise-fighting tech, an imminent ride-share report…
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November 2024

'Tis the season for another police budget debate
City Hall Watcher #307: A new hiring plan could send Toronto's police budget past the $1.5 billion mark — will we get our money's worth? Plus, Survey…
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Police celebrate hiring plan, City trucks recommended for retrofit, a plan for safe shelters
The week at Toronto City Hall for November 25 to 29, featuring a growing police budget, a Vision Zero update, councillor parking passes, pot hole…
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Council attempts to cycle through bike lane blockage
City Hall Watcher #306: Your complete Toronto Council meeting recap for November 2024
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Council opposes Ford's bike lane busting bill, renoviction rules coming, Don Trail problems
The Week at Toronto City Hall for November 18 to 22, featuring school vaccination rate stats, council decisions on renovictions and provincial…
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How many people commute by bike in Toronto? More than Doug Ford thinks
City Hall Watcher #305: Premier Doug Ford says just 1% of people in Toronto ride a bike — in some neighbourhoods, the percentage is more than ten times…
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How Don Valley West was won, Mayor fights Ford, Council funds FIFA, police review use of force
The Week at Toronto City Hall for November 11 through 15, featuring a preview of the November 2024 Council meeting, firearm stats from the police board…
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Election stressing you out? Try the soothing sounds of Lobbyist Watch
City Hall Watcher #304: Lobbyist Watch looks at the aftermath of an island airport debate, some hotel tax lobbying, recycled chopsticks and more
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