No vacancy (or at least less vacancy than everyone expected)

City Hall Watcher #225: LOBBYIST WATCH for April 2023, featuring the vacant home tax, the island airport, Ontario Place, blockchain and more

Hey there! Welcome to May. I was promised flowers.

Absent that, I guess we’ll have to settle for a new LOBBYIST WATCH. Most municipal attention is on the mayoral by-election, but lobbying is still afoot. I’ve got some stories about Ontario Place, the vacant home tax, and holiday shopping.

Also: some Open Data about Toronto’s budget has been posted, which …