Sitemap - 2024 - City Hall Watcher
Don't blame bikes: an intersectional analysis of what really causes Toronto traffic
Police budget on the rise, rideshare licenses may get capped (again), Hotel X2 faces uncanny delay
Lobbyists bring the noise and perhaps the funk
'Tis the season for another police budget debate
Police celebrate hiring plan, City trucks recommended for retrofit, a plan for safe shelters
Council attempts to cycle through bike lane blockage
Council opposes Ford's bike lane busting bill, renoviction rules coming, Don Trail problems
How many people commute by bike in Toronto? More than Doug Ford thinks
How Don Valley West was won, Mayor fights Ford, Council funds FIFA, police review use of force
Election stressing you out? Try the soothing sounds of Lobbyist Watch
The slow process to snap streetcar door speedsters
Doug Ford says he wants data on bike lanes — the good news is we've got lots
Ford blocks bike lanes, glossy plans for the economy and culture, water meters break bad
After some turbulence, Council lands on airport compromise
Island airport gets some runway, vacant tax isn't vacated, AG finds parks staff parked
Three hundred issues, more lobbyists
Constructive feedback on Toronto's construction
Doug Ford has a tunnel vision, TTC cuts the wifi, City Hall posts surplus
Taking a drive through a very congested City Hall calendar
A pedestrian surge on the waterfront
City Hall's looming renoviction decision — and the brewing police budget battle sequel
Dead animal pick-up, the beginnings of the police budget, and the value of old buildings
Live Nation lobbyists play the hits at City Hall
Trash bin inspectors, Rogue RVs and additional avenues
Toronto City Hall's Committee of Adjustment could use some adjustment
A quiet revolution for safer and cheaper bike infrastructure
Railing against the rail path, and City Hall's island airport debate prepares for takeoff
The 2024 Council Power Rankings
Lobbyists fight taxes and uplift the airport
Council scorecard goes for gold
Council speeds on the Gardiner, sails on electric ferries and weathers the storm
Sun's out, Council's in — and ready to debate the Gardiner, the Science Centre, and rats
Executive Committee executive summary
Lobbying leads to by-election reunion
A wooden building, a Quayside proposal, our solo city, and a troubling office market report
They blinded us with the Science Centre
Council backs rentals, fights renovictions, and goes forward with Sankofa
Olivia Chow's opposition rises in the west
EHON and beyond — what's next for Toronto housing policy
Lobbying is a Virtue (and a Morgan Rielly)
Council allows density, bans e-scooters and fights Ford
Toronto City Hall embraces its density
Paying a minimum for maximum security
Toronto Council gets set for major debate about major streets
Toronto City Hall's biggest road warriors
Toronto City Hall keeps on trucking, but should it?
Blue bins get sold, more parks get beer, and the vacant home tax gets fixed — maybe
A trio of charts, with some help from AI
Vacant tax crowds Council's agenda
City Hall's lobbyists spring forward
Bye-bye parking, hello housing?
Booze in parks didn't bring about the apocalypse — what's next?
Toronto's next chief planner will need a plan
The 411 on the 311, and what was broken in Toronto in 2023
Intersecting interests all across Toronto
City Hall's not-so-wild spring break
Lobbied about the levy but the levy was dry
Kicking and screaming our way to the World Cup
Checking the score after Olivia Chow's first budget
City Hall hunts for cash in vast parking lots
Mayor Olivia Chow budges a bit on her budget
Mayor Olivia Chow's first budget is in the books — here's what's next
Police budget comes down to The Wire
This week: printing costs. Next week: a $17 billion budget.
The hot fuzz on police budget lobbying
Council toboggans toward budget time
90s nostalgia, Toronto city budget edition
Toronto Budget 2024 (Olivia's Version) drops next week
What the dickens is going on with transit construction costs?
City Hall revs up for annual budget deputation derby
The 2024 Budget Launch Spectacular
Toronto's 2024 budget comes to your windrow
2023: the year in LOBBYIST WATCH