An unfortunate coincidence for Jim Watson
He co-writes an op-ed with Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion calling on Tim Hudak to commit to keeping Dalton McGuinty’s promises on taking over a bunch of municipal costs over the next several years....
View ArticleWatson’s Big Talk In The Big Smoke
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and his Mississauga counterpart Hazel McCallion together again. The old buddies co-authored an article in the Toronto Star on Tory leader Tim Hudak possibly not uploading some...
View ArticleReevely: Wynne didn't say gas plants are 'water under the bridge'
The Ontario Tories have decided to keep hitting the “gas plants” button, beginning Monday with an emailed demand that every Ontario Liberal candidate be asked whether he or she agrees that the...
View ArticleReevely: Expansion of ombudsman's powers is coming back
Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner, has called on Premier Kathleen Wynne to change the law so there would be penalties for destroying public documents to evade...
View ArticleReevely: Real estate association fights a phantom real estate tax
If you’ve been downtown lately, you’ve seen the bus-shelter ads from the Ontario Real Estate Association. Stick figures trudging into an unemployment office, broken-hearted stick families gazing at...
View ArticlePeter McKenna: Hazel McCallion's right, but who'll listen?
Last week, the 93-year-old mayor of Mississauga, Hazel “Hurricane” McCallion, stepped down from a position that she has held for the last 36 years. As the so-called “People’s Mayor,” a characterization...
View ArticleAround Town: Mayor hosts Women's Day breakfast at City Hall
An crowd of early-morning risers gathered in a space that bears the name of prominent female trailblazer Jean Pigott for an International Women’s Day celebration hosted for more than 200 women and men...
View ArticleMany seniors are becoming less reluctant to disclose their age
While much has been written about ageism – what it looks like, sounds like and feels like – it seems that there has been less emphasis on what older adults themselves can do to address ageist attitudes...
View ArticleUphold upload agreement, mayors of Ottawa, Mississauga urge Hudak
As the Ontario election campaign enters the critical last days, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion are putting more pressure on Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak to...
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