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Toronto’s vacant home tax is getting a “complete redesign” for the 2024 tax season after last year’s botched rollout led to a flood of complaints. City officials unveiled the proposed changes to the vacant home tax (VHT) during a media briefing on Tuesday. Stephen Conforti, chief financial officer and treasurer, …
Read More »Chow ambitious as mayor enters 2nd year on job: ‘We can do a lot more’ – Toronto
On Friday, Olivia Chow marked her one-year anniversary as Toronto’s mayor, a year that has been filled with major triumphs in pushing the city towards a better financial outlook but also marred by growing pains for a mayor who came onto the job several months after a mandate would typically …
Read More »Taylor Swift shows: Toronto trying ‘everything’ to ease Gardiner delays, Chow says
Toronto is doing “everything” it can to mitigate the disruptions caused by major rehabilitation work on the Gardiner Expressway, Mayor Olivia Chow says. Chow spoke to reporters at city hall on Wednesday before the start of this month’s city council meeting, where several topics will be discussed, including a member’s …
Read More »Mayoral event in Nathan Philips Square interrupted by demonstrators – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow held the annual Mayor’s Skating Party in Nathan Philips Square Sunday, which was interrupted by demonstrators. While addressing the media about the free skating event, Chow was interrupted several times by protestors with megaphones waving Palestinian flags. Several …
Read More »Toronto and Ontario agree new deal, including DVP, Gardiner and Ontario Place
Ontario will upload control of the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway from Toronto as part of a new deal to bail out the cash-strapped municipality, the Ford government has announced. In exchange, the city will allow the province to take over the responsibility for Ontario Place, clearing the …
Read More »No new money for asylum seekers after Toronto mayor meets refugees minister
The fight over jurisdictional responsibility, funding commitments and care for thousands of refugees in city shelters and church buildings saw the federal minister in charge of the file meeting with Toronto’s mayor, where he said he hadn’t come with the intention of writing a cheque. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and …
Read More »Anger growing over lack of government support for Toronto asylum seekers – Toronto
It’s been weeks since church groups stepped in to provide shelter for dozens of refugees left on the concrete outside a Toronto homeless intake centre, but anger is growing as their resources are stretched thin. Revivaltime Tabernacle is one of the Black-led churches providing shelter for the refugees. When it …
Read More »Toronto exploring new taxes, parking levy to tackle budget deficit – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 17, 2023 11:43 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Officials in Toronto are proposing several measures to tackle the budget crisis facing Canada’s largest city, including raising the land-transfer tax on high-value homes, increasing the vacant homes tax from one …
Read More »Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow tours church housing refugees, calls on feds to visit – Toronto
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is calling on newly minted federal cabinet members to visit churches that have been housing refugees and asylum-seekers in recent weeks. Speaking in front of makeshift beds set up at a church in Toronto’s north end, Chow invited Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Housing Minister Sean …
Read More »Refugee shelter crisis 1st item at Chow’s first council meeting as Toronto mayor – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 19, 2023 8:29 am Updated July 19, 2023 9:40 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Olivia Chow says her first Toronto city council meeting as mayor will open with a motion about the refugee shelter and housing crisis. …
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