- 1. York Region's Transportation Master Plan: "Heavy on roads. What about rail
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- On Thursday (30 June) York Regional Council will formally approve “in principle” a Regional Transportation Master Plan (TMP) that is too timid for words. Markham's Regional Councillor Jim Jones told ...
- Created on 29 June 2022
- 2. Taylor votes against York Region’s Official Plan and slams colleagues for undermining the entire planning process
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- Last Thursday, Newmarket Mayor John Taylor, voted against endorsing York Region's Official Plan (ROP) which guides development over the next 30 years. An angry Taylor said he had never voted against a ...
- Created on 19 June 2022
- 3. Regional Councillor Tom Vegh gets the Developers' Money
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- In 2018 Tom Vegh was elected as Newmarket’s Regional Councillor, serving on the Town council and on York Regional Council. Earlier this month, at a York Region committee meeting, Tom voted for a motion ...
- Created on 26 October 2021
- 4. Richmond Hill Council orders self-promoting Regional Councillor Carmine Perrelli to reimburse an eye-watering $139,623
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- ... The guidelines require councillors to pay for these events through sponsorship or in other ways which do not require public money. A report from the City Manager tells councillors that Regional Councillor ...
- Created on 14 October 2021
- 5. Will York Regional Council ignore its own Integrity Commissioner and allow Carmine Perrelli to continue to block people on Twitter?
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- Background: Carmine Perrelli is a York Regional Councillor representing the City of Richmond Hill. On 15 April 2021 the Regional Council considered a complaint against Perrelli brought by one of his ...
- Created on 08 October 2021
- 6. Taylor pushes (again) for the Direct Election of Chair of York Region
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- This Thursday (22 October 2020) Newmarket Mayor John Taylor will tell York Regional Council that it is time to have a Regional Chair that is directly elected by the voters. Ever since the Region was established ...
- Created on 19 October 2020
- 7. York Regional Council goes virtual for Covid-19 briefing on Thursday
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- York Regional Council will be going virtual at its next meeting on Thursday (2 April 2020) when members will amend the Procedural By-law “to permit electronic participation in meetings during a declared ...
- Created on 31 March 2020
- 8. York Regional Council to review its own form and composition
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- Background: Early last year the Province embarked on a review of Ontario’s regional municipalities. It turned out to be a damp squib. The Government had second thoughts and abandoned the exercise – no ...
- Created on 17 February 2020
- 9. Region decides not to lay charges on Election Signs infringements
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- York Region will not be taking action against candidates in the Federal Election who may have broken the by-law that regulates election signs – where they can go up and when. Conservative candidate, ...
- Created on 11 November 2019
- 10. Former York Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase and his cottage on the shore of Orr Lake
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- The case of former York Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase, who was charged earlier this year with breach of trust and municipal corruption, goes to a Judicial Pre-trial at 9am on Thursday 9 January ...
- Created on 30 October 2019
- 11. Former Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase faces corruption charges
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- ... and on about Di Biase and what he got up to. Besides being a Vaughan councillor he also served on York Regional Council. We wait to see what unfolds in Court. Turning a blind eye But even after Di ...
- Created on 03 October 2019
- 12. Wannabe Liberal MP Tony Van Bynen gets 9 October deadline to say if he objects to details of his $67,068.33 severance pay from York Region being made public
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- Former Newmarket Mayor Tony Van Bynen has been given a deadline of 9 October 2019 to tell York Region if he has any objection to their releasing to me the letter in which he claimed a severance payment ...
- Created on 25 September 2019
- 13. Former Newmarket-Aurora MP Lois Brown removes 8 unlawful election signs but leaves others in place in defiance of York Region By-law
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- ... election signs which were placed on regional roads in defiance of a York Regional Council By-law which states, unequivocally, that election signs on regional roads should not be put up before Monday 23 ...
- Created on 21 September 2019
- 14. York Regional Council tells Ford to delay Homes Bill and start talking
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- York Regional Council is calling on the Ford Government to put a hold on Bill 108 (More Homes, More Choices Act) and pause its progress through the legislature to allow for more consultation with municipalities. ...
- Created on 17 May 2019
- 15. York Regional Council to tell Ford’s Regional Review things are just fine as they are
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- York Regional Council will decide its formal response to the Ford Government’s Regional Review next Thursday (16 May 2019). Bevilacqua: "There is great awareness by the Premier of the great work York ...
- Created on 12 May 2019
- 16. Ford's Regional Review: Should Mississauga leave Peel Region
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- It is Wednesday 8 May 2019 and I take myself down to Brampton for the big debate on whether Mississauga should leave Peel Region. In Ford’s Regional Review this is one of the hottest of the hot potatoes ...
- Created on 09 May 2019
- 17. Ford’s Regional Review: why not kick the Mayors off York Regional Council?
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- This afternoon I wander down to the York Region Administrative HQ where I have been given the opportunity to address the two special advisers, Ken Seiling and Michael Fenn, who were appointed in January ...
- Created on 06 May 2019
- 18. What’s wrong with Doug Ford’s Regional Review?
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- The future of Ontario’s eight regional municipalities and Simcoe County and their lower tiers is under review. The Premier wants our thoughts “on governance, decision making and service delivery functions ...
- Created on 08 April 2019
- 19. York Region’s unelected chair, Wayne Emmerson, promises to do better
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- The unelected Chair of York Regional Council, Wayne Emmerson, last week apologised to elected members for slapping them down in public. He says sometimes he just loses it. Joe Li and Jack Heath have ...
- Created on 25 March 2019
- 20. York Region agrees its crazy Budget
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- The story so far: Last week (Thursday 28 February) York Regional Council agreed a Budget for 2019 that raises taxes by 2.96% excluding an additional 1% tax levy specifically dedicated to speeding up the ...
- Created on 03 March 2019
- 21. York Region’s Draft Code of Conduct is sent back for a re-write
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- York Regional Council needs a Code of Conduct. But, scandalously, the Region’s elected officials have resisted the idea for years. True. They are talking about getting one – but only ...
- Created on 03 February 2019
- 22. Doug Ford’s Regional Review
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- Will York Region and Newmarket survive in their current form following Doug Ford’s review of Regional Government that was announced yesterday? Almost certainly not. The Toronto Star’s Edward ...
- Created on 16 January 2019
- 23. Taylor and Vegh rule out supporting Racco in his bid to become Chair of York Regional Council
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- Newmarket Mayor John Taylor and Regional Councillor Tom Vegh said yesterday they would not be voting for Mario Racco for Regional Chair if he throws his hat into the ring on Thursday evening. Mario ...
- Created on 04 December 2018
- 24. Will Emmerson be challenged for Chair of York Regional Council?
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- The inaugural meeting of York Regional Council could be a moment of high drama - or it could be a damp squib. Emmerson admits he wouldn't have won a region-wide vote. At the first meeting of ...
- Created on 02 December 2018
- 25. Christine Elliott and the cancellation of elections for Regional Chairs
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- Christine Elliott is my MPP. She steadfastly refuses to tell me if she was in favour of the direct election of the Chair of Durham Regional Council when she was MPP for Whitby-Oshawa. It is not ...
- Created on 16 September 2018
- 26. Bill 5 becomes law and the direct election for chair of York Region is scrapped
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- ... to Sarah who is sitting behind a desk. I say I wrote to Christine two weeks ago about the cancelled elections for Regional Chairs and I have not had any response despite a reminder. I say the issue ...
- Created on 14 August 2018
- 27. Ford rules out any public consultation on Bill to cut Toronto Council by half and axe direct elections for Regional Chairs
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- Thursday at 1.45pm. PC Ministers are dancing to their master's tune and opening themselves to charges of hypocrisy. The Ford Government has now ruled out any consultations with the public ...
- Created on 09 August 2018
- 28. Ford races to get Bill 5 through in time to cut Toronto Council by half and axe elections for Regional Chairs: Is it doable? Is it legal?
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- Friday at 2pm. Rob Ford and the chaos of 2013 We learned earlier this week about the “absolutely huge task” facing staff at Toronto City Hall as they struggle to prepare for the October 22 ...
- Created on 03 August 2018
- 29. Christine Elliott and the direct election of the Chair of York Regional Council
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- ... elections for the Chairs of four Regional Councils. How did she vote in 2010 in Durham's referendum? But how did she vote in 2010 when voters in Durham Region were asked if they wanted a directly ...
- Created on 31 July 2018
- 30. What a farce! Wayne Emmerson is back in the running for Chair of York Region
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- Ford’s chaos descends into farce. Wayne Emmerson: 273,000 reasons to smile Yesterday the current (indirectly elected) Chair of York Region, Wayne Emmerson, told us he would be withdrawing ...
- Created on 27 July 2018
- 31. Election for York Regional Chair a two horse race
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- Scarpitti the tease This morning, Wayne Emmerson bowed to the inevitable and withdrew from the race to become the first directly elected Chair of York Region. He was indirectly elected by ...
- Created on 26 July 2018