INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
• Tories to pump $7-billion into public works [ Globe & Mail ]
• What The #!%*? [ National Post ]
• Ontario may increase deficit in order to match federal
projects [ Globe & Mail ]
• Terence Corcoran: The black box of infrastructure [ National Post ]
• Some marquee projects in the GTA awaiting federal infrastructure
funding [ Toronto Star ]
COUNCIL PAY FREEZE
• The Issue: Councillor salaries [ Toronto Star ]
• Freeze council wage: Ootes [ Toronto Sun ]
• Mayor set to vote against salary freeze for councillors [ National Post ]
• Council hates the ‘R’ word [ Toronto Sun ]
MISSISSAUGA DEVELOPMENT
• Mississauga mulls $40M city hall piazza [ National Post ]
• Mississauga civic square revamp hits ‘right notes’ [ Toronto Star ]
OTHER NEWS
• Mayors hail new phase of progress for cities [ Toronto Star ]
• Toronto’s more than just a motto [ Toronto Star ]
• Sowing green seeds on council [ Toronto Star ]
• City’s return on island airport nosedives [ Toronto Star ]
One comment
Possibly of note as well:
Premier grounds airborne oil survey
(http://www.thestar.com/article/577741)
“McGuinty phoned several aides and government officials himself yesterday morning to convey his concerns, telling one that ‘oil is yesterday’s economy.'”
One might comment that if this is suddenly a criteria, a lot of things the provincial gov’t is sticking its fingers in (from diesel-powered trains to Pearson to, um, the auto industry) might not pass muster.