An Oct. 22, 2017 CBC article is entitled: “Ontario college strike spotlights ‘new norm’ of precarious labour in academia: Hiring short-term contract faculty in colleges and universities is a growing and worrisome trend, critics say.” A related bad-news trend, concerning which I’ve heard from several college and university teachers over the years, is the drive […]
You can access the transcript here: Committee Documents: Standing Committee on Social Policy – 2017-Oct-16 – Bill 139, Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 Previous posts about OMB and Bill 139 Click here for previous posts about Bill 139 > Click here for previous posts about the OMB >
The following message is from Richview CI News: Kudo’s to Trustee Glover for making it all happen! Trustee Glover and an Etobicoke historian teamed up to solve the mystery of the missing Richview school bell. Sometime in the last 30 years, this bell went missing, but it has now been found. We look forward to […]
It’s worth a read: Toronto’s Bid Book for Amazon An Oct. 21, 2017 CBC article is entitled: “HQ2, eh? Amazon draws bids from Canadian cities to be online seller’s other home: More than 10 Canadian cities have made their case — possibly more we don’t know about yet.”
The following message is from Brian Liberty: Attachment: Membership Form LBNA Hello Long Branch! We hope you will join your neighbours for the LBNA AGM on October 23rd at 7pm at the Legion Branch 101 Banquet Room upstairs – 3850 Lake Shore Blvd. W (West of Browns Line). If you are not already a member, […]
The following message is from Jem Cain of South Etobicoke: Attached file: ESG-Speaker-Series-2017-2018 This is to announce the 2017/2018 Compassionate Justice Speaker Series on economic inequality and social justice. This is an excellent series that examines the justice system in Canada from many perspectives. The series is free and everyone is welcome. I highly recommend […]
The following message is from Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s Office: Dear Neighbour, Updated Information on Bill 139, Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 It is unfortunate that the dates for Committee Hearings and written submissions on Bill 139 have been changed. The hearings for October 23 and 24 have been cancelled and the […]
I have taken a previous text, related to the Long Branch Character Guidelines project, and have repurposed it for my comments regarding Bill 139 , which is concerned with reform of the Ontario Municipal Board. I have sent the comments to Jocelyn McCauley at comm-socialpolicy@ola.org At a previous post, I noted the deadline for comments […]
STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL POLICY Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Toronto, Ontario Committee Room 1 Queen’s Park AGENDA Bill 139, An Act to enact the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act, 2017 and the Local Planning Appeal Support Centre Act, 2017 and to amend the Planning Act, the Conservation Authorities Act and various other Acts 3:00 p.m. […]
The following message is from Ernie Hardeman MPP: I am writing to update you on the committee hearings for Bill 139 which reforms the OMB and the Conservation Authorities Act. Yesterday, despite the fact that more than 50 people and organizations had applied to speak the government cancelled the public hearings on this bill that were […]