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Discussion part of overall look at future city development, one which must reflect a diverse range of needs, say experts RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Future city development should reflect the needs of drivers and non-drivers alike in order to avoid “planning failures” like the Peanut Plaza in Don Mills, said a panel of urban design experts recently. The Construct Canada panel, made up of architects Clifford Korman, David Butterworth and Don Valley East councillor Shelley Carroll, encouraged the audience of peers attending the trade show to build projects accessible to pedestrians, cyclists and transit users, as well as drivers. Though it was constructed in the 1960s, Peanut Plaza is still considered a culturally
vibrant community hub situated near schools, residences and recreational facilities. But it is nearly impenetrable to non-drivers, who must
‘You can keep the identity of the Peanut but you break up the block, which will make it easier to reach.’ – Clifford Korman cross Don Mills Road and a “sea of cars” to get to the peanut-shaped shopping centre situated between Sheppard Avenue and Finch Avenue, said Korman, a senior partner with Toronto firm Kirkor Architects and Planners.
Korman, who has worked on many high-rise condominiums including the 12-storey ARC tower near Bayview and Sheppard avenues, suggested dividing Peanut Plaza into separate intersections and installing traffic lights to improve accessibility. “You can keep the identity of the Peanut but you break up the block, which will make it easier to reach,” he said after the panel discussion that took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Carroll told the audience she often heard from residents who would much rather walk due to the frequent lack of available parking at the more than 100,000-square-foot plaza located at 3030 Don Mills Rd. >>>’You’, page 3
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If you would have a tough time putting a turkey on the table to share with family and friends this holiday season, you’re in luck. For the second year, members of the Shriners community in the Downsview area and Vito’s No Frills will be hosting a turkey giveaway.
Organizers are hoping to hand out about 300 turkeys and sacks of potatoes to residents in need. The event takes place tomorrow at the Rameses Shriners Temple at 3100 Keele St. south of Sheppard Avenue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Former Toronto Maple Leaf
Eddie Shack will attend, as will Toronto Centre Councillor Maria Augimeri. Vito’s No Frills will host a pancake booth while Pet Valu will be providing cat and dog food. Coffee and refreshments will be served and, rumour has it, Santa Claus will drop in for a visit.
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DARE2DANCE: Far left, Yassine Fathi, left, and Nathaniel Mitchell from Westview Centennial Secondary School perform during the Toronto District School Board’s Dare2Dance Final Challenge at the Toronto Centre for The Arts last week. Westview went on to win the competition. Other North York finalists were Victoria Park Collegiate (top), William Lyon Mackenzie (above) and Newtonbrook (left). Photos/Peter C McCusker
City seeks public input into body rub parlours FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com The city has created a survey asking for public input into body rub parlour and holistic centre locations in Toronto, including North York. The survey will gauge awareness, experiences and opinions about any impact these businesses may have on the local community and the need for the city to continue to regulate these types of businesses. Information collected will assist in the review and development of potential changes to the current bylaws that govern holistic and body rub businesses. A report is expected to be presented to the licensing and standards committee in April 2013. Coincidentally, residents angry with a neighbourhood business they say operates as an illegal massage parlour called on their councillor to fix the city’s body rub and holistic
centre bylaws at a Dec. 3 meeting in North York. Some 50 residents came out to a meeting at William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute with York Centre Councillor James Pasternak, 32 Division officers and a municipal licensing and standards representative. Attendees directed their concern and anger towards one particular business that opened in May near Wilson Heights Boulevard and Sheppard Avenue, noting it’s close to a daycare and high school and in a residential neighbourhood away from a main street. Speaking at that meeting, Det. Const. Kevin Georgopoulos of 32 Division’s plainclothes office said he and his partner had conducted five inspections of the business in question and had not found any infractions. Those who spoke said they don’t have issue with those types of businesses in general, but they should
be in industrial areas and away from residential neighbourhoods. Richard Mucha, acting manager of the city’s licensing enforcement and licensing services, attended the North York meeting and later told The Mirror he would have let
‘It’s pretty much a city-wide issue. Downtown has its fair share, certainly North York does.’ – Olga Kusztelska, City of Toronto residents know about the survey had he known about it himself. Olga Kusztelska, municipal licensing and standards acting senior policy and research officer, said a review of the bylaw’s current regulations began last year and the survey will help in making recommendations to the municipal licensing and standards committee.
“The survey is designed to gauge the reaction of the community. It’s pretty much a citywide issue. Downtown has its fair share, certainly North York does. The Queensway has a whole slew of them. We are still in the process of consultation and hearing from the community and business community. We don’t have any recommendations at this point.” Feedback to date suggests some people are in favour of locating such businesses in industrial areas, while others don’t want them existing at all, Kusztelska said. “I’d like to come up with something pretty solid,” she said, adding operators of illegal massage parlours somehow find ways to skirt bylaws, no matter how iron clad city officials think amendments have been. “Hopefully this will be the last time we address changes to the bylaw.” The survey will be available until Friday, Dec. 21.
>>>from page 1 “So I know what my next assignment is: build better paths around the Peanut,” said Carroll, who represents the ward of Don Valley East, in which the plaza lies. She said transforming properties like the Peanut into pedestrianand transit-friendly locations would encourage more mixed-use development in the area for people to live, work and engage in recreational activities. “Let’s look at what’s possible on the site and keep it alive,” said Carroll. “You don’t have to knock down a property, you just have to give it more life.” More and more, developers are interested in building in areas where there are existing transit connections, said Butterworth. He said such locations are particularly appealing to younger generations who increasingly prefer other forms of transportation to the automobile. “Who wants to drive downtown and pay 20 bucks for parking when you can take the subway instead?” said Butterworth, a senior designer with Kirkor. He said it is up to politicians and developers alike to convince residents of the importance of “smart” growth, even if the completion of the project lies several years in the future. “Political will is key to achieving vision,” said Butterworth following the panel discussion. “As long as the vision is better than the current reality, people will be prepared to wait.” Korman called on the province to build one subway station per year to fuel growth and expand Toronto’s existing system, arguing transit is integral to the city’s health. “Build one station, one bus loop a year, and the city will grow organically around the intensification from that transit line,” he said.
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ith less than two weeks until Christmas Day, the festive spirit is increasingly evident in the streets of North York. For some, that means decorating the Christmas tree or buying our view gifts for loved ones. For others, We’d love volunteering your time to help those less fortunate is a rewardto hear your ing experience. Need more ideas? Visit our feedback website at www.northyorkmirror. com and scroll down to the Featured Content section where our columnists offer no shortage of things to do. Get creative and try making a winter snow globe with simple instructions provided by entertainment columnist Jennifer Peters. (http://bit.ly/UnYhz4) Or make your holiday season delicious by following the easy-to-do main course recipes ranging from salmon with oven roasted tomatoes to sweet potato mash. (http://bit.ly/W9ebQ9) If you would rather go out and eat, listen to the advice of Jessica Ruby, the Gourmet Frugalista, in her latest column on where to dine for comfort food to get you through the cold winter. (http://bit.ly/XbFgkI) To keep this season festive, it’s important to stay healthy and pain-free as health columnist Gita Mikal reminds readers in her Less Pain, More Gain column this week. (http://bit.ly/SUdnhf) “The sweet smell of freshly baked gingerbread fills the air, a stack of greeting cards are ready to be mailed and a pile of wrapped gifts are all reminders of the hustle and bustle of the season and the joyful time to be shared with family and friends,” Mikal writes. “Let’s make it pain free and enjoy the festivities.” For sweets lovers, heed the words of dentist Dr. Jody Zajacz in her column and take care of your oral health, especially when sugary foods like cookies, chocolates and candy are readily available. (http://bit. ly/UpEwrT) And pet owners, keep your animals safe as veterinarian Dr. Brad Cotter warns that veterinary emergency hospitals see an increase in accidental poisonings during the holidays. (http://bit.ly/UHsHex) “Chocolate may be the most well-known toxin, but is still one of the most common,” he writes in his 24/7 Vets blog posting. We welcome more ideas and suggestions on how to keep Christmas merry and the holidays happy. Write us a letter to the editor at nym@insidetoronto.com and share your annual traditions that make this time of year enjoyable for all. newsroom
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To the editor: We witnessed again in our ward a deadly gun fight where a young man died and a few were seriously injured. We have seen other killings this summer, including the Danzig Street shooting. In reaction, the provincial government came out with some funds. They passed some of these funds to the needy area of the city. However, nothing will change for the long run for our youth. The problem is not going to be solved through taxpayer dollars given to local social agencies. In York-South Weston, we have may social agencies that offer the same services but they don’t co-ordinate amongst themselves. I strongly recommend we make these agencies accountable for what they do with our tax dollars – if they don’t comply, then cut them off. The problem is our social economic situation. We must demand our elected officials take bold steps to change the social economic condition for York-South Weston. Moe Irshad
Budget leaves police chief with limited options
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t the centre of the debate over freezing the Toronto Police Service budget is the question of whether residents will remain safe. Police Chief Bill Blair originally thought that limiting his budget expenditures to last year’s level would have consequences. But the Police Services Board unanimously voted to approve the budget without an increase. Afterwards Blair was quoted as saying: “I’d keep Toronto safe if it was just me and two other guys. Whatever is available to us, we’ll just go out and do our best.” Although Torontonians are grateful for the enthusiasm, fortunately we have more than three police officers. Chief Blair still commands 5,320 uniformed officers and a budget of almost $930 million. Yet given his earlier concerns, residents may wonder whether they will remain safe, and how he plans to keep them so. Toronto’s backdrop of
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declining crime rates is promising. The most recent data show substantial decreases in all forms of crime, with the exception of a minor jump in the murder rate. Part of the reason is demographics, since the section of population most engaged in crime, young men, is declining. Part of our crime reduction is due to the intelligent use of technology. And part of the reason is smarter policing. Yet the Police Services Board, in combination with city council, has given Chief Blair a tough assignment. With a budget consisting of more than 90 per cent in labour costs, he must look at the number and productivity of
his staff. He begins from a difficult position, since the board agreed to a collective agreement that keeps Toronto’s officers the highest paid in Canada. It follows that Chief Blair must get more out of his workforce. He will probably start with reviewing his organization, and work to reduce the practice of two-officer patrols. Although these and other changes are essential, it’s easier said than done. The biggest challenge to achieving enough productivity gains is due to the size and power of the police union, the Toronto Police Association. While Blair can do his best to increase productivity, the Toronto Police Association is vigilant, well-financed and accustomed to grievances. The Police Services Board is already anticipating legal challenges should Blair downsize his organization or attempt productivity gains contrary
to union wishes. Under the rigid labour system now in place, change will probably come at the pace of retiring officers. As individuals leave, Blair will then have some ability to redeploy officers. However, it is in the union’s interest, and also within its ability, to limit productivity increases generated by these changes. And so we come back to questions of whether Torontonians will remain safe, and how Chief Blair can make that assurance with constrained resources. Thanks to fewer young men in our population, adequate investment in technology and a history of smart policing, Torontonians will be safe. But due to inflexibility in labour relations, Chief Blair’s options are limited. David Soknacki is a former City of Toronto councillor and budget chief. Contact him at www.soknacki.com
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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said he could be forced to close a police station in 2014 as a result of the tight budget that the Toronto Police Services Board and Toronto’s budget committee recommended this week. “There is a point in staffing reductions where we will have to make some very difficult decisions,” said Blair. “It may require very difficult decisions, and one of the decisions I will have to consider is whether we can operate 17 police stations.” Blair made the comments outside the committee room where moments earlier Toronto’s budget committee had approved sending on the 2013 police operating and capital budgets to Mayor Rob Ford’s Executive Committee. The $927.9 million budget put forward by the board is $21 million less than the budget that Blair proposed.
The board ordered the chief to freeze hiring and promotions, hold back money that is contributed to the city’s vehicle and equipment reserve and cut back on premium pay. It also demanded that Blair find $6.7 million in unallocated savings, making no specific recommendations. Blair said that because the board’s numbers were off on savings that might be achieved through a hiring freeze, he has to find $8.7 million. Board members had suggested he could find that money from the $8 million surplus generated this year. But Blair said doing so is impossible without city permission, and that banking on a surplus for next year wasn’t predictable. “There’s no pot of gold hidden under the stairs at police headquarters,” said Blair. “There’s some speculation that there may be a surplus somehow. But what this really is is an unallocated reduction.
And an unallocated reduction is without precedent. I have never seen a decision by a body to reduce a budget without knowing where those reductions are coming from.” Blair pointed out that he has no power to lay off officers — that is a decision for the Toronto Police Services Board, who this year instructed him to hire another 80 officers who’ll begin training next week. “They’ve approved the hiring of the 80 officers,” said Blair. “I just have to figure out how to pay them.” The budget committee approved the budget — over the objections of vice chair Doug Ford, who agreed with Blair on the issue of balancing budgets using surpluses. “I’ll support the board and the budget team because I’m a team player,” said Ford. “Do I agree with it? I don’t agree with it. We went way too far on the one side and didn’t compromise a little bit.”
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It’s Happening in North York n Friday, Dec. 14
Cardinal Carter Presents ‘The Nutcracker’ WHEN: 3 p.m. WHERE: Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, 36 Greenfield Ave. CONTACT: Julie Lava, 416-393-5556, julie.lava@tcdsb.org COST: $20 A student performance on Dec. 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 16. at 2 p.m.
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W. CONTACT: Anne Galilee, 416-2226863, www.northminsterunitedchurch. ca, agalilee@bell.net COST: Free-will offering The choirs of Northminster and Newtonbrook United Churches present a carol service.
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Blue Christmas Service WHEN: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Parkwoods United Church, 85 Parkwoods Village Dr. CONTACT: 416-4475519, www.parkwoodsunitedchurch. ca, Office@parkwoodsunitedchurch.ca COST: Free A service of comfort and hope for those who are grieving or lonely at this time of year. Wheelchair accessible. Equipped for the hearing impaired.
Kabbalalalat Shabbat: Celebrate Chanukkah with the Temple Sinai Band WHEN: 7:15 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-4161, www. templesinai.net, office@templesinai.net COST: Free ‘The Sound of Music’ WHEN: Runs to Dec. 16 WHERE: York Woods Public Library, 1785 Finch Ave. W. CONTACT: 416-755-1717 COST: $28 Presented by the Civic Light-Opera Company. Ideal for the whole family.
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Celebrate Chanukkah: Shabbat Morning Family Service WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: www.templesinai.net, office@templesinai.net COST: Free Breakfast with Santa WHEN: 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Shops at Don Mills, 1090 Don Mills Rd. CONTACT: 416-447-6087, www.shopsatdonmills.ca, sdmguestservices@cadillace-
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hanikkah song: Siegfried Winrauch, left, joins Rabbi Yirmi Cohen in a Hanukkah song during the Jewish Festival of Lights event organized Sunday by the Ohalei Yoseph Yizchak Congregation for seniors residing at 6250 Bathurst St.
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Family Christmas Eve Service With Communion WHEN: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Parkwoods United Church, 85 Parkwoods Village Dr. CONTACT: 416-447-5519, www.parkwoodsunitedchurch.ca, Office@parkwoodsunitedchurch.ca COST: Free-will offering All welcome. Wheelchair accessible. Equipped for the hearing impaired.
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Holiday Concert: Cassava Latin Band WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Concourse, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: 416-395-5639 COST: Free Warm up with the alluring rhythms of South America. Drop in, for all ages.
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Miniature Train, Stroll with Santa at Shops at Don Mills WHEN: Continues to Jan. 6 WHERE: 1090 Don Mills Rd. CONTACT: Shops at Don Mills, 416-447-6087, www. shopsatdonmills.ca, sdmguestservices@ cadillacefairview.com COST: $3 Tickets will be sold at guest services for $3 per person per ride with net proceeds to the Toronto Fire Fighters’ Toy Drive. Also, meet Santa Claus as he strolls through the outdoor mall handing out treats. Visit the website for exact dates and times.
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Offer your feedback about the Beltline Trail JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Plans to improve the Beltline Trail across Toronto are heating up, with a pair of public meetings giving Torontonians a chance to look at the recommendations and make comments and recommendations. The first of the two meetings took place at St. Paul’s Bloor Street Church Tuesday, Dec. 4. The second one took place Dec. 5 at West Preparatory Junior Public School. A number of the major players driving the improvements spoke to those assembled to discuss the recommendations. “We want to make sure the public has input into the process both from the point of view that we appreciate their ideas and direction, and we want to make sure we haven’t missed anything,” said Garth Armour, City of Toronto supervisor of natural environment and community programs.
Areas being looked at include beefing up safety, improving the trail’s connectivity and wayfinding, optimizing the design and making the trail accessible. Armour noted resurfacing of the trail in some areas would help ensure users do not impact negatively on the vegetation throughout the trail. “In some locations, the trail’s 10, 12, 14 metres wide where people have walked off the path to avoid puddles,” he said. “We want it to be three to four metres, so we have to manage that use.” Armour noted trail safety is the top priority, with lighting the Upper Kay Gardner Beltline Trail – which runs north of Mount Pleasant Cemetery west to Allen Road – one of the recommendations made. The Ravine Beltline Trail running south of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, meanwhile, should not be lit according to recommendations made by landscape architects Victor Ford and
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Associates, as that could promote unwanted activity late at night. Armour said the improvements will be made over time, with urgent safety concerns addressed immediately and more aesthetic issues resolved as new funding comes available. “After the priority areas are determined and taken care of, we’ll keep incrementally making changes,” he said. Daniel Egan of the City of Toronto’s transportation
department said there are also concerns regarding road crossings. The improvements to the Beltline could include changes to the ways in which pedestrians and cyclists cross Bathurst Street, Avenue Road, Oriole Parkway, Moore Avenue and other streets along the way. “In most places, the (traffic) signals are a short distance away from where the trail comes out,” he said. “We could add signalized crossings, but we generally
People look at renderings of proposed upgrades to the beltline trail, during a public meeting held last week at St. Paul’s Bloor Street Church.
don’t like to have two signals too close together.” He noted, in most cases, there is ample opportunity for pedestrians and cyclists to walk a short distance to the nearest signal, but they rarely do. While Egan could not remember any incidents or near-incidents due to a lack of traffic lights at the crossings, he noted it was important to do everything possible to maximize safety.
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“At the end of the day, cyclists and pedestrians want the whole thing to work,” he said. Amelia Bishop of Friends of the Beltline attended the meeting and said her group is eager to see the changes and how it impacts the wellused trail. While Friends of the Beltline works primarily to ensure the trail is kept clean and the greenery is maintained, she noted she would be open to seeing an expanded relationship. “Our main focus is on clean-ups and the ecological side, but if the city wanted to work together with us, I think we’d be open to that,” she said. An overview of the Beltline project, along with the recommendations, is available on the City of Toronto’s website at www.toronto.ca/beltline Community feedback will be accepted until Wednesday, Dec. 19. Those looking to offer input can email jdicema@toronto. ca or call 416-338-2830.
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Toronto councillor touts ranked ballot system MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com If a mayoral byelection looms in Toronto, people may warm up to a different – and some say, less divisive – way to vote for city officials, called ranked balloting. And last week in Scarborough, supporters of the concept were claiming
they could swing Toronto Council to their cause, making city elections “way more interesting and fair” a few years from now. “This is winnable. We’ve actually got a majority of councillors supporting this,” Dave Meslin said during a presentation of his civic engagement campaign, The Fourth Wall, Dec. 3 at the East
Scarborough Boys and Girls Club. “I think we’ll get it.” On its website, the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (RaBIT) claims 19 sitting councillors plus Mayor Rob Ford as supporters, not enough to carry the 45-member council. But Meslin and Scarborough East Councillor Paul Ainslie both say they have found
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enough “soft” support in the rest of the ranks. Interestingly, Don Valley East Councillor Shelley Carroll, who’s declared she would run in a byelection against Ford, and Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow, touted by many to run against the mayor, are both in the RaBIT camp. According to the site (www.123toronto.ca), so are Karen Stintz and Adam Vaughan, other councillors spoken of as contenders for Ford’s chair.
‘I think it means you get less polarization.’ – Vince Puhakka Meslin said fear of votesplitting often pushes challengers off the ballot, particularly first-time candidates who are women or visible minorities. “I want to see them all run. I want to have choice,” he said. Though Queen’s Park must first approve them, a switch to ranked ballots would give voters the option of naming second and third choices. If no candidate gets 50 per cent of the votes, candidates with the least votes drop off and their second-place support is transferred to others. These “instant runoffs” continue until one candidate is shown to have majority support, though some comes from being a second- or third-best choice. Meslin argues this encourages candidates to be nicer as they hope to pick up secondplace votes. The idea was well-received by some of Ainslie’s constituents at a town hall meeting. “I’ve always thought that the way elections are run is kind of stupid,” said Vince
Puhakka, who declared he likes the ranked ballot after seeing Meslin and Ainslie explain it. “I think it means you get less polarization.” Dennis Reinsborough, another resident, said he’d be against having a separate runoff election, but noted Ireland has instant run-offs, and “if you don’t get a majority, you go to the second round.” A Fo r d s u p p o r t e r, Reinsborough admitted to thinking the mayor would probably benefit from votesplitting if he ran again. “I think he would lose, but then the majority of the voting clientele have truly chosen what they want.” Ainslie, who has caused many Fourth Wall proposals to be studied through the city hall committee he chairs, said he likes RaBIT because “one of my colleagues in the last election won with 18 per cent of the vote,” meaning James Pasternak of York Centre, adding Pasternak “often gets heckled” when he claims at council meetings to speak for people in his ward. Reached this week, Pasternak, who in 2010 scored the most votes of 12 contenders after the ward’s longtime incumbent Mike Feldman retired, said he’s “quite reluctant” to support ranked ballots. “It would create enormous confusion among candidates and the voting public at a time when we’re trying to increase voter participation, not decrease it,” Pasternak said, adding once ranked balloting starts, Toronto will have “de facto political parties” muscling into municipal politics. In an interview, Willowdale Councillor John Filion, who isn’t counted among ranked
ballot supporters, said he would be “leaning that way” if it came to a vote. Filion said he would prefer to stage separate run-off elections, but that may not be practical because of the cost. It’s “pretty absurd” that some councillors have been elected with around 20 per cent support, and most people would support changing how our mayors, and possibly our councillors, are selected, said Filion, adding if someone wins a byelection for mayor with a low percentage of votes, “there’ll be a lot more of a clamour for some kind of reform.” On the other hand, if you have many names on the ballot, “I think a lot of people have a tough enough choice deciding who their first pick is,” let alone a second or third, Filion said, suggesting voters may just pick a name they recognize as second choice. “It would be a big name recognition factor.” In 2010, during the last days of the previous city council, Case Ootes, another retiring councillor, called for a report “on alternative methods on the election of the mayor for the City of Toronto for 2014” so that councillors could discuss options before going to the province for approval. Ootes, now listed as a RaBIT supporter, proposed the race for mayor “should be decided by a form of voting that represents a result of 50 per cent plus one,” ensuring the new head of council “has a mandate and the support of a majority of those who voted.” Toronto’s voting machines, however, are not set up for ranked ballots and would cost the city millions to replace before 2015, Ainslie said.
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IT'S OFFICIAL! In 2011, Sharon was the #1 full service realtor in both the number of homes sold and dollar volume for all realtors in Willowdale Area (C14). #1 Willowdale Area since 2009 (Volume Of Sales), #2 in Canada (Remax July 2012), Top 10 Worldwide in 2011, (Remax 2011)
59 MUNRO BLVD
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10 PALOMINO CRES
87 NORTON AVE
4 ESPANA LANE
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5 KENNETH AVE #1601
6 FARMINGDALE RD 139 BURBANK DR.
22 CLAIRTRELL RD
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367 HILLCREST
250 DUNFOREST AVE
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57 HORSHAM AVE
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368 SPRING GARDEN AVE
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13 STUDLEY ST
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Luxury Upgraded Tridel Townhouse. Great Floor Plan & Steps To Yonge & Subway. Earl Haig Secondary School.
52 CENTRE AVE
Spectacular Contemporary/ Modern Home. Custom Designed Master Piece. Nested On One Of The Neighbourhood Finest Street. Perfect Flow For Entertaining. Incredible Finishes & Details.
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Extraordinary custom home perfectly situated on a prestigious quiet Cul De Sac! Lot size 75.7X183.79 Feet.
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32 BAYBERRY CRES 31 BEARDMORE CRES
Unique Luxurious Custom Built W Outstanding Quality Architectural Rare Design On Great Location! Elegant 2Storey Foyer W Marble Flr W Apprx5,700Sqft Incl.L/L Of Unparalled Design & Finishes. Hrdwd Flr Thru-Out. 10’Ceil On Main Flr, 9’On 2nd Flr! Very Large Deck!
478 MELROSE AVE
249 OLD YONGE ST
Excellent location, walking distance to Yonge Street, Subway, Library, Pool and much more, Great schools Earl Haig and Mckee. 3 Bedroom home with separate entrance to in-law basement apartment sitting on 50’ X 128’ lot. For more details please call Sharon!
801 GRANDVIEW WAY
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158 EMPRESS AVE
Totally renovated premium luxury home on a 72Ft sout Lot! Outstanding Layout, Aprx 6700Sq.ft Incl L/L.
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Absolutely stunning, spectacular 5 bedroom custom B/I home on 55’ Lot. Excellent & Timeless luxury W/Open Concept Layout.
333 ELMWOOD AVE
299 BYNG AVE ∙ OPEN HOUSE SAT 2-4
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My Standard is to Give You More! • Record Breaking Results • Unparalleled Marketing Plan • Extensive Online Presence • Complimentary Staging Service • Free Home Evaluation
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220 DUNVIEW
78 FIFESHIRE
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126 MAXIOME AVE
6 JONAH DR
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