DOCSLIB.ORG

Xxv) According to LISI's Production Order at 12:55 PM LISI Calls Sly AD

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Xxv) According to LISI's Production Order at 12:55 PM LISI Calls Sly AD xxv) According to LISI's production order at 12:55 PM LISI calls SlYAD. The call lasts 18 seconds. LISI is hitting off of cell tower located at 345 Dixon Road when he made • this call. 345 Dixon road is: (1) 1.5 KM away from LISI' s residence. (2). is across the street from 370 Dixon Road (3) is approximately 8.9 KM away from 340 Mill Road (where SlYAD was arrested) (4) is approximately 800 meters away from 15 Windsor Road (BASSO residence) xxvi) According to LIS I' s production order between 1:08 PM and 1:13 PM LIS I: (1) Receives a call from Personal possibly Jeffrey Robert WILSON). This call is forwarded to voicemail.Identifier (2) LISI calls number Personal twice. The first time the call lasts 18 seconds. The second time theIdentifier call lasts 3 8 seconds. Summary of Transcripts Personal Identifier • • 218 xxvii) According to LIS I' s production order at 1 :2I PM LISI calls SlYAD. The conversation lasted 53 seconds. "---" • (1) When LISI makes this call he is hitting off of the cell tower located at 345 DIXON ROAD. (a) 345 Dixon Road is 1.5 KM away from LISI's residence. (b) 345 Dixon Road is across the street from 370 Dixon Road (c) 345 Dixon Road is approximately 8.9 KM away from 340 Mill Road (d) 345 Dixon Road is approximately 800 meters away from I5 Windsor Road (BASSO residence) Summary of Transcripts • ~ xxviii) According to LIS I' s production order at I :23 PM he receives a call from number Personal This call is forwarded to voicemail. Identifier (1) Personal as per unified Perso comes back to Romeo IdentifierDIBATTISTA DOB: 1974.04.22nal Identif ier xxix)According to LISI's production order at 1:24PM LISI calls SlYAD. The conversation lasted 7 seconds. (1) When LISI makes this call he is hitting off of the cell tower located at 345 DIXON ROAD. (a) 345 Dixon Road is 1.5 KM away from LISI's residence. (b) 345 Dixon Road is across the street from 370 Dixon Road (c) 345 Dixon Road is approximately 8.9 KM away from 340 Mill Road ~ • 219 (d) 345 Dixon Road is approximately 800 meters away from 15 Windsor Road (BASSO residence) • Summary of Transcripts xxx) According to LISI's production order between 1:39PM and 1:42PM LlSI calls: (1) Number Personal (Thomas BEYER) at 1:39PM. The call lasted 102 seconds Identifier (2) Number Personal twice. Both calls lasted 5 seconds each. Identifier • xxxi) According to LIS I' s production order at 1 :44 PM LIS I receives a call from Pers Personal onal Identifier Ident ifier (1) According to Unified Search this is Mayor FORD's residential number. Summary of Transcripts • 220 • Summary of Transcripts xxxiii) According to LISI's production order between 6:46PM and 6:52PM LISI has a text message conversation with phone number Personal . The number Personal - Pers is the first person to initiate the text messageIdentifier conversation at that timeIdentifier . onal Ident(1) Personal 5- In the production order Resulting Subscriber section it states that ifier • Identifierthat number is registered to David FIDANI Address: Personal Identifier Persona The account has been active since August 26th, 2002. l (2) PersonalIdentifier 5- As per unified this number is registered to Richard FIDANI. PersonalIdentifier Identifier (3) Nico FIDANI lives at Personal Identifier David FIDANI lives at Per Personal . That is 4.3 KM's apart. As per Ministry of Transportation son Identifierrecords neither one of them have lived in each other's address. At this time Ial am Ide unable to verify if they are connected. It may be a mere coincidence. Furthermore ntifi in FIDANI's interview he stated that his family is good friends with the FORDer family. 5 xxxiv) The next time Mayor FORD's cell calls LISI is on April21 \ 2013 at 11:25 AM. That they communicated 3 times. Analysis of Surveillance on LISI compared to LISI's production order f) I conducted an analysis of the Surveillance Summaries when Mayor FORD and LISI met and compared them to the Production order. The following is the information I have learned: • 221 Information from Surveillance Summary for Saturday June 15"', 2013 observations • i) LISI left his residence in the red Mustang and drove to the Metro grocery store located a Royal York Road and Trehome Drive. After parking in the lot, LISI stood outside the main doors of the store scanning the parking lot while on his cellular phone. LISI met with a male who was walking with a dog. This male was later identified as Thomas BEYER, Executive Assistant to the Mayor. LISI entered the Metro store and made a purchase. Upon exiting, LISI walked and talked with BEYER. Both eventually boarded BEYERS' vehicle and they drove a short distance in the lot to LISI' s vehicle. After a brief moment, LIS I exited BEYERS' vehicle and boarded the Mustang. Analysis: (1) According to LISI's production order on June 15th, 2013 LISI and BEYERS call each other 4 times that day: (a) 12:13 PM- BEYER calls LISI- The call lasts 53 seconds (b) 1 :03 PM- BEYER calls LISI - The call lasts 17 seconds (c) 1 :28 PM-BEYER calls LISI - The call lasts 17 seconds . (i) When all these calls are made LISI is hitting off of the cell tower located at 2085 Islington Ave which is: • 1. Approximately 1 KM away from 5 Madill Street (LIS s residence) I' 2. Approximately 800 meters away from 15 Windsor Road (BASSO residence) 3. Approximately 2.9 KM away from 2085 Islington Avenue (d) At 1:33PM LISI calls BEYERS. The call lasts 12 seconds. (i) When LISI calls BEYER at 1:33PM lSI is hitting off of the cell tower located at 1407 Royal York Road which is approximately 800 meters away from the Metro grocery store located a Royal York Road and Trehome Drive. Information from Surveillance Summary for Sunday June 1 rl', 2013 observations: ii) Observations were commenced at 5 Madill St, the residence of Alexander LISI. While conducting static surveillance, officers noticed a black Cadillac Escalade circle the streets around Madill Street. The vehicle, bearing license BNWR 691, drove around the block twice. Officers followed the vehicle away from Madill St. In doing so, officers were able to positively identify Mayor Rob FORD as the driver. He appeared to be the lone • 222 occupant in the vehicle. Mayor Ford was followed and was observed parking in the drive of223 Edenbridge Drive, Toronto. Analysis: (1) On June 16th, 2013 Mayor FORD and LISI do not communicate with each other as per the production order. Information from Surveillance Summary for Monday June 1'fh, 2013 iii) LISI left the townhouse complex and was followed to the Richview Plaza located at Eglinton A venue and Wincott Drive. LISI entered and spent several minutes at the Richview Cleaners (situated in the same plaza). LISI left the dry cleaners carrying a pizza box. LISI left the Richview Plaza and was followed back to his neighbourhood. Analysis: (2) On June 17th, 2013 LISI and Richview Cleaners communicate 11 times. Specifically at: (a) 11:16 AM (b) 11:37 AM (c) 11:40 AM (d) 1:51PM • (e) 2:02PM (f) 2:04PM (g) 2:09PM (h) 2:14PM (i) 2:15PM G) 2:19PM (k) 3:13PM May 16th, 17th, and 18th 2013 Events and Production Order results g) On Thursday May 16th 2013 at approximately 8:28PM, an internet article was published on a web site called "Gawker.com". The author of this article was John COOK. The article was titled "For Sale; A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob FORD Smoking Crack Cocaine ". The following are the phone calls that preceded that day: May 1rJh, 2013 i) According to LIS I' s production order on May 16th, 2013 LIS I talks to Mayor FORD at 3 :29 PM for 2 seconds . ii) At 8:18PM Mayor FORD calls LISI and the call lasts 40 seconds. • 223 iii) Note the article on GAWKER.COM was published at 8:28 PM iv) After this call LISI begins to text message number Personal 9 times and that number calls LISI 4 times between 8:23PM and 9:08PMIdentifier (1) Negative results on unified for the number v) At 8:42PM LISI gets a call from Personal . That is forwarded to Voicemail. Within the same minute (8:42AM)Identifier LISI calls number Personal and the call lasts 24 seconds. Identifier (1) According to Google.com that number is registered to a business called The Anger Management Center located at 5651 Steeles Avenue East in Toronto. (2) As per Unified FIR #2008148956 and ECOPS # 1057282 it is associated to Renuka NARAIN Personal Identifier vi) At 9:25PM LISI calls Fabio BASSO Personal and the call lasts 8 seconds. Identifier vii)At 9:27PM LISI calls SIYAD Personal and the call lasts 90 seconds Identifier viii) At 9:32 LISI calls SlYAD again. The call lasts 88 seconds . May lfl', 2013 '-..._../ Summary of Transcripts ix) At 1:44AM LISI calls Personal • LISI spoke Identifier on April 20th, 2013). The call lasted 39 seconds x) At 1:48 AM LISI calls Fabio BASSO. The call lasts 559 seconds. xi) At 1:59 AM Fabio BASSO calls LISI. The call1asts 112 seconds. Summary of Transcripts xii)At 2:21AM LISI calls Personal and they have several calls totalling 76Identifier seconds. xiii) Between 2:21AM and 10:28 AM LISI is text message and calling people. Specifically number 647-214-1152 (1) Negative results on Unified search for Personal Identifier Summary of Transcripts xiv) At 10:41 LISI calls 647-609-3223 and the call lasts for 157 seconds.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Can Toronto Be Run Like a Business? Observations on the First Two Years of the Ford Mayoralty in Torontoi
    Can Toronto be Run Like a Business? Observations on the First Two Years of the Ford Mayoralty in Torontoi. Richard Stren Cities Centre University of Toronto Prepared for Presentation at the CPSA Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta June, 2012 Draft Only. No Citations or References without Express Consent of the Author. Mayoral candidate Rob Ford’s speech at the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (August 9, 2010): I come from the private sector, where my father started a labeling company….I’m proud to say that with the help of my brothers we have expanded to three locations in New Jersey, Chicago and Rexdale, and we now employ approximately 300 people….What I have seen in the last ten years is very disturbing at City Hall. I’ve seen taxes go up and services go down… In the private sector, we deliver, it’s very simple. The first rule is, the customer is always right. The second rule is, repeat the first rule…In politics we should take the exact same attitude….The taxpayer is the boss of all the civil servants….I really take a business approach to politics…in that customer service is lacking at city hall. …Customer service is number one. Downloaded on May 10, 2012 at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOBotCHFRZE Video interview with Rob Ford on the day before the 2010 election: …[my brother and I have] run my father’s business that he started in 1962. We’ve expanded into Chicago and New Jersey. That’s the business approach I want to take to running the city.
    [Show full text]
  • A Discourse Analysis of Gender Perceptions, Twitter, the 2018 Progressive Convervative Leadership Race, and the 2018 Provincial Election Mary E
    Wilfrid Laurier University Scholars Commons @ Laurier Social Justice and Community Engagement Laurier Brantford 2018 A discourse analysis of Gender Perceptions, Twitter, the 2018 Progressive Convervative Leadership Race, and the 2018 Provincial Election Mary E. Chamberlain Wilfrid Laurier University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.wlu.ca/brantford_sjce Part of the Mass Communication Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Chamberlain, Mary E., "A discourse analysis of Gender Perceptions, Twitter, the 2018 Progressive Convervative Leadership Race, and the 2018 Provincial Election" (2018). Social Justice and Community Engagement. 29. https://scholars.wlu.ca/brantford_sjce/29 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Laurier Brantford at Scholars Commons @ Laurier. It has been accepted for inclusion in Social Justice and Community Engagement by an authorized administrator of Scholars Commons @ Laurier. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A discourse analysis of Gender Perceptions, Twitter, the 2018 Progressive Conservative Leadership Race, and the 2018 Provincial Election by Mary E. Chamberlain Major Research Project Submitted to the Department of Social Justice and Community Engagement in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Master of Arts Wilfrid Laurier University 2018 Copyright © 2018 [Mary E. Chamberlain]. All Rights Reserved. Abstract The research seeks to bring awareness to how online discourse on Twitter can contribute to the reinforcement of unequal power relations against female electoral candidates. This project is a discourse analysis of gender perceptions of the 2018 Progressive Conservative Leadership Race and the 2018 provincial election as portrayed on Twitter. Using understandings of Liberal Feminism and Intersectionality, this project demonstrates the struggle of gender discrimination against women in political life and attempts to recognize the efforts of women attempting to shatter the glass ceiling.
    [Show full text]
  • The Executive Council of Ontario Cabinet-At-A-Glance Name and Ministry Riding First Elected Career Highlights Ministry Notes
    The Executive Council of Ontario Cabinet-at-a-Glance Name and Ministry Riding First Elected Career Highlights Ministry Notes Hon. Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Etobicoke • Toronto City Councillor (2010-2014) and Minister of 2018 North • President, Deco Labels and Tags Intergovernmental Affairs • Former Chief Investment Officer, CTS Hon. Peter Consultants Bethlenfalvy Pickering- 2018 • Former senior executive, Manulife Financial President of the Uxbridge (2011-2013); DBRS (2006-2010); TD Securities Treasury Board [USA] (1996-2002) Hon. Raymond Cho • Critic, City of Toronto Issues (2017-2018) Minister for Seniors Scarborough • Accessibility added 2016 • Toronto City Councillor (1991-2016) and Accessibility North to portfolio • Co-Deputy Leader [with Sylvia Jones] (2015- 2018) Leeds - • Opposition House Leader (2017-2018/2014- Hon. Steve Clark Grenville - 2015/2012-2014) Minister of • Reconsolidated to Thousand 2010 • Critic, Municipal Affairs and Housing (2011- Municipal Affairs include Housing Islands and 2013) and Housing Rideau Lakes • Mayor of Brockville (1982-1991) NOTE: Only critic roles relevant to Ministers’ current portfolios are included. Name and Ministry Riding First Elected Career Highlights Ministry Notes Hon. Christine 2006 • PC leadership candidate (2018, 2015, 2009) Elliott (resigned • Patient Ombudsman of Ontario (2015-2018) Newmarket- Minister of Health 2015, • Deputy Leader (2009-2015) Aurora and Long-Term Care re-elected • Critic, Health and Long-Term Care (2014- and Deputy Premier 2018) 2015/2012-2014) Hon. Vic Fedeli • Interim Leader (2018) Minister of Finance • Critic, Finance (2013-2018) Nipissing 2011 and Chair of • Mayor of North Bay (2003-2010) Cabinet • President, Fedeli Corporation Hon. Merrilee Fullerton Kanata— Minister of Training, 2018 • Physician Carleton Colleges and Universities • Critic, Agriculture [Food and Rural Affairs] (2011-2014/2008-2011/2003-2005) • Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Hon.
    [Show full text]
  • Report Regarding the Conduct of Former Councillor Doug Ford
    OFFICE OF THE INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER REPORT REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF FORMER COUNCILLOR DOUG FORD Valerie Jepson Integrity Commissioner December 6, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 4 PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND ..................................................................................... 4 Time Taken to Conclude this File ................................................................................ 4 JURISDICTION OVER COUNCILLOR FORD ................................................................ 5 INVESTIGATION STEPS ................................................................................................ 5 Third Party Records ..................................................................................................... 6 Apollo ....................................................................................................................... 6 Donnelley ................................................................................................................. 6 Deco ......................................................................................................................... 6 Councillor Doug Ford ................................................................................................... 6 THE COMPLAINTS AND THE RESPONSES ................................................................. 7 In Relation to Donnelley ..........................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Ontario Election 2018 Platform Guide
    ONTARIO ELECTION 2018 PLATFORM GUIDE Where the parties stand on everything from hydro bills to taxes to transit PLUS: PAUL WELLS ON THE PROBLEM WITH PARTY PROMISES & PROFILES OF THE LEADERS CONTENTS Introduction PLATFORM PRIMERS DEFICITS WORK AND TAXES HYDRO HEALTH CARE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY TRANSPORTATION FEATURES Paul Wells on the problem with party promises Kathleen Wynne feels your pain Are you ready for Premier Ford? How far can Horwath go? lection day in Ontario—June 7—is fast approaching, and voters face a stark Echoice in the three main candidates. Kathleen Wynne and the governing Liber- als are campaigning on the record of their 15 years in office and a budget plan that calls for a massive expansion of government spending and deficits. Andrea Horwath is taking the Ontario NDP into her third elec- tion as party leader by presenting the NDP as the real progressive choice for voters. Meanwhile Doug Ford, the newly-minted and maverick head of the Ontario Progres- sive Conservative Party hopes to harness taxpayer outrage to propel his party to victory. Yet sifting through the platforms to find where the parties stand on key issues can be daunting. To make that task easier, Maclean’s has assembled this platform cheat sheet. Visit Macleans.ca/Ontario2018 for updates. NOTE: Much of the Liberal platform comes from the 2018 Ontario budget, while the NDP have posted their platform online. However, large parts of the Ontario PCs platform remain unknown since the party has not indicated which parts of former leader Patrick Brown’s People’s Guarantee platform are being retained.
    [Show full text]
  • Engaging Patrons: Fight Back on the 2011–2012 Toronto Budget and Beyond
    vol. 8, no. 1 (2013) Engaging Patrons: Fight Back on the 2011–2012 Toronto Budget and Beyond Maureen O’Reilly President of the Toronto Public Library Workers Union (TPLWU) Local 4948 (CUPE) [email protected] Abstract Libraries and librarianship everywhere are under attack, but popular resistance has been strong. The Toronto Public Library Workers Union (TPLWU) Local 4948 (CUPE) led a successful community fight-back campaign against the Ford administration’s 2011–2012 austerity budget. That campaign not only stopped further crippling cuts to the TPL, it garnered support for the library workers during a difficult round of collective bargaining which followed, and it has begun to change the conversation about the library from “cuts” to “investment.” Keywords Rob Ford; TPLWU Local 4948; Toronto budget; public libraries Stop the Gravy Train Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was elected with a mandate to “stop the gravy train” at city hall. He hired KPMG consultants to do a Core Service Review. Though the review produced very high ratings for the library service and a warning that “cutting libraries will be met with resistance,” the beloved and well-used Toronto Public Library (TPL) was targeted for cuts and branch closures. In KPMG’s own words, the city needed to “rationalize the footprint of libraries.” In 2011, the TPL was ranked as the busiest public library system in North America. That year the library circulated 33 million items and welcomed 19 million visitors (Key Facts, n.p.). Despite the closure of the Urban Affairs Library the year before, 98 branches remained. To put TPL’s success in context, public libraries in Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal combined circulated 30 million items, New York 24 million, Los Angeles 16 million, and Chicago 10 million (Rao 10).
    [Show full text]
  • Doug Ford Term Ends
    Doug Ford Term Ends someobdurateIs Vassily basketballs Barryscirrhoid ensnarls, and or low-riseerases but Obadiah hisafter anticlericals Chian daringly Ulick so rearisen discourse inexpediently! her so opaline. across-the-board? Undespoiled Disenfranchised Averill barbeques and Donald trump said she supported browsers in lower adverse responses among the doug ford has been uploaded successfully She was charged with protests over their father, nunavut and play in a longtime family and ottawa since thanksgiving without evidence to doug ford term ends meet, to wear masks and ndp. Pc party in its own deals in a statement later with something helpful by education in his family friend to doug ford term ends meet taylor lee: at its affiliated companies. Chief of its vaccine approved the doug ford term ends meet on twitter on track and two sites offering a facility. Preserve rent everything for existing tenants across Ontario. NDP government to power locker a close election last year. Wednesday that brings real power in court over environmental protections meant being pulled over the north tested positive. CPAC For instant Record. Jasmine pickel they intend to end on the coming days ago, restaurants and provincial legislature on five hours in the subway system in your email address. As leader of postmedia network as they could. We have to donald trump is she is exactly what the creation and do so much condemnation from the leadership is everywhere and opportunity back. If geo_data is not set properly, which is used to treat infected wounds, more than two years before the next election. Still are shown on our newsroom depends on activities in? Ford government votes to back his-profit long-term care.
    [Show full text]
  • Compliance Audit Report for the City of Toronto Re: Rob Ford
    ~ FROESE FORE~~,lt~ .,. a. Compliance Audit Report For the City of Toronto Re: Rob Ford February 1, 2013 Compt;u ~, Audit RtpOct roc the City OrTorQoto FROESE FORENSIC Ro: Rob Ford ~.rtn.' . " Fob,.. ary/.JOB Contents I Introdnction ........................................................................................................................... I Background Ie> the Cmnpliancc Audit...... ................ .............. _.................... _....... __ .•. I Our Approach Ie> the Compliance Audit_... .. ,... ,... _. .. .................. " ........................... 2 Procedures Pcr1C>!TII00 _.. _..... _..................................... ,....... ,.. ............................... ................... 3 1 O~t"'11 Fiodiogs ............................... ..................................................................................... 4 Overall Summary .................................... .......................... , ............... ,.•...•... , ..... ,...... ...4 G""ernl ........................................................ ___ _.. .. _.... _. , Ce>ntributie>ns .. .............................................................. ... 5 Fundraising ............................. ...8 Expenses ..... ............................. .. ....... .................................... 10 Financial Reporting .•• _....... ................... ....................... .......................................................... 12 3 \)etalls io Suppon of Findings ..................... _._ ............... _._ ..•.. _..... _... ...... _..
    [Show full text]
  • Government Relations Update June 2018
    GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE JUNE 2018 In This Issue 1 COCA Priorities and the New Government 2 Ford Government Sworn In 4 Who Will Really Manage the New Ontario Government? 5 First Actions of Ontario’s New Government 5 Brain Drain in the Public Service 6 WSIB Rate Framework Policies Approved COCA Priorities and the New Government Premier Ford ran a campaign that was void of a coherent platform. Not being Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals proved to be enough for Ford and the Tory team to win and win BIG. The Ford PC government earned 40% of the popular vote across the province and won 76 seats in Ontario’s 124 seat Legislature. Congratulations to the PC team for a winning strategy and to Mr Ford on his election as our Premier. COCA’s very highest priorities for many years have been the modernization of the Construction Lien Act and the pursuit of prompt payment legislation. We got both in the last Ontario Parliament in the form of Bill 142 which created the Construction Act. Going forward, COCA will remind the new government that Bill 142 passed in the Ontario Legislature with the unanimous support of all parties and that it must be implemented as scheduled and with supporting policies that align with Bill 142’s original intent. For many years, stakeholders have been working with the WSIB on the development and implementation of an initiative that goes under the banner of Rate Framework Modernization. This initiative includes a new classification system, a new experience rating program and a new rate setting process.
    [Show full text]
  • Prime Minister Trudeau's Cabinet
    TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 1370 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 $5.00 NEWS CONSERVATIVES FEATURE IN THE HOUSE NEWS LEGISLATION Conservatives Feds focus line up to run for It’s showtime: on economy, nomination in middle class Harper’s Calgary Chagger moves as House Heritage riding returns BY ABBAS RANA into key role as The Liberals are promising a he Conservative nomination for Stephen more substantive fall legislative THarper’s old Calgary Heritage, Alta., riding is scheduled for Oct. 22, but three session and will be looking to candidates have so far emerged and more House returns change how Parliament works. are expected to run in one of the safest Tory seats in the country. “We have no idea what the prime minister BY RACHEL AIELLO will do in calling the byelection. We didn’t want to be caught without a candidate,” said for fall session The government wants to focus on Hal Anderson, president of the Conservative the economy and the middle class, and Party’s Calgary Heritage riding association, New Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, will move on amendments to the Harper in a phone interview with The Hill Times. government’s controversial anti-terrorism Mr. Anderson said he had heard rumours a rookie Liberal MP, is taking on the lead legislative legislation Bill C-51 this fall in what all that the byelection could be called as early sides are expecting to be a substantive as this week. To ensure that their candidate role in the activist Trudeau government this fall. legislative parliamentary session.
    [Show full text]
  • The Weirdest Mayoralty Ever—The Inside Story Of
    2 The weirdest mayoralty ever— the inside story of Rob Ford’s city hall Loyal councillors have defied him. His approval ratings have plummeted. And his powerful Conservative backers are nervous. How did it all go so wrong? The strange story of Rob Ford’s city hall By Marci McDonald | Portrait by John Cullen On Newstalk 1010, the sly strains of the Hollies hit “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” offered the first clue. Then morning host Jerry Agar burst on the air with a surprise announcement: Rob Ford and his councillor sibling Doug were taking over the station’s Sunday afternoon talk-fest, The City. For the once- staid CFRB, landing the boisterous brother act that Margaret Atwood had puckishly dubbed the “twin 3 Ford mayors” was clearly a coup, but that didn’t answer the more obvious question: why on earth would the Fords want to spend two more hours a week in front of an open microphone when they were hardly suffering from a lack of media exposure? Rob Ford, after all, ranks as one of the most compelling and exhaustively chronicled figures in Canadian politics, adored and despised with equal gusto. His every pronouncement seems to turn into front-page fodder, his every grimace and belly scratch catalogued by rapt photographers. And who could forget the YouTube footage of comedian Mary Walsh arriving in his driveway, decked out with a velvet breastplate and a plastic sword? But by the time Agar announced the show’s February 26 debut, the mayor was none too keen on his press clips, which aptly mirrored his increasingly bleak political fate.
    [Show full text]
  • Taxation Vol 19, No 11 May 26, 2014 Efocus Municipal Assessment Cases, Commentary, News, Trends, & TAXATION Ideas, Warnings & Best Practices
    eFocus Municipal Assessment & Taxation Vol 19, No 11 May 26, 2014 eFocus Municipal Assessment cases, commentary, news, trends, & TAXATION ideas, warnings & best practices Inside this issue Speaking of plebiscites... n accordance with Section 8(1)(b) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, Coast to Coast to Coast 2 Kingston passed Bylaw 2014-73, regarding the placement of the following That’s an idea! 3 I question on the 2014 Municipal Election Ballot: Are you in favour of a casino Verbatim: What is a Photocopier? being located in the City of Kingston? The results will be binding if 50% of electors Legal Briefs 4 vote on the question and more than 50% of those votes are in favour of the result. Quirky but True... If a binding YES vote, council would be required to advise Ontario Lottery and Payment in Lieu of Taxes 5 Resources: New & Noted Gaming Corporation it consulted with the public and the public were in favour of Disaster Mode a casino in Kingston. If the question is rejected, council would be required to advise Foreign Affairs 6 that the public were not in favour and provide the OLG with a resolution. Any Transitions person or entity may appeal the bylaw to Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer on the Calendar grounds the question does not comply with criteria of the wording being clear, work word concise and neutral and being the question must be answered by the only permitted choices "YES" or "No" The stock will bounce back, phrase. Maybe it will be worth and casinos... something by the time your Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack tax incentives used to attract the grandkids inherit it.
    [Show full text]