Council thinks their settlement means maintenance of the status-quo; instead their self-dealing has created the conditions for their defeat at the OMB.
Coleman’s Notes on Stand Against Hate Solidarity March
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Today, I joined the Hamilton and District Labour Council’s Stand Against Hate, this is what I observed in the march.
Coleman: Pike Is Running to Win Hamilton Centre as the Liberals Plan to Force Horwath to Watch Her Own Backyard
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With a candidate who forces the NDP to watch their left flank, the Liberals are hoping to fight Horwath’s provincial popularity by making her spend time in Hamilton.
Coleman: Thinking Differently on Downtown Planning
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With the end of the OMB, and the beginning of LPAT, the final draft of Hamilton’s Downtown Secondary Plan to be released on March 19 could be very different from the October draft.
We need to be thinking ahead.
Coleman: Thinking about Neighbourhoods and Localism
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In 2015, I wrote an often cited column How to Define Hamilton’s Neighbourhood Boundaries and Localisms: East, West, North, South, Upper and Lower?,
Now, only three years later, the piece is outdated in some areas because of the substantial growth in grassroots engagement.
What has changed in the past three years?
Council, What You Say in Public is Public Record and It Matters
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City Council is suffering losses and setbacks at the Ontario Municipal Board as video of their statements is entered into evidence.
Dave Hanley Named Hamilton’s 2017 Citizen of The Year
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This week, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce announced that Dave is posthumously Hamilton’s 2017 Citizen of the Year.
Below is an edited version of the letter I submitted supporting Dave’s nomination.
Ward Appeal Does Not Equal Stay: Why the OMB Ruling Must Be Implemented Even if Council Appeals
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If Council chooses to file a Divisional Court challenge against the OMB ruling, they must do so as a judicial review. An appeal isn’t a stay.
The standard for judicial review is reasonableness not correctness, the Dunsmuir Test (after the 2008 Supreme Court of Canada decision), and deference to specialized tribunals and bodies.
HSR Assigning Operators to Pull Articulated Buses from Service in Middle of Transit Crisis
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Once again, HSR upper management have shown themselves to be focused on hiding problems instead of actually solving them.
Transit Crisis Band-Aid – What New HSR Hires Mean
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it will likely be at least two months before passengers will see any impact – it’s probably going to get worse before it gets better.
Even with 14 new operators scheduled to driving buses in December, this will only end the HSR’s death spiral – backfilling retirements and operators who burn out.
Transit Crisis 2: Assaults – A Concerning Development
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Another HSR operator was just assaulted, the Union says this is the fourth assault of the week.