During the latest teleconference briefing that I attended with elected officials from across the Greater Toronto Area in late April, Pearson International Airport staff outlined how construction work on some of its major runways and taxiways would change, as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air travel. The bottom line is […]
In the weeks and months following my return to Milton Council in December 2018 after a 12-year absence, I began to notice that some of the important decision-assist information made available to me as a member of Council between 1991 and 2006 was no longer provided to Council. Further, basic accountability, transparency and governance standards […]
As the Federal Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario decide how Miltonians will safely interact with one another, who of us works and who of us doesn’t and where we go and where we don’t go, the Town of Milton has been left to react to these shifting sands, providing temporary relief where […]
What follows are the Top Ten complaints I have received over the last 18 months since being elected as your Local Councillor. Let’s work on all of them together in the months to come with a view to eliminating them and creating a better place for all of us to live, work and play: Challenge: Speeding […]
Almost two years after a local resident raised with me the matter of illegal clothing bins being placed on Milton streets, I was finally able to work with Town staff to develop a bylaw that Milton Council approved earlier this spring that will effectively deal with them. While Guru Garib Niwaj Welfare Society, the Brantford, Ontario-based charity […]
Milton District High School, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in our community this year, has had to postpone its planned festivities for October 2 and 3 of this year to October, 2021, because of COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions. Organizers had put together an action-packed agenda for the fall, including a walk back in history, a […]
The fines associated with overdue tax roll accounts at the Town of Milton has changed. Based on a local resident’s complaint to me about a $170 administrative fee on an overdue $10 tax roll charge, I worked with Town of Milton Finance staff to re-write the related bylaw, which was supported by Milton Council this […]