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How can so many Palestinians support an act that much of the world has condemned as a terrorist outrage? 'We couldn’t take it anymore'

By Staff

October 18th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Republished from the Christian Monitor

A mood of shock and inevitability has spread over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as residents find themselves plunged into a war that has caught everybody off guard.

But even as the Gaza Strip braces for an Israeli ground assault, a large majority of Palestinians appear to support Hamas militants’ brutal weekend attack on Israel.

How can so many Palestinians support an act that much of the world has condemned as a terrorist outrage?

Hamas’ popularity is built on profound frustration with the failure of peace talks with Israel.

On Saturday, news of the surprise Hamas eruption prompted celebrations on the streets of Ramallah, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, where people distributed sweets to gathering crowds.

Many saw the attack, in which more than 1,000 Israelis – mostly civilians – died, as retribution for the deaths of Palestinian civilians in earlier rounds of conflict and in daily life. Two hundred have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the occupied West Bank this year, a record high.

Frustrations have been running especially high in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, whose 2 million residents have been forbidden by the Israeli authorities to leave for 16 years.

“The situation is very devastating, and we couldn’t take it anymore,” says local journalist Hind Khoudary, describing deteriorating living conditions in Gaza. The assault on Israel “may not be aligned with international law,” she adds, “but, for the first time, Palestinians here in Gaza do not feel helpless.”

Stiles going after Kaleed Rasheed - wants to know where he gets his pedicure when he was in Las Vegas

By Staff

October 18th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Marit Stiles, the Leader of the Official Opposition NDP, submitted a request to the Integrity Commissioner this morning, asking him to investigate whether former Conservative cabinet minister Kaleed Rasheed broke the Members’ Integrity Act when he and two of Ford’s senior advisors jetted off to Las Vegas with a Greenbelt land speculator.

Kaleed Rasheed. former Cabinet Minister

“Mr. Rasheed’s story on what happened in Las Vegas has changed many times,” Stiles said. “And every new piece of information raises more questions than answers, but all suggest a pattern of preferential treatment.”

Rasheed gave up his cabinet post and resigned from the Conservative caucus after reports surfaced that he and Ford’s advisors provided incorrect testimony to the Integrity Commissioner on their now-infamous trip to Las Vegas with developer Shakir Rehmatullah. Knowingly lying under oath is known as perjury in Canada’s Criminal Code.

“People are frustrated with how expensive life has become and with a government that is choosing not to do a thing about it,” Stiles said. “They’re angry that Ontario has a corrupt government that has brought back a cash-for-access culture at Queen’s Park.”

“Step by step, we’re going to put an end to it.”

BACKGROUND:

THE BOYS ARE (BACK IN) IN VEGAS

In June 2023, an investigation from The Trillium revealed that former Conservative Minister and MPP for Mississauga East—Cooksville went to Las Vegas with Greenbelt developer Shakir Remtullah
In August 2023, the Office of the Integrity Commissioner reviewed this trip as a part of his larger investigation into former Conservative Housing Minister Steve Clark, who resigned the following month after the report concluded he violated the Member’s Integrity Act.
Khaleed Rasheed’s trip to Las Vegas included prominent developer Shakir Rehmatullah, former Conservative Principal Secretary, Amin Massoudi, and Jae Truesdell, the government’s former housing policy
Rasheed, Massoudi, and Truesdell all provided incorrect testimonies on the dates of this trip; they all said the trip was in 2019, when it really was in
All three corrected their record with the integrity commissioner once the media reported evidence to the contrary, which raises serious concerns.
Rasheed claimed to the Integrity Commissioner that he was only in Vegas once since being elected – in December, 2019. However, reports later showed that not only was he not there in 2019 (he was in fact there in 2020), but also that he had another trip in February, 2023.
Rasheed provided banking records to show proof of repayment for the trip show a deposit of $2,000 on December 20, 2019, which would have been prior to the trip and prior to any reported repayments from either Mr. Massoudi or Mr. Truesdell. The amount does not match the amounts that Mr. Massoudi and Mr. Truesdell indicated they provided to Mr. Rasheed. This was also documented by media reports. This raises more questions.
Rehmatullah has a documented history of preferential treatment from the Ford government. As the developer who made one of the most significant gains in the now reversed Greenbelt grab, the details of this trip is necessary to understand whether Mr. Rehmatullah received or provided information that led to government policy changes for his own material benefit.
Page 106, paragraph 421 of the Integrity Commissioner’s report on former Housing Minister Steve Clark: “On the evidence, I am unable to make a definitive finding as to what or who prompted Rehmatullah in the Fall of 2022 to take the steps he did to request that his small piece of land and the land of two of his fellow members of a landowners group be removed from the Greenbelt. But I find it is more likely than not that someone did.”
Did a sitting Conservative Minister intentionally lie to the Office of the Integrity Commissioner? Was there patronage or inappropriate gifting in this Vegas trip? And what does it reveal about the Greenbelt land swap?

Did the Mayors 'lap dog' just bite her?

By Pepper Parr

October 17^th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

OPINION

Editors note: Several of the comments were attributed to the wrong person. Corrections have been made.

Turning now to the food truck festival said the Mayor.

We have two clauses to vote on here. We will take them separately.

The first is to direct the city manager of and the manager of festival and events to decline future food truck festival applications in Spencer Smith Park, effective 2024.

The second clause will be to encourage the event organizers to work with staff to find a suitable location in Burlington

The discussion and debate that took place on these two clauses was revealing in several ways.

First, we saw for the first time, ward 3 Councillor Rory Nisan (Rory lives in ward 2) disagreeing very directly with Mayor Meed Ward on how the city should decide whether or not to let the Food Truck Festival continue to take place in Spencer Smith Park. That has never been Nisan’s style up until now.

Stolte: We all hope that we can figure it out with this particular event organizer.

We know that the citizens of the city would like to continue to enjoy that type of event of event. Is there anything stopping us from reaching out to other organizations in our community or service clubs and supporting them to perhaps look at creating a food truck festival so that the at least the event can continue in Burlington in some capacity.

If this visitor wants to attend a Food Truck Festival – it won’t be in Burlington

Staffer: So there would be nothing preventing us from doing so. We usually just wait until applications come in to the festivals and events office from event organizers is typically our process. I hope that answers the question.

Stolte: A point of clarity – if a person such as myself, were to have contacts within a service club, and I had a conversation with them and they wanted to reach out to the city as far as looking at that then we could explore that alternative?

Nissan It’s been a challenging issue. I think. I think the fact is that we have a provider here now who listened to what we asked our committee and did his due diligence and even found a potential alternative location, but it’s completely offline at Burloak.There will be two years of construction. There’s just no other place to put this other than Spencer Smith Park. So I just don’t agree with any assertion that this decision is anybody’s but ours. The fact is that this event brings as much as $11 million dollars of business into the city. 40,000 people enjoying themselves in the city down that Spencer Smith Park has been for seven years

Nisan: I want to be part of the city that supports fun that supports leisure and good times.

There haven’t been complaints brought to city council. It’s a fantastic event enjoyed by residents across the city and supporting businesses other than the restaurants that are complaining. There are many other businesses that are being supported. This is a case where we need to go back to our first principles here as council members and do what’s best for the city as a whole.

And you know, I want to be part of the city that supports fun that supports leisure and good times and not a city that pushes events out to meet the interests of a small number of people. So I honestly ask my fellow councillors to please reconsider. If you need more time to think this through ask for deferral. But please do reconsider your position and allow this festival to stay in Burlington. I mean, what a shame if this went to Oakville or Hamilton or Milton and and we lost it in Burlington. It would be an absolute shame and make no mistake; this is our decision. The provider has done his due diligence, and it’s our decision on whether to have a food truck festival in Burlington or not.

Mayor I don’t think I’ve ever seen our staff or counsel for that matter. Give options to this many options to any provider who wants to create an event in our city and I want to acknowledge and thank staff and council for working with the food truck organization to at least look for other other venues.

Mayor Meed Ward: I would love to see a food truck festival in other parts of the city.

Specifically, the reason we can’t or we decided to go through the process that we’re going through is because the local BIA and the associations are restaurants in in the downtown area and I’d have to say the other areas have some effect as well. indirectly. They pay the freight each and every day. They’re the ones that create the employment each and every day. They pay their fair share and contribute to the tax base each and every day. We need to support our community. Every day. I will do that. Always.

So those are basically the highlights that I want to make sure everybody understands. I would love to see a food truck festival in other parts of the city, and we have had them privately in private locations that were very successful in the past, and we will have it again I’m sure someone will come up with a program that will fit the needs of our city. This aligns with my own thinking on this that our role as council members with our city wide heart is to look at all of the interests that come before us and there are competing interests.

Mayor: Second time speaker back to you, Councillor Nissan.

Thank you Your Worship, but I appreciate the comments and listened intently to everyone’s and recognize them in the minority. According to the comments anyway. So you know, the BIA is more than the restaurants. There’s hotels that benefited there’s a $11 million of economic activity that’s been brought to the city so if we want to feel if we want to help the if we want to help the BIA and help the downtown I think we can help them by bringing 40,000 people into our downtown.

Nisan: the BIA is more than the restaurants.

So that’s my opinion about about the BIA and what’s good for the BIA but I think we’ve had a great we missed a great opportunity here to have a premiere event in the park. I think it casts a chill on other potential event organizers. And it’s gonna make it we talked about other people going into the park while they have to go through what Ben has had to go through in order to maintain his festival. I think they’re gonna think twice about it. He did his job. He looked around. He looked everywhere.

If we don’t want to have a food truck festival fine, but let’s not pretend that there’s another Canada food truck festivals waiting in the wings. Just to open up in a location to be determined that has already been found to not be feasible. There’s no other there is no other food truck Canada food truck festival. Perhaps something can be organized but it won’t be in any way on the scale and opportunity here I bet has businesses you know a business or has that as well the food trucks, their small businesses, they’re the smallest the small businesses are also they did nothing wrong. And now they’re going to lose a weekend of business and our residents are going to lose out on a lot of good fun for this. So I’m sorry, this is the end of the food truck festival in Burlington. I don’t see anybody else coming forward. And I’m just I’m just very sorry that we’re that we’re sort of taking the fun out of Burlington.

Mayor: So with all of that not seeing any more hands on the board a vote on the first clause:

Direct the city manager of and the manager of festival and events to decline future food truck festival applications in Spencer Smith Park, effective 2024.

who?. Thank you turning to the second clause to encourage the event organizers to continue to work with staff to find a suitable location in Burlington. Councillor Nissan, did you wish to comment on this clause?

Nisan: This is moot. At this point it’s clear that the organizer has done everything he could – he will be doing and will be moving his food truck festival to a neighbouring municipality.

So this has moved to this point. I would suggest that his is as this is no longer relevant. The the first item was fulfilled through the committee direction – he did his due diligence and there’s no more encouraging to be done. Nisan saw going forward as moot

Mayor Meed Ward: I’m happy to vote on that..

Mayor: I can declare this moot, but I’m not going to

I think I’ll put it to the vote. Certainly I’m only speaking for myself. I think that this is the sentiment that a number of us feel that we would like to encourage event organizers to work with staff so I’ll leave it on the board unless all of you tell me to take it off. I’m happy to vote on that.

And I see hands going up now. Councillor Kearns, go ahead.

Kearns: I’m absolutely looking to take this vote .

Kearns: I’m absolutely looking to take this vote . This was a massive modification from the initial staff direction that I’ve worked very closely with staff and stakeholders on to have to signal the goodwill that our city our staff have continue to leverage to this operator and so I don’t find it complete and done by way of a delegation piece of information. I thought I, I will keep it open because we were very vocal on working with this particular operator and if it is the operators decision, you can come back by way of a memo through staff to let us know that they’ve made a decision outside of that I’m I’m not supporting a withdrawal of this and I don’t find it closed.

Councillor Bentivegna: I concur with what counselor Kearns said, I would like to leave this open as well.

Councillor Nissan speaking a second and last time to this clause.

I’m sorry. I’ll defer to you Mayor for your first time I’ll hold my comments until after you speak.

Mayor: Go ahead.

Nisan: Okay, thanks. Look, let’s get our feet on the ground here. This is not happening, the food truck festival is dead in Burlington. So let’s not pretend that there’s still an opportunity. It’s over.

Mayor: Okay, I’m not seeing any other hands on the board. I don’t share your pessimism Counsellor. I believe that votes can be clarifying for folks and it can encourage them should they wish to make use of our audience here and Burlington, which are good food truck festival goers and they’ll find it wherever it’s located. So I don’t I don’t share your concern. And I do believe that what we heard from the festival organizer prior to a vote wanting to say that he’ll withdraw it to get us to vote a particular way.

So now that we’re going to say no, no to this part, but yes to somewhere else, I think that will provide some clarity to the organizer to work their magic, which they can and if they wish to stay in Burlington and have access to our facilities and our audience of good Burlington, paying residents who will go to a food truck festival, so I’m not going to sell our community short and I’m not going to sell our stuff short, they can find solutions and this vote will help to encourage that. Seeing no further.

There’s no single point of order. Go ahead.

Nisan: I just don’t think it’s fair your worship to ascribe motivation to the delegates that that he was attempting to force our hands so I just want to raise that point. I don’t think that’s fair.

Mayor – Thank you. Your opinions been noted? I don’t share it, but thank you.

A recorded vote was taken. 4-1 with Councillor Nisan voting against.

Kearns, Nisan, Stolte, Bentivegna and the Mayor voting.

Councillor Sharman had sent his regrets, we didn’t see or hear Councillor Galbraith.

We have never seen a spat like that between the Mayor and Councillor Nisan who has been described by a number of people as the ‘Mayor’s lap dog’ – who on this occasion bit her.

Salt with Pepper is the musings, reflections and opinions of the publisher of the Burlington Gazette, an online newspaper that was formed in 2010 and is a member of the National Newsmedia Council.

Marit Stiles deserves immense amounts of credit for the way she sunk her teeth into Doug Ford's ankle and refused to let go.

By Pepper Parr

October 17^th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Marit Stiles, the NDP Leader of the Opposition

Marit Stiles, the NDP Leader of the Opposition is not backing down in her persistent goal of bringing down the Doug Ford government.

On Wednesday she will announce her next steps in investigating former Conservative minister and shine light on former Conservative minister Kaleed Rasheed’s connections with land speculators who benefited from Ford’s Greenbelt grab.

Stiles has been doing all the heavy lifting on this issue.

Former Auditor General Bonnie Lysak

It was her letter the the Auditor General that resulted in the report that set out much of what had taken place with the properties that were moved out of the Greenbelt allowing developers to reap huge financial benefits.

Former Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clarke

And it was her letter to the Provincial Integrity Commissioner that led to the resignation of then Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

The chances of Stiles ever forming a government are slim – but she deserves immense amounts of credit for the way she sunk her teeth into Doug Ford’s ankle and refused to let go.

Public School Board reports HDSB Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 9 and Grade 10 students performed above the provincial average

By Staff

October 17th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Results released from the Ontario Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) show Halton District School Board (HDSB) Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 9 and Grade 10 students performed above the provincial average based on assessments completed in the 2022-2023 school year.

These EQAO (hdsb.ca) results demonstrate that HDSB students are well above the provincial standard (Level 3 & 4, or a B grade or above) in Grade 3 and Grade 6 Reading and Writing, as well as Grade 9 Mathematics and the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test.

Grade 3 Math, the HDSB outperforms the province by 9.3 percentage points, with 69 per cent students meeting or exceeding the provincial standards in Math.

Mathematics

In Grade 3 Math, the HDSB outperforms the province by 9.3 percentage points, with 69 per cent students meeting or exceeding the provincial standards in Math.
In Grade 6 Math, the HDSB exceeds the provincial average by 13.2 percentage points with 62.7 per cent meeting the provincial standard in Math.
In Grade 9 Mathematics, the HDSB outperforms the provincial average by 15.7 percentage points, with 69.4 per cent of students meeting or exceeding the provincial standards in Math.

Reading

In Grade 3 Reading, 80.5% of HDSB Grade 3 students met or exceeded the provincial standards in reading, exceeding the provincial average by 7.9 per cent.
In Grade 6 Reading, 89.9% of HDSB Grade 6 students met or exceeded the provincial standards in reading, exceeding the provincial average by 6.2 per cent.

Grade 6 Writing, 89.5% of HDSB Grade 6 students met or exceeded the provincial standards.

Writing

In Grade 3 Writing, 74% of HDSB Grade 3 students met or exceeded the provincial standards in reading, exceeding the provincial average by 8.5 per cent.
In Grade 6 Writing, 89.5% of HDSB Grade 6 students met or exceeded the provincial standards in reading, exceeding the provincial average by 5.9 per cent.

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT)

In the Grade 10 OSSLT, 92.2% of HDSB students met or exceeded the requirements of the OSSLT, exceeding the provincial average by 7.5 per cent.

EQAO assessment results expand upon the current knowledge about student learning, and serve as an important tool for improvement at the individual, school, school board and provincial levels. The Board uses this data at the school and Board level, along with a variety of other student assessment data, to focus efforts toward continuously improving student achievement.

While students in the HDSB perform well above the provincial average, the Board continues to prioritize Mathematics as an area of focus. Board-wide learning continues to focus on professional development that aligns with the Ontario Math Curriculum, the HDSB Elementary Math Plan and High-Impact Instructional Practices in Mathematics, which support high-quality teaching and learning in math.

Curtis Ennis, Director of Education for the Halton District School Board.

“We are very proud of the HDSB’s EQAO results as the Board continues to exceed the provincial average on all assessments,” says Curtis Ennis, Director of Education for the Halton District School Board. “This success is attributed to the hard work, flexibility and dedication of our staff, students and families. This, coupled with the support of our Board of Trustees and our community partners ensures that we remain focused on fulfilling our commitments as outlined in the Multi-Year Plan (2020-2024). This support and encouragement is crucial as these partnerships are key in ensuring all students have the tools to be successful and can learn in a supportive and respectful environment. These results demonstrate the impact of our commitment to student well-being and success in all areas of education.”

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There are City Councils that chose not to go the Strong Mayor powers route - Burlington wasn't one of them

By Staff

October 17th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Published in the Hamilton Spectator:

With the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s Oct. 15 deadline just days away, Haldimand council decided it will not condone a course of action that will lead to strong-mayor powers in the county.

That decision may have put the county in the minority in Ontario.

The province gave about 50 municipalities — including Haldimand — targets for new housing units over the next nine years. These units can range from a detached home to individual apartments.

Municipalities that agree to the housing targets can start accessing infrastructure funding from the province’s $1.2-billion Building Faster Fund after they hit 80 per cent of their annual target; more units mean more money. The funding has been guaranteed for three years.

Agreeing to the housing targets also requires the municipality to accept strong-mayor powers, which enable the mayor to hire and fire key senior staff, table a budget and override council decisions on matters of provincial priority — such as housing.

“I can’t even imagine what the workplace must be around those municipalities that have the strong-mayor powers; they’ve got to be walking around on eggshells the whole time,” Coun. Dan Lawrence said in council chambers on Oct. 10.

Later in the day, when discussing the matter again, he said, “This thing is just rotten to the core.”

At the Sept. 25 council meeting, Coun. Rob Shirton’s motion that council defer its decision to Oct. 10 so staff could reach out to other municipalities to find out if they were also opposed to the idea of strong-mayor powers was passed.

Editors note:

Burlington City Council didn’t have this kind of debate

Council members decide not to talk about spending they might do as Deputy Mayors

By Pepper Parr

October 17th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Included on the Consent list – items that don’t get debated or discussed:

Council Expense Manual update.

Approve the proposed amendment to the Council Member Expense Manual as referenced in finance department report.

No surprise here.

Easier to ignore the subject and hope that the public isn’t aware.

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How much does a Deputy Mayor get to spend?

39,345 volunteer hours put in at Jo Brant

By Staff

October 17th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Did you know what they are doing at the hospital?

There are now more than 2000 employees. Check out the rest of the data presented by the hospital at a meeting of City Council earlier today.

POPOVICH COMEDY PET THEATER POSTPONED

By Staff

October 17th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Gregory Popovich advised the Performing Arts Centre yesterday that visa issues prevented the POPOVICH COMEDY PET THEATER from entering the country until 31-day background checks were completed.

In a message sent to the Performing Arts Centre Gregory Popovich said: “I would like to thank you for helping us organize the performance on October 20th. I am sad to announce that my cast and crew are faced with new border regulations that were never presented to us in the past 10 years.

In respect to the new Canadian safety protocols, and new border regulations which require additional 31-day background checks regardless if persons have already been granted Canadian visa are now mandatory. Regretfully, I am forced to postpone my Canadian tour.”

Communications people at City Hall sitting on the numbers received from the Budget survey.

By Pepper Parr

October 17th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

We sent the following to the City’s Communications people.

In the media release you sent out on the Mayor’s Budget there was the following statement:

Residents and business owners were asked to share their feedback through the 2024 Budget Survey.

How many feedback comments were there?

The response:

A report will go to Council, including 2024 Budget Survey info.

A better experience.

The Communications department is consistent. They appear to take the position that their job is to manage the flow of news. When it is decent, even a little on the positive side – they can’t get it out the door fast enough.

We will wait and see what gets made public when it gets to Council.

Earlier today the Communications people had time to put out a piece on celebrating of the changes made to the ground floor of city hall – it was going to allow residents to have a “better Experience” when they had to do business with the City.

Selection of who will lead the Liberals at Queen's Park six weeks away

By Pepper Parr

October 17^th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

November 25^th and 26^th.

An update on how the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is going to be chosen.

The voting by the members will take place on November 25^th and 26^th.

Bonnie Crombie speaking to a meeting of the Burlington Provincial Liberal Party Association.

It is being split over two days because there are a possible 80,000 ballots that will be cast.

The Burlington constituency people vote on the 25^th.

The selection is being done by a ranked ballot approach instead of the first past the post – that being the first person to get more votes than anyone else.

Ranked balloting requires each person casting to determine

Who their first choice is – and if that person doesn’t get 50% + 1 then the ballots are counted again – this time using the second choice – and if none of the candidate doesn’t get the 50% +1 then they do it all over.

Given that there are now just the four candidates the results will be known after the third ballot count.

The ranked ballot counting will take place at the Metropolitan Convention Centre on December 2^nd and will be streamed live.

There are still a few decisions to be made by the Steering Committee that is handling the election.

The votes were cast on either the 26^th or the 27^th of November – so there is nothing that can be changed..

Ranked balloting requires each person casting a ballot to determine

Given that there are now just the four candidates the results will be known after the third ballot count.

The ranked ballot counting will take place at the Metropolitan Convention Centre on December 2^nd.

Ballot counting won’t be streamed live, but the on-stage programming and announcement of round-by-round results will be. Streamed on our YouTube Page (@OntarioLiberalTV)

The campaign Steering Committee has said that the ballot counting method is unconfirmed at the moment, but hand-counting may become the chosen method. That would be a disaster.

Burlington Provincial Liberal Party Association Lisa Mayeski with leadership candidate Nate Erskine Smith.

Given the mounting pressure on the Doug Ford government over the Greenbelt land swaps and the announcement that the RCMP decided they would do an investigation – we have a public that isn’t pleased with a government that may be facing charges of a criminal nature.

All four candidates met with the members of the Burlington Provincial Liberal Association. Nate Erskine Smith did fine when he met with the constituency members but didn’t do all that well during the first of the debates.

Bonnie Crombie arrived a little late at the Constituency and left hurriedly – she was booked for another meeting. Her Q&A with the Burlington people did not go all that well and has had a bumpy ride at at least one of the debates.

However, she is on the road determined to cover every riding and is posting several times a day on social media.

City won first place in the ‘Changemaker - invites a proven changemaker to speak at the Seniors' Centre.

By Pepper Parr

October 16^th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Take the Jim Diers visit to Burlington later this month and the Food for Feedback Digital Government award the City was given – tie them together then add in the departure of the Communications Director who is no longer with the City and you get a look at how Burlington works at engagement.

Jim Diers

The Food for Feedback event – there have been three of them so far -proved to be useful – at least in terms of getting people out to an event and enjoying a snack (city keep calling it a meal) for talking to city hall staff who were at stations spread around the space in front of the bandstand next to the New Street library.

There were representatives from 30 different city projects. What we don’t yet know is: what did the city learn – no data to date.

The former Director of Communications and Engagement, was the person who had to take council through how the event that took place in September would work. Council wasn’t convinced that Central Park was the best place to hold the event – most of them were quite keen on holding the event in their wards.

Granicus Digital Government Award was given to Burlington the Food for Feedback event it holds. The City won first place in the ‘Changemaker – Community Engagement Award’ category for demonstrating a commitment to finding innovative ways to engage and support the local community.

Staying with the efforts to improve upon the level of engagement with the community leads to an introduction to Jim Diers who will be in Burlington to do a presentation on October 24^th at the Seniors Centre between 6 and 8 pm

Diers is the man who did some incredible work in Seattle and is known is as the guy who threw a live chicken into the office of the Mayor – my kind of guy.

Denise Beard

Burlington first got to know Diers when he was invited to talk to what was then the Parks and Recreation department. I am pretty sure that Denise Beard, Senior Manager, Community Development was behind that initiative.

Beard really wants to nurture “community champions” who can turn a neighbourhood into a truly connected community; she adds that Burlington has many passionate people who care. We’re always looking for those who are ready and prepared to take action to make their neighbourhood into something special for everyone.”

These four lads knew that the ball park beside their school needed an upgrade – the put together a plan and earned a Matching Grant from the city.

Diers was perhaps a little too strong and over the top for Burlington but he does get credit for nudging Recreation and Culture – we now have the Love My Neighbourhood Program, Community Rink Program and Community Matching Fund Program.

The City of Burlington is inviting residents to attend a presentation on Oct. 24, 2023, from Jim Diers and become inspired to develop a grassroots neighbourhood strategy to build stronger communities. The event will be held at the Burlington Seniors’ Centre (2285 New St.) from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is free. Registration is not needed.

This event launched in 2019 and attendance was just over 1000 people. In 2019, the event was opened up to the Mayor and Council for their participation as well. In 2022 there was a total of 634 people who participated. In 2023, that total increased to 2000.

Jim Diers is a renowned and internationally acclaimed expert on building engaged, connected and caring communities. This is Jim’s third visit to the City.

The Diers’ presentation will be about Neighbour Power; something that not only gives hope that participatory democracy (where individuals participate directly in political decisions and policies rather than through an elected official) is possible. He will offer real-life examples and invaluable lessons for neighbours who want to make a difference.

The idea that “individuals will participate directly in political decisions and policies rather than through an elected official” would stun the many people who have delegated at City Council and got nothing in the way of response or follow up.

That just isn’t the way your city hall works

Jim Diers is credited for creating a direct-action neighbourhood association, a community development corporation, a community foundation, and the nation’s largest health care cooperative. He was appointed the first director of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods in 1988 where he served under three mayors over a period of next 14 years.

I would love to be a fly on the wall to listen in on the conversation Diers could have with City Manager Tim Commisso, who might tell Diers about his suggestion that there be a “zip line” in every community.

Currently, Jim teaches courses in community organizing and development at the University of Washington and serves on the faculty of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute.

Jim received a BA and an honorary doctorate from Grinnell College. His work in the Department of Neighborhoods was recognized with an Innovations Award from the Kennedy School of Government.

Mayor Meed Ward sets out how she will use her Strong Mayor Powers

By Pepper Parr

October 16th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

The following was sent out by the City Communications department.

The indented portions are early observations on where the media release isn’t completely accurate with mention of projects that don’t fall into the three spending categories that Mayor has set out.

Preparation for the 2024 budget is underway, with Mayor Marianne Meed Ward to present a budget focused on essentials, front line services and preparing for growth. New legislation from the Province of Ontario now requires mayors of a municipality to present a budget.

That is not quite true: The Act states:
The Mayor may present a proposed City budget no later than February 1. If the Mayor does not present a proposed budget, City Council may do so.

There are a couple of mayors who aren’t taking the powers and one council which voted to not let their mayor take them.

The Mayor of Sudbury said: “nope I won’t use it, my style is collaboration with my council.

On Oct. 30, Mayor Meed Ward will be publicly releasing her proposed budget that will be presented on Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Burlington City Council meeting. This proposed budget will be broken down into three categories:

1. Essentials – This area will cover projects and items the City of Burlington must address and/or have already committed to, such as cost of inflation, necessary capital projects and infrastructure renewal.

2. Frontline Service – This area will cover enhanced services that directly improves the quality of life of Burlington residents.

3. Planning for Growth – This area will plan for and prepare for the expected increase in population, our Community Investment Plan, and allow us to catch up and prepare for the future.

The purchase of the former Bateman High School would come under this category.

The plans for the revitalization of Civic Square would come under Nice to Have which is not one of the three categories in the proposed budget. The same would apply to the spending plan for the Tyandaga Golf Course.

In service to that, staff will be preparing its 2024 Financial Needs and Multi-Year Forecast Reference Document as part of the 2024 budget process. The Mayor will use this document to create the 2024 Proposed Budget – this is now a new provincially-legislated responsibility that cannot be delegated.
Council will have the opportunity to bring motions to modify the budget and there will still be multiple opportunities for the public to engage in the budget process and provide their input.

Budget process and key dates
Oct. 30, 2023 – Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability (CSSRA) meeting –
Staff will be presenting a 2024 Financial Needs and Multi-Year Forecast Reference Document to CSSRA Committee. The Mayor will refer to this document as she develops her budget.

Nov. 2 – Burlington City Council meeting
The Mayor, under the new provincial legislation, will present the 2024 proposed budget to Burlington City Council.

City Council and the public will be given time to review the proposed budget and give the Mayor feedback.

Nov. 6 and 7, 2023 – Council workshops
City staff will provide more details on the additional investments in the 2024 Financial Needs and Multi-Year Forecast Reference Document.

Nov. 7, 2023 –Budget Telephone Town Hall
Residents can join the call starting at 7 p.m. to ask questions about the 2024 proposed budget. The telephone town will be hosted by Mayor Meed Ward and run until 8:30 p.m. Visit www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/2024-budget for details.

Nov. 21 and 23, 2023 – Review of proposed Mayor’s 2024 budget at meeting of Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability (CSSRA) committee, with Special Council meeting to follow

Participation opportunities
Residents can register to delegate for an upcoming meeting. Here’s how:
Register to speak at a meeting by completing a delegation registration form or by emailing the request to clerks@burlington.ca. Register by noon the day before the meeting. If the meeting is on a Monday, register by noon on the Friday before.

Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward adds the following to the announcement that came out of City hall earlier today:

“As part of new Provincial legislation, I will present a proposed 2024 budget to Council prioritizing the long-term needs of our city based on essentials, frontline services, and growth-planning. I believe these are the priorities of Council, City staff and our community. I will be seeking input from the public and Council on the proposed budget and making modifications as needed. This year’s budget process may look a little different, due to the new legislation, but what will be the same is that we will still have a budget reflective of the City’s and community’s needs, proposed amendments from Council members, and multiple opportunities for the community to engage and provide their feedback. Our budget process has always been subject to revisions and amendments, and public input – and that will not change. I encourage everyone in our community to participate in the budget process and provide their feedback.”

Quick Facts
• Residents and business owners were asked to share their feedback through the 2024 Budget Survey. This feedback will help the City to understand how respondents prioritize and value City services. This survey took place during August and September 2023. The feedback received centred around concerns with tax affordability, reducing taxes and prioritizing services such as roads, infrastructure, climate change/environment and affordable housing.

Residents and business owners were also invited to share their input at the in-person Food for Feedback engagement event in September 2023.

The 2024 budget will come from the Mayor - with Council member ideas. Delegations will be heard. Mayor has a veto

By Pepper Parr

October 15th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

The presentation of the city budget which determines what you will pay in terms of taxes will be radically different this time around.

A time line has been established – we set that out below.

On July 1st, the Mayor of Burlington was given new powers that make the budget a document that the Mayor presents.

A Mayor doesn’t get to start the ball rolling – members of Council have opportunities to put forward what they would like to see in a budget.

It is a new process that hasn’t been used before.

It calls for close observation.

Social finance - acting on the innovative possibilities social financing offers to strength organizations

By Staff

October 15th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Community Development Halton is pleased to welcome 10C Shared Space for two presentations on social finance and how nonprofits, charities, and community groups can act on the innovative possibilities that social financing offers to strength our organizations, build community wealth, and resilience.

Social finance is a tool that seeks to mobilize private capital for the public good. It creates opportunities for investors to finance projects that benefit society and for comomunity organizations to access new sources of funds. – Employment and Social Development Canada

Social finance is money lent today to create social change – for today and tomorrow. – 10C Shared Space

As a non-profit founded in Guelph, Ontario in 2009, 10C Shared Space has used social financing for several projects, from piloting a learning project, to purchasing a property, to launching a community lending fund. They have activated over $3M in capital for social finance-related projects which has supported not only 10C’s sustainability, but also accelerated wide community impacts.

While non-profits and charities have not typically used social financing as a tool for their work, the terminology has begun to show up in granting opportunities and messaging about the future of the non-profit sector. This year the federally supported $755 million Social Finance Fund was launched through Employment and Social Development Canada to support “charities, non-profits, social enterprises, co-operatives and other social purpose organizations to access flexible financing opportunities” for impact.

In Session #1 we learned how social finance can support or dramatically change the work of our organization. Join us on ZOOM for session #2, Social Finance 201, happening on October 19, 2023, where we will work together on locally relevant ideas and solutions, surfacing questions, and opportunities specific to your work. Your organization might access social financing to:

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Prepare your organization to access these opportunities. Register for Social Finance 201 today!

SOCIAL FINANCE 201
October 19, 2023
1:00pm – 3:30pm

CDH Members: $20 per session
Non-Members: $30 per session

Oakville wins an award Burlington might not even be aware of

By Pepper Parr

October 14^th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

That friendly rival between Burlington and Oakville at times gets a little too close to the bone.

Downtown Oakville topped all global competition to be presented with the “Best Downtown Area Award” at the 29th Annual Communities in Bloom (CiB) National & International Awards held in Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo, Alberta in late September.

Oakville has always had a better downtown than Burlington; the retail choices are much more varied, appear to be a lot busier than Burlington.

Oakville’s Downtown Business Improvement Area said receiving the award is not just a testimony to its beauty, but a testament to the hard work, community spirit, and sustainable practices that the community has upheld.

Adrienne Gordon, Executive Director of the Downtown Business Improvement Area said: “This award is a reflection of the unwavering dedication and collaborative spirit of our community. We’re incredibly proud of what Downtown Oakville represents – a perfect blend of heritage, vibrant spaces, innovative businesses, and forward-thinking sustainability initiatives.

“This recognition motivates us further to enhance our beloved downtown.”

To evaluate the competition, Communities in Bloom uses a process aimed at fostering community involvement, strength, and constant enhancement.

The organization, which has the motto “Growing Great Places Together”, champions environmental sustainability, green space enrichment, and heritage conservation. These efforts are geared towards augmenting the essence of municipal, residential, commercial, and institutional spaces, making cities and towns more inviting and vibrant.

Susan Ellis, National Chairperson of Communities in Bloom, praised the collective strength of the communities, highlighting the resolute spirit shown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An aerial view of where Oakville locates it Christmas Tree.

“The past years have thrown at us unprecedented challenges like the global pandemic and extreme weather events,” said Ellis. “Yet, we’ve shown remarkable tenacity and resilience. 2023 is a testament to our communities’ drive to make their regions healthier, more sustainable, and thriving.”

That didn’t jive with the comment a Gazette reader made asking: “Remember when Blair Lancaster claimed that Oakville downtown was dead and we all laughed? Whose downtown wins an actual prestigious award and whose downtown is being ruined day by day?”

A large part of the difference between the two municipalities is geographic and where the development has been permitted. Burlington’s downtown core is where there will eventually be close to a dozen high rise pricey condominiums each taking away from the splendour that is Spencer Smith Park. The construction takes away from the comfort of being “downtown”. In the not too distant future the planned residential construction that will eventually break ground around the GO station will take some of the pressure off the downtown core and at the same time change the social demographics of the city.

Oakville isn’t going to go through the upheaval Burlington is experiencing.

Astrom and Myers sharing space in the Fireside Room at the AGB - rare to see two significant Burlington talents in the same room.

By Pepper Parr

October 14^th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Two of the better known photographers are hosting a little reception for our exhibition and we’re hoping many friends will be there to see the show and visit. There will be coffee, tea and the famous AGB cookies!

Those AGB cookies might be a reason to avoid this opportunity but take a chance – Frank Myers and Rolly Astrom have consistently produced first class photography – each in their own niches.

Astrom did a superb series of photographs of male and female dancers. His ability to catch that poetic moment is to be appreciated and admired. Convincing the dancer to work with him is a superb example of two artists working together.

Frank Meyers travels the country looking for those scenes that few were ever going to see – the grain elevator in Herbert that will never again see as much as a bushel basket of grain gets captured showing its strength and dominance over thousands of prairie grain fields.

Event takes place between 2 and 4 p.m. in the Fireside Room at the Art Gallery of Burlington on Sunday the 15^th of October.

A chance to view the work these two men have done is a treat. But take a pass on those cookies.

Emmas has a future - the owners just haven't figured out what that will be

By Pepper Parr

October 1th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Does anyone know what is going to happen to Emmas Back Porch?

The fencing suggest they want to keep people away from the place.

Perhaps the most historic building in the city is behind a protective fence while the owners determine when conditions are right for re-opening.

The front of the building has been cleaned up – the signs for Emmas and the Waterstreet Cookery were given a re-fresh.

We get notes from people from time to time suggesting that an announcement is coming.

The current owners were at one point renting out the space for private events.

Within five years the north side of Old Lakeshore Road will be row of high high towers with entrances leading onto Old Lakeshore Road.

A model prepared by a developer with just one of the developments within the football – they will dwarf Emmas.

The largest property inside the football is to be developed

By Pepper Parr

October 13^th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

Lakeshore Road to the north; Old Lakeshore Road to the south with Lake Ontario so close you could smell it.

It is the last part of the football to be developed.

Set on the western end where Martha meets Old Lakeshore Road – it was always seen is as a prime location.

Owned by a Family Trust it now appears that Trinity Point, a Vaughan based developer has purchased the site.

This is the development that is planned for the east end of the football.

The only public information is a sign on a fence.

They have signs up on the fencing surrounding the property announcing that something is coming soon but there’s nothing on the city web site about a development on the property.

There was a time when the Waterfront Advisory Committee, had former Toronto Mayor David Crombie sitting beside then Burlington Mayor Rick Goldring telling the committee that what the city should do is create a group that would have a “couple of odd balls on it” to generate some ideas and decide what could be done with the site that had immense potential. The Crombie comment never made it out of the room – a great opportunity was lost.

It is the largest piece of land within the football. Expect to see an application for something in the 30 storey level when the application to develop is filed.

Trinity Point has two developments underway in Milton. They are a well-immersed real estate developer based in Vaughan, having recently entered the real estate industry as a division of Greenpark Group.

Carlo Baldassarra was born in Italy, and immigrated to Canada in 1958 at the age of 19. Less than 10 years later, in 1967, Baldassarra founded a homebuilder company, Greenpark Group along with two partners Jack Wine and Philip Rechtsman. Greenpark Group is now fully owned by Carlo and his family.

The area that many people had hoped would become a model for how land could be used has become a coral for a bunch of high rise developments that will limit the view for those living on the north side of Lakeshore Road.

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David Crombie gave sound advice – city didn’t know how to listen.

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