Isaac Callan

Municipal Affairs reporter covering Toronto city hall for CBC News. ✉️ [email protected]. 🗣️ DMs open. 📚 Also author of Hibernian Heroes.

[Isaac Callan @isaaccallan]

Today is officially my first day as the CBC's Toronto City Hall Reporter.

Reach out if you want to chat municipal politics, transit and local elections. #ToPoli

Email: [email protected]

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WATCH: It's one of the most visible issues in the Toronto mayoral campaign - the number of people sleeping on the city's streets.

All three leading mayoral candidates have homelessness plans that don't necessarily come with lots more cash. #ToPoli
https://t.co/JQ0TIqXcVh

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Chow campaign responds, claiming Bradford's announcement builds on ideas the incumbent implemented while she was in office:

"Bradford never took an interest in protecting renters as a city councillor and it’s clear he still doesn’t. Just ask the tenants." #ToPoli

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Brad Bradford unveiling his rental plan today.

Mayoral candidate has a three-point plan:
- enforce renoviction bylaw, including dashboard for transparency
- minimum heat bylaw, one cool space in every rental
- more rental housing by expanding pre-development funding #ToPoli

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Bradford campaign responds, praising the existing breakfast program:

"Toronto's school breakfast program is one of the best things this city does... with respect, it’s not an announcement. It’s an idea without a plan to pay for it, without a plan to organize it." #ToPoli

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Olivia Chow announcing plans to expand the city’s school food program to include lunch.

Her campaign says the move will be phased in and “funded like the existing school food program, which is jointly by the City, other levels of government, and private donations.” #ToPoli

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Olivia Chow today announcing plans to expand the Toronto library’s attraction pass if she’s re-elected.

Currently, library has a certain number of free passes to places like the ROM to hand out every month. Chow says she’ll add an extra 1,000 per month. #ToPoli

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NEW: Brad Bradford pitched what he called a vision for how to redo Toronto's finances, moving toward more debt for infrastructure in the long-term.

One expert says it would be a total change for city hall, but possible. Critics say it's reckless. #ToPoli
https://t.co/HIeUuWitGf

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Want to know where the candidates stand?

CBC has pulled together a summary of their plans and policies across various categories from affordability to public safety, transit and tenants issues. #ToPoli

Bookmark it for election day.
https://t.co/gWOjSwXXqv

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A new poll suggests Olivia Chow continues to lead the race for Toronto’s top job as the mayoral campaign enters its final month, but the race is far from over. #ToPoli
https://t.co/JI99Sl2vqS

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The mayors of Ontario's big cities have a group chat.

@bcohenn got a copy of the chat's transcript after a protracted freedom of information battle and he's included the entire chat at the bottom of the story if you're curious. #ToPoli #OnPoli
https://t.co/ILYwDquqJ9

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Chow campaign taking credit for the project's opening, while Bradford says the mayor -- who cut the ribbon on Monday -- is "weaponizing" her incumbency status in office during the campaign. #ToPoli

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The TTC says more than 60,000 used the Scarborough Busway on its first day of operations this week. The four-kilometer route runs from Kennedy Station to Ellesmere along the route of the decommissioned Scarborough RT. #ToPoli

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Brad Bradford's plan to fight the housing crisis by scaling back a major cash source for the city has some experts warning Toronto needs to once again push for more ways to raise money to pay for essential services. 

@Shawn_Jeffords digs in. #ToPoli
https://t.co/ypj11q1q5g

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Olivia Chow makes an early morning visit to the Scarborough busway. Her campaign pushing transit policy and her fare cap promise particularly hard.

“We have to keep moving forward by lowering TTC fares and building more rapid transit,” Chow said. #Topoli

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Affordability, safety and support for entrepreneurs are top of the list of asks from small businesses in Toronto as mayoral candidates court their votes and support ahead of the election #ToPoli
https://t.co/wuyPuu16Ft

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Three of Toronto’s top mayoral candidates will step inside the CBC Broadcasting Centre on Oct. 8 for a pivotal debate ahead of the city’s election.

Here's how to watch it. #ToPoli
https://t.co/6TCu7DmBSz

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A Toronto hospital network is set to greatly expand its unique permanent housing program that largely serves homeless people who visit hospital emergency departments an inordinate amount of time. #ToPoli
https://t.co/d9uEnjd7IP

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Bradford also reiterating his property tax plan:

- A freeze in year 1, while an external audit takes place
- Then property tax rates will not increase above the rate of inflation #ToPoli

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Brad Bradford holding a news conference today to break down some of the calculations behind his land transfer tax cut and the water utility plan he is pitching.

His campaign has been fielding a few questions over the past few days on how the cost neutral promises work. #ToPoli

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At an event this morning, Toronto mayoral candidate Olivia Chow says her volunteers put up 4,000 purple signs for her campaign overnight as the election approaches. #ToPoli