Samuel Trosow

Ward 6 London City Councillor; Emeritus Professor (retired) UWO Faculty of Law / Faculty of Information & Media Studies

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

Stratford votes to oppose strong mayor powers https://t.co/Y8ZUMyKU4i via @Thetrilliumca

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London Free Press https://t.co/kFcg5QZe6N via @lfpress … but what we really need is better protections to preserve farmland from development pressure.

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@DavidColetto A must-read thread!

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A very busy London Transit Commission coming up Monday March 30 at 9:30am (LTC Office 45O Highbury N)

-A new paratransit provider?
-Conventional Transit Service Report showing ridership down.

[TheTrillium.ca @Thetrilliumca]

Toronto City Council voted overwhelmingly to join the ongoing legal battle against Premier Doug Ford’s Ontario Place redevelopment as it heads to the Supreme Court. https://t.co/4dpwqgIr3y

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Hamilton’s rejection of an anti-trans bus advertisement back in 2023 has been upheld by Ontario’s highest court.
https://t.co/vBq2R0ryqc

The decision is now binding on all Ontario jurisdictions.

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

John Tory and five other ex-Toronto mayors come out swinging against Doug Ford's defunding of supervised consumption sites https://t.co/ZRndZoAynV

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@ColinDMello It’s easy enough to say “reduce development charges” in order to lower housing costs. But someone has to pay the increased costs of new developments with respect to infrastructure and other marginal costs of delivering services.

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@mike_vanveen @ColinDMello This is a crucial question. Prices in the private market are generally set based on what the market will absorb. This is one of the reasons why I (and other #LdnOnt councillors) are concerned about discounts based on dev charge savings.

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

“What happens to Toronto's supervised consumption sites now that funding is gone?” Here's what we know

A very revealing review about the negative implications from closing SCSs in Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario. https://t.co/DvUbhbuXPP

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

@JackAtLFPress The various conditions that councillors want to see on this program are all based on a desire to improve the program, make it more inclusive, and target discounts to Londoners most in need of assistance. Broader consultation at the outset would have been very helpful.

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

@uwogazette For years the Brescia-Kings shuttle provided free, reliable and safe campus transit - not just for Kings & Brescia students, but for the broader UWO community. As the London City Councillor for the area, I call on Western admin to contribute to maintaining this needed service.

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

@peggy_blair @SturdyHugh @ColinDMello Similar claims as raised back in Ontario v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association. While the govt can limit access, a full bar to even filing
requests goes too far. It may exceed reasonableness/proportionality standards vis the govt’s legitimate purpose in protecting confidentiality.

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

@ColinDMello Access to records should be expanded, not narrowed. Actually -eliminated- according to this report.

The current framework sets rules for resolving conflicts between access requests and exemption claims. But this absolute bar could raise serious legal / constitutional issues.

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

@peggy_blair @SturdyHugh @ColinDMello While they have rights to exempt such records, that is still subject to reasonable limits. Under current law there’s a procedure for testing requests vs exemptions. But it sounds like they’re seeking a full and and absolute exclusion. That could run into several legal problems.

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

@ColinDMello This is a very troubling move which threatens basic norms of right to access to government information. As these access guarantees are rooted in the right to receive information, these questionable moves are likely to be challenged.

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@DNewcombeCTV I won’t be supporting PEC’s recommendation for deferral until after the election. This move, as urged by local developers to delay the mapping, is disingenuous.

Mapping must be evidence-based, centered on local scientific knowledge, not on political timing considerations.

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@JackAtLFPress Here is the letter David Ferreira and I submitted to the Added Agenda for the CPSC in opposition to the proposal.

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As one of the four councillors who voted against this project, I stand by my vote. Council should have supported the staff recommendation for refusal. The approval is inconsistent with our planning framework and is not in the public interest.

[Daryl Newcombe @DNewcombeCTV]

Council approves 30-storey high rise at Ridout and Kent after developer offers compensation or relocation to current tenants

#LdnOnt
https://t.co/gEFmM1nCnP