ZOOMER SQUAD: A LOOK AHEAD TO THE CARP MAYORAL DEBATE

Libby Znaimer is joined by John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion, David Cravit, Chief Membership Officer of CARP and Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy of CARP.

Today: our Zoomer Squad discusses the latest on the municipal elections. And, we look ahead to the Mayoral debate being hosted by CARP on October 13. What can we expect from that? And, John Wright talks about his latest poll—this time on Thanksgiving and the foods Canadians prefer to serve up this year!

JOHN TORY JOINS FIGHT BACK

Libby Znaimer is joined by Toronto Mayor John Tory.

Today: The Mayor gets asked about city-wide construction that seems to never end (the Eglinton LRT construction, for example, just got delayed again), the City’s response time to 311 calls for things like pot holes and speed bumps, why roads continue to be dangerous especially for Seniors even though we are a few years into the implementation of Vision Zero, the recent spate in gun violence and also what the future of City Council might look like as 7 veteran councillors opt not to seek re-election this October.

TORONTO’S GARBAGE DISPOSAL STATIONS ARE OVERFILLED AND NEGLECTED

Libby Znaimer is now joined by is now joined by Toronto City Hall Reporter for the Toronto Star, Ben Spurr.

If you walk along Toronto city streets it won’t be long before you stumble across an overfilled garbage station that is often in such bad shape it ends up looking like garbage. As it stands, there are nearly 9,500 garbage disposal units in Toronto. And, last year, the city received as many as 3,000 calls about overflowing garbage units and and over 4,500 complaints about receptacles needing repair. So, how did we get to this point?