Mayor Rob Ford, to privatize garbage collection downtown. The meeting room was packed, mostly with

NEWS: Canadian cities grapple with water rate increasesHOME ABOUT US CAMPAIGNS MEDIA PUBLICATIONS CHAPTERS JOIN US FRANÇAIS      SECTIONSThe Council in the newsDeep integrationEnergyHealth CareTradeWater  « NEWS: Town’s water license challenged in AlbertaVIEW: ‘Security perimeter will bring more of the same’, says Yaffe »NEWS: Canadian cities grapple with water rate increasesWednesday, December 29th, 2010At least two Canadian cities have been in the news recently because they are considering increases to water rates simply to maintain or build needed infrastructure.The Toronto Star editorial board writes today that, “Early in the new year, the city’s budget committee is to consider pumping up the water rate by 9 per cent and raising existing garbage fees by 3 per cent. (Toronto mayor Rob) Ford has said that as much as he’d like to freeze both rates, there may be no alternative. In fact, a good case can be made that both the proposed rate hikes are in order.”“The public is in no way being soaked, even though

heard from over 70 witnesses on a proposal by management, endorsed and pushed heavily by Mayor Rob Ford

Trade BlogHOME ABOUT US CAMPAIGNS MEDIA PUBLICATIONS CHAPTERS JOIN US FRANÇAIS      Trade topicsTrade indexCanada-EU FTA (CETA)Buy American SelloutCanada-Colombia FTAG8/G20NAFTA-SPPInterprovincial Trade AgreementsInternational tradeWTO10th anniversaryFTAATrade talkBLOG by Stuart Trew, Trade campaignerBLOG posts by Brent Patterson, Campaigns & Communications DirectorSupport our workMake a donation and join us in acting for social justice »We do our work without a penny of corporate or government funding, relying instead on the support of generous individuals like you to run our campaigns. Please donate today!Campaign wins »SearchFollow us on...E-newsletter & updates:ACTIVlist for daily news updates:  Posts Tagged ‘City of Toronto’Garbage privatization and trade deals — A trashy way to treat workersWednesday, April 27th, 2011Yesterday, Toronto’s public works committee heard from over 70 witnesses on a proposal by management, endorsed and pushed heavily by Mayor Rob Ford, to privatize garbage collection downtown. The

Trade BlogHOME ABOUT US CAMPAIGNS MEDIA PUBLICATIONS CHAPTERS JOIN US FRANÇAIS      Trade topicsTrade indexCanada-EU FTA (CETA)Buy American SelloutCanada-Colombia FTAG8/G20NAFTA-SPPInterprovincial Trade AgreementsInternational tradeWTO10th anniversaryFTAATrade talkBLOG by Stuart Trew, Trade campaignerBLOG posts by Brent Patterson, Campaigns & Communications DirectorSupport our workMake a donation and join us in acting for social justice »We do our work without a penny of corporate or government funding, relying instead on the support of generous individuals like you to run our campaigns. Please donate today!Campaign wins »SearchFollow us on...E-newsletter & updates:ACTIVlist for daily news updates:  Posts Tagged ‘Hugh Mackenzie’Garbage privatization and trade deals — A trashy way to treat workersWednesday, April 27th, 2011Yesterday, Toronto’s public works committee heard from over 70 witnesses on a proposal by management, endorsed and pushed heavily by Mayor Rob Ford, to privatize garbage collection downtown. The

Trade BlogHOME ABOUT US CAMPAIGNS MEDIA PUBLICATIONS CHAPTERS JOIN US FRANÇAIS      Trade topicsTrade indexCanada-EU FTA (CETA)Buy American SelloutCanada-Colombia FTAG8/G20NAFTA-SPPInterprovincial Trade AgreementsInternational tradeWTO10th anniversaryFTAATrade talkBLOG by Stuart Trew, Trade campaignerBLOG posts by Brent Patterson, Campaigns & Communications DirectorSupport our workMake a donation and join us in acting for social justice »We do our work without a penny of corporate or government funding, relying instead on the support of generous individuals like you to run our campaigns. Please donate today!Campaign wins »SearchFollow us on...E-newsletter & updates:ACTIVlist for daily news updates:  Posts Tagged ‘Public Services’Garbage privatization and trade deals — A trashy way to treat workersWednesday, April 27th, 2011Yesterday, Toronto’s public works committee heard from over 70 witnesses on a proposal by management, endorsed and pushed heavily by Mayor Rob Ford, to privatize garbage collection downtown. The

office, Toronto mayor Rob Ford is taking vigorous steps to fulfill his campaign promises – now in the

candidates participating in YOUR VOTE: THE RACE FOR MAYOR are Rob Ford, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George

, 2010The Toronto Star is reporting that Rob Ford has won the endorsement of fundamentalist pastor Wendell

mayor Rob Ford is taking vigorous steps to fulfill his campaign promises – now in the case of banning