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Matt Elliott

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Toronto
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Covers:  Toronto municipal politics, public transit, housing, urbanism
Doesn't Cover: Federal and provincial politics that do not relate to municipal matters
City columnist, contributing to @TorontoStar & writing @cityhallwatcher. A lot about Toronto Politics and then some nerd stuff. @humbercollege prof. (he/him)

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A City Hall watcher, Matt Elliott has been covering municipal politics in Toronto since 2011. Matt provides insight, analysis, opinon and jokes about local topics like public transit, affordable housing, city finances and more. He currently contributes a weekly opinion column to the Toronto Star and publishes the award-winning City Hall Watcher newsletter.

City Hall Watcher is one of Canada's longest-running and most successful independent email newsletters, with thousands of weekly readers. I…

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Opinion | What Toronto’s handling of the World Cup says about how Olivia Chow is running the city

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By Matt Elliott
| Waterloo Region Record Verified
I might be tempting fate by writing this, but, hey, we’re past the halfway mark of Toronto’s experience hosting the FIFA World Cup — three games down, three games to go — and Toronto city hall seems to be fielding the ball pretty well. Traffic has been managed effectively. It’s not noticeably worse than it normally is, anyway. The TTC has been kept on the rails and generally moved people where they need to go. Tens of thousands of fans have come and gone from Exhibition Place without major incident.
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Opinion | What Toronto’s handling of the World Cup says about how Olivia Chow is running the city

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By Matt Elliott
| The Toronto Star Verified
I might be tempting fate by writing this, but, hey, we’re past the halfway mark of Toronto’s experience hosting the FIFA World Cup — three games down, three games to go — and Toronto city hall seems to be fielding the ball pretty well. Traffic has been managed effectively. It’s not noticeably worse than it normally is, anyway. The TTC has been kept on the rails and generally moved people where they need to go. Tens of thousands of fans have come and gone from Exhibition Place without major incident.
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The tardy list: Are some city councillors dawdling on election registration?

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By Matt Elliott
| City Hall Watcher
Hey there. No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks. It’s the last week of school. But at City Hall, the pencils, books and, especially, dirty looks will continue, as Council is set to meet for their June meeting — and their summer break is still a long way away. This week, it’s the PENULTIMATE meeting of the term. We’ll see debates …
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