Newstalk 1010 host Jim Richards speaks with coalition spokesperson Maddie Di Muccio about a Toronto Sales Tax proposal from city staff

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Toronto city council has voted in favour of a fair wage policy, deferred a motion on Wheel-Trans surveillance cameras and is expected to rule on taxes for the island airport on Friday after a two-day monthly meeting stretched into four days.

A lengthy debate on the Scarborough subway pushed the meeting over schedule, with council eventually deciding to proceed with a subway over light rail transit. However, that plan could be scuttled if provincial and federal funding doesn’t come through.

E-bingo is coming to Toronto after council voted to approve an agreement with the Ontario and Lottery Gaming Corp. (OLG). Bingo halls will now offer an electronic version of the popular game, with charities receiving some of the profits. Slot machines are excluded from the deal.

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Toronto city council has voted in favour of a fair wage policy, deferred a motion on Wheel-Trans surveillance cameras and is expected to rule on taxes for the island airport on Friday after a two-day monthly meeting stretched into four days.

A lengthy debate on the Scarborough subway pushed the meeting over schedule, with council eventually deciding to proceed with a subway over light rail transit. However, that plan could be scuttled if provincial and federal funding doesn’t come through.

E-bingo is coming to Toronto after council voted to approve an agreement with the Ontario and Lottery Gaming Corp. (OLG). Bingo halls will now offer an electronic version of the popular game, with charities receiving some of the profits. Slot machines are excluded from the deal.

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Newstalk1010′s Ben Mercer interviews a spokesman from the Toronto Taxpayers Coalition about the ticking tax time bomb situation at City Hall.

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