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Podcast: The LeDrew Three Minute Interview
Episode: Toronto City Hall Shaken by a Taxpayer Acknowledgement
Description: Daniel Tate, Executive Director of IntegrityTO, joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss the moment his taxpayer acknowledgement stunned councillors and activists during a recent City Hall meeting.Tate explains why he decided to confront what he calls years of performative politics, including land acknowledgements and the growing push for additional symbolic gestures, while property taxes, staffing levels, and municipal spending continue to rise. He argues that Toronto taxpayers fund the entire municipal operation yet have no sober voice in City Hall decisions.The conversation covers rising taxes, expanding bureaucracy, drug policy priorities, and the...