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Podcast: This Matters
Episode: Why did a key report on the mayor’s transit plan include inflated numbers?
Description: Guest: Ben Spurr, Transportation Reporter Host: Jennifer Pagliaro, City Hall Reporter A freedom of information request filed by the Star’s Ben Spurr revealed emails that show staff inadvertently included projections in an attachment in a report in January 2021 that overstated the number of riders, residents and jobs Tory’s $1.46-billion SmartTrack program would serve. Spurr joins Jennifer Pagliaro to discuss his recent story: A report on the mayor’s transit plan mistakenly included inflated numbers. City staff knew but failed to fix them before council voted Don Peat, a spokesperson for the mayor, said T...