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Re-Imagine Chicago:  Re-Imagine Chicago: How City Council Works In Toronto (Part 4)

In this Thursday, July 9, 2015, file photo, a woman walks near a stage at Nathan Phillips Square ahead of the Pan Am Games in downtown Toronto.

Julio Cortez

Re-Imagine Chicago: How City Council Works In Toronto

Toronto — the hometown of Reset host Sasha-Ann Simons — and Chicago were both incorporated as cities in the 1830s. And the similarities between Hogtown and the Hog Butcher for the World don’t end there.

Reset takes a closer look at how legislative politics works in Toronto and whether those systems could be instructive for Chicago.

GUESTS: Dave Meslin, Toronto resident and community organizer

Gary Crawford, Toronto City Councillor for Ward 20

Kristyn Wong-Tam, Toronto City Councillor for Ward 13

Myer Siemiatycki, professor emeritus in the department of politics and public administration at Ryerson University

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