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Toronto to other communities. The Rae government had planned to decentralize the public sector after coming to office but was forced to change its plans in the face of a serious recession.
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Detroit River Tunnel Partnership plan near the end of his final term, and he was hired as chief executive officer of the partnership's Jobs Tunnel project in January 2004. He was fifty-three years old at the time. In 2011, Hurst was named a Justice of the Peace and
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situation by suggesting his personal lawyer as a government contact. Hurst says that he rejected the offer outright; Gilchrist denied having seriously made the offer. Hurst later indicated that he would not enforce the Harris government's laws against panhandling. In 2003, he commended Harris's
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in 1995) for introducing a bill to give the province extensive powers over public sector unions. He argued that it was unhelpful and unnecessarily confrontational. He also criticized the government's downloading of provincial services to the municipalities, arguing that the municipalities lost
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Hurst was instrumental in the removal of the
Holiday Inn ( Plywood Palace ) on the Northside of Riverside Drive in April 1999 two weeks before demolition the structure burnt. This opened up continuous public access for over 5 kilometers " a jewel in the Crown for the City of Windsor "
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Windsor, to be built by private enterprise and leased to the province. He argued that fifty million Americans lived within driving distance of the city, and that a casino would greatly improve the city's threatened economy. The plan was accepted by the provincial government of
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In 2002, two city employees were fired over allegations of the misleading council over lease agreements with MFP Financial
Services. One of the employees was also accused of accepting "personal benefits" from MFP. Hurst was strongly critical of the company's role in the matter.
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Windsor. Windsor is a city of hope." One year later, with the casino generating strong revenues, he said, "It's changed the city forever." The permanent Casino Windsor building was opened in 1998.
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American border, arguing that this step would counter the effects of cross-border shopping on the local economy. He opposed a restrictive shopping law brought forward by the province of Ontario in early 1991.
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culture here and the CBC was something that really helped keep us Canadian".
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for promising to invest $ 625 million over five years in the auto sector.
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money from the arrangement. Hurst was himself asked to run for Harris's
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works out of the Provincial Court in Windsor, Ontario.
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