GLENN IN THE NEWS

The following is a very small sample of Glenn’s media coverage while he served as City Councillor for Ward 38, Scarborough Centre.

2018

  • CBC - Metro Morning

    Glenn on CBC’s Metro Morning

    Veteran councillor Glenn de Baeremaeker becomes the first municipal politician to announce he won’t run in the upcoming municipal election because of Premier Ford’s plans to reduce the size of city council.

  • CP 24

    Glenn De Baeremaeker says he won’t run again

    After 15 years as the City Councillor representing Ward 38, Scarborough Centre, Glenn has decided not to run in the fall 2018 municipal election. Watch this interview with CP 24’s Nick Dixon, in which he explains his decision.

  • CP24

    City Council supports the Scarborough Subway!

    “City Council has voted 10 times on whether to build the [Scarborough] subway or not build the subway. We voted 10 times; we voted ‘yes’ 10 times!”

2017

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2014

  • Toronto Star

    Deputy Mayor Glenn De Baeremaeker wants to change Scarborough subway plan

    Mayor John Tory asked one of his deputy mayors, Glenn De Baeremaeker, to “champion” the planned Scarborough extension to the Bloor-Danforth subway line. De Baeremaeker says he is fully supportive of the three-stop extension he helped get approved. He has simply concluded that a four-stop extension would be much better.

  • Inside Toronto

    Scarborough subway extension needs Eglinton-Danforth stop: De Baeremaeker

    Scarborough’s appointed “champion” for the Bloor-Danforth subway extension says that extension must be improved. “It’s no use having a subway if no one one can get access to it,” Glenn De Baeremaeker said of the $3.56-billion proposal last week.

  • Metro News

    Meet Toronto’s four deputy mayors

    Ahead of his inauguration, mayor-elect John Tory has announced that he will appoint not one deputy mayor, but four…. Prior to being elected in 2003, De Baeremaeker made his mark as an environmental activist in Scarborough, leading campaigns against development in Rouge Valley and the Oak Ridges Moraine…. De Baeremaeker bikes 20 kilometres to City […]

  • Toronto City Council

    Toronto Budget 2014

    Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker speaks at Toronto City Council’s 2014 budget debate

2013

  • The Toronto Observer

    Development fees paying lion’s share of new dog park costs

    Most of the tab for three new dog parks in Scarborough is being picked up by developers, Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker says. On Oct. 6, the Ward 38 councillor announced Scarborough will be gaining the three new dog parks.

  • Toronto City Council

    Why Scarborough needs a subway

    Toronto City Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker speaks during Oct 8th, 2013 City Council meeting on why investing in Scarborough subway is the right thing to do for both Scarborough and the entire city of Toronto.

  • Toronto Vegetarian Association

    Why I’m Veg – TO Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker

    For 25 years I have felt absolutely fantastic… I eat spectacular, amazing foods every single day and I protect animals and I protect the environment and I protect my own health.

2011

  • CityNews

    Toronto bans the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores

    Toronto city council voted to ban the sales of dogs and cats in pet stores, becoming the second Canadian city to do so. De Baeremaeker proposed the bylaw, arguing that many of the animals come from puppy mills. “Animal cruelty has to stop,” he added.