Giles Gherson dishes on Toronto's New Deal

Also: The real reason Shamji backed Bonnie, Massoudi down but not out, PCs hunt for Kitchener candidate, senior staff shakeup drags on, affordable housing bill hits the Clerk's table

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Ahead of his “fireside chat” with the Premier, ex-Deputy Minister, now-head of the Toronto Region Board of Trade GILES GHERSON lays out his wildest civic fantasies for a cash-strapped city — but first: the inside story on why ADIL SHAMJI backed out of the Liberal leadership race, and the PCs are having trouble landing a candidate in Kitch…