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>>> A reminder for news any time you can head to our website. Cbc.ca/toronto or download the cbc news app. >>> They are an increasingly popular way to get around toronto but e-scooter's will remain illegal after a vote by city council today. Municipal affairs reporter sean jeffords has more on the decision to keep them off the streets. >> Reporter: e-scooter's are just about everywhere in the city but the micro mobility vehicles are illegal across toronto, even if they are widely used. Counsellors took a long-awaited look at weather or not to lift that band today. And after that debate they voted to keep it firmly in place. >> Madame speaker recommendation one carries and the vote is 19 height and three. >> Reporter: scooters can travel as forced -- asbestos 24 kilometres an hour and advocates for the disabled say they are a safety risk. The city wants the federal government to regulate the vehicle before they take action. Lifting the ban opens up the liability staff say. >> We are focused on road safety as you know and we've seen in cities and the crash goes way way up. That will be resolved we better standards for equipment. >> Reporter: the counsellor says e-scooter's are a convenient way to get on the city's congested streets. And failing to regulate the vehicle means they will be continued to be written on sidewalks and bike lanes. >> We continue to pretend they're not there. We're not doing anything and the police admitted they're not trying to get any of those scooters off the streets. So by refusing to regulate them we are washing our hands and not taking any action. >> Reporter: this is in the first time council has said no to legalizing e-scooter's. In 2021 council first decided to ban the small motorized vehicle from city streets, sighting safety concerns. Counsellor chris moise says with each passing year e-scooter use grows and the city continues to ignore it. >> They are being sold in every corner of our city. In my ward in particular just walking here to work I saw 34 places that sell them. So by not enforcing it we're doing a disservice to our community. >> Reporter: this cycling advocate says the city is trying to balance the micro mobility with justified safety concerns without proper regulation from other governments cities are left to figure it out. >> The city is in a bind because it's at the mercy of what the federal and provincial government want to do for our streets and roads. >> Reporter: the city 12-foot post -- post more signs are mining people e-scooter's are banned and they left the door open to revisiting the decision in the future. Sean jeffords cbc news toronto. >> Kelda: we have an exclusive update now on a human rights complaint against bell media. Former cp24 personality patricia jaggernauth filed a complaint back against the company in 2022 for discrimination. Number of new report says bell could lose its bed to have her case thrown out. Olivia bowden has those details. >> I just felt wow, in this moment of vindication. >> Reporter: patricia jaggernauth is a feeling there could be light at the end of the tunnel in her fight with bell. >> Giving you a taste of the island flavoured. >> Reporter: the former cp24 host has alleged a pattern of racism, sexism and discrimination during her 11 years at bell. Including allegations that she and other women were paid significantly less than men. She failed human rights complaint against the company at the end of 2022 and now and new confidential report shared with cbc toronto by patricia jaggernauth's legal team indicates her case is being taken seriously. In the report the canadian human rights commission recommends her case be referred for a hearing. If it can't be settled in four months. The report says her complaint raises serious human rights issues that are systemic in nature and that there is a strong public interest around the case. She says the report is validating. >> I thought when I saw this. Because it is two years of people thinking that it's not true. It's two years of me fighting and it's two years of hearing other people's stories and people thinking that our stories don't matter. To get this final report in the moment where I thought whatever he going to do? It is so validating. >> Reporter: her lawyer says she hasn't seen the commission respond to a case in this way before. >> What is unusual is to see

language that is just so adamant that what happened here with my client, with patricia, was wrong. And that this was just the tip of the iceberg. >> Reporter: the report also points to one of many pieces of evidence patricia jaggernauth provided to the commission including a letter written by one of her female colleagues to their union in 2019. Her legal team provided cbc toronto with that letter. It is written on behalf of three female house and alleges years of paid disparity. It says the company clearly doesn't take our concerns seriously. Bell media told cbc news the company respects the commission's process and will not comment publicly, adding bell media takes allegations of any potential discrimination or workplace misconduct very seriously and is committed to a safe pack inclusive and respectful work environment where employees can thrive. If a matter is brought to our attention were an employee did not feel adequately supported a process is initiated to review and address when required. As for what's next, patricia jaggernauth says she's open to hearing from bell but so far has heard nothing. Still she is sending them a clear message. >> Are you listening to the people? Are you giving the community who is watching your programming what they are asking for? You are not. Bell do better. >> Reporter: olivia bowden cbc news toronto. >> Kelda: the mississauga by election is two and a half weeks away and no surprise among the most important issues for residents is affordability. Research from the wellesley institute found being single and mississauga costs a lot more than what a full-time living wage worker earns in the gta. We're@you may have heard the idea of the single tax, is the concept that people who are single are forced to pay a lot more for their living expenses. What might surprise you is one recent study shows that cost is a hire in mississauga than it is in toronto. >> This study that I did is called planning in this city and I looked at the ages between 25 and 40 and mississauga. We found it's much more expensive to live in mississauga, $22,000 more to live here, the city of toronto cost about $62,000 where as in mississauga it cost $84,000. >> Reporter: according to the study that is far above the earnings of a minimum wage full-time worker which is close to $26,000 after taxes. The highest costs are associated with fundamental aspects of life such as shelter, transportation and savings. >> Looking at generational growth, building a society in general. Single working age adults are an important part of the population. >> Reporter: for some looking to the future living a comfortable life one day feels out of reach. >> Effort a lot of people have given up on owning a home. We don't talk about that often but, like, I get the feeling a lot of people have the sense of, like, it's not going to be good. >> Is a full income earner I do notice the difference when I buy groceries for example or try to eat out. It all adds up. To tackle this issue I've had to rent out my basement. >> Reporter: he became a canadian citizen so this is the first election he's able to vote in. Despite having stable work, affordability remains top of mind. >> I would say I am well off as an engineer but I am still feeling it. I can just think of all the people who are unable to afford and it breaks my heart. I can see very clearly how an affordable it has become in the city. I see a distinct difference between how the price before covid and after covid. >> Reporter: the mississauga food bank has noticed that as well. Visits to the food bank I've gone up 300 percent since the pandemic. >> That's why people coming to food banks that have never needed it before because the amount used to let you live an affordable life isn't there anymore. Sometimes folks that live on my own and one salary and all the expenses is too much. Or they say we often hear people kind of saying I used to give to food drives and I used to send food with my kids to school and I can't believe I'm here having to ask for support. >> Reporter: the hope is that with this election changes on the horizon. >> I see a huge potential for the city in the next 50 years. We have to make sure it was to the upper levels of government and that we get a fair deal to improve the affordability. >> Reporter: the mississauga food bank is hosting a debate on thursday and affordability is expected to be a big part of the conversation. Voters head to the polls on june 10th. Cbc news mississauga. >> Kelda: and alive look at

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