We know where that $60-million surplus the City of London has is going - sort of.

Some councillors may still try to see some of the cash get to community groups. Should it?

Meantime, London politicians and police are extolling the virtues of month one of their open air drug use crackdown. Is it actually working?

Also, week one of the new Carney government. Do the missteps on the housing file show they're going to have a rough time?

Advocate Frances Moore, political insider Devin Munro and former TVDSB trustee Matthew Newton-Reid joined Craig at the Covent Garden Market studio to discuss those questions and more.

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