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Of toronto to buy a house of their own. >> and she proudly points out that nine of her twelve city counselors are women. she plans on holding on to her office, running without campaigning. i should tell you, hazel mccalan, who is an institution around here, she does plan to run again. that would be her 12th time. >> she is not very pleased with the billion dollars or so that canada is said to have spent on security for the g20. of she thinks in 2010, you could do a lot of this by teleconference and spend that money a whole lot better. we'll continue to follow her and how she makes her city r...

It's not easy keeping up with hazel mccalan, the tireless mayor. she is not too big to pick up garbage. she has been the mayor since 1978. her city has grown from a sleepily bedroom city to a thriving metropolis, home to 61 thriving fortune 500 companies. >> people came to pick strawberries and apples. >> she still drives herself around. she has won re-election ten times by huge margins, except when she ran uncontested. regardless, she never campaigns, just works under some simple rules. >> working hard and being out with your people. and not making promises that you can't keep. >> mccalan is ...

Famously debt-free city has made her focus on business even more. >> we're not allowed to give tax breaks to industry or commerce in the province of ontario. it's illegal. we are conscious of the needs of the community. taxes is not the only thing a company looks at. they want to make sure -- they want to attract the type of personnel that they need to operate. >> mccalan has also nurtured relationships with developers. >> you want to build a sub commission, you're going to build a community center, a hockey arena, you're going to fix up the park. so she made the developers pay the way, and th...