Hey...at least there's somewhere for the Kardashians to go when they are in town.

Cabana???? What kind of late 90's *Wallpaper era name is that?

You're pretty hilarious. Spend a lot of time eating in Michelin star restaurants do ya? he he I thought you didn't like "boring"? And nothing says boring like a stuffy French Michelin starred restaurant. Ever been to Geneva? That has to be the most boring major city on the planet. But...

To be clear...there are clubs...and then there are clubs. There's the kind Mr. Khabouth operates are really just quick-buck, fly-by-night booze cans, with the lifespan of a gnat. Those always existed of course, but nothing today compares with the likes of Studio 54, or large 80's Toronto dance...

So, since the only non-anecdotal evidence you can provide for this claim is that we don't allow late-night noisy, drunken kids to disturb local residents, then I would have to question your concept of what is considered "exciting". Like I said...we already did the Clubland thing....one of the...

Well actually, the City would make more from commercial multi-res rental buildings. But the gov't has made that business unattractive, which is why purpose-built commercial residential rental buildings have for the most part, not been built in decades. Condos do not make for a stable, reliable...

You are assuming buildings have never been sold or refinanced, and contain good tenants paying market rents. In other words, you are obviously not a multi-res landlord. :p Tenants think all kinds of interesting things...generally they think they would just like to pay below market rents. he...

But people make this out to be some kind of money grab by greedy landlords. when in fact, it isn't something landlords net out ahead with. Same with the annual increase allowed by the prov every year that is supposed to cover inflation, when in reality, it rarely does.

Also, the province controlled Landlord Tenant Board and Residential Tenancy Act legislation are highly unfair to landlords, further discouraging matters. You should be able to get rid of a deadbeat tenant without losing your shirt.

Not really. Subsidizing can be in what ever form you like. It all boils down to the same thing...raising the revenue to do it. Unfairly taxing the real estate market to subsidize low income people has obviously not worked. Lowering tax rates on multi-res rental buildings is simply passed on...

We need to distinguish between what is the real estate free market and what is subsidized housing. Supply and demand will always determine pricing, and having the government try to make private landlords into quasi social workers is simply pawning off their responsibilities. They don't have...

Uh...that's my line.

Nope. Didn't happen. Oddly enough, today's twenty-somethings are in the unique position of being far more dull and boring in their choices than their parents were at their age. Congrats....your parents are cooler than you are. ha ha ha Happily, I think this is a temporary glitch though, as...

I don't blame you...it's far better to cry "geezerism" than dealing with the unpleasant possibility that...I might be right. ha ha But you might have a point...staring at your phone all night while listening to watered-down "music" pioneered in the 80's is probably the best way to have fun...

For those who lack context, if you want an example of what a good club is, then does anybody remember the BamBoo ? Great music (Sattalites, Molly Johnson, the Shuffle Demons, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir...whoo hoo) great menu, great vibes...a genuine cultural asset to the city. Ironically...

Either you don't get out much, or have simply never been to Toronto? That's usually the description of Toronto I hear from your garden variety Toronto bashers from BC...who have never set foot in Toronto.:rolleyes: The only people these giant night clubs attract are obnoxious twenty year olds...

Sure we are....but judging their behaviour and taste just happens to be a completely separate debate from violating noise bylaws. :cool:

Well, I agree with the spirit of your sentiments, but you'd need to convince me that drunk, obnoxious twenty-somethings needing to disturb people a km away with their loud music is somehow critical to the progress of the city. Good luck.

How about what it used to be... 84% (on the highest income bracket) *Shifting taxes from capital to labour is reducing taxes on the rich and corporations *Personal income tax on the wealthy is way down *Corporate tax is way down (and corporate welfare is way up) *Reducing or eliminating tax...

Anybody have a clue as to what has happened to Slipstream? $2.5 million is a lot to flush down the toilet. But then again, CF has spent a lot more ruining the TEC, so this doesn't surprise me.