Richard White
Senior Member
None of their "cost-saving" measures thus far are going to be cheap. (Carbon credit reimbursement, cancelled contracts, Hydro One CEO dismissal).
They're like people who borrow money to gamble. I mean, their rationale for all these "cost-saving" exercises thus far has been non-existent. So, basically along the lines of: "Lend me some loot, I know I'm going to win".
I mean you heard the chief: "...will result in 500,000 less pieces of paper....I'm saving the environment. I'm saving trees." What? Well thought out isn't exactly what they're going for.
It is typical fordism, slash and burn until there is nothing left. Look how things played out in Toronto, it took 4 years to undo all the problems Rob Ford caused cutting staff etc.
The budget freezes he initiated caused a hiring freeze for Toronto Police along with various other issues for the TTC. As a result we have less police officers and more people with guns. As for the TTC they are just making due but the streetcar system is being held together by duct tape (literally).