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This is the latest on the CP24 online 'poll'. I think there are no controls on multi-'voting' so it is not worth the paper it's (not) printed on but ..
From Blog TO. https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/06/toronto-mayoral-candidate-chris-sky-arrested/
Perhaps the most divisive of the 100+ candidates running for mayor of Toronto this month was apparently arrested this morning, at least according to his own accounts on social media, which cite a "personal direct attack" against him from the "deep state."
Chris Saccoccia, the famed disruptive COVID denier conspiracy theorist also known as Chris Sky, tweeted one of his characteristic selfie-facing videos on Monday afternoon saying that he was being forced to turn himself in to be arrested for the 27th time and charged for the 73rd time.
He is, of course, using the situation as a PR stunt to encourage people to vote for him, posting additional videos as he drove to and arrived at Toronto Police Service's 53rd Division around 5:15 a.m. today.
I think Rob Davis will pick up a few thousand votes just on the bike lane issue.Something I find interesting is how some of those lower-tier candidates that were once spoken of in terms of potential "viability" or at least "profile" have fallen *completely* off radar--Perruzza, Mammo, CCC, Rob Davis, Frank D'Angelo etc...
And hate to say it, but Gong could wind up doing better than any of them.
Something I find interesting is how some of those lower-tier candidates that were once spoken of in terms of potential "viability" or at least "profile" have fallen *completely* off radar--Perruzza, Mammo, CCC, Rob Davis, Frank D'Angelo etc...
And hate to say it, but Gong could wind up doing better than any of them.
He *could*; but I think a lot of that vote's likelier to be herded into the Saunders/Furey camp at this point.I think Rob Davis will pick up a few thousand votes just on the bike lane issue.
This is the latest on the CP24 online 'poll'. I think there are no controls on multi-'voting' so it is not worth the paper it's (not) printed on but ..
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I really do not understand the results of this survey.
How exactly is the city supposed to make housing more affordable ? I highly doubt the folks filling out this poll are ones that are qualifying for any form of subsidized housing. So given this, again, what is the city supposed to do that is in their power ? In fact maybe they're already doing it ? I'm fairly sure many 905 communities have higher average house prices at this point, a lot of this is because "undesirable" (for lack of a better word) areas of Toronto tend to have a much lower housing costs which drags the overall average down. Make it easier to build condos ? There's really no evidence this has been able to reduce costs.
You probably should ask for an increase in crime as that'll likely make the suburbs more desirable and drive down prices further.
First, I won't want to defend a nonsense survey...........but.....
The City certainly does have options.........like Vienna it can be build housing itself.
It can also choose to rent at non-profit or even a loss.......... which would obviously put pressure on private landlords, if the units were built in sufficient numbers.
Its expensive, it would not be 'free'........but it can be done.
There are other options as well, but I think the point here is identifying voter concerns.........
Like when you identify healthcare as a concern, you don't expect the premier to be your doctor, or personally recruit or pay for same.
But the province does have options to reduce wait times.
If you include debt repayment (aka a mortgage, whether it's a city/province or end-user, this is typically a factor) and operating costs (e.g. condo fees ... really maintenance, both short and longer term) I suspect many people are just "breaking-even" who rent properties - what I mean is I challenge the notion that "no-profit" rents would be substantially cheaper if cheaper at all given building costs ... so really this would need to be subsided and we already have a scheme for that being the TCHC, so you seem to be arguing to expand this significantly. I actually have no problem with that at all, but it should not be something the city of Toronto needs to bear alone, it should be funded from the rest of the GTA, the province, and federally ... but I see no appetite for this at those levels ...It can also choose to rent at non-profit or even a loss.......... which would obviously put pressure on private landlords, if the units were built in sufficient numbers.
If you include debt repayment (aka a mortgage, whether it's a city/province or end-user, this is typically a factor) and operating costs (e.g. condo fees ... really maintenance, both short and longer term) I suspect many people are just "breaking-even" who rent properties - what I mean is I challenge the notion that "no-profit" rents would be substantially cheaper if cheaper at all given building costs
... so really this would need to be subsided and we already have a scheme for that being the TCHC, so you seem to be arguing to expand this significantly.
I actually have no problem with that at all, but it should not be something the city of Toronto needs to bear alone, it should be funded from the rest of the GTA, the province, and federally ... but I see no appetite for this at those levels ...
A FB media push by Bradford:
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Really? 1/2 the lighting is turned out..........and there are no passengers.........uh huh.......