lenaitch
Senior Member
My admittedly anecdotal experience (friends and family, not me) is that they will move heaven and earth to get you back from the US due to the vast differences in costs.
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My admittedly anecdotal experience (friends and family, not me) is that they will move heaven and earth to get you back from the US due to the vast differences in costs.
Their goal is to get you back, but they aren’t always logical about it.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
From the Globe:
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www.theglobeandmail.com
But "nothing to see here".
AoD
Ontario paid $40,000 for search that led to hiring of Premier Doug Ford’s friend Ron Taverner
Records released under Freedom of Information Act offer first glimpse of government spending on recruitment process later deemed ‘flawed’ by Ontario Integrity Commissioner
www.theglobeandmail.com
But "nothing to see here".
AoD
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Nope, it's behind a paywall and posting full copyrighted articles is fairly verboten.
AoD
Videodrome
Senior Member
Ontario government may ditch blue box program after report finds 30% goes in trash | Globalnews.ca
Ontario is considering the value of the province’s blue box recycling program after a report was delivered to the government with some significant findings.
globalnews.ca
I expect another backtrack.
Ontario government to partly fund dialysis for travellers after program cancellation outcry | Globalnews.ca
The government announced earlier this year that it was ending the insurance program, saying it didn't provide value to taxpayers and provided only limited coverage.
globalnews.ca
Oh look, backtracking!
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Northern Light
Superstar
Ok, colour me amused.
The Premier made it out to Niagara today.....to proudly announce new infrastructure dollars for the area.
The bulk of which will support transit, and the shift to regional transit with a new bus maintenance facility, and money to buy more buses.
But the other big thing is road reconstruction in the hamlet of Fonthill.
Here's the thing....its being upgraded to add bike lanes, sidewalks and street lights.
So, to review the Tories are actually spending some money wisely.......to foster things they hate, that will gentrify and urbanize the area, make it less likely to vote Conservative in the future.....
I'll take it.
The Premier made it out to Niagara today.....to proudly announce new infrastructure dollars for the area.
The bulk of which will support transit, and the shift to regional transit with a new bus maintenance facility, and money to buy more buses.
But the other big thing is road reconstruction in the hamlet of Fonthill.
Here's the thing....its being upgraded to add bike lanes, sidewalks and street lights.
So, to review the Tories are actually spending some money wisely.......to foster things they hate, that will gentrify and urbanize the area, make it less likely to vote Conservative in the future.....
I'll take it.
lenaitch
Senior Member
Ontario government may ditch blue box program after report finds 30% goes in trash | Globalnews.ca
Ontario is considering the value of the province’s blue box recycling program after a report was delivered to the government with some significant findings.
globalnews.ca
Six weeks of research! In some areas of government it takes that long to get your phone and email set up.
Actually, I do agree that a lack of province-wide standards is a problem and if they can solve that then good. Many smaller municipalities have only the most basic of programs and if you live in an area where you have to take your own waste to the landfill/transfer site, many simply don't bother. I live in a municipality that is above the provincial average in grey and blue box recycling. One of the problems is that most programs are only residential and do not include commercial/retail, and some do not include multi-residential dwellings. I would hate to see the program simply abandoned.
I have often heard that we should put the responsibility back to the producer. How do you do this? How do you enforce it on an off-shore manufacturer or supplier, especially if it bought online.
Northern Light
Superstar
Ontario government may ditch blue box program after report finds 30% goes in trash | Globalnews.ca
Ontario is considering the value of the province’s blue box recycling program after a report was delivered to the government with some significant findings.
Six weeks of research! In some areas of government it takes that long to get your phone and email set up.
Actually, I do agree that a lack of province-wide standards is a problem and if they can solve that then good. Many smaller municipalities have only the most basic of programs and if you live in an area where you have to take your own waste to the landfill/transfer site, many simply don't bother. I live in a municipality that is above the provincial average in grey and blue box recycling. One of the problems is that most programs are only residential and do not include commercial/retail, and some do not include multi-residential dwellings. I would hate to see the program simply abandoned.
I have often heard that we should put the responsibility back to the producer. How do you do this? How do you enforce it on an off-shore manufacturer or supplier, especially if it bought online.
For a thorough discussion of extended producer responsibility, see this report:
Also note that the entire E-U. bloc must have extended producer responsibility in place by 2024.
At at today, I believe this is in place in 4 countries, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
Searching out how those four work in more detail would provide answers.
The system in Ontario is certainly suboptimal and cumbersome.
I'm honestly not sure which model we should be adopting but the current one isn't worth keeping as it is today.
tiffer24
Senior Member
"It's not my fault..."
Premier Doug Ford is discounting public-opinion polls suggesting he is unpopular because some of those surveys appear in the Toronto Star.
http://torstar.co/2o7250vsjil
Premier Doug Ford is discounting public-opinion polls suggesting he is unpopular because some of those surveys appear in the Toronto Star.
http://torstar.co/2o7250vsjil
tiffer24
Senior Member
Premier Doug Ford latest fundraising appeal: "You should pitch in $2 to make sure we are ready for the next election. Because if you think Drive Clean was bad, you don’t want to know what these guys will come up with next." (Drive Clean was created by an Ontario PC Party government.)
Videodrome
Senior Member
Premier Ford says violent mental health patients should be 'dealt with in jail'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has “no sympathy” for violent offenders whose mental health prevents them from being held criminally responsible, saying the public would be better protected if those patients were “dealt with in jail.”
toronto.ctvnews.ca
Just Doug being Doug.
Thinker
Active Member
Premier Ford says violent mental health patients should be 'dealt with in jail'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has “no sympathy” for violent offenders whose mental health prevents them from being held criminally responsible, saying the public would be better protected if those patients were “dealt with in jail.”toronto.ctvnews.ca
Just Doug being Doug.
Borish and uneducate Doug, but hey, this from the man whose sibling are (were) addicts and have violent and non violent criminal records - all of that don't count. It makes me wonder what he means with "Dealing with people in Jail"
BurlOak
Senior Member
Moved from the John Tory thread.
There were several points made about my data.
This all started with Mike Harris, and I'd say it is easily arguable that he was the best Ontario Premier in the past 30 years - admittedly, not the greatest crop of characters when compared to the past 100 years.
First, I don't care if some person named Hanlon is bearded or clean shaven.
There were several points made about my data.
- What is the best measure to use. This can be debated forever. Jobs data ,GDP, Debt, Wage Growth, etc. I have no problem with your choice here.
- Impartiality. Both of our samples are equal - there is no biased in choosing different sets of data to the benefit or detriment of a specific leader.
- Accuracy. My data was to a specific date, rounded to the nearest month. Your data, with the 5 year rolling average, makes it more difficult to isolate a specific leaders data, especially if they were around for a shorter period of time.
- Consider economic conditions at the time. My data compares Ontario to its neighbours within the same economic times. Your data compares leaders data from one era to another. Considering that global economic conditions must be considered, your data makes no such provisions.
- Measure truly looks at Ontario influenced data. Similar to above, my data compares Ontario to neighbours, yours does not. Do other provinces graphs look identical? Is this related to federal policy and all provinces follow the same trend.? My data appear far superior by this measure.
This all started with Mike Harris, and I'd say it is easily arguable that he was the best Ontario Premier in the past 30 years - admittedly, not the greatest crop of characters when compared to the past 100 years.
Northern Light
Superstar
As reviewed, by multiple people, in multiple threads; you incorrectly draw a conclusion and then seek data to support it.
You're supposed to assess data, then draw a conclusion.
You have selected data sets which factually and logically make no sense.
You have not accounted for secular factors ranging from federal policy to demographics, to the time of year, to the economic cycle.
You can move your poorly thought out and unsubstantiated ideas to as many different threads as you wish; it will not improve their quality any.
zang
Senior Member
"Best" is not an objective measurement. It is a subjective opinion, of which you are trying to use a single, biased statistic to support the whole while claiming you're being objective. It boggles my mind that you can't seem to recognize the flaw here.