evandyk
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But the cameras have been turned off for now due to the Canada Post strike, so Ford's cabinet has free rein to speed.
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DSCToronto
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Guilty verdicts in Bondfield hospital case renew scrutiny of Infrastructure Ontario
St. Michael’s Hospital redevelopment was among several projects that government agency awarded to now-defunct construction firm
www.theglobeandmail.com
Guilty verdicts in Bondfield hospital case renew scrutiny of Infrastructure Ontario
Indeed.... and there is a connection between Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx - whose record of NOT bringing projects in on time or on budget is legendary..
June 25 – Metrolinx has announced the appointment of Michael Lindsay as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1.
Michael has served as Metrolinx’s Interim President and CEO since December 16, 2024, providing steady leadership during a critical transition period.
The Board of Directors conducted an extensive global search to identify the ideal candidate to lead Metrolinx into its next phase of growth and transformation. Having demonstrated strong leadership, strategic vision, and an unwavering commitment to the organization’s mandate during his interim tenure, Michael was selected for the permanent role.
“We are thrilled to officially welcome Michael as our President and CEO,” said Don Wright, Chair of the Board. “His proven ability to inspire the team and drive progress during the interim period gives us great confidence in his leadership as we move forward.”
Before joining Metrolinx as Interim President and CEO, Michael was President and CEO of Infrastructure Ontario, where he worked closely with both public and private sectors to build, manage, finance and enhance the value of the province’s assets. With a track record of success and many years of service building infrastructure in Ontario, he is committed to advancing Ontario’s historic transit expansion program.
Interesting!
DSCToronto
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The man is amazing., Premier, Mayor of Toronto (and various other Cities) and now Security Guard. Wow!!
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Doug Ford says he threatened Home Depot shoplifter with ‘a beating’
The premier claimed he personally warned a shoplifter that he would "kick your ass all over the parking lot" if he tried to flee.
www.thestar.com
Doug Ford says he threatened Home Depot shoplifter with ‘a beating’
picard102
Senior Member
Okay, do it Doug. I'm sure they could use the money.
gabe
Senior Member
The man is amazing., Premier, Mayor of Toronto (and various other Cities) and now Security Guard. Wow!!
Doug Ford says he threatened Home Depot shoplifter with ‘a beating’
The premier claimed he personally warned a shoplifter that he would "kick your ass all over the parking lot" if he tried to flee.
Doug Ford says he threatened Home Depot shoplifter with ‘a beating’
Home Depot is rich. I feel bad for my local mom and pop convenience store. The owener's wife told me they are losing a lot of money to shoplifters. To the point they want to sell the store. They came to Canada from Uganda in 2003, took over the store in 2008. They have never seen theft this bad ever.
Just this past year. I witnessed a theft at Sport Check. Guys ran out with a bunch of coats and jersey's. And as i was going in to the LCBO in Summer HIll over the summer. Two Indian guys with duffel bags came out and ran into waiting Mercedes Benz that was stopped on Yonge Street and sped off nearly causing a crash. Security guard ran out but didn't seem to care. You can tell by his reaction, it happens all the time. LCBO is pretty easy to steal from.
2019 the LCBO lost 77 million to theft. That number is probably even higher today. Why doesn't Ford care about that ? That's our tax dollars being stolen.
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gabe
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Even apple farms are seeing a surge in theft...
toronto.citynews.ca
Ontario pick-your-own farms seeing surge in apple thefts this year
While some Ontario farms have seen hundreds of pounds of apples being stolen, other small businesses have had to beef up protections.
toronto.citynews.ca
Northern Light
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I regularly talk to staff and security (and management) in many stores.......
In a lower volume supermarket, they average 3 people caught per day, they estimate the actual losses to be in the range of 7x that number. So two people, per hour, exiting w/o having paid for some or all of their goods.
That's roughly double the average from 10 years ago.
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High volume locations catch more, but tend to have a higher multiple as well. So think, 4-5 people caught and a multiple of 8x so 32-40 people per day.
Its a very serious issue and is having a very real effect on prices too.
gabe
Senior Member
Just recently i was at a suburban Wild Wing waiting to get picked up. And i had to pay for my drink before the bartender handed it to me. She said it was the owners policy. Too many dine and dashers. This is the second or third time that's happened to me at a chain restaurant during the day in the past year. I get the downtown bars doing that at night. But i have never see restaurants in the suburbs do this during the day! Reminds of years ago going to Detroit. When sitting at a bar, you always had to pay first for food and drinks before they gave it you. They had a zero tab policy. Sadly it looks like it's happening here.
Richard White
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Towered
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Cost of living crisis to blame? Who are all these scofflaws? I've never known anyone who does this kind of thing.
Northern Light
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From what I can discern; (I haven't seen a study on this, so this is entirely conjecture on my part) its between 1/4 to 1/2 organized crime; addiction/mental health, and normalization of bad behavior, across all demographics, but slightly greater among those in great need.
Which is to say, yes, cost-of-living has some role.............but its not in the driver's seat.
It needs to be addressed, for sure.
But there are other things at work here.
Dan416
Senior Member
I'm ok with paying for things upfront, but when there's a tip involved, how do you know how much to tip before-the-fact? If I had to tip ahead of time, I would just do the standard 15%. I'm not doing the BS 18-20% they keep trying to push on us.
zang
Senior Member
Consider it another reason we should abolish tipping culture.
Dan416
Senior Member
Oh trust me I'm down for abolishing tip culture!
Mihairokov
Senior Member
In the aftermath of COVID there was a small movement amongst a small group that basically said it was fine to steal from corps like Loblaws because, loosely, they're stealing from us, too. Obviously this isn't me advocating for theft, but i'm going to feel less bad about thefts at Loblaws than at Joe's Convenience.
Like i've said recently when I was robbed, there's no penalty. Police have a video of you stealing? That's cool. It's not going to go very far. The rent-a-cops at stores don't have much if any authority.