We need a national transportation plan, and dedicated operating funds from all levels of government. Maybe then we'd get high-speed transit to Montreal. When I went to Paris I was astounded by how seamless transit is there. A trip to Fontainebleau, and we only had to buy tickets from one agency for local transit in Paris, transit to Fontainebleau, and local transit in Fontainebleau. If I were to travel from Toronto to Orangeville (a similar distance), I'd need to buy tickets from three different agencies, none of whom cooperate with each other in any meaningful way. It's insane how little attention we've paid to general mobility of the non-driving populace here.
Yep, that's what the provincial
Move plans are all about, bringing local, municipal, and regional together. The problem is transit as a political chip, to be played in hopes of votes, instead of doing the job.
As well, I think we truly need to get rid of the city names from all official Toronto documentation. No more Scarborough, Etobicoke, North York, York, etc. Wards should be named after local neighbourhoods *only*. We are one city of little neighbourhoods, we should start acting like it.
Agreed. I blame Canada Post for causing the biggest problem by still promoting the use of former City/borough names when addressing mail; what are postal codes for?
I think the Harris cuts did more than anything else to polarize the former cities against one another. The amalgamation had little to do with it (as all former cities had pretty much the same services and taxes anyhow). The cuts that were packaged along made people feel the amalgamation was a failure and the problem was Harris cutting funding to the TTC, downloading provincial roadways and services to municipalities, etc. The negativity then focused on the area with the most prosperity: "downtown". Whether Mike Harris was a political genius, or a self-serving a-hole, time will tell.
Cons attempting to increase division of residents, and gain more Con seats in Toronto municipal elections. The problem we face no matter what is not having the proper structure at a municipal level, such as local by-laws. This also still promotes the former municipal lines.
Harris was not a political genius, just someone who had a plan to consolidate power for his party, and failed. Downloading to "balance" the books, he codified resistance to his desires.
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Anyway, the writing was on the wall about a MPP run for Dougie, he, and by extension, Robbie's professional/personal career, has sullied Dougie's reputation as a "businessman" that is stable and responsible. Case in point, Dougie, in one breath, states how close his family is, especially with his Robbie, and then attempts to use "deniable plausibility".
Robbie's an addict, just like Kathy, but only Kathy admits Robbie has a problem. Being an apologist, and contradicted on a constant basis does not promote stability.
Would anyone in their right mind, other than family, offer any of the Fords a job?