[Carlodangez]

I know of someone that bought a house near Sheppard, hoping that there would be a subway nearby in the not too distant future. Little did they know the project was on the Bruno Caboclo timeline. Hopefully this will change.

 

[asher__jo]

yes. its like singing the national anthem at the sports event. a cringeworthy political theatre for sure.

Or maybe it’s a first incredibly small step to acknowledging that we took indigenous peoples lands. It’s the bare minimum, but it’s something.

 

[picard102]

Or maybe it’s a first incredibly small step to acknowledging that we took indigenous peoples lands. It’s the bare minimum, but it’s something.

Pretty sure we purchased the land most of Toronto occupies, not took.

 

[Dan416]

Pretty sure we purchased the land most of Toronto occupies, not took.

Although did we pay fair market value for it, even at the time?

 

[picard102]

Although did we pay fair market value for it, even at the time?

Yes. Even if we didn't, that's not theft.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

Yes. Even if we didn't, that's not theft.

You’re clearly showing you know nothing about the Toronto purchase.

 

[MrGoose]

Or maybe it’s a first incredibly small step to acknowledging that we took indigenous peoples lands. It’s the bare minimum, but it’s something.

So? They took the land from other peoples through conquest and genocide. The Mississauga peoples who we took the land from, took the land from the Iroquois peoples who took the land from the Huron-Wendat peoples.

We know this because it happened while Europeans were around to write about it so this land has been conquered and lost countless times in the 10000+ years since the ancestors of Amerindians first crossed into the Americas.

Ultimately you are trying to assign ownership of this land to the last people to have conquered the land before Europeans conquered it.

 

[picard102]

You’re clearly showing you know nothing about the Toronto purchase.

The land Toronto is on has been paid for. Period.

This is way off topic at this point however.

 

[BB ON]

On the northbound approach to Sheppard West, there appears to be a knockout section and a tunnel bellmouth. Was this for a future Sheppard subway connection?

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[EnviroTO]

No meaningful efforts to plan for a wye made during the construction of Sheppard West (then Downsview) station.

 

[T3G]

Why would you need a wye? The trains are double ended, just change cabs.

 

[Richard White]

Why would you need a wye? The trains are double ended, just change cabs.

A Wye would connect Sheppard with Line 1

 

[cplchanb]

On the northbound approach to Sheppard West, there appears to be a knockout section and a tunnel bellmouth. Was this for a future Sheppard subway connection?



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iirc SW wasnt going to be a terminus station and wouldve continued and made the turn east towards yonge had it been continued.

 

[turini2]

On the northbound approach to Sheppard West, there appears to be a knockout section and a tunnel bellmouth. Was this for a future Sheppard subway connection?

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You can see the track layout here. The area to the right of the northbound track is most likely for ventilation.

 

[steviej1]

Today is another consultation. I didn't go to the first one, but I plan on going today, and advocating for a subway. I'd encourage others in this forum to do the same.