“Toronto – Canada’s version of a Democrat run city”

There is no initiative at Toronto City Hall that better exemplifies how out of touch politicians and bureaucrats are with the priorities of regular folks, and just how wasteful they are with taxpayer money, than the ongoing saga of renaming Dundas Street. And the problem has only gotten worse, with costs ballooning and the targets for renaming expanding to include subway stations, libraries and public squares. All of which is supported by Mayor Olivia Chow.

When city staff first recommended renaming Dundas Street in the summer of 2021, they pegged the cost to the city at around $6 million . But the price tag has now more than doubled to almost $13 million.

The city’s coffers may be empty, and Mayor Olivia Chow may be begging the federal government for a bailout but that doesn’t mean we won’t spend millions to rename Dundas St.

Ontario will upload control of the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway from Toronto as part of a new deal to bail out the cash-strapped municipality, the Ford government has announced.

In exchange, the city will allow the province to take over the responsibility for Ontario Place, clearing the path for the Ford government’s controversial redevelopment of the crown lands.

The deal will also include money for transit and refugees, while the city will redouble its efforts to build housing and transit-oriented communities.

One commenter suggests the expressway plan will prevent Chow from imposing Tolls. Not sure about that.

No matter what we’ll still pay for it. h/t Ontario John

Speak up now, Toronto, if you want to avoid large tax hikes.

The last thing the city should be doing during the affordability crisis is taking more money out of peoples’ wallets. Yet. Mayor Olivia Chow is currently setting the stage for what could be a significant property tax increase.

Earlier this year, I drew attention to the little-known fact that the City of Toronto was giving out crack pipes, crystal meth kits, and other hard drug paraphernalia. I held a press conference during the mayor’s race, in which I was a candidate, to show the cameras the physical evidence of these drug kits.

There was no doubt they came from the city. Their kits actually had City of Toronto logos on them. We now have more information about the extent and costs associated with these kits thanks to a new freedom of information release.

Torontonians are less civically engaged, are more lonely, and are struggling more with mental health, according to a report that tracks the city’s quality of life.

The 2023 Vital Signs report, from the Toronto Foundation, released Wednesday, paints a picture of a city struggling with social isolation, and failing to rebound from trends that worsened during the pandemic.

However, it also aims to offer an optimistic look to the future, and serve as a call to action for Torontonians to work together to make the city a better place to live.

Toronto is no longer the “Toronto” of old.

It’s a city suffering from government sanctioned racial hostility, increasing poverty and ghettoization.

The city like our nation was sacrificed to mass immigration. It will not get better.

Corporate interests will continue to demand that the immigration floodgates be kept wide open. Our politicians will comply.

They do not care about your social, economic or physical well being.

“Looking out for your own best interests will see you labeled a threat and obviously a racist.”

Hamas supporters seem to like it though.

Bets they vote NDP and march to free Gaza!

The glut of office space up for grabs in Toronto just got bigger.

News that shared workspace giant WeWork is filing for protection from creditors comes at a time when the office rental market was already struggling with the work-from-home trend, a slumping economy, and a struggling technology industry, real estate analysts say.

“This will absolutely make it more difficult for building owners to lease out office space,” said veteran real estate analyst and consultant John Andrew. “This is a huge blow.”

Chowtown, get used to it.

Workers in the Greater Toronto Area must now earn $25.05 per hour to make a living wage, according to a new report, an increase of about $2 when compared with the year before and far above the minimum wage in the province.

The Ontario Living Wage Network published its annual report Monday, about a month after Ontario increased the minimum wage across the province to $16.55.

“The rising cost of living impacts those at the bottom of the wage spectrum the most,” the report reads.

I predict crime will increase dramatically over the next year and beyond. When a city becomes this unaffordable a callous tribal morality takes hold.

If a mayor fails spectacularly, but most of the media ignores it, did it really happen? That’s a valid question after the attempted overthrow of TTC boss Rick Leary that failed on Friday.

In a hastily called board meeting, one which two citizen members could not attend, TTC board chair Jamall Myers tried to remove Leary. The whole thing was orchestrated out of the office of Mayor Olivia Chow, even as her office denies she had anything to do with the meeting.