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Three former Toronto mayors move to halt renaming of Dundas Street over alleged slavery ties

In a letter addressed to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and city councillors, three former Toronto mayors are asking that the decision to rename Dundas Street over Henry Dundas’ alleged support for the transatlantic slave trade be reconsidered.

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The Chairman Chow Regime

A looming disaster …

Will Ford sign off on Toronto’s sales tax? Council will need to make the case for revenue tool

A major piece of Toronto’s new plan to address its long-term fiscal woes hinges on the cooperation of Doug Ford, as the city faces the daunting task of persuading the premier to support a municipal sales tax.

That tax is part of a slew of new “revenue tools” proposed by city staff as a way to address over $46.5 billion in financial pressure faced by Toronto over the next decade. The city’s financial problems have been mounting for years but were made worse by the pandemic as the shelter system strained under the pressure of increased demand and transit ridership — and revenues — hit rock bottom.

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Ontario launches review into drug consumption sites after staff member aided murderers escape

Ontario’s health ministry says it has launched a “critical incident review” of consumption and treatment services sites in the province following a daytime shooting that killed mother of two near a Toronto site in July.

In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said the review is starting with the South Riverdale Community Health Centre on Queen St. E., east of Carlaw Avenue.

BC pioneered safe injection sites in Canada…

Drug overdoses now the leading cause of death among B.C. youth ages 10 to 18, data show

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Toronto to explore municipal sales tax as part of plan to tackle ‘unprecedented financial crisis’

 

Toronto says it’s facing $46.5 billion in budget pressures over the next decade and wants the province to grant it permission to charge a sales tax within its borders as part of slew of measures to tackle the “unprecedented financial crisis.”

The recommendation to pursue a municipal sales tax was included in a sharply worded 192-page staff report released Thursday that paints a dire picture for the city’s fiscal future without significant new revenue tools and additional assistance from the province and Ottawa.

The report also details measures the city could quickly pursue under its own authority, such as progressively higher rates of land-transfer tax on homes that sell for more than $3 million and increasing the existing vacant homes tax from one to three per cent, both campaign pledges of Mayor Olivia Chow.

Chairman Chow The Racist: Opposition mounting to Dundas Street name change. Three former Toronto Mayors call for reconsideration

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Renaming Toronto’s Dundas Street: An ‘important first step’ or wasteful expense?

For some people, renaming Toronto’s Dundas Street is a necessary step to confront the history of a city built in part by individuals connected to the British Empire’s transatlantic slave trade.

Others say the estimated $8.6-million cost of renaming the 23-kilometre thoroughfare is a wasteful expense for a city facing a financial crisis, including a looming budget shortfall estimated at $1.5 billion.

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Taylor Swift’s Toronto concerts reveal bad World Cup deal for Toronto

We are big Taylor Swift fans, so when she announced that The Eras Tour is coming to Toronto for six shows at the Rogers Center, we started dancing like we’re 22.

We are also big fans of analyzing everything at Toronto City Council. So we did the math, and the economic impact from Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour in Toronto will be significantly larger than what’s anticipated from the hosting five FIFA World Cup matches in 2026.

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Toronto has a crystal meth problem. Overshadowed by the opioid crisis, here’s why it’s going unchecked

 

Tomas Mirabelli knows the symptoms of crystal meth when he sees them: a person on transit or along a city sidewalk behaving erratically, talking in circles or lashing out at a passerby.

These days, Mirabelli, a drop-in coordinator with St. Stephen’s Community House in Kensington Market, is seeing the signs more than ever.

The synthetic stimulant is booming citywide; police have seized increasing amounts off the streets, and amphetamine-related cases at Toronto’s largest mental health hospital have soared, driven predominantly by meth use.

I just do not see anything getting “better” in Toronto.

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Toronto is facing a crushing housing shortage. Here’s how a new city committee plans to tackle it

The committee, with Coun. Gord Perks as chair and former chair and city planner Coun. Brad Bradford as vice-chair, is tasked with delivering on Chow’s campaign promise of building 25,000 rent-controlled homes over the next eight years.

And while it may be a lofty goal to get shovels in the ground within the next three year’s of Chow’s term, Perks says the city has no choice but to deliver if it wants to get ahead of the housing shortage.

Just what Toronto needs – great swaths of run down crime ridden social housing.

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Daughter says her father was ‘left for dead’ after violent protest at Eritrean festival in Toronto

The daughter of a man seriously injured in a protest during a weekend Eritrean festival says she believes the people responsible for the violence were “rewarded” after the City of Toronto revoked their permit.

Danait Mehreteab told CTV News Toronto that her 60-year-old father was helping set up for the festival and was passing out volunteer T-shirts when a group of protesters “descended upon” Earlscourt Park, near Caledonia Road and St. Clair Avenue West on Saturday.

UPDATE- Two opposing groups hold demonstrations at Toronto hotel where Eritrean party is being held

Tensions were high outside a downtown Toronto hotel Sunday as two opposing demonstrations were held ahead of a contentious Eritrean party, with one group condemning the event and the other voicing their support.

Hundreds of police officers, including members of the mounted unit, were deployed in the vicinity of the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, where dozens of protesters from the two groups had gathered.

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The Apartheid City of Toronto!

Park permit revoked for Toronto Eritrean festival after violent protest leaves 9 injured

The City of Toronto has revoked the park permit for a weekend Eritrean festival after a protest turned violent, leaving nine people with injuries.

The protest started up shortly before 10 a.m. on Saturday at Earlscourt Park, near Caledonia Road and St. Clair Avenue West.

According to festivalgoers, a large crowd of people started gathering in the area and were chanting.

And It’s Caribana Time!

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Racially vengeful Chow backs Dundas Street renaming, even as councillor in favour says ‘we can’t afford it’ and no evidence exists for Dundas slavery smear

Mayor Olivia Chow is standing by a plan to rename Dundas Street, even as one councillor who voted in favour of the project claims there’s no money for it.

Chow’s office confirmed last week she supports council’s 2021 decision to find a new designation for the major thoroughfare, which was named after an 18th-century Scottish politician who some historians blame for delaying the abolition of the slave trade.

Critics counter there’s no clear evidence Henry Dundas was responsible for prolonging the slave trade, and that the resources required to remove his name from the 23-kilometre street would be better spent on other priorities. The city’s most recent estimate for the project is $8.6 million.

Chow is just a race baiting commie.

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