Toronto police union calls on Olivia Chow to offer public support after rash of violence against officers

Toronto’s police union has criticized Mayor Olivia Chow for her lack of public support after a rash of recent violence against law enforcement officials.

The Toronto Police Association (TPA), which represents nearly 8,000 uniform and civilian members of the Toronto Police Service, issued a statement calling on the newly elected mayor to publicly acknowledge the incidents.

“In the last five days, we have had a police officer struck and injured by a stolen car, officers shot at, and a police dog killed in the line of duty. Will Mayor Chow offer any words of condolence or support for our members?” the TPA said in a tweet issued Thursday.

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Driver seen mounting sidewalk before driving along bike lane downtown in road rage video

I drove through that intersection around 5 or so. The Gardner was closed westbound due to an accident so I scooted north to Dundas. Queen west was ludicrous as was King. While Bloor was OK I see the city has escalated its war on the car by essentuially turning it into a two lane street. No wonder people are going off the rails.

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A Toronto ferry tale with no ending. Electric-powered replacements for aging islands fleet delayed … again

Cue summer heat, families lining up with coolers and kids in wagons to catch a ferry to the Toronto Islands.

Cue the grumbling on social media, accompanied by pictures of a jam-packed Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, and a string of humanity snaking from the ticket booths to Queens Quay W., under a scorching sun.

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Olivia Chow asks Toronto residents to open homes to refugees

Toronto is asking residents to open up their homes and offer available rental units to asylum seekers as more than 200 people remain temporarily sheltered at two North York churches.

The city added 250 additional shelter spaces within the last week, through hotels and an existing emergency shelter, but these spaces are already full.


One of the first things predicted to happen after Chow was elected was the escalation of the homeless crisis and the commencement of unending demands for more and more funding that somehow never solves the “crisis.”

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‘The City of Toronto is broke’: Olivia Chow calls for federal help as shelter spaces for asylum seekers fill up

Hundreds of shelter beds city council opened up to temporarily house refugee claimants less than two weeks ago are already full, and the cash-strapped municipality has nowhere to put asylum seekers sleeping in crowded conditions at two local churches, according to Mayor Olivia Chow.

Chow made the remarks Friday after touring the Revivaltime Tabernacle Church in North York, where for more than a week more than 100 asylum seekers have been living in close quarters.


The idiots who voted for Trudeau and the idiots who voted for Chow are the same idiots.

That’s why Toronto is rapidly becoming a progressive shithole.

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Ottawa can’t wash its hands of Toronto’s refugee crisis

Here’s a short list of things that Ottawa spends money on but has no constitutional responsibility for: health care, child care, new fridges for big grocery companies, and Gen Y tech consultants for small businesses.

Not on that list, however, is full-fledged support to pay for the rapidly mounting costs of immigration – borders and immigration being, when last we checked, within the ambit of the federal government.

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Murder suspect allegedly killed Toronto police dog and was shot by officer while fleeing arrest: SIU

Bingo was his name

New video has surfaced showing the search for a suspect wanted for second-degree murder in a backyard in Etobicoke moments before he allegedly killed a Toronto police dog on Tuesday night.

The short video obtained by CTV News Toronto shows three officers and a police dog arriving in a backyard. They begin to search the vicinity, with the canine sniffing the area near a dog house.

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Freeland shoots down Olivia Chow’s demand for more money, saying Toronto should not be crying poor

OTTAWA — The federal government has bluntly rebuffed new Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow’s call for more money.

Chrystia Freeland, the deputy prime minister and finance minister, fired off a letter Monday morning to Chow’s office after the mayor and Premier Doug Ford demanded that Ottawa foot the bill to resolve a crisis in refugee housing.

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LEVY: Politicians and activists are expanding the homeless industry

Encampments full of drug-addicted residents have returned to one problem Toronto park, which was the subject of two eviction attempts during the Covid pandemic, one of which resulted in violence and several arrests.

Lamport Stadium Park, which is in Toronto’s trendy Distillery District, is now home to at least 30 tents and an equal number of seemingly drug-addicted and abusive residents.

It’s Big Business.

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Toronto to open hotel rooms for 150 asylum seekers amid shelter shortages

Toronto is opening up hotel rooms for 150 asylum seekers who have been sleeping outside for the past several weeks after the city received a pledge for $97-million from the federal government, but Mayor Olivia Chow said more support is needed to respond to the growing demand.

City council unanimously approved a plan Wednesday, brought forward by Ms. Chow, to address the growing demand for shelter from refugee claimants arriving in Toronto. The measures approved by council include spending $6.67-million this year on a rent benefit program for low-income households that will be matched by the provincial government.

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