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We know what the agenda of the actual abolitionists of the time were, and that they didn't count Dundas among them.

Everyone seems focused on saying he was an abolitionist based entirely on one 1792 motion put before the HoC. It was indeed the House of Lords that kept full abolition from happening, but it is certainly not possible to say that Dundas was a man who really cared about abolishing slavery. The...

That didn't really answer the question I was posing.

First off, the square is run as a PPP, so the public doesn't necessarily have full say anyway. But how about we rename it when it's due for a refurbishment? Would changing the name be acceptable then, when all the signage/wayfinding/etc is due to be replaced anyway? Not much actual cost in...

And how does the city alone do that? Without spending any of "our tax money"?

The bylaw about amplified noise? And it's mostly about requiring a permit in the first place. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-installs-signs-at-yonge-dundas-square-warning-of-no-unpermitted-busking-1.6502807 "There are no fines for violations, however a court summons is issued if there is...

So years after that "gradual" motion, when he was Secretary-at-War when the British forces bought slaves to fight Napoleon, and when he was president of the board of the East India Company who were still using slaves after it was banned in England, how much of an abolitionist was he? Or when he...

1) We're still running on Tory's last annual screw-Toronto-over budget. 2) We were—up until recently–shovelling tonnes of city money into keeping the Gardiner from killing people. 3) We put up with a vastly over-inflated Police budget, meanwhile they do squat when it comes to traffic...

So, we should keep the name Dundas because of his association to supposedly ending slavery though he never set foot in the country, but we shouldn't use a slave word that represents remembering the past. Got it.

Yeah, don't trust Reddit. About 1 in 10 slaves were Akan, and the Sankofa is a symbol of reclamation. https://nmaahc.si.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/resources/kwanzaa_coloring_pages.pdf

As someone who used to frequent the place myself, I’d like to point out here that The Bovine actually has nothing to do with sex. It is/was a divey bar with cheap beer and great bands that attracts an alt/punk crowd. The name was a tongue-in-cheek play on the then-global trend in alt scenes...

It's only going to get worse. Electric batteries have dramatically increased the average curb weight of vehicles. The Hummer EV weighs a whopping 9,063 lbs (comically, it's literally heavier than its own 7,500lb towing capacity)! That's gasoline-powered cube van territory and (legally) makes it...

Naw, not my bag. Nostalgia is just a coping mechanism.

Yes, well, Boomers are also the generation that grew up during the biggest expansion of the highway system, the massive explosion of middle class car-dependent suburbia, cars as a middle-class necessity, the Great Recession of public transit (especially tram systems) and decades of movies...

Only in part because we've done squat to help them out in the first place. Hell, it's almost 2024 and we still don't have every subway station fully accessible. Micromobility vehicles like the Canta could do wonders here, but those rely on safer streets in general and a decent (ie; useful)...

Yeah, it's insane that a huge portion of adults in this country get to drive 6000lb SUVs at lethal speeds based entirely on a test they likely took when they were 16. Regular retesting and stricter penalties would solve a lot of our problems, regardless of the age of the driver.

Years of EAs and planning won’t happen before the next election.

We’ll, nothing’s likely to happen to the Gardiner before the next election, and I have a feeling Douggy’s gonna be taking a hike. At which point, a different government might view the Gardiner in a different light, especially if they have more lofty goals with regards to regional public...

So he pulled a Tory, huh?

Exactly. I know it’s anecdotal, but I can’t count the number of times I’ve been down the strip and just seen bored salespeople milling about and not much else. Hell, even years ago, I went into Tiffany’s to purchase a gift, and I was the only person in there for a good half hour. And I will...