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Banned
via Toronto Star
ALOK MUKHERJEE, chair of the Toronto Police Services Board says:
“I believe that Toronto would be an immeasurably better place to live, work and play if all of us ceased and desisted from constantly complaining.
Torontonians complaining is like one of those interminable afternoon TV serials in which the main story barely changes, even if one skipped watching for an entire year. Whenever I return from an overseas trip, whether after one week or a month, I find no change in one news item: Torontonians complaining.
The bicycle lanes are causing traffic havoc. The cops are making too much money. The politicians are awful. The city is becoming too dangerous. The TTC is useless. The St Clair streetcar renovation was a disaster. The businesses in Bloor West will have a tough time when work begins to improve that area. The unions are coddled too much. The immigrants are treated preferentially. The G20 summit will make life hell for those who live, work or attend school or child care in the vicinity of the summit.
The fact is that Toronto is a pretty fine city. The civic services run well. The public transit system is quite decent. The public schools, the public health department, the social, recreational, parks and library systems work reasonably well. The police keep the city incredibly safe. The city does not overtax residents and businesses.
What is needed is pride that we, collectively, have built a community that shares and cares.
But no. We complain so much that it has become pathological.
Have I complained enough?”
ALOK MUKHERJEE, chair of the Toronto Police Services Board says:
“I believe that Toronto would be an immeasurably better place to live, work and play if all of us ceased and desisted from constantly complaining.
Torontonians complaining is like one of those interminable afternoon TV serials in which the main story barely changes, even if one skipped watching for an entire year. Whenever I return from an overseas trip, whether after one week or a month, I find no change in one news item: Torontonians complaining.
The bicycle lanes are causing traffic havoc. The cops are making too much money. The politicians are awful. The city is becoming too dangerous. The TTC is useless. The St Clair streetcar renovation was a disaster. The businesses in Bloor West will have a tough time when work begins to improve that area. The unions are coddled too much. The immigrants are treated preferentially. The G20 summit will make life hell for those who live, work or attend school or child care in the vicinity of the summit.
The fact is that Toronto is a pretty fine city. The civic services run well. The public transit system is quite decent. The public schools, the public health department, the social, recreational, parks and library systems work reasonably well. The police keep the city incredibly safe. The city does not overtax residents and businesses.
What is needed is pride that we, collectively, have built a community that shares and cares.
But no. We complain so much that it has become pathological.
Have I complained enough?”