afransen
Senior Member
I don't think the big tech companies need to be broken up necessarily. They should be forced to remove barriers to interoperability and stopped from abusing their market dominance (such as in-app payments).
Nor do I, but they certainly do need better (and more restrictive) regulation. Ideally, companies found to be problematic should be burdened with both a government and independent "fairness council" seat on the board of representatives. The council would be an odd-numbered group of private, part-time individuals with no immediate links to the company meant to offer an outside voice on privacy, acquisition and fair competition.I don't think the big tech companies need to be broken up necessarily. They should be forced to remove barriers to interoperability and stopped from abusing their market dominance (such as in-app payments).
Recommendations |
Councillor Ainslie recommends that: 1. The Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards report to the March 29, 2021 General Government and Licensing Committee meeting on the issue of how a business establishment such as Adamson Barbecue is permitted to operate without a business license. |
Summary |
In light of the establishments contravention of the Province of Ontario’s lockdown regulation under the Reopening Ontario Act (ROA), that prohibits indoor and outdoor dining it has been highlighted that the establishment was also operating without a business license. The City of Toronto supports business and is mandated to protect residents. As such there are regulations that all businesses must adhere to, including issued by the Toronto Public health Food safety program and other measures to ensure that business are operating safely and following regulations. It is important that the Executive Director to Municipal Licensing and Standards speaks on this issue to offer an explanation on how establishments can remain open without a business license. |
Not quite sure where this fits so I will put it here.
The City has just added 2022 projects to TOInView. https://map.toronto.ca/toinview/
They can save face by saying "we defunded the annual budget increase". Progress!The Toronto Police Operating Budget submission for 2021 is a flat-line; that is to say a 0% increase has been requested.
This may not please the defunding activists, but I see it as quite promising.
Yeah, I'm done.I was thinking that this whole time. Can these posts be moved yonder?
The budget is mostly status-quo, with some very minor investments in terms of access to the low-income TTC pass, and eliminating overdue library fines for children.
I like this Gord Perks quip on the budget:
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You know, I begrudgingly have to agree with him here.
Except, of course, it being Perks, he'd love to just shove his hand in my wallet and take the proceeds for whatever socialist lala-land thing he's come up with now and damn the consequences of me, a working man, being able to pay my own bills.
I really dislike the man.
In fact, the only thing I like about him is that he smokes. And you can read into that however you like.
Don't just shame the bad guy; get him to agree to your idea if you need his vote.
There's where Gord falls short to me.