Mayor Olivia Chow's Toronto

[picard102]

Zionists are calling Chow to resign for daring to acknowledge the genocide happening in Palestine.

'Genocide in Gaza': Jewish groups call for Olivia Chow to apologize, resign for anti-Israel remarks

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Richard Robertson, B’nai Brith’s director of research and advocacy, called for Chow to retract her words and apologize and said the group is “exploring every option available to us to ensure that she is held accountable.”

Meanwhile in my neighborhood someone wearing a shirt with the logo of the Israeli terrorist organization Kach tried to throw acid on protestors.

Toronto woman charged after allegedly producing bottle with 'suspected hazardous chemical' during demonstration

Toronto police officers didn't release much information, but said the incident happened during a demonstration Sunday afternoon.

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[txlseries4]

Zionists are calling Chow to resign for daring to acknowledge the genocide happening in Palestine.

'Genocide in Gaza': Jewish groups call for Olivia Chow to apologize, resign for anti-Israel remarks

unpublished.ca

Meanwhile in my neighborhood someone wearing a shirt with the logo of the Israeli terrorist organization Kach tried to throw acid on protestors.

Toronto woman charged after allegedly producing bottle with 'suspected hazardous chemical' during demonstration

Toronto police officers didn't release much information, but said the incident happened during a demonstration Sunday afternoon.

toronto.citynews.ca

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Good lord what a thankless job being Mayor (or councillor) is these days in Toronto. For both the mayor and my local councillor, nearly all social media post for the past year are full of accusations about forgetting about either Gaza or Israel, or some borderline insane opinion completely unrelated to the post. I honestly find it surprising the comments haven’t just been disabled at this point.

 

[gabe]

What a gong show! Maybe some of that police budget money could be used in training?

A police officer forgets to put his car in park so the car rolls and runs over the suspect's legs! Then he jumps in the car and presses gas running over the suspect again along with a fellow police officer!

After the suspect was tased, they were clearly not a threat, there was no need for the cop behind the wheel to jump out, when three other officers were right there.

Toronto police cruiser ‘inadvertently’ rolls onto tasered suspect, officer - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

A video circulating online appears to show an officer pointing a taser at a suspect in a parking lot near a Tim Hortons before firing it, as the suspect falls to the ground.

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[zang]

After the suspect was tased, they were clearly not a threat, there was no need for the cop behind the wheel to jump out, when three other officers were right there.

I’ve seen six cruisers show up for an unarmed person in mental distress.

Nuance and a light hand aren’t synonymous with Toronto Police Services.

 

[afransen]

What a gong show! Maybe some of that police budget money could be used in training?

A police officer forgets to put his car in park so the car rolls and runs over the suspect's legs! Then he jumps in the car and presses gas running over the suspect again along with a fellow police officer!

After the suspect was tased, they were clearly not a threat, there was no need for the cop behind the wheel to jump out, when three other officers were right there.

Toronto police cruiser ‘inadvertently’ rolls onto tasered suspect, officer - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

A video circulating online appears to show an officer pointing a taser at a suspect in a parking lot near a Tim Hortons before firing it, as the suspect falls to the ground.

globalnews.ca

Shouldn't a 'near miss' like this be grounds for a review of procedures and training? That person was very nearly killed or grievously wounded due to wreckless behaviour by an officer.

 

[afransen]

Good lord what a thankless job being Mayor (or councillor) is these days in Toronto. For both the mayor and my local councillor, nearly all social media post for the past year are full of accusations about forgetting about either Gaza or Israel, or some borderline insane opinion completely unrelated to the post. I honestly find it surprising the comments haven’t just been disabled at this point.

I think we need a ban on engagement with the Israel/Palestine issue at the municipal level. Toronto does not have constitutional authority to engage in foreign affairs, and the never-ending psychodrama of the middle east detracts attention from matters that are the purview of the city. It would be great if we didn't let that conflict poison everything.

 

[picard102]

I think we need a ban on engagement with the Israel/Palestine issue at the municipal level. Toronto does not have constitutional authority to engage in foreign affairs, and the never-ending psychodrama of the middle east detracts attention from matters that are the purview of the city. It would be great if we didn't let that conflict poison everything.

I don't know how Pasternak would ever be re-elected if he wasn't able to spread FUD about Palestinians existing in Toronto and write letters to everyone pushing for bans of individuals and groups.

 

[DSCToronto]

World's 100 Best Cities - 2026 TORONTO #17 https://www.worldsbestcities.com/rankings/worlds-best-cities/ Top Rated in Canada.

Toronto’s magnetism starts with its brainpower: the University of Toronto, York and Toronto Metropolitan (all combing for a #11 global University ranking) anchor one of North America’s most educated metros. In fact, Toronto boasts the fourth most educated population on the planet. They feed centuries-old companies and a humming start-up scene – momentum that keeps the city among the planet’s most coveted for immigrants, resulting in a populace where the majority of residents were born outside of Canada. You feel the growth in the skyline: more than 150 tower cranes, a renovated Massey Hall, Renzo Piano’s Ontario Court of Justice and Love Park’s heart-shaped pond – all catnip for Instagram, where Toronto consistently ranks among the most-posted cities (#13) and firmly atop Google Trends (#18). On the city’s long-neglected Lake Ontario waterfront, the billion-dollar Port Lands Flood Protection has rerouted the Don River into a new 0.8-mile channel and opened the first 49 acres of Biidaasige Park, with another 15 acres coming online through 2028, cementing Toronto’s impressive #21-ranked Nature & Parks. Big stages are next. BMO Field’s expansion to host FIFA World Cup 2026 matches is underway, and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre pipeline is strengthening citywide events.

Top 10 are

The Top 10 World’s Best Cities for 2026 are:

1. London
2. New York
3. Paris
4. Tokyo
5. Madrid
6. Singapore
7. Rome
8. Dubai
9. Berlin
10. Barcelona

 

[zang]

World's 100 Best Cities - 2026 TORONTO #17 https://www.worldsbestcities.com/rankings/worlds-best-cities/ Top Rated in Canada.

I've always taken that site to be nothing but clickbait. If you live in a city that odds are someone outside of your country has heard of once or twice, you're likely to be on there and you can feel loved while patting yourself on the back.

That Orlando with a nearly 15% poverty rate ranks higher than Seattle is laughable.

 

[evandyk]

It's a stupid ranking. But the reality is that other than the cost of housing, Toronto is a fantastic city to live in. We have pretty much everything. So if you secured your housing more than 5-10 years ago and it's affordable for you, it's definitely a top tier city.

If you're just moving to the city at median wages for a new grad and looking at the cost to rent an apartment, it doesn't look so great all of a sudden. The cost of places like London, Paris, NY, Tokyo, but we're not in that tier.

 

[txlseries4]

Given Bradford's crusade to fight against the supposed out of control crime in Gotham Toronto, thought would be fun to juxtapose that notion against the year-to-date Major Crime Indicators from TPS

 

[Mihairokov]

Interesting to see how much auto thefts have returned to "normal". Saw some chatter about how the spike was largely due to some specific models of cars which were incredibly easy to get into.

 

[afransen]

Interesting to see how much auto thefts have returned to "normal". Saw some chatter about how the spike was largely due to some specific models of cars which were incredibly easy to get into.

I think part of it was laxity on the industrial-scale export operation through the port of Montreal to places like West Africa. There have been some major busts this year, so perhaps those networks are starting to get disrupted. Absent a huge lucrative export market, I don't think auto theft is that appealing for organized crime.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

The population of Toronto in 2020 was about 2,819,723. In 2024, it was 2,909,670. One would expect with an increase in population, there would be an increase in crime, but crime overall is down.

What is actually happening is that crime is now increasing in the 905.

 

[EBT]

This actually happened last week in Toronto. An IDF soldier violently assaulted peaceful pro-Palestine supporters at a TMU event, as seen in the video below. The IDF soldier named Jonathan Karten put his fist through a glass window to reach protesters in another room, cutting his forearm in the process.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1987163379992076313

And how did Toronto media report on this event? I will tell you! They reported that the exact OPPOSITE had happened. The media reported that the pro-Palestine protesters "forced their way into the event venue and broke windows.

The Toronto Sun called it Toronto's "Kristallnacht"

WARMINGTON: Toronto had its own Kristallnacht incident and political leaders don't care​

But Toronto Police did make five arrests, but we have so far heard nothing from Mark Carney, Doug Ford or Olivia Chow

https://torontosun.com/news/local-n...acht-incident-and-political-leaders-dont-care

The Toronto Star was not much better. According to the Star, which spoke to event organizers, it was the pro-Palestine supporters who broke the window and were responsible for all the mayhem.

https://archive.ph/wFjFg

Toronto Police released the names of the 5 persons arrested. The IDF soldier Jonathan Karten's name was not on that list. Karten lives in New York, so if Toronto police are inclined to arrest him for multiple violent assaults caught on camera, they need to start extradition proceedings. Something tells me that they are not interested in bringing this violent criminal to justice.

Thank goodness we no longer have to rely on "mainstream media" to tell us the truth. We can find the truth ourselves online. We can see with our own eyes what actually happened.

EDIT: I just sent an email to the writers of the Toronto Star report telling them they need to correct their report, as well they need to ask Toronto Police why they did not arrest this violent IDF soldier for multiple assaults. Toronto police arrested 5 of the peaceful protesters, who, at worst, were guilty of trespassing, while letting a violent thug go free?