News   Nov 04, 2024
UrbanToronto Launches New Map Experience – Explore New Features Today!
 349     4 
News   Nov 04, 2024
13 Storeys Proposed on The Queensway East of Kipling
 496     0 
News   Nov 04, 2024
News Roundup for November 4, 2024
 475     0 

Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

The sad reality is that it is all about lobbying and influence peddling in the press and behind closed doors to our elected decision makers. You can not just sit back and assume that logic, reason and the best interests of the Canadian people are foremost in the mind of our politicians.
unfortunately our hard working civic servants are finding that their careful analysis and planning is being subvert, warped and often spun in the most Orwellian way.

Here is an example of how a report suggesting breaking ground on the new airport in Pickering was spun by an MP, the housing developers and lobbyists that support her.

The politics around the new airport holds a special fascination for me as aviation is my profession. But this shows why each citizen needs to become political active and put on a critical thinking cap.

pickeringairport.org

Did A Government MP give lobbyists a sneak peek at a confidential report?

By Mark Brooks Did Jennifer O’Connell, Member of Parliament for Pickering—Uxbridge, or someone on her staff, give lobbyists and other interested parties a sneak peek at a then-confidential Transpor…
pickeringairport.org pickeringairport.org
 
Last edited:
Videodrome said:
Posted in another thread, but the TDSB is following Peel's lead and closing schools.

www.cp24.com

‘Untenable’: De Villa says rising danger of fast-spreading variants led to decision to close Toronto schools

Toronto’s top doctor says she made the decision to shut down schools in the city after reviewing three weeks’ worth of data showing that the rising number of COVID-19 infections in the community is being reflected in school settings as well.
www.cp24.com www.cp24.com
Click to expand...
No one is listening to Doug. Mutinies are fun. Some businesses are refusing to close and now schools are refusing to stay open
 
PinkLucy said:
No one is listening to Doug. Mutinies are fun. Some businesses are refusing to close and now schools are refusing to stay open
Click to expand...
About time they start with vaccinations for all “essential personnel” regardless age guidelines. Teachers run infection risks as do grocery store employees and taxi industrie. Time to partially close Costco and Walmart, let them sell groceries only
 
Thinker said:
About time they start with vaccinations for all “essential personnel” regardless age guidelines. Teachers run infection risks as do grocery store employees and taxi industrie. Time to partially close Costco and Walmart, let them sell groceries only
Click to expand...

Time to vaccinate their floor staff. I don't care if Walmart, Amazon, Loblaws or whatever had to pay to round up their staff for a one day on site vaccination campaign at each outlet. And the Feds should just work with the PHUs, skip at the best useless, at worse of bad-faith middleman for vaccine delivery. Let him whine at the courts about the finer details of constitutionality if he want to.

And just what is wrong with this picture?

https://twitter.com/jameswattie
James Wattie
@jameswattie

#NEW: Data from @ICESOntario shows the following postal codes in Toronto have the highest rates of population with 1 vaccine dose: 1. St. Clair & Rosedale (22.4%) 2. Forest Hill (22.1%) 3. Forest Hill South (22.0%) Lowest: Jane & Finch (5.5%)

James Wattie
@jameswattie

Replying to @jameswattie and @ICESOntario

For context, the rates of hospitalization/death in these postal codes: St. Clair & Rosedale: 0.59/100,000 Forest Hill: 0.63/100,000 Forest Hill South: 1.29/100,000 Jane & Finch: 5.06/100,000

AoD
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top