Mayor John Tory's Toronto

[Adjei]

He's not trying, he is. Heaven forbid a politician actually appeal to the interests of the under 30 crowd.

He is? Don't make me laugh. I'm under 30 and I don't wanna see no damn politician engaging in rap beef on twitter. Maybe you find that cool, I sure don't.

 

[JWBF]

Hmmm... Tory is not for the same things Robbie is for, we can't stand for this, it's reprehensible.

His Worship John Liberal's Official Opposition
6 hrs ·
NO RACISM FOR YOU! Once again, Kathleen Wynne's pawn John Tory says he is "confident" in the federal government and its ability to somehow screen 25,000 Syrian refugees in a very short time.

“As mayor, I want to send a clear message that racism, violence and intolerance are unacceptable,” said Tory. “I also want to make clear that these newcomers will not impact existing wait lists for housing, child care and other city services.”

Right.

http://www.torontosun.com/…/tory-confident-in-feds-refugee-…

 

[salsa]

Yeah, the groovy grandpa act is getting more than a little stale.

 

[the lemur]

Time to send all our Uber drivers to Syria... what could go wrong???

goldsbie 5:23pm via Twitter Web Client

Councillor Karygiannis set to wade into international diplomacy

Maybe he has a plan to bring in Kurds to work as taxi drivers to defeat Uber?

 

[picard102]

He is? Don't make me laugh. I'm under 30 and I don't wanna see no damn politician engaging in rap beef on twitter. Maybe you find that cool, I sure don't.

Ya but I would imagine you're not the type of person to be interested in rap beef's to begin with.

 

[Adjei]

Ya but I would imagine you're not the type of person to be interested in rap beef's to begin with.

And why would you say that?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

He's not trying, he is. Heaven forbid a politician actually appeal to the interests of the under 30 crowd.

And heaven forbid he should actually promote policies that appeals to that crowd, instead of that facile PR act from an office staff.

AoD

 

[salsa]

Thank you Tory for representing our city at the upcoming Paris environmental conference.

 

[salsa]

Remember what the city manager said this morning? Ignore that.

 

[evvabeing]

Toronto taxi drivers stage hunger strike to protest Uber

Hosseinioun says the strike will continue until December 9. If nothing changes by then, he claims that Toronto's taxi drivers will shut down the city.

http://www.blogto.com/city/2015/12/toronto_taxi_drivers_stage_hunger_strike_to_protest_uber/

 

[Videodrome]

Just raise my taxes already!

 

[picard102]

Toronto taxi drivers stage hunger strike to protest Uber

http://www.blogto.com/city/2015/12/toronto_taxi_drivers_stage_hunger_strike_to_protest_uber/

How long till they starve to death?

 

[rbt]

How long till they starve to death?

I have first-hand knowledge that you can live uncomfortably on lightly salted water for 3 months (even pulp-free/clear juice was a problem). Very significant weight loss and severe vitamin deficiency at that point but still very alive.

 

[Videodrome]

David Rider ‏@dmrider 9m9 minutes ago
BREAKING: Toronto Mayor @JohnTory is proposing a "modest" new levy on the tax bill to pay for infrastructure.

Finally, he decided to do what was needed!

Natalie Johnson ‏@NatalieCTV 1m1 minute ago
John Tory proposes tax hike ("City Building Fund") to take effect in 2017 - a 0.5% hike/year for 5 years to generate $ for transit, housing

 

[salsa]

Finally, he decided to do what was needed!

Sorry, but I don't think so.

Gord Perks on twitter:
- JohnTory has propose a 2.5 property% tax increase to be phased in between 2017-22 to pay for transit and housing capital costs
- Yesterday we had a dire presentation from the City Manager.
- Two things jumped out. He couldn't balance the 2016 operating budget within inflation and we have $20B + in unfunded capital
- The Mayor's announcement does not address either of these problems.
- In his remarks the Mayor was very specific that the extra tax will not be applied to operating shortfalls. It will be for capital only.
- The Mayor reiterated that he will use efficiencies to balance future budget. During last year's budget he promised to do that this year. The City Manager told us yesterday that this hope had failed
- Further the Mayor himself keeps adding operating spending in Transit, Policing, and Poverty reduction. He didn't pay for that today.
- The tax is for housing and transit capital. I'm happy he finally agrees that we can't just wait for Feds and Province on housing repairs.
- BUT today's proposal won't cut it. Our capital need is over $20 Billion, $65M would carry and retire only 1/20th or 5% of that amount.
- We still have two conversations to have. A) Which do people want fewer services or higher taxes? There is no third option. And B) when will we join other large world Cities and use a full suite of revenue tools? The only way to build needed new infrastructure