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Because the city doesn't want a public spectacle of the dirty dealings of city councilors. Hear no evil, see no evil.

I've seen so many articles quote different total number of tickets for the Pan-Am Games (not mentioning the Para Pan Am's) I thought I play it safe and put them all in. But I do know that the total number did decrees to reflect the total amount of tickets available to the general public; they...

The 1.3/1.4/1.5 million tickets available (and sold) also included the Opening and Closing ceremonies, most of the events had modest to low turnout and the television ratings where even worse outside the Opening Ceremonies (Closing ceremony ratings aren't available yet).

When the province sold the 407-ETR, they retained the right to build rail transit lines that parallel the 407 route, but I recall reading comments over on Steve Murno blog some time ago that population flow prevented the province from using that right. I can't recall the exact wording, but I do...

Well to be fair, everything that was popular about the Pan-Am Games had nothing to do with any of the sports themselves. The Opening and Closing ceremonies where the most popular venue (televised and tickets sold), and the Panamania venues are what people bring up the most when talking about how...

I don't think we're going to rejoin International Exhibitions Bureau anytime soon. There doesn't seem to be any public or political support for hosting an Expo; ask anyone on the street if they have hear of Milan Expo 2015 and I guarantee you'll have people looking puzzled, asking what that is.

Wikipedia lists some roundabouts in Ontario, but they're building so many of them these days, it's definitely not a complete or up to date list.

Alright, it's CPCJesus, but she was really referring to Harper in general.

Usually the Church of Harper-Jesus has one long service between 9am-6pm on Sundays. :rolleyes::D

Transit in cities like Vancouver get subsidy funding directly through fuel, property and parking tax, along with bridge tolls and "power levy" to fund transit. In Ontario, we operate on a micromanage central funding model. All or any transit subsidies are funded through general revenue. Even...

Simply to make money for the city. Remember that in Ontario, cities were limited in the ways they could raise revenue for the city coffers.

I think it depends on the services that are provided and thus MTO, OCJ and MTC maps them differently. For OCJ, Toronto is more populated, so they'll need their own division to handle all the court cases. MTO really only covers the 400-series highways and a few artery roads, so they just need one...

"There is nothing wrong with YouTube. Do not attempt to switch to another video. We are controlling transmission. For the next seventy-eight days, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with YouTube. You are about to participate in a...

There are quasi-legal boundaries for "regions" like GTA or GTHA, but unlike counties, districts, regional municipalities or single-tier municipalities. They exist primarily exist for referring to a large geographical area, without naming every town, city, county or upper-tier municipalities in...

Toronto councillor Jim Karygiannis confronts UberX driver - Toronto Star Now he's stalking UberX drivers, next week he'll be stealing their vehicles. I'm beginning to believe that city councillors who never leave their offices, other than elections, might be a good thing. :rolleyes:

Prepare for a flood of political ads: positioning expert - CTV News Add on top that this will be the longest "official" election campaign to date. The only thing that crosses my mind is we're all...

We did have our own street car producer in the 70's and 80's, then province sold it off to Bombardier in the early 90's. The problem why we keep buying from Bombardier because of politics and jobs in Thunder Bay. We know full well the province wouldn't agree to fund TransitCity or the streetcar...

Looks like this isn't their first time here, but I doubt Harper is worried, they can only shame the country if they find any wrongdoing, and Harper has proven time and time again he doesn't feel any shame in what he does. :rolleyes:

Well Boston isn't our competitors any more. :rolleyes: One thing we would still have going for us is we're still in North America, next door to the largest market for sports viewers that can bolster our bid. The "sentimental thing" of it being 100 years since Paris last Olympics is nice and...

Alright, summer is over for Toronto City Council and the Province, we have just a month and a half to submit the bid if we want the 2024 games.