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1) We're still running on Tory's last annual screw-Toronto-over budget. 2) We were—up until recently–shovelling tonnes of city money into keeping the Gardiner from killing people. 3) We put up with a vastly over-inflated Police budget, meanwhile they do squat when it comes to traffic...

So, we should keep the name Dundas because of his association to supposedly ending slavery though he never set foot in the country, but we shouldn't use a slave word that represents remembering the past. Got it.

Yeah, don't trust Reddit. About 1 in 10 slaves were Akan, and the Sankofa is a symbol of reclamation. https://nmaahc.si.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/resources/kwanzaa_coloring_pages.pdf

As someone who used to frequent the place myself, I’d like to point out here that The Bovine actually has nothing to do with sex. It is/was a divey bar with cheap beer and great bands that attracts an alt/punk crowd. The name was a tongue-in-cheek play on the then-global trend in alt scenes...

It's only going to get worse. Electric batteries have dramatically increased the average curb weight of vehicles. The Hummer EV weighs a whopping 9,063 lbs (comically, it's literally heavier than its own 7,500lb towing capacity)! That's gasoline-powered cube van territory and (legally) makes it...

Naw, not my bag. Nostalgia is just a coping mechanism.

Yes, well, Boomers are also the generation that grew up during the biggest expansion of the highway system, the massive explosion of middle class car-dependent suburbia, cars as a middle-class necessity, the Great Recession of public transit (especially tram systems) and decades of movies...

Only in part because we've done squat to help them out in the first place. Hell, it's almost 2024 and we still don't have every subway station fully accessible. Micromobility vehicles like the Canta could do wonders here, but those rely on safer streets in general and a decent (ie; useful)...

Yeah, it's insane that a huge portion of adults in this country get to drive 6000lb SUVs at lethal speeds based entirely on a test they likely took when they were 16. Regular retesting and stricter penalties would solve a lot of our problems, regardless of the age of the driver.

Years of EAs and planning won’t happen before the next election.

We’ll, nothing’s likely to happen to the Gardiner before the next election, and I have a feeling Douggy’s gonna be taking a hike. At which point, a different government might view the Gardiner in a different light, especially if they have more lofty goals with regards to regional public...

So he pulled a Tory, huh?

Exactly. I know it’s anecdotal, but I can’t count the number of times I’ve been down the strip and just seen bored salespeople milling about and not much else. Hell, even years ago, I went into Tiffany’s to purchase a gift, and I was the only person in there for a good half hour. And I will...

Most of the stores are void of customers, even on the busiest days. It’s almost like they overcharge to make up for big marketing budgets and low sales volume. ;) There’s a pastiche of swank, but you’ve got Indigo, Hakim, Winners, etc. And other than a few big luxury names, a whole bunch of fly...

Yeah, I've never understood the people who tout Yorkville as being a bastion for luxury, when Cumberland Terrace has been there the whole damn time. I think a lot of people want us to have our own "Rodeo Drive", but the realities of the city always seem to want to prove them silly.

Fair enough, but that seems more in the realm of homeowner’s associations then.

The irony that Etobicoke and Scarborough have some of the loudest opposition to bike lanes, claiming the city shouldn’t pay for a service they (falsely) believe very few actually use, and that it’s special treatment for a minority special interest.

I know it's been an open hole for a while, but I didn't know it was that long! ;) Havent, but want to. It's insanely busy a lot of the time. But not always in a good way. More than once, I've seen literally 15+ delivery people parked in front of it waiting for a ping, blocking both the sidewalk...

Sure. List what's criminal then. Also, not pensioned, not a civil servant. But if we're making uneducated guesses about people, I bet you're really, *really* into Crypto and a Musk-stan.

They’re kind of A-holes in the current location, actually. They use the streetcar turn right of way as a parking lot for news vehicles, and I’m surprised traffic enforcement don’t just camp themselves across the street and rake in tickets like crazy. But then, the police seem to believe traffic...