TheTigerMaster
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Doug Ford is helping to directing traffic at Dixon and Islington. Looks to be doing a good job.
Here is what may sink Mr. Ford. this flooding you are having, here in Calgary Nenshi stepped up to the plate and his approval rating has gone through the roof. I think if Ford doesn't address the city, people may come to see him as the lame duck we all know him to be.
I hope you're not trying to compare Toronto's flooding to Calgary. Toronto's is an inconvenience (albeit a big one), and a problem for some basements. Calgary's was a major disaster, with deaths.
I hope you're not trying to compare Toronto's flooding to Calgary. Toronto's is an inconvenience (albeit a big one), and a problem for some basements. Calgary's was a major disaster, with deaths.
Umm... yea. The water will be gone tomorrow. The "recovery" will be a minor headache.
I don't expect much leadership from Ford on this. It's Ford after all. However, ironically, if he does show a little bit of leadership, it would make him look good to his existing supporters, and maybe a few others too.I certainly hope for more leadership than that - and please don't tell me we need a major disaster or deaths to expect more.
It's a good point you raise- government should not be in the business of simply providing higher wages. However, government should also be a more compassionate counterbalance to the harsh, selfish world that is the free-market. In the ideal circumstances, wages for civil servants and workers would be calculated according to living costs + a small amount for savings, totally ignoring private wages as a factor.
Are you saying that in ideal circumstances, the wages would be identical for a secretary, garbage collector, accountant, engineer, lawyer, doctor?.
I think the government should provide a net wage and benefits package comparable to the private sector
Are you saying that in ideal circumstances, the wages would be identical for a secretary, garbage collector, accountant, engineer, lawyer, doctor?
I think the government should provide a net wage and benefits package comparable to the private sector.