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Doug Ford is helping to directing traffic at Dixon and Islington. Looks to be doing a good job.

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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.
 
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.

If anyone one hasn't see him for the lame duck that he is by now then they are likely so ideologically blind that they never will.
 
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.
 
Per Twitter from Don Peat:

@reporterdonpeat: Just spoke to Mayor Rob Ford, power is still out at his house. He's in the SUV with his kids trying to stay cool #TOpoli #stormTO

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I certainly hope for more leadership than that - and please don't tell me we need a major disaster or deaths to expect more.

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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.

Considering I was evacuated and homeless for a week because of the Calgary floods, no I am not. I am saying this is an emergency (but not a disaster- yet) and hopefully the Emergency Management Team has been activated and the Mayor needs to do his job and assure the citizens that the worst has passed as well as coordinate with the cities departments to get the city functioning again. Nenshi I don't think has slept since the 19th of June...
 
The crack video scandal was the best thing to happen to Rob Ford.

If there hadn't been a spotlight on Robbie forcing him to start showing up at city hall daily, he might have been at the crack house on Windsor Rd today instead of the radio and people would be wondering where the mayor was.
 
I certainly hope for more leadership than that - and please don't tell me we need a major disaster or deaths to expect more.
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.
 
You can't be a leader 6 hours after the fact - and if that doesn't get through to his supporters instead of the "this is Ford afterall" response. I really do have to question the fitness of said supporters.

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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 believe that's called socialism.

I think the government should provide a net wage and benefits package comparable to the private sector

Corporations have no morals. They don't care for their employees. All they care about is profit. This is not how our government should work. Government should be compassionate towards its citizens. This includes ensuring government workers receive fair pay for their work, even if it's above private sector standards. Not saying it should be anything unreasonable, but just because a secretary at a major company gets paid $10.25 an hour it doesn't mean our civil servants should.
 
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.

I was thinking more of janitors and garbage men, jobs with low restrictions on entrance. For jobs with skill shortages or artificial restricted entry (doctors, teachers, engineers, etc.), wages should be matched accordingly with the private sector.

This weather reminds me that Toronto's storm and sewage infrastructure is really in need of upgrading. The combined sewers have made the city quite succeptible to heavy rainfall.
 
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