So, if recent (terrifying) polls are to be believed, Rob Ford looks poised to be the next mayor of Toronto. For you non-Torontonians, an update: Ford is a long-time city councilor with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, a dubious history with sports teams, previous problems with boozing and is, to some, “the kind of guy [...]
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Dreaming of the transit that could have been
While much of what I write here is pretty esoteric, this post is going to be especially useless, in a very nerdy way. You’ve been warned.
Earlier today, the Toronto Transit Commission’s Customer Service Advisory Panel released its report with dozens of recommendations on improvements for the TTC. The report reminds us that the day-to-day operations [...]
God in politics (or, “how to lose my vote in two seconds”)
Oh Jesus, here we go.
Toronto mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti has decided to demonstrate how out of touch he is with the demographic reality of the city by invoking “God’s law” as the reason why stores should be barred from opening on Christmas and Easter.
This follows hot on the heels of four other mayoral candidates — [...]
Seriously, what the hell were they expecting?
In Monday’s post I alluded to Porter Airlines, the “scrappy underdog” Toronto-based short-haul airline company that is probably about to shed its underdog status, if rumours of an IPO valued at $120 million are true.
I’m no business expert, but anyone familiar with the company had to see this coming: in less than four years they’ve [...]
Connecting The Dots, Edition #5
In this hectic world, often we don’t have sufficient time to connect the dots between seemingly disconnected stories that flicked their way through our collective consciousness. To help bridge this gap, say hello to Connecting The Dots, where I’ll endeavour to bring together and seemingly disparate stories into a contextualized, cohesive whole. Or I’ll just [...]
Memo to Torontonians on this snowy Tuesday
Ahem.
What the fuck.
Why is it necessary for this city to go into apoplectic shock every time it fucking snows?
I’ve lived in Toronto most of my life, and it snows every fucking winter. And every fucking winter, a fresh snowfall will send this city’s residents all atwitter — everyone forgets how to drive, the civic infrastructure [...]
The TTC: Where everybody goes to get screwed
So, anything interesting going on at the Toronto Transit Commission?
Wait, wait, slow down. Let me make sure I’m getting all of this.
Last year ended with the announcement of a monstrously unpopular fare increase, exacerbated by a token shortage? In fact, thousands of transit users were so incensed that they initiated a “riders’ strike“?
Then, in the [...]
Is Adam Giambrone ready to be the mayor of Toronto?
Absolutely, positively, yes, he is.
Too bad that he won’t be.
For those of you not up on your Toronto civic politics (for which you can be completely forgiven), Giambrone is the precocious city councillor who currently heads the highly unpopular Toronto Transit Commission (whose unpopularity spiked thanks to recent new-media brouhahas highlighting sleeping and caffeine-fixated employees).
Earlier this [...]