Archive 1997-2016
Traditionally, municipal politics in Ontario has been considered to be a relatively non-partisan affair. Voters, the legend says, expect a local grass-roots activist, beholden only to the community to act independently in their best interest, separate from provincial or national pressures and above the spectre of political patronage.
A tale of two cities; Toronto gets $1 billion for its transit system, Ottawa cuts $8.1 million from OC Transpo.
At the funding announcement for the TCC, Prime Minister Paul Martin said the transit system “keeps the heart of Toronto’s economic, cultural and social life alive and thriving.”
It wasn’t that long ago that having a steady job equated to a decent and respectable standard of living. However, as more Ontarians are working to be poor while chained to low-paying and unskilled jobs, the concept of a hard day’s work for a good day’s pay is abruptly fleeing from workers’ wallets across the province.
In a sea of red, Canadians were “Standing up for Canada” and its soldiers at a rally on Parliament Hill last week. At times it seemed all that was missing from the festivities were some stars and stripes and an elderly man belting out Yankee Doodle Dandy.