“Toronto – Canada’s version of a Democrat run city”

Toronto’s speed camera program has been the focus of some controversy of late. Premier Doug Ford has publicly questioned whether the automated enforcement technology — also known as photo radar — is just a “revenue tool” for municipalities.

Meanwhile, at Toronto city hall, Coun. Anthony Perruzza (Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek) has spent some time telling reporters that the program is unfair. Perhaps to help ease those concerns,
Mayor Olivia Chow passed a motion at last week’s council meeting calling for larger signs for drivers warning of speed cameras.

But these concerns are misplaced. Here’s what politicians like Ford, Chow and Perruzza ought to be worried about instead: ghosts.

Canadian real estate is the most affordable it’s been in three years—but that isn’t saying much. RBC data shows ownership costs have eased, though it forecasts improvements stalling soon and affordability worsening next year. Even with affordability at its best, it would only be a slight improvement over the peak of the 1990s real estate bubble—the last one to fully burst.

Toronto City Council had a chance this week to take a clear, practical step toward solving its housing crisis.

Surprise: It did not. Instead, the city’s leaders cowered before the most reactionary elements in local politics and seemed ready to waste $60-million in the process.

With Thursday’s vote, council had to decide whether to legalize “sixplexes” – apartment buildings of up to six units – across the city. Suburban councillors responded by claiming that this, in effect, would destroy Toronto.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is probably the best political friend the city of Toronto has ever had. But no matter how many billions of provincial tax dollars Ford spends to help his hometown, some Torontonians remain ungrateful.

Rather than settle for looking a gift horse in the mouth, they rush to the other end of the horse and pronounce themselves very unhappy with what they see. The latest example is the final design for a dramatically revamped Ontario Place, announced by Ford this week.

Nothing will ever again be “good” for long in the 3rd World Dumpster called Toronto.

Throwing money at Ontario Place won’t hurt but it won’t help.

It’s open season on speed cameras, as a number of the devices across the city have been vandalized or otherwise put out of commission in the past 24 hours.

The Toronto police have confirmed that five automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras were vandalized, cut down or put out of commission sometime between June 24—25.

On Wednesday at 4:05 a.m., the ASE at Sheppard Avenue East and Don Mills Road was cut down. On Tuesday, at 4:58 a.m., the ASE outside Cloverdale Mall at The East Mall and Faludin Court was also cut down at its base, Toronto police said.

This isn’t about safety its about cash.

I wish the city would do something about the motorcyclists who rev their engines at Six Points into the wee small hours but there’ no money in that.

A Toronto councillor wants the city to pause its use of automated speed cameras, calling them “speed traps” that don’t actually slow speeders.

Coun. Anthony Perruzza (Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek) plans to introduce a motion at council on Thursday asking the city to stop ticketing with the 150 cameras located throughout the city until it can prove it’s giving enough warning before they install the devices — and that the cameras aren’t ticketing “conscientious” drivers.

That’s their whole point. No way will a commie regime give up this cash cow.

Rachel Carr started losing hope after she hit the five-hour mark on hold with Toronto police’s non-emergency line, but couldn’t bring herself to hang up since she’d already waited for so long.

“I still had a glimmer of hope that maybe they would eventually pick up, but unfortunately it didn’t happen,” she said.

Instead, right as the call entered the 12th hour, Carr was disconnected, meaning she didn’t get to report that her and her husband’s vehicles had been badly keyed outside their home, resulting in what she estimates is around $8,000 in damage.

How entitled! It’s Pride Month and the TPS has it’s priorities.

John Tory is weighing a political comeback, and insiders expect him to decide by the end of this summer whether he will run for mayor of Toronto again in 2026, according to multiple sources.

Next year’s Oct. 26 municipal election is more than 16 months away but, behind the scenes, potential candidates and their backers are already having discussions about how the race is shaping up.

The Bimbo Eruption is his unfortunate family’s burden the Sweetheart World Cup Scam is what concerns me most.

Olivia Chow needs to be replaced as mayor of Toronto, but John Tory is not the solution the city needs. The former mayor hasn’t ruled out running again; he has a team at the ready to run his campaign — and plenty of backers.

What the people of Toronto need to realize is that John Tory is the root of many of the problems facing Toronto, and that won’t change if he gets a fourth term.

I would never vote for Tory based on the World Cup deal negotiated in secret that leaves the tax payer on the hook for any losses.