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

A Toronto supervised consumption site has been in the spotlight after an employee was charged in connection with a fatal daytime shooting near the centre in July, spurring a provincial government review of all sites in the province.

But when it comes to who’s responsible for the sites, the answer is complex.

The federal, provincial and municipal governments are all part of a system of approvals, funding and oversight that allow the sites to operate. According to Toronto Public Health, there are 10 sites in the city and six of them — including the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) — are provincially funded consumption treatment services. Among the sites that are not provincially designated consumption treatment service locations, one is not open to the public, one is Toronto Public Health’s and another relies on donations.

Chowtowners think discarded junkie needles are cool.

It was early spring when thieves targeted an upscale neighbourhood on Toronto’s east side, sliding a Lexus out of a family’s driveway. The vehicle was quickly recovered by police but with the electronics torn out, it was already a write-off.

The family had been through this before. In 2016, their Lexus RX and Porsche Panamera were stolen on the same night. Their then-teenage son had been babysitting next door at the time. “It took him years to recover,” says his father Thomas, who asked that his last name not be published for his family’s safety. “His sense of security was severely compromised.”

Transparency from all levels of Canadian government has rarely, if ever, been murkier. A group of nonprofits including the Centre for Law and Democracy and Centre for Free Expression recently went so far as to submit a complaint to the United Nations about the federal government’s infringements upon Canadians’ right to information.

Our political class needs dismantling.

Toronto is a world leader when it comes to gridlock.

That’s one of the findings of a study conducted by U.K. car rental company Nationwide Vehicle Contracts, which ranks Toronto as the world’s 13th worst city to drive in.

The pushback against renaming Toronto’s Dundas Street gained momentum recently after three former mayors spoke out in opposition to it, and a distant relative of Henry Dundas has renewed hope the proposal will be scrapped.

Jennifer Dundas, a retired crown prosecutor and former CBC reporter, has spent years reading through scholarly articles, books, official records, and journal entries related to the prominent British politician Henry Dundas (1742–1811).

LILLEY: Calls for huge tax hikes as Toronto begins budget planning

Toronto’s executive committee was urged to hike property taxes by 30%, tax church and school parking lots and defund the police all to deal with the city’s budget woes. After being led through a plan by city manager Paul Johnson on how to find a solution to the $1.5-billion budget gap, Mayor Olivia Chow and councillors heard from residents.

Toronto, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow to cancel Toronto’s bid to host a handful of 2026 World Cup games after the Toronto Star revealed that former mayor John Tory signed agreements with FIFA that won’t be disclosed to the public.

Canada’s CTV: All the news that fits… the liberal agenda

In a letter addressed to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and city councillors, three former Toronto mayors are asking that the decision to rename Dundas Street over Henry Dundas’ alleged support for the transatlantic slave trade be reconsidered.

The decision to rename Dundas Street is historically illiterate.
-Henry Dundas led the legal team that freed an escaped slave.
-He convinced Scotland’s highest court to declare that slavery was illegal.
-He proposed an achievable plan to end slavery and the slave trade in… pic.twitter.com/0G4si89ETR

— JL Dundas (@jldundas) August 15, 2023