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

One of Toronto’s most prominent businessmen has issued an open letter decrying the city’s decline into violence and disorder — and calling out civic leaders for letting it happen.

Thomas Caldwell, chairman of Caldwell Investment Management Ltd., bought a full-page ad in the National Post headlined “Cry for Toronto.”

The citizens of this fine metropolis just elected a vindictive commie know-nothing as mayor.

They are getting what they asked for. Let them enjoy it.

The only thing thriving in Toronto is the DOOM-LOOP.

‘Everything is at risk’: Mayor Olivia Chow makes case for new funding deal for Toronto

Mayor Olivia Chow has begun publicly campaigning for a new way to fund Toronto’s budget, which is collapsing under the pressures of housing, transit and old infrastructure.

… “Everything is at risk, including our global reputation,” she said. “It’s the difference between being a caring, global city and telling refugees, each with dreams and potential, that there’s no room for you.”

That’s where I want my money spent – on benefit shopping foreigners who shouldn’t be here in the first place.

Toronto’s public health unit has issued an alert warning of a spike in opioid-related overdose deaths in the city since Aug. 31.

Toronto Public Health (TPH) says 11 people died of suspected opioid-related overdoes between Aug. 31 and Sept. 6, which the health agency says is double the weekly average for the city.

TPH says there have been recent reports of red and green fentanyl linked to overdoses both in the community and at supervised consumption sites, though specific information about those drugs is not yet available. The city’s drug-checking service, according to a media release from Toronto Public Health, continues to find other highly potent opioids and benzodiazepine-drugs in samples expected to be fentanyl.

Hundreds of condos in downtown Toronto are up for sale, flooding the market as high interest rates spur an exodus of investors, and some homeowners, who are unable to keep up with mounting mortgage costs.

Year-over-year sales for detached and semi-detached homes in the GTA dropped by 12 and 14 per cent, respectively, in August, while townhouse sales rose a modest 0.6 per cent. All three saw price increases. Condo sales, however, jumped by 7.6 per cent but saw average price drop by one per cent, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB).

It’s been more than two months since Olivia Chow became Mayor of Toronto, but the homeless crisis continues to worsen. To make matters worse, it doesn’t seem like Chow has a plan to address the crisis.

Forget Toronto the Good. This was Toronto the horrible!

Moms and dads standing in a long line in blazing heat to get something to eat for their young kids is Toronto’s dirty little secret on full display in broad daylight. It’s unacceptable and we are not going to hide it no matter how much it politically damages Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mayor Olivia Chow or Premier Doug Ford. Facts are the facts.

Council debates Toronto’s financial future as Chow presses for refugee shelter help

Refugee claimants could account for half of Toronto’s homeless shelter population by the end of the year, according to a new staff report, a situation Mayor Olivia Chow called “desperate” as she pressed the federal government for immediate support.

The city manager’s report was put before councillors Wednesday at a special meeting where they were set to discuss how to manage Toronto’s beleaguered financial outlook, with the city set to open its 2024 budget discussions with a $1.5 billion shortfall.

More Chow… ‘All options are on the table’ to raise city revenues, Chow says

Contentious ‘made-in-Toronto sales tax’ goes before council

… Debate about the municipal sales tax could be one of the most contentious parts of the package proposed by staff.

Some have already spoken out against the measure, including Councillor James Pasternak, who represents York Centre, Ward 6. He said the sales tax will hurt people at a time when many are struggling with the increasing cost of living.

“A made-in-Toronto sales tax, it just won’t work,” he said. “People will shop elsewhere, they will leave our jurisdiction and shop at retail stores outside of Toronto.”

I hope they do approve the sales tax, there may be hope of a resurrection once the city is ground into progressive dust.

It’s the big bang of Toronto city hall’s financial dreams: a local sales tax that could raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually and go a long way toward tackling a massive fiscal hole.

Municipal sales taxes are common in many foreign cities but not in Canada, and a successful rollout may pave the way for other cash-strapped Canadian municipalities to follow suit. But a sales tax also carries risks. And before the idea could even become a reality in Toronto, the Ontario government would have to give its permission.

Everything in this town will get worse no matter how much money Chairman Chow extorts.

Democracy activists and Hong Kong groups are expressing concern about Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow’s repeated meetings with organizations that take positions aligned with Beijing.

On Aug. 19, Ms. Chow attended a celebration event held by the Lem Si Ho Tong (LSHT) Society, a Toronto-based clan association for individuals sharing the surname Lem, also spelled Lam, according to a WeChat post by local Chinese radio station FM105.9.

The city of Toronto is looking into its contracts with a construction company paid tens of millions of dollars to upgrade city facilities amid concern taxpayer money was misused.

In August 2022, city staff “were made aware of inconsistencies” regarding the cost of work by Mississauga-based Duron Ontario Ltd., a city spokesperson confirmed.

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.”