Posted on April 26, 2008 by thegtapatriot
A midnight strike by the TTC caught many people off guard, some showing up early this morning expecting a train, bus or streetcar only to find the lines abandoned. Last night, clubgoers poured out of bars when news of the strike spread.
“No way, no way,” Jorge Bayona, out with friends at Yonge-Dundas Square, said at [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: April 2008, city, Contract Jobs, David Miller, Downtown, Employees, Liberals, Mississauga, Negotiations, Public Transit, Streetcars, strike, Toronto, TTC, Union, Viva, YRT | No Comments »
Posted on December 9, 2007 by thegtapatriot
As I have mentioned before if the PC’s decide to go the “neo-conservative” route, and it plays out in the public eye as an “internal turf” of their leader, it maybe many years before they ever hold the seat of power in Ontario again. Insiders have also said that the people who want John Tory [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics, Ontario | Tagged: Dalton McGuinty, David Miller, Don Valley, Frank Klees, John Tory, Liberals, Mike Harris, neo-conservative, Ontario, Ontario PC, PC, politics, right-winged, Toronto | No Comments »
Posted on December 1, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The past few years have definitely been interesting for the city of Toronto. Various groups have indicated that Toronto is full of waste and inefficiencies. On the other hand, the Federal government is awash with cash. There is definitely a problem with money on all three levels of government. However, what David Miller needs to [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario | Tagged: bankruptcy, David Miller, funding, Mayor, Toronto, Toronto City Council, Toronto Council | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 18, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion has backed down over her attempt to supplant the “One Cent Now” campaign led by Toronto Mayor David Miller to wring one cent of the federal GST from Ottawa to fund Canadian municipalities. Ms. McCallion emerged from a lengthy meeting today of the mayors of Ontario’s 15 biggest cities to announce [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: 1 cent, cities, city, David Miller, funding, GST, Hazel McCallion, Mississauga mayor, One Cent Now, Ottawa, Toronto | No Comments »
Posted on November 18, 2007 by thegtapatriot
With the amount of vehicle interference in the downtown area once again the issues of streetcars has surfaced. With the need to improve transit, the debate over mixed traffic and streetcars, now and again pops up with the discussion turning to the old idea of a Queen Streetcar Subway. Unfortunately there is just too much [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, Public Transit | Tagged: Adelaide, ALRV, CLRV, David Miller, Downview Subway, King, King Street, King Streetcar, LRT, Queen, Queen Street, Queen Streetcar, Queen Subway, Richmond Street, right-of-way, ROW, Sheppard Subway, streetcar, Subway, Toronto, Toronto Council, Toronto Transit Commission, Transit City, Transit Mall, TTC, Viva, York University, YRT | No Comments »
Posted on November 10, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Tuesday marks the first anniversary of the resounding election victory that gave David Miller his second term as mayor.
During the 2006 campaign, Miller’s critics charged that his first term was lacklustre, devoid of major policy directions or accomplishments, and that he didn’t deserve a second shot. When it comes to politics, that’s the nature of [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics, Toronto | Tagged: climate change, David Miller, Mayor, Miller, streetcar, tax, tax increase, Toronto, Transit City | No Comments »
Posted on October 30, 2007 by thegtapatriot
“The TTC takes up 46 per cent of the 2008 capital budget. It has to replace aging streetcars, buses and subway cars. Some $79.4 million will be spent on 234 subway cars to replace aging ones and boost capacity. A further $175.5 million will pay for 193 conventional and 50 Wheel-Trans buses and $55 million [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Toronto | Tagged: BRT, capital funding, David Miller, LRT, Toronto, TTC, York University | No Comments »
Posted on October 29, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Fed up with fellow councillors who fulminate about their pay and perks (Michael Walker, Rob Ford, come on down), Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby made them an offer last week.
In her speech on the mayor’s tax plan (she voted with the majority to approve it), Ms. Lindsay Luby waved a form for councillors so inclined to [...]
Filed under: GTA Politics, Toronto | Tagged: Bill Saundercook, City Hall, Councillor, David Miller, Denzil Minnan-Wong, DVP, Ford, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Mayor David Miller, Michael Del Grande, Michael Thompson, Scarborough-Agincourt, Toronto | No Comments »
Posted on October 29, 2007 by thegtapatriot
I am a fan of the Toronto Island Airport. I like the idea of flying out of the downtown Toronto area, using a convenient connection to places like Ottawa, Montreal and points beyond. I also like the Porter Airline concept, along with the use of Canadian technology in the Q400 from Bombardier. I believe [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Issues, Technology | Tagged: , Air Canada, Airport, Blue-22, Bombardier, Buttonville, Canadian technology, Danish, David Miller, Europe, gta, Halifax, Hamilton, Jazz, lawsuit, Montreal, Ottawa, Pearson International, Pickering, Porter, Porter Airlines, Q400, Q400 aircraft, SAS, Swedish, Toronto, Toronto Island | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 28, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Transit advocates at Toronto City Hall passionately oppose any suggestion that Queen’s Park might snatch the TTC from municipal hands and put it under a region-wide transportation authority.
“I would fight that tooth and nail,” Mayor David Miller said in a recent interview. “It would be worse than stupid,” declared Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker, a member [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Issues, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: , Adam Giambrone, BRT, David Miller, Durham, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, GTTA, Hamilton, Light-rail, LRT, megacity, Peel, Public Transit, Queen's Park, subways, Toronto, Toronto City Hall, Trasnit Expansion, TTC, York | No Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2007 by thegtapatriot
“Everything is proceeding as Dalton McGuinty had foreseen”. John Tory was supposed to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives to certain victory over the “supposed” dark side; however he led them instead to a resounding defeat. Emperor Dalton McGuinty became the province’s first Liberal leader in 70 years to claim a second straight majority government. Albeit, one [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Culture, GTA Education, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged: Catholic, Catholic education, Dalton McGuinty, dark side of the force, David Miller, election, Emperor, Emperor Dalton McGuinty, faith-based, faith-based schools, Government, Greg Sorbara, House of Commons, John Tory, Land Transfer Tax, Liberal side, Liberals, Lord Dalton, money, Ontarians, Ontario, Ontario PC, PC, Progressive Conservatives, promise, Star Wars, tax, Taxes, the Dark Side, The Empire, The Government of Ontario, Toronto, Toronto tax, Torontonians, vehicle registration tax | No Comments »
Posted on October 24, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The Toronto Star, CityTV (Breakfast Television) and other media outlets are reporting that the TTC maybe “high-jacked” by the Liberal Government of Ontario, which may have been secretly planned all along. Rumors are flying high that the TTC may be taken over by the Government of Ontario and merged with GO Transit, under the umbrella [...]
Filed under: GTA Culture, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: , Adam Giambrone, Breakfast Television, Buses, City of Toronto, City of Toronto Act, CityTV, Dalton McGuinty, David Miller, Don Mills, GO, Go Transit, Government, Greg Sobara, Greg Sorbara, gta, GTTA, high-jacked, highjacked, King Street West, Liberal, Malvern, Markam, Metropass, Mississauga, North Etobicoke, Ontario government, Province, Provincial, Rumor, Streetcars, the Beaches, Toronto, Toronto Star, Toronto Transit, Transit City, TTC, Vaughan, Viva, YRT | No Comments »