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 26, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Regardless on how you feel about Greg Sorbara, he will be greatly missed from the Liberal cabinet. They have lost an extremely intelligent and expereinced person. Unfortunately, now Dalton McGuinty will have to quickly replace the Finance Minister with a new MPP. It will interesting to see who he decides to replace him with [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged: , cabinet, David Peterson, Dwight Duncan, election, Finance Minister, Greg Sorbara, Liberal, Liberal party, Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty, RCMP, Sorbara, Toronto, Vaughan, York University | 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 »
Posted on October 20, 2007 by thegtapatriot
To be honest, I love subways and I have a bit of a bias towards the Sheppard Subway line. I have always believed that if the subway was completed, or at least ½ done, than it would have never been considered as an option to close or shut down, in the Toronto tax crunch. I [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: Bathurst, City of Toronto, Downsview, EA, Eglinton West Subway, Environment Assessment, Etobicoke, Greg Sobara, Greg Sorbara, gta, high-density, Jane and Finch, New York Subway, Public Transit, Sheppard, Sheppard subway line, Sheppard-Vaughan-Finch, Spadina, Subway, tax, The Sheppard Subway, Toronto, Toronto LRT, Transit City, TTC, Vaughan, Victoria Park, Viva, Warden, Yonge-University, York, York Region, York U, YRT | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 9, 2007 by thegtapatriot
In reading the history of Toronto and the TTC, high investments were made in public transit, which helped the TTC become one of the top transit systems in North America. However during an episode of the Agenda with Steve Paikin, which airs on TVO, one of the panelists mentioned that we need to make investments [...]
Filed under: GTA Environment, GTA Issues, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: Brampton, BRT, Dalton McGuinty, Durham, Greg Sorbara, gta, Hurontario, Liberals, Light-rail, LRT, Mississauga, Move 2020, Ontario, Public Transit, Steve Paikin, Streetcars, subways, Toronto, TTC, TVO, Vaughan, Viva, York Region, YRT | No Comments »
Posted on October 8, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty conceded Friday there are problems with a government spending program that saw $200,000 shipped to a group headed by two senior Liberal party activists, including one candidate in the upcoming election.
McGuinty said his government was going to “have to take a look” at the program which, despite doling out approximately $32 [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: Bohran Fouladi, cash, Community Centre, David Farmani, government spending, grant, grants, Greg Sorbara, Iranian-Canadian, Liberal, Liberal Candidate, Liberal riding association president, McGuinty, Ontario Premier, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, Slush fund, slushgate, waste | No Comments »
Posted on October 1, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Minister Greg Sorbara slammed funding for religious schools because they are divisive and separate kids from one another, it is useful…to show yourself as a public school supporter. His six kids went to the exclusive Toronto Waldorf school. Not exactly the kind of place where your kids mix and mingle with children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Filed under: GTA Politics | Tagged: disadvantaged, Greg Sorbara, hypocrisy, Liberal, Ontario, public schools, religious schools, Toronto, Waldorf | No Comments »
Posted on September 30, 2007 by thegtapatriot
One of the lasting legacies for Mel Lastman is the Sheppard Subway. I actually wanted the subway to be built, however not in its present form. If it actually had been completed or better yet extended westwards, along with the completion to Scarborough Town Centre and beyond, things would have been better. Alas, a Mike [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: Eglinton Line, Greg Sorbara, GTA Transit, LRT, Mel Lastman, Mike Harris, Sheppard, Subway, Toronto, TTC, Vaughan, York University | No Comments »
