Posted on May 8, 2008 by thegtapatriot
In basic terms, Jessica Devnani is a brunette, yet, her dreadlocks hairstyle is a grey area in terms of employment at Canada’s Wonderland.
“unnatural colour and beads” ?
So, maybe it’s no surprise the initial park employment staffer who interviewed Ms Devnani didn’t see her hair as extreme, but in the eyes of another, in the human [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Issues, Ontario | Tagged: black man, canada, canada's wonderland, Devnani, discrimination, dreadlocks, dreads, Ghetto Dude, hair, human resources, Jessica Devnani, Liberal, Liberal government, Mapleview, natural, Ontario government, paramount, Paramount Canada's Wonderland, refused employment, Rutherford, stereotype, Toronto, University, University of Toronto, unnatural, Vaughan, wonderland, workplace, workplace discrimination | No Comments »
Posted on December 1, 2007 by thegtapatriot
“Construction booms, but opinions remain sharply divided as the often-derided Sheppard line turns 5. The futuristic chrome plating in Sheppard-Yonge station already looks a little scuffed. But it was only five years ago – Nov. 22, 2002 – that then-mayor Mel Lastman cut the ribbon to open Toronto’s northern east-west subway line, accompanied by a [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Politics, Public Transit | Tagged: , BRT, Eglinton, finch, Flemingdon Park, Lawrence, LRT, ROW, Scarborough Town Centre, Sheppard, Sheppard Line, Sheppard Subway, St. Clair, Steeles, subwaynow, Toronto, Transit City, Transit Mall, TTC, Vaughan, Viva, York Mills | 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 23, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Toronto Council has finally passed the controversial new land-transfer tax and vehicle registration tax/fee. Although a compromise was needed, Toronto should now have the stable funding that they require to run the city. Barring that the housing market does not go bust or everyone in Toronto decides to sell their car. This would never happen? [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Politics, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: , 2007, City of Toronto, Dalton McGuinty, David Miller, Denzil Minnan-Wong, DVP, Go Transit, Joe Pantalone, land-transfer, Liberals, Markham, Move 2020, Move2020, Real Estate, richmond hill, tax, Taxes, Tolls, Toronto Council, Transit City, Vaughan, York Region | 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 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 »
