Smart Grid, Windmills, TaxesUnintended consequences of big urban agenda... NDP pushes plan for direct funding of municipal transit through more federal gas tax transfers. Is Jack running for Mayor of Toronto or just playing divisive politics as usual in pandering for support to his base in large cities?Jack what happens when your raise taxes on companies that have a near monopoly? Do
Canadiansense | more | posted February 13th
Faced with increasing criticism after a spate of pictures and videos showing TTC employees not doing their job, operators at the public transit syndicate have decided to fight back:
This is a group where Operators can give suggestions on how to fight back to the recent photo and video harassment from passengers just looking to make [...]
At Home in Hespeler | more | posted February 8th
There is a shocking lack of songs dedicated to the romance and mystery that is public transit. I've been through the discographies of several bands -- Ted Nugent, Bruce Springsteen and AC/DC most recently -- and I can find no references to the glories of riding the No. 6 Riverfront Express. In fact the only bus-related songs I can think of are: "Magic Bus," by The Who (all links open up You
the blog quebecois | more | posted January 24th
Environmentalists continueally take shots at Stephen Harper and the Conservative Government. There's a lot more opposition when it comes to the environment then anything else. Like Greenpeace is an environmental orginisation. David Suzuki is an environmentalist. And no matter what this government does, the environmentalists don't like it."They, (Environmentalists) like liberals and the Kyoto pr
NorthWestTory | more | posted December 19th
When I watched David Suzuki on the Soloman Show compare his manufactured "climate crisis" to slavery, I was awestruck, even thunderstruck. I have been listening to Suzuki for years rail on the evils of capitalism and human consumption, and it seems that each year that I have aged, I disagree with Suzuki a little bit more (not unlike Don Martin). I Googled "Suzuki Population Bomb" and got 17,00
The Iceman | more | posted December 18th
Sometimes, to really appreciate what we’ve got here in Vancouver, you have to go to some distant hell-hole to see how badly other human beings have really messed things up.
In my latest Cityview column for Granville Magazine, I decided to take the “shooting-ducks-in-a-barrel” approach and looked at the awful state of public transit in Los [...]
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New Media | more | posted December 7th