John Tory
John Tory
John Howard Tory, OOntis a Canadian politician who is the 65th and current mayor of Toronto...
basically exception
I think we've had basically 20-to-25 years, with the exception of the 427, where we've had nothing built.
appears bank manager wildly
Which one of us with our bank manager would get away with predictions that are so wildly off it appears you don't know what's going on?
fund generally help money parts service train
Well, train service is not that simple, ... It is generally a subsidized service in most parts of the world. Some places, like in the U.S., use money from tolls to help fund transit.
comfort jobs losing north people
People in communities in the north are losing their jobs and this announcement will be little comfort to them,
believe care health pay
People, I think in many cases, believe that health care is free. And it's not free. They pay for it through their taxes.
acting apply both certainly cities deserving governance large larger maybe
Some of these powers, both governance and otherwise, should probably apply to some of the other larger cities in Ontario, that are maybe not as large as Toronto, but are certainly big governments deserving of acting in a more independent fashion.
chicken game
I don't think it's as much a game of chicken as it is a game of bully-boy on the part of the government.
across neck people plan taking
He has no plan ... and people are taking it in the neck across the province.
broken decided seen start trust
He has broken a fundamental trust with Ontarians and I have seen nothing that suggests he's decided to start being straightforward with people.
rules
Even the rules that are in place are not being followed.
rules violation
There has been a subversion or violation of the rules, intentional or not.
costs delays encounter huge information massive requests roadblocks simple
Simple information requests encounter huge roadblocks or exorbitant costs and there are massive delays in getting information.
blocked since year
Since I've been here, which is just a year now, we have been blocked at every turn,
allow boil complex diverse issues leadership polarized society tests
One of the tests of leadership in a diverse society is that you not allow issues like this -- which are complex -- to boil over into angry, polarized debates.