It’s never happened on a thanksgiving weekend before because it’s a stupid weekend to pick, looks like you have the bad memory. They could have picked any other weekend just like they've always done and no one would complain. I’m not the only one annoyed by this, the majority of people actually in the city are “furious” according to this article .
https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/10/toronto-gardiner-expressway-closed-thanksgiving-weekend/
Also twitter is full of people saying it’s a terrible decision. I think You guys just don’t give a shit because you don’t live in the city and are forced to go through it.
People would definitely complain if they picked any other weekend because that's all that people in this city do. There's always something going on in the city where a highway / road closure will inconvenience someone. Our infrastructure is crumbling because we voted to keep taxes low. So now we have to pay for those short-sighted decisions.
No, I don't give a shit about your precious long weekend plans because I live near the Six Points area of Etobicoke where they are re-configuring the interchange of Kipling, Dundas and Bloor, which has been going for MONTHS with many more to go. Yet you complain about being inconvenienced for a few days and have several options to get out of town like the subway, UP Express and Go train. If you don't like the inconvenience of dealing with the Gardiner or other road closures, noise pollution from streets, clubs, restaurants, airport, etc. then don't live downtown. You chose to live there so deal with it.