Same could be said of only adding councillors to downtown. Gerrymandering.
Beyond that the councillors will have to appeal to a broader audience. And make for more centrist representation.
Ford to slash Toronto city council to 25 councillors from 47, sources say
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Beyond that the councillors will have to appeal to a broader audience. And make for more centrist representation.
She did. When they tried to prevent them via zoning she kyboshed it. Direct interference.
No different then injection sites, homeless shelters, and other issues. Then it's nimbyism right?
Using your excuse is hoisting yourself by your own petard. Sometimes unpopular decisions are made. On both sides.
You just don't like it because you personally don't like it. Not because its anti democratic.
You missed my point in my response to SirWanker:
"Seeing that a majority of residential and business development is concentrated in the downtown core, it is important to maintain that healthy environment, no?"
My response was to that as he was suggesting Toronto core should get some kind of special treatment because a lot of businesses are located there. My point was that times are changing and businesses are moving out of the core.
Really?
So what are reliable measures? And how do they relate to being a good politician?
Not at all, adding councillors downtown adapts to the changing demographics, with more way more people living downtown now in condos.
The status quo needs changing, but only to give downtown the representation that its increasing population deserves.
Ford is still trying to screw the downtown.
I was referring more to the residential portion, sir.
It has been increasing at a rate where it required additional representation on City Council, that had been democratically approved earlier after numerous consulting sessions and was to be implemented for this upcoming municipal election.
Decisions made on facts and being transparent, something Doug Ford is lacking in.
The world used to have a proliferation of city states. No more. In Ontario, the incorporation of cities are merely a way that the Province can decide to download some of its government authority and responsibilities. The notion that the tradesman must ask his tool how to do his job is logically unpersuasive to me.
There might have been a good argument for consulting city Councillors to obtain their insights as to the impact of changes in governance, if the Premier didn't happen to a former Councillor himself. In these circumstances, further consultation was completely unnecessary.
Seems like some on this thread are, essentially, calling for the City of Toronto to have autonomy. That's a radically backward idea.
There might have been a good argument for consulting city Councillors to obtain their insights as to the impact of changes in governance, if the Premier didn't happen to a former Councillor himself. In these circumstances, further consultation was completely unnecessary.
Seems like some on this thread are, essentially, calling for the City of Toronto to have autonomy. That's a radically backward idea.
Doug Ford was as a useless councillor who did nothing to help his ward, was and still is deliberately ignorant on how municipal governance operated.
Oh please, whether Ford was an effective Councillor or not, he had ample opportunity to experience just how ineffective Toronto Council is.
Are you truly arguing that Ford did not note the patent ineffectiveness of Council, despite serving on it? Or are you (meaninglessly) just expressing your criticism of Ford as a Councillor?
Are you truly arguing that Ford did not note the patent dysfunction that he and his bro brought to Council, despite he and his bro creating that dysfunction? Or are you meaninglessly just expressing your criticism of council as not Ford Bros. induced?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6JLHDXb894
Despite being no fan of Doug Ford, you'll have to do better to convince me that he was so powerful that he single-handedly brought Council to a standstill. I haven't noticed them accomplishing much since he left Council.
Although I did appreciate the laugh of seeing that green Oompa Loompa yelling at the Fords from the peanut gallery.
She did what? They who? Then injection sites, then nimbyism? What don't I like because I don't like it, and how is that hoisting myself on anyone's petard? None of what you've said here makes sense.
to which I [oldjones] replied[with added emphasis, and additional words this time]:
If anyone missed anything it was you, overlooking that I agreed with you on that one point. Now you can see the whole volley with some bits and edits I added for greater clarity. Pronouns with antecedents buried in previous posts are a trap.
The point about Toronto deciding for Toronto, which you have ignored, still stands. It's the only bit relevant to the topic.
Despite being a fan of Doug Ford, you'll have to do better to convince any sane and reasonable person that he and his bro were anything but disruptive and dysfunctional forces on City Council and throughout the city.
I agree that you haven't noticed much, although I do appreciate the unintended laughs your posts have provided me and many others on this board.
More like I have better things to do than search and read your previous postings on other threads.
