Apparently, there’s a “suburbs/downtown rift” affecting Toronto—or at least Doug Ford says there is. What’s more, Dougie claims that the rift is being fuelled by the (highly debatable) fact that downtown wards are gobbling up tax dollars while the suburbs are left to languish (the Star breaks down the numbers here). Ford offered comments to that effect yesterday, citing the unequal distribution of wading pools (yes, wading pools) across the city as evidence of “overspending in the downtown area.” Sure, the suburban-downtown divide is old news by now—case in point: the results of the 2010 mayoral election—but we’re pretty sure Ford’s comments are really more about his desire to curb spending, and his willingness to use silly arguments to do so, than the city’s ideological divide. Read the entire story [Globe and Mail] »
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Doug Ford thinks city hall plays favourites with the downtown core (it has more wading pools than the suburbs, after all)
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I think it’s the other way around. The suburbs get sidewalk and windrow plowing in the winter, a luxury not afforded downtown residents.
December 14, 2011 at 4:10 pm | by TorontoDudeIt’s not fair that people who live in small apartments, small houses, condos, etc. get recreational facilities. My kids have to play hockey on our backyard rink – downtownies get a city funded rink with a darn Zamboni! How is that fair?!? Same with pools – we have to use our OWN pool in our OWN backyard, whereas the spoiled brats of Alexandra Park get to splash around all summer on the taxpayer dime! NOT FAIR.
December 14, 2011 at 6:25 pm | by Joe ToryIt’s NOT FAIR that downtowners are eating all of our lieberries!!!
December 18, 2011 at 6:18 pm | by Joe Tory