by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 27, 2017 | GTA Development, Public Transit, Toronto, TTC
Is it me or am I the only one tired of plan after plan in Toronto? I know, yes downtown Toronto has changed. We need to grow with the change. However I am starting to feel I will be long dead and gone before anything gets done. We to accept two facts. (1) We need...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 27, 2012 | Economy, GTA Development, GTA News, Markham, News, Ontario, Viva, YRT
So Markham wants to build a 20000 seat arena and entertainment complex that will rival the Air Canada Centre. In a way it makes perfect sense. There has been a lot of talk around bringing an NHL team to Markham, however I believe Toronto residents and possibly the...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 11, 2012 | Environmental Issues, GTA Culture, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, Poetry
It’s a cookie cut life of mediocrity, welcome to the burb. It’s all the same, we love it and it’s nothing to absurd. Admit it, we were sucked into the dream; the dream of owning a piece of Canadian terra-firma and all that it means. You love the plastic playground and...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 3, 2011 | Canada, Economy, Election, GTA Development, GTA History, GTA Issues, GTA News, LRT, News, Ontario, Public Transit, Viva
Interestingly enough this election may be a boon for the G.T.A. Not that Toronto can expect the Conservatives to only pander to their needs. As the Prime Minister said last night “we will govern for all Canadians”. Despite that the Liberals took for...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 3, 2011 | Canada, Climate Change, Economy, Election, employment, Environmental Issues, GTA Culture, GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Healthcare, GTA History, GTA Issues, GTA News, GTA Politics, Immigration, Multiculturalism, News, Ontario, Oshawa, Politics, Quebec, Technology, USA, World
Well a historic election has just taken place in Canada. The Bloc was decimated in Quebec, and almost wiped off the map. Newfoundland told Conservatives what to do with themselves. The Greater Toronto Area is painted blue and Toronto has gone NDP Orange. Also, it...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jan 22, 2010 | Canada, Environmental Issues, GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA News, LRT, News, Ontario, Politics, Public Transit, Toronto, Unions, Viva, YRT
Have we learned nothing from history and the reasons why there is a lack of good public transit options in the city of Toronto? What about jobs for the people of Thunder Bay? Again, with another knee-jerk reaction we may loose all we wanted in the city of Toronto and...