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Dalton McGuinty’s increasing centralization of power

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 21, 2008 | Canada, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto

Premier Dalton McGuinty insists he is not rattled by apparent dissension in his Liberal ranks. In a move that even loyalists now concede was ill-advised, McGuinty ordered all staff members to leave the Liberal caucus room on May 13 then criticized MPPs for speaking...

Toronto Porter Airlines’ Big Apple Plans Soured By FAA

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 20, 2008 | Airlines, Airports, GTA Issues, Ontario, Toronto

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has taken a big bite out of Porter Airlines’ Big Apple ambitions. The regulator ruled the Toronto-based upstart airline must trim its daily schedule of 14 flights between Hogtown and Newark, N.J. by four in order to...

TTC to seriously consider relief line by 2018, Giambrone says…

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 18, 2008 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto

“TTC chairman Adam Giambrone says a new subway line cutting through the bottom of the city is a “good idea,” one the TTC will start looking at seriously by 2018. The Downtown Rapid Transit project, or Downtown Relief Line (DRL), would relieve congestion at the...

Bell Canada’s packet inspection violates privacy law, group

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 15, 2008 | Canada, Ontario, Technology, Toronto

And you didn’t like Comcast’s TCP resets. Something far more egregious is going on in Canada, where Bell Canada has been engaged in deep-packet inspection of traffic. Bell is using DPI to find and limit the use of peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent, which it...

Girl Refused Employment Because Of Dreadlocks

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 7, 2008 | Canada, GTA Culture, GTA Issues, Ontario, Toronto, World

Jessica Devnani was excited about the prospect of starting her first summer job at Canada’s Wonderland, but in the end, she found no amusement in the park’s request that she cut her dreadlocks, or find work elsewhere. “I went in for my interview and...

Ontario legislature orders Toronto’s transit workers to end – Strike is over for now!

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 27, 2008 | GTA Issues, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto

Ontario’s legislature has ordered Toronto’s 9,000 transit workers to end their suprise strike that idled the country’s largest fleet of subways, streetcars and buses. All parties supported the bill, introduced personally by Premier Dalton McGuinty,...
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