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Running out of cards to play. What will Mayor Rob Ford do?

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 16, 2012 | News, Politics, Public Transit, Toronto, TTC

Seems that Rob Ford is stuck “between a rock and a hard place”. With the provincial government planning major cuts where does Mayor Ford get support for subways from? Today the recommendation will be for a LRT option, on Sheppard Avenue; putting the nail...

The Game of Thrones and Transit in Toronto

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 9, 2012 | Canada, GTA Politics, News, Ontario, Politics, Public Transit, Toronto

LRT or Subways? This has been the ongoing debate, unfortunately the lines between truth are certainly grey. Let’s start with the Eglinton Cross-town, which definitely the current hot potato. Rob Ford has continued to use the word “subways”, which...

Let the war for Toronto begin!

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Feb 21, 2012 | Canada, GTA News, GTA Politics, LRT, Public Transit, Toronto, TTC

Well let the war begin in the city of Toronto. In an apparent move to remove all opposition to Mayor Rob Ford’s subway plans a special Toronto Transit Commission meeting called with only one item on the agenda. A vote to remove Gary Webster’s from the...

Viva / YRT Strike over — Free transit for 2 months

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Feb 4, 2012 | Public Transit, Viva, YRT

With the over 3 month old strike finally over commuters in York region will receive almost 2 months of free transit. The move comes in response to York Region residents, who have endured a long protracted strike and no transit service. I don’t think...

Strike! Lots of confusion in York Region (YRT and VIVA)

by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 24, 2011 | Canada, Markham, Newmarket, Ontario, Public Transit, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Unions, Vaughan, Viva, YRT

There seems to be a lot of confusion over what is running and what is not in York Region. Details from the YRT/VIVA site are listed below, however there is much confusion over exactly which routes are not in operation. Some TTC routes, that go into Markham are still...

Conservatives and Toronto’s Rob Ford Nation – Subways please…

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...
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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said she’s “speechless” about the continued delayed of the Eglinton Crosstown, saying she’s no more knowledgeable on the project than residents and business owners who’ve been waiting years for it to wrap up.

“I don’t know what to say anymore, it’s leaving me speechless,”  said Chow.

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