Toronto My Way

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[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@cgalemer Yeah. Crime happens. I am capable of accepting that.

That does not change the material and statistical fact that, when compared to other cities of similar size, Toronto has orders of magnitude fewer crimes.

If you are incapable of accepting this, you're arguing in bad faith.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

"I know Toronto isn't safe."

Yeah? Well, "I know you're an imbecile."

See how starting with "I know" does not demand agreement nor even acceptance?

You're welcome.

You do you. I'll stick with the data, thanks.

[Conservative_Crystal @cgalemer]

@PensCollector @TorontoMyWay @HenriAGS Who’s scared? I’m not. I also live in reality and know that Toronto isn’t safe, along with most of Canada over the last decade. It’s almost like letting criminals off the hook has made Canada a dystopian nightmare.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@NewhartlikeBob @cavendishbill Why is it "a way for the City to make money"?

Drivers make choices. They have the power to obey the speed limit, to be law-abiding citizens.

If they choose to speed, they volunteered their money, the City didn't take it.

It's called accountability. What's so difficult?

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@cgalemer @PensCollector @HenriAGS You can do whatever you want.

None of it will change the facts.

Those of us living in reality will be fine.

[Chris Glover @chrisglover]

Ford and his Cabinet Ministers were caught speeding 23 times and fined $3,300.

So Ford banned speed cameras.

Now:
▶️ speeding is up 380%
▶️ 2 people have died in accidents where speed cameras used to be.

#ONpoli

https://t.co/ojquRmunxu

[🇨🇦Wayne🇨🇦 @Reil76]

Funny how the loudest “Canada is broken” voices keep coming from the provinces with the worst premiers running the show.

Here’s the part people skip: your daily life is run by your province, not Ottawa. Healthcare, schools, hospitals, highways, policing, housing approvals, electricity rates. All provincial jurisdiction. The premier you voted for controls almost everything that actually touches your day to day.

Alberta’s economy gets mismanaged by Smith, healthcare gets gutted, and somehow it’s Ottawa’s fault. Saskatchewan posts some of the worst outcomes on healthcare wait times and education funding in the country, then blames “the Laurentian elite.”

These are the same people who vote for cuts, then complain when the cuts hurt. Vote for underfunded hospitals, then post about ER wait times like it’s a national betrayal. Vote against federal transfers and equalization fixes, then act shocked when their own province can’t deliver services.

If your premier controls your hospital wait time, your kid’s classroom size, and your power bill, and all three are getting worse, that’s not a “Canada is broken” problem. That’s a “you elected this” problem.

The data is right there. Most of the “Canada is failing” energy isn’t coming from a place of national decline. It’s coming from provincial governance failures, dressed up as a federal crisis.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@PensCollector @cgalemer @HenriAGS For those looking for Toronto here, it's down in the CSI 51-68 range.

Any way you slice it, for a city of 2 million people or more, Toronto is TOP 10 safe.

Choose data and reality above conservative fear-mongering, inflammatory rhetoric, and ideological agendas.

[Basketball University @UofBasketball]

Allen Graves is sick. One of the most insane possession game monsters in NCAA history. Raptors stacking 6’9 guys that have gamebreaking defensive playmaking and passing/rebounding for their size.

Going to be one of the most interesting teams to watch in the NBA.

[Stephano🍁Barberis @HelloStephano]

Imagine how much you’d have to hate Canada to say we have a bad PM because he’s not quickly landing a deal with a capricious, insane, pedo, greedy, lying, petulant baboon. Imagine blaming the revered, educated and accomplished PM but not Donald. This is why Cons are reviled.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@skarface789 @l3v1at4an If you can't take woke gobbledegook, don't dish conservative rhetoric. There are rules to good-faith engagement that help keep public discourse civil, and they're not just for me, they're for thee, too.

Anyway, it's clear we are not going to have a constructive convo. Cheers.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@skarface789 @l3v1at4an You should be capable of doing your own homework.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@ColborneGreg @TheBikingLawyer Context. Cops don't run red lights just whenever. There's a difference between a pursuit and just driving within traffic, and that shouldn't have to be explained to you.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Car Brain is what leads people to commit and/or justify antisocial behavior involving a car -- even behavior they would otherwise condemn.

Car Brain has claimed many lives.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@skarface789 @l3v1at4an Asking "what good did [insert politician] do?", as if the answer is nothing, is absurd rhetoric. No administration is perfect nor a complete failure.

Objective, non-partisan, RATIONAL, good-faith means you would've been able to say what good Trudeau did achieve all on your own.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@skarface789 @l3v1at4an There are numerous pillars in the conservative platform that are rigorously proven LESS fiscally responsible than progressive alternatives; that they remain pillars is not a function of rationale/logic, it is the stubborn, pouting refusal to concede because "we don't wanna".

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@skarface789 @l3v1at4an "I'm sure there are" addressed the possible existence of ignorant conservative voters. It did not answer the question of whether you'd be as quick to call a conservative gov't incompetent because of them.

NOW that you've finally answered yes, we can continue.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@UPexpress trains have a seating capacity of ~170 people. Imagine if 80% of that many people were in single-occupancy vehicles driving to the airport every 10-15 minutes.

Drivers should support transit for helping their commute NOT take 4x longer than it already does.

[Toronto My Way @TorontoMyWay]

@skarface789 @l3v1at4an Okay, so answering the question should be just as easy as it was to call out incompetence of a progressive administration. Yet here you are, avoiding it, which supports the hypothesis which compelled me to bother asking in the first place.