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Morning Brew: November 9th, 2007

Posted by Jerrold Litwinenko / November 9, 2007

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Your morning news roundup for Friday November 9th, 2007:

It looks like Brampton will be the next city within the GTA to make up for budget woes by boosting taxes. Yesterday it was Mississauga making the headlines. And your Prime Minister doesn't see you as a worthwhile investment because you haven't yet demonstrated that you can cry tears of oil.

Two Toronto schools were evacuated yesterday: C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute - when pepper spray filled the air; and Victoria Park Collegiate Institute - when a weapon was reported. Sexual assault charges resulted from the latter.

A company bidding for the contract to build the TTCs proposed LRT vehicles says that the TTC is willing to spend far more than the market price. I say +1 for this company for coming out and telling us rather than just quoting them high.

Are you ready for a carless future? Here are a few ideas courtesy of the one and only Mark McKay.

On a related note, the rising Canadian dollar could have a major impact of Toronto, because of our reliance on the car manufacturing sector.

Once again, a raccoon is responsible for a power outage that crippled a section of the downtown core yesterday. Shocking!

Today's Crossroad Puzzle after the jump...

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Recognize this part of the city? Post your answer in the comments, and check for the answer in Monday's blogTO Morning Brew.

Yesterday's answer: Parkside Drive at Howard Park Ave and High Park Gardens

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Anon / November 9, 2007 at 08:52 am
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Presumably the TTC is willing to pay more because it's another kickback to Bombardier. Bombardier gives the largest political contributions of any corporation in Canada (it's true; look it up) and in return, the lawmakers award it many lucrative public contracts. So when this padded public contract gets given to Bombardier, now you know what is going on.
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Ben / November 9, 2007 at 09:58 am
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Screw the carless future. I want the carless present.
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Sean Galbraith / November 9, 2007 at 10:42 am
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That's the park n ride lot at Dixon and Carlingview by the airport.

Given that, constitutionally speaking, cities are "creatures of the Provinces", the obligation to support cities is explicitly the Provinces. As such, there should be no Federal involvement in City funding. The Province, though, just doesn't want to be on the hook for a problem that is their responsibility alone.
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Jerrold / November 9, 2007 at 10:52 am
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The Feds could adjust their funding to the provinces to account for city needs though.
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Sean Galbraith / November 9, 2007 at 01:36 pm
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But why should they take on the Province's responsibility, assuming it even was constitutional to begin with? To Harper's credit, he's doing what he should do... reduce the tax the Feds take in, which makes that potential pool of funds available to the province to tax and spend should they so choose. There's a division of powers for a reason.
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