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WRONG! The filing wasn't even closed yet - anyone can still withdraw - so, what are you on about the election was already underway? Don't take my word for it. Here! https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-information/become-a-candidate/ You're just repeating the lies they're spouting off!

Weren't you reading? What's the point of banning tar sands? Before you answer that - you read my posts. Something tells me you're missing the point here.

July 30! The deadline date for FILING A NOMINATION or WITHDRAWAL is on or before July 30. https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-information/become-a-candidate/ Everyone knew of the plan to cut the council in half, as of Jul 27. Some of the nominees interviewed on TV welcomed the cut, and the challenge that lies ahead. That's the kind of attitude we should be looking for among the nominees! Everyone should've been on the ball and had been alert now that they know they've got a new Premier - a Conservative - WHO'D CAMPAIGNED TO STREAMLINE THE GOVERNMENT! That announcement shouldn't come as a surprise! That should be a no-brainer! Surely, they didn't assume that when Ford said he'd streamline the government, that he was referring to WalMart.....or the Federal government, did they? "He didn't say that in his campaign - that he'll cut the council to 25!" Any nominee who gave that line, doesn't deserve to win! They're not students that need to be hand-held, for crying out loud! They should be quick-thinkers! What do they understand by that term "stream-line?" Any candidate who doesn't get the meaning of that.....doesn't deserve that job and the big salary that comes with it! We don't want anyone asleep on their feet either! We need someone who's always prepared, with the ability to deal with anything that's thrown in his way.....and with a knack to always be a step ahead!

The notwithstanding clause need not be invoked after all! That should stop all the whining and bawling! Time to move on.

Corrections: the election was not underway! That's just a talking point. Fake news! Ford had brought this up in July! It's so scarey when politicians like Horwath - and the dishonest media - can now look you in the eye, and so blatantly lie.

It`s just another industry!

Anyway, back to the topic. Speaking of global waste trade, does this makes any sense?? How is this practice helping at all?

Unbelievable.

Anyway......dumping the waste in Africa or Asia....or anywhere else for that matter, doesn't address the supposedly dire situation we're facing! Lol. Whom are they kidding? Btw, I find it repugnant that we give our garbage to poor countries. Especially when we know that they're ill-equipped to deal with them. It's racist....or culturally inconsiderate. "Here, we've got all these crap that's polluting our backyard - take them and we'll give you money."

Heck, that was quite a mouthful, convoluted first sentence you got there. My eyes glazed over. Hold a sec - gotta grab ClearEyes. I wonder if it's only me..... See? You're not comprehending again. Oh boy......I don't have the patience or the time to explain every thing to you. You can't keep up - you're on your own. We're not in a juvenile forum. Bye Don.

No, I'm not. I'm just stating a fact. It was Ford who was elected - not you, or me, or Wynn or Horwath. And, certainly not Sophia. Streamline the government, is in his platform. He's simply doing what got him elected. You'd lost me. I don't know which leader presumes to wield UNLIMITED power. Certainly, not Ford.

That actually support my claim. If the environment is in a dire situation, do you think we'd entrust the disposal and recycling of materials (especially hazardous), to under-developed or poor countries that are most likely to be ill-equipped to handle such things? If we're supposedly on the brink of catastrophy to the point of no return (listening to the screechy Elizabeth May) - developed countries (who are mostly spearheading the green movement) surely show their grave and panicked concern in a very odd way.

Irrelevant. Stick to the context of my quoted statement. Whether you think he's making a mistake or not - that's just your opinion. Unfortunately, you're not the Premier of Ontario. Ford is the one who has that authority to make decisions. He was the one who got elected by majority - the one entrusted to govern. Therefore....... People who are undermining Premier Ford, are the ones undermining our democratic process.

So? I notice the same argument being given that just because not all Ontarians voted for Ford - and their numbers combined outnumber those who did actually vote for him - like somehow that means he hasn't got the majority. He still does! Well - the same argument will apply WHOEVER sits on that throne with the numbers we had from the last election! Whether the winner is Wynn or Horwath - the numbers of voters COMBINED, outnumber those who voted for the winner! Why is Ford the Premier by majority votes? Let's compare how many actually voted for Wynn - and how many DID NOT! Wynn hardly blips on the radar! The Liberals even lost their party status! Let's compare how many actually voted for Horwath - and how many DID NOT! The same "formula" you use with Ford also applies, does it not? Horwath and Wynn are still both losers, aren't they?

Yep. And he's going to follow his mandate. Streamlining the government is one of them. That's how it works. Actually, it's those who try to undermine his authority as Premier by giving such nonsense rationale that, only a fraction of the 13 million voted for him - they're the ones who are undermining our democracy!

What politician doesn't promise the same??? Yep - I know what NDP's ideology is: socialism! No wonder her policies for spending was a whole lot worse than Wynn's! For all the "talking with people" that she'd allegedly done........Horwath didn't listen to what people were saying. She and Wynn were like high on something, and in lala-land! Horwath is tone deaf! Majority of Tory, Liberal and NDP voters prefer spending cuts to deficits: Ipsos poll https://globalnews.ca/news/4211249/ontario-election-spending-cuts-deficits-poll/ She DID NOT listen to them She DID NOT support what they wanted. So, there! All you've got to do is look at that poll, and put one and one together: Now we know why Ford won the majority!

No matter how you do the math - he did get the majority of votes. Lol, how many voted for Wynn??? Say that again?

Address the questions pertaining to plastics and aluminum. You're saying people like Trudeau, Merkle and Macron - and all environmentalist leaders, haven't matured yet? Obviously, you haven't read everything I gave - or, some of them went sailing over your head. I wouldn't downplay the possible consequences. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/10/05/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-a-myth-warn-experts-as-survey-sho/ They may well have good intentions - however, the consequences could be devastating for us all!

Let me guess. Could it be because she's the first lesbian premier? To a lot of so-called progressive thinkers - that's a qualification that trumps all, you know.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2010/oct/12/lunch-clingfilm-foil-environment Why don't we get rid of both.......if it's a dire situation for mankind?

What about aluminum? https://recyclenation.com/2010/11/aluminum-extraction-recycling-environment/ Did you ever hear of anyone clamoring for it to be banned? No! Heck, Trudeau even got mad when Trump raised the tarriff on it! Lol. Aluminum is said to be another factor for the decline of bee population! So.....why do we still even have aluminum foil? https://sciencing.com/dangers-aluminum-foil-8314412.html If environmentalists have the luxury to pick and choose which things to ban, regardless of the said effect on the environment - then, things aren't dire as they want us to believe.

Still on the garbage patch The irony of this, it'll be the environmentalists who'll be more likely to end up destroying earth! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/10/05/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-a-myth-warn-experts-as-survey-sho/ Don't forget too, the media is into sensationalism. Even the mainstream media is into that now. They love to scare people. Don't take it from me - here's an authority on that: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/garbagepatch.html

Really? But a study published in 2018 stated the opposite of many of these assertions — that the Pacific Ocean trash pile was much larger than previously reported and rapidly growing, that most of its bulk was larger objects rather than microplastics, and that about one-fifth of its volume came from the 2011 Japan earthquake referenced above: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/10/05/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-a-myth-warn-experts-as-survey-sho/

They did. What province was that government that banned grocery bags??? BC? It's the government who's not getting it......and more like it, they're in on it! GREEN is just another industry. Just like how some people got mega-rich because of wars - some rich people will become mega-rich because of this Green industry! I'm telling you - environmentalism is the latest biggest scam!