[QuickTidal]

And there it is. Doug Ford backed all the way down.

We had multiple MASSIVE unions threatening a General Strike for Monday….and Ford and Lecce blinked.

You love to see the power of united people bring the govt back to reality.

[Tsundoku]

Another Tory with a sex scandal!

Oh, wait ...

https://www.news.com...c57b32c85d8523c

Canadian mayor John Tory resigns one hour after relationship with staffer revealed
A Canadian mayor abruptly resigned just one hour after his affair with a staffer half his age was exposed by a local paper.

Looks like "half his age" was being generous or just crappy maths (he's 68). She's 31 apparently.

[LinearPhilosopher]

Sayyy is anyone getting deja vu from the patrick brown incident?

[Aptorian]

Once again, our conservative society gets in the way of true love *smh*

[QuickTidal]

LinearPhilosopher, on 15 February 2023 - 04:51 AM, said:

Sayyy is anyone getting deja vu from the patrick brown incident?

Nah, Patrick Brown is just a well known slime bucket, and made enemies in the Conservative party ranks, so they got their knives out for him....luckily for him he tumbled upwards into the mayor role in Brampton.

Tory is a deeper well. No one who is in charge of the biggest hub city in Canada is resigning over a simple affair that is already over...this goes deeper, and I have a friend whose mom knows the other woman in question and said that she's into some KINKY lifestyle things, and perhaps Tory is also into said kinky lifestyle stuff. It's rumoured that his wife basically said "Quit, or what I know is coming out, and you don't want that." So I think a simple "I had an affair, and am going to quit and focus on fixing my family" is cover for deeper more kinky things.

Aptorian, on 15 February 2023 - 06:48 AM, said:

Once again, our conservative society gets in the way of true love *smh*

Honestly, I think you're right...if what I noted above is at all true, I think the real worry is that his kinks would come out and that the Conservatives, Ford included would be forced to distance themselves from him and his Roger's Board membership (future) would be on the line....he's 68, I imagine that he's planning his retirement, and if he can manage to do that on a board like Rogers, he's set for a cushy elder years....he doesn't want to jeopardize that. JUST an affair with a younger woman won't shake the Conservative tree at all (in fact I think it's a requirement for membership; See Doug Ford & Kinga Surma), but kinky stuff and alternative lifestyles are a very prevalent and current Conservative dog whistle.

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[QuickTidal]

I'm hearing whispers that Mike Layton might run? If that's the case, then that is probably our best progressive candidate that we've had in this city since....jeezus I can't recall...Layton could unify the city behind him unlike people like Penalosa and Brown (both of whom I like, but have literally zero presence in the broader eyes of the city)...

I admit that this is 100% on the laurels of his beloved and deceased father (a man who I wish had lived to be our PM), but nonetheless if the young man that Jack Layton raised could be mayor, that would please me.

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[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 15 February 2023 - 01:19 PM, said:

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Tory is a deeper well. No one who is in charge of the biggest hub city in Canada is resigning over a simple affair that is already over...this goes deeper, and I have a friend whose mom knows the other woman in question and said that she's into some KINKY lifestyle things, and perhaps Tory is also into said kinky lifestyle stuff. It's rumoured that his wife basically said "Quit, or what I know is coming out, and you don't want that." So I think a simple "I had an affair, and am going to quit and focus on fixing my family" is cover for deeper more kinky things.
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Why would she insist he quit tho?
Even if she leaves him, he's worth more alimony/support wise as the mayor or former mayor who goes on to whatever than as the mayor who quit in disgrace and no one wants to employ.
Ruining him out of vengeance is poor fiscal planning.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 16 February 2023 - 05:23 AM, said:

Why would she insist he quit tho?

Upset? My mom vehemently tried to get my dad to stay even after it was clear his heart had moved on...she tried to get him to work on it (and it wasn't till after they fully split that her rage aimed at him came about). In this case it's a 45 year marriage. That's not something that's easily dismissible in favour of alimony and support. She's of an age with him, so nearly 70 years old. The prospect of being alone/single in your elderly years is daunting AF I imagine.

So yeah, it might make more sense to take him for all he's worth...but the factors that weigh against that, keeping the family together and pushing through this, loom large. She's looking at this as the spurned one, and that comes with baggage.

Abyss, on 16 February 2023 - 05:23 AM, said:

Ruining him out of vengeance is poor fiscal planning.

The threat is all she needed. She probably knew that he would do what she asked for. I doubt she wanted or even thought she'd have to out whatever else he's clearly hiding...the threat was enough.

[QuickTidal]

Canada-centric advice from my recent airport visit after returning from Vacay. The ArriveCAN app has been modified to be the app to help facilitate customs (it was our Vaccine proof app; but there's no longer a need for that so they're trying to pivot to using it for something else to explain the expense), and we were advised by Flight Attendants AND the pilot during the last 3rd of our journey that we could use the app to fill out the relevant info to skip the line inside. We filled it out while waiting to de-plane and when we arrived inside it was the same hundreds of people in many lines dumpster fire it always is...and the line for those that HAD filled out the app....get this....STILL led to the machines in all the other lines that ask you the same questions and take your photo and print out a slip to give to the customs agent at the end of the queue....because when we tried to show her the app filled out...she said we still have to use the machine. So yeah, the ArriveCAN app is fairly useless now and the attempts to use it to be a "fastpass" version of the declaration system have clearly not worked. Just go to the machines and don't bother with the app.

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On the politics topic...

Federal Liberal MP Han Dong AND Provincial Conservative MPP Vincent Ke BOTH interacting with senior CCP officials with info or suggestions is treasonous AT THE VERY LEAST and should show that active interference in our democracy has no Party-stripe and both should be investigated hardcore. I want an investigator to crawl up BOTH their asses and dig through their shit with a fine tooth comb. And quite frankly if Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford respectively had knowledge of these transgressions prior to it coming out then they should both be investigated too.

I'm so tired of simply wanting elected officials to just have our best interests at heart and not think about what hurts or helps them retain power as their deciding factor on what to push out there or not. IT's so exhausting.

On the bright side, Josh Matlow (a Toronto city councillor with a pretty good progressive track record, while also occasionally leaning centre enough to get him more votes than some of the pie in the sky full-progressive candidates who don't have a chance in a megacity Toronto that includes all those suburbans) has decided to officially run for mayor (and due to a bylaw he doesn't have to relinquish his council seat while he runs)...and quite frankly unless someone better comes along, then he's got my vote. The fact that he could likely get the progressive downtowners (like myself), and perhaps a big chunk of the suburban vote already pushes him up the chain more than someone like Gil Penalosa, or Chloe Brown...who are both further left, but scare off a LOT of voters who are used to voting for a starched board of directors suit like Tory was...and for what it's worth he's running on a new tax for single homeowners....which will annoy NIMBYs, but is VERY needed if we are going to get control of Housing issues in Toronto, let alone transit.