By Patrick Metzger

The McGuinty government is preparing legislation to combat “driver distraction,” which will likely mean no more hand-held cell phones, Blackberries, Gameboys, iPods, or other “electronic distractions” while you’re at the wheel. So much for the Torontoist mobile Wii tennis tournament.
In an increasingly familiar Parliamentary ritual, Stephen Harper dared Stéphane Dion to bring down the government and let the voters decide who they like, this time on the issue of the Liberals’ proposed carbon tax. Dion in return advised the PM that the Liberals prefer to be in opposition, because they have more free time to spend with their families.
A private member’s bill to be tabled at Queen’s Park this fall may make it easier for Toronto Community Housing to evict tenants who are engaging in drug-dealing, prostitution, or other activities that generally make life miserable for their neighbours. In a gutsy and opinionated report, TCH said that “It may also give tenants a feeling of being harassed and criminalized or conversely it could have a positive impact on communities, giving tenants a sense of improved safety,” but failed to add, “or it could have no effect at all, we really have no idea.”
A Toronto woman has dropped almost $9,000 for a pair of Queen Victoria’s bloomers. The imperial undergarments, which boast a fifty-inch waist, are embroidered with the initials VR (Victoria Regina) and a royal crown, probably so they wouldn’t get lost when the Queen was at summer camp.
Photo by jamacdonald.