Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'carbontax'
June 27, 2008
18 of 23 trucks checked at random on Toronto streets this week by police and the Ministry of Transportation proved to have some kind of safety issue. The police inspections found numerous problems, including things like insufficient brakes, improperly secured load, cargo on fire, steering wheel fell off, truck being driven by dog, etc., etc. The former principal of C.W. Jeffries Secondary School, who came under fire for failing to report an alleged gang......
Continue Reading "Trucks Unsafe, Canada Uncompetitive, Principal Underemployed"June 18, 2008
The younger members of the "Toronto 18" were clueless dupes, according to the RCMP informant on the case. Best line from the story: "At one point, he said, the leaders hid in the bushes and made wolf and bear noises." Thank God we caught them early or they would have been making animal noises outside of Parliament! Ontario's ombudsman says that there's tons of crap the government still does wrong. He also says he......
Continue Reading "Young Terrorists Are Stupid, Air Canada Cuts Jobs, Italy Clutches Ankle And Declares Victory"June 9, 2008
Stephen Harper's Conservatives are running ads on the radio and at some gas pumps asserting that a proposed Liberal carbon tax is a "trick" and a tax grab. Firing back, Liberal Environment critic David McGuinty said that the Tories are in the pocket of the oil industry. No need to to fight, people; no doubt you're both right. A female gorilla named Ngozi has been shipped from Seattle to Toronto in the hope that......
Continue Reading "When Tories Attack, Zoo Pimps Out Gorilla, We Can Dance If We Want To"May 16, 2008
Stéphane Dion says that Canadians are smart enough to accept a carbon tax, and he seems willing to bet the next election on it. It's awesome that we have an opposition leader too naïve to recognize that however revenue-neutral and environmentally beneficial his plan is, this may not be the most politically savvy time to hike gas prices. Senator Larry Campbell, concerned about the future of the Canadian Football League, is preparing a bill......
Continue Reading "Dion Amusingly Optimistic, NFL Endangering Canadian Sovereignty, Millions Of Men Regain Hope "