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Newsstand: August 29, 2011
Monday has come and Monday will go, but while it's still with us let's be cool about it. In the news: topless people wanting to be topless go topless on a Sunday morning, doctors should be making house calls say the provincial Liberals, the provincial Liberals shouldn't be allowed to look productive at the expense of underhoused Ontarians say the federal Conservatives (maybe), and Toronto will have a new king someday.
Sunday morning brunchers on Queen Street East got an eyeful of boobs with their eggs, as topless “topless activists” marched along in a protest. The group of topless women and bikini-topped men were marching in protest of the City’s decision to deny the group a permit to celebrate a thing they made up Canadian National Go-Topless Day in a City park. The City would not divulge what aspect of the Toronto Municipal Code the event would be violating. So the ladies and gents took to the streets and avoided the park. Also an anonymous man from west Etobicoke came out, camera in hand, out of curiosity and presumably to fuel Giorgio Mammoliti jokes.
Ontario Liberals are trying to usher in a new era of oldness by promising a medical house calls program for patients with mobility issues or severe illness. The proposed medical program would cost about $60 million and aims to reduce costs for long-term care, which can run about $1000 dollars a day for a patient in a hospital. So dust off the old leather doctor bag and head on out to the old mill, doc. Dalton McGuinty’s got a brain fever if he thinks lofty health care promises are going to lock this election down.
What could help the Liberals out in this election though is a $481 million dollar plan to provide affordable housing. But word on the streets is that the Conservative federal government is not eager to sign off on the deal for fear of making the Ontario Liberals look like good guys. So long as the deal is in limbo, more than 152,000 Ontario households are on a wait list for affordable housing. Nice move, politicians. Real classy.
And you should know that Beyonce is pregnant. That is relevant to your interests and information needs, Torontonians, insofar as that baby will probably one day rule us all.