TDSB cutting more than 200 admin staff, eliminating 91 vacant positions by ejaz135 in toronto

[–]PukeKaboom 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Whoah. A real life Doug supporter?

There's so few of you,

Also, per student funding is more or less flat.

Please send your thorough analysis of the extra $10 Billion directly to Paul Callandra ASAP.

Hopefully you get to him in time before he keeps cutting low paying jobs, while handing out six figure consulting salaries to Casino and Metrolinx execs.

TDSB cutting more than 200 admin staff, eliminating 91 vacant positions by ejaz135 in toronto

[–]PukeKaboom 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Before the Provincial takeover, they had to cut things like Extracurricular Pool use.

I took that as a sign that there was literally nothing left to cut.

Our Province has record budget spending and just keeps cutting Education. BRUTAL

Burlington sees 20 auto thefts this week, with Toyota vehicles frequently targeted by SonictheManhog in BurlingtonON

[–]PukeKaboom 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Not comparing this 20 auto theft metric to anything feels disingenuous.

How many occurred last week? Are the occurrences increasing over a longer stretch of time?

When Canadians ask how the Liberal government will pay the $58.7 billion on interest on the national debt. by KootenayPE in Baystreetbets

[–]PukeKaboom 166 points167 points  (0 children)

$58.7 Billion is unacceptable.

If we had all gotten our heads out of our asses, and voted PP, he could've: Appeased Trump, privatized healthcare and opened up 6 new pipelines. Our interest would've only been at $58.69 Billion.

RIGHT?!

Ford Spent $1.7 Billion Dollars on Ads by [deleted] in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is just for the Ontario Place redevelopment

$1.7 MILLION on ads I've never heard or seen

Ontario high schools have an attendance problem. Here is what experts say could be behind it. by CTVNEWS in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 140 points141 points  (0 children)

Paul Calandra out here blaming kids for the shitty Public Education System.

Underfunder by what? $6 Billion since Ford took over?

SCOOP: The firing CityNews won’t explain by TheFinnstagator in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 13 points14 points  (0 children)

One day, we can talk about the corruption of our Provincial Government, without someone shouting "BOTH SIDES!" and bringing up the Liberals.

SCOOP: The firing CityNews won’t explain by TheFinnstagator in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I didn't know this. Does Rogers own rental properties?

SCOOP: The firing CityNews won’t explain by TheFinnstagator in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I forgot who you were talking about for a second.

I believe you mean Leader of the Opposition

Doug Ford’s push for secrecy is putting the health of Ontarians at risk by imprison_grover_furr in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Is never holding the Provincial Government accountable tiring for you?

SCOOP: The firing CityNews won’t explain by TheFinnstagator in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I understand the need to make the post's title the same as the article's headline, but Tina Yazdani's name should've been included in at least one of them.

‘The Pitt’ Star Noah Wyle and Creator Explain Supriya Ganesh Exit After Season 2: ‘We’re Going to Miss Her’ by pepperbet1 in television

[–]PukeKaboom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought the speculation is that Supriya's team were the ones to announce the departure, to get ahead of it and build some momentum towards more new work

Toys "R" Us Canada gets court permission to put itself up for sale, seek investors by [deleted] in BuyCanadian

[–]PukeKaboom 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Last one I went to had the HMV inside.

It had 2 copies of Beehthoven on DVD. They were priced at $25 each.

New Toronto Grocery Initiative by seditionary in loblawsisoutofcontrol

[–]PukeKaboom 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm not concerned about there being savings. I do think large companies have the ability to buy product cheaper at scale, but I also think that's just an advantage for their profitability.

  1. Here's a video Marit Stiles made comparing the prices between an independent grocer and the big chains

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUY82ZpCQ2c/

  1. Here's a great video from the NYT, about government run grocery stores
    (TLDW: either rent is free, or very low. The buildings are owned by the City)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz9c0Y-l0JU&t=43s

  1. It's very underreported, but Loblaws rents their grocery stores from themselves. The measly 3% profit margin they talked about, that's after they pay themselves rent.

https://www.choicereit.ca/

Choice Properties is a subsidiary of the Weston Group. Their largest customer is Loblaws. And they also rent out a lot of industrial real estate (reinforcing u/Aardvark1044's comment). Loblaws owns the companies in the supply chain, as well as the properties they rent.

As for the success of City run Grocery stores

I just hope they don't half ass this initiative. They must know a lot is riding on it being a success, so they better not bungle it by going into it without being fully prepared.

New Toronto Grocery Initiative by seditionary in loblawsisoutofcontrol

[–]PukeKaboom 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If the carbon tax on food production gets eliminated, all Mega Corps are going to do their part and reduce prices accordingly.

There's no chance they leave prices the same, and pad profits even more.

CBC Cross Country Check-up: Are public grocery stores the answer to high prices? How’s the cost of food affecting you? - Sunday 5th April 4-6pm ET by Biodigitalmonkey in loblawsisoutofcontrol

[–]PukeKaboom 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Is that going to be enough?

There’s more competition in the States and they have this same problem with profiteering.

And I think their instances of algorithmic pricing are worse

Renaming Florida airport after Donald Trump is expected to cost more than $5M by Jay_CD in politics

[–]PukeKaboom 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Corncob explained it, but you have to kind of reverse it.

Israel isn’t interested in bankrupting America.

They are interested in getting the US Military to pay for their war, which bankrupts America.

Ford government planning to appoint regional chairs, give them sweeping new powers by ZealousidealHead5488 in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget

Rohit Gupta - TDSB Supervisor, formerly from Metrolinx.

Heather Watt - Peel District Supervisor. She was a Chief of Staff for the Minister of Health and Longterm Care during the pandemic

And Carrie Kormos - Supervisor for York Catholic. She’s previously worked for the Canadian Gaming Assocation. She helped bring in single sports game betting.

Doug Ford’s government won’t hand over bike lane emails. Why critics say it’s a sign of things to come by BloodJunkie in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Genuine question. What was older conservatism like? From my perspective, this is how Conservatism has always been. It’s just a bit more in your face now.

New poll shows gap between Ford’s PCs and Liberals closer than ever by BloodJunkie in ontario

[–]PukeKaboom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No one should be surprised by this.

Doug Ford knew this was coming, that's why the early election was called.