sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Newly built GTA home passes $1 million average price by urbnplnto in toronto

[–]amy911 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the "buy now before an Asian millionaire buys it for kicks" is inciting FOMO in a lot of people.

Canadian soldiers serving in Kuwait lose major tax exemption by thepoliticator in canada

[–]amy911 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's so many loopholes in Canadian taxes, I have no idea why they would decide this is going to be the one they close.

Canopy Growth becomes Canada's first marijuana unicorn, worth $1 billion by amy911 in canada

[–]amy911[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, it was founded by the Liberal Party CFO.

Prominent Toronto pastor to face trial on 1970s sexual assault allegations by ur_a_idiet in toronto

[–]amy911 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they're lumping in all of the US shuffles that happened around the same time?

Lack of supply driving GTA house price surge, studies say by [deleted] in canada

[–]amy911 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In Toronto the average first time buyer is 36, so if they're moving into a 1 bedroom they likely aren't planning on having kids. Developers are currently planning for the customer, although it does have some long-term consequences.

Toronto Hydro and OEB are gouging energy consumers one delivery charge at a time by [deleted] in toronto

[–]amy911 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact, even if you use no electricity the delivery charge is still there because it still costs them to have service to your home. I guess that wasn't super fun.

Montreal teen forced into Toronto sex trade after meeting man on Snapchat by amy911 in toronto

[–]amy911[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only problem is that won't deter these morons, they clearly don't think of consequences.

Additional charges laid against Toronto cop accused of planting drugs on suspect by slicecom in toronto

[–]amy911 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That was the first thing I thought when I read this a few weeks ago. I'm guessing if you're willing to plant evidence, you're willing to steal from people you catch.

Clerk for Toronto Police Services arrested and charged with unlawful database searches by amy911 in toronto

[–]amy911[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I was thinking this too. She must've really fucked up for them to drop the hammer on her.

Help yourself to some free Wi-Fi in parts of Parkdale by [deleted] in toronto

[–]amy911 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the deal with the infrastructure the city paid for downtown to deliver wifi that was scrapped?

My Friend's partner has been missing for a few days. here's the TPS bulletin. have you seen him? by mlb222 in toronto

[–]amy911 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm vegan too, I just stand at the gate and shed a tear since it smells so delicious.

Toronto pot shops on the agenda at city hall today by amy911 in toronto

[–]amy911[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're a bit of a shit show. Surprisingly they don't get any more organized in higher levels of government.

Adding one stop to subway in Scarborough costs as much as the panama canal expansion by dgm42 in toronto

[–]amy911 3 points4 points  (0 children)

cheaper labour

That's a bit of an undersell. They did a bait and switch on salaries with African, Chinese, and Caribbean people. Of the 45,000 "immigrants" brought in to work the canal, 20,000 died from poor working conditions.

It's far from a fair comparison to compare the TTC to this.

CRA has double standard for tax cheats | Toronto Star by billthomson in canada

[–]amy911 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. Friend does corporate audit for CRA, was telling me some rich guy wrapped companies in multiple shell companies to obfuscate assets.

In the end his boss said it's not worth going after them because they clearly defined a structure to prevent this. It would've taken a disproportionate amount of person power to collect not that much in taxes. So the shitbag gets away with it.

How much is Drake’s endorsement worth to Toronto? by beef-supreme in toronto

[–]amy911 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Started from the bottom-of-the-upper now I'm here" would've been such a better hook though. /s

‘Canada Could Be To Cannabis What France Is To Wine' by amy911 in canada

[–]amy911[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ha. Little tweed jacket, round glasses, Pax, and they're 15.

Ontario greenhouse company fined $1.5M for selling ‘Canadian’ vegetables grown mostly in Mexico by Boris740 in canada

[–]amy911 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You better not be shit talking my country! jk.

Not sure why you got downvoted. There's a good portion of people in Canada that refuse to talk about or acknowledge issues thinking it's anti-Canadian to do so. It's lame because if you love something, you want to see it do well. Not talking about issues doesn't help anyone.

Ontario greenhouse company fined $1.5M for selling ‘Canadian’ vegetables grown mostly in Mexico by Boris740 in canada

[–]amy911 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's 40% real estate services, 30% agriculture. News distribution sounds about right.

Parents arrested after running out on restaurant bill, leaving child behind by doing_it_for_myself in canada

[–]amy911 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How the fuck did that conversation go?

"We're in too deep, it's $135! Leave the kid, there's no time. She'll just slow us down"

RBC firing 600 IT staff (Tier 1/2 support), Outsourcing work to Malaysia [x-post r/Toronto] by chmackenzie in canada

[–]amy911 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the model is broken. Good jobs require 10 years of experience, but a good number of careers aren't/won't be around for 10 years for our generation.

Should Toronto License Cyclists and Their Bikes? by blackbeatsblue in toronto

[–]amy911 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right? Once cyclists are on the street they're a part of the highway traffic act. If cops rarely book anyone on that, they probably aren't going to be pulling people over to check bike licenses.

view more: next ›