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Toronto Deficit

Rob Ford, Where's the Fat?

Andrew Reeves | Posted 11.14.2011 | Canada
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Andrew Reeves

As a mayoral candidate, Rob Ford promised the people of Toronto that waste was threatening to engulf the city. But the waste that Ford reported were drowning this city in ever-increasing deficits just don't seem to exist.

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Rob Ford's Jig

Thom Vernon | Posted 10.02.2011 | Canada
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Thom Vernon

Rob Ford danced into office promising to "stop the gravy train" at city hall. Problem is, he and his strategy are still dancing but there is no gravy. Now that we have seen each other in that committee room, and from behind a microphone, we must connect, strategize and resist.

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Rob and Doug Ford: Toronto's Brothers Grim

Jonathan Naymark | Posted 09.27.2011 | Canada Politics
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Jonathan Naymark

Things indeed have to change at City Hall. No one really knows how though, because the Fords' Toronto has become reactionary, too. A reactionary public, led by a reactionary mayor and flamed by a reactionary press has led to the disappearance of any sort of intelligent discourse.

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Privatizing Toronto: The Hosers of "Hogtown" and the Budget

Jordon Froese | Posted 08.25.2011 | Canada
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Jordon Froese

My city is facing a budget crisis, eh? What Rob and Doug are sayin' is that we're short about $775 million. I'm surprised that the Hosers of Hogtown haven't cottoned on to the marketing geniuses at NASCAR for inspiration.

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