John Tory
John Tory
John Howard Tory, OOntis a Canadian politician who is the 65th and current mayor of Toronto...
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The two most repeated views I have been hearing from the community are the need for a better police presence and tougher sentencing for criminals using guns, ... Improving community programs and a coordinated youth strategy is also raised by many as a key factor in our efforts to stop this gun violence.
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That is very disconcerting, very alarming and should be a wakeup call to all of us,
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I want to see the premier and the attorney general (Michael Bryant), who showed such vigour (last summer) when it came to (banning) pit bulls, showing the same vigour when it comes to the criminal justice system,
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I have no problem with him announcing an ad campaign, although it's the same one we have every year,
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They insist on having a public relations extravaganza, probably at some cost to the taxpayers . . . to rehash a bunch of old promises (and) make a few new ones,
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Even the rules that are in place are not being followed.
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They should just focus on trying to desperately keep even a few of the ones they made before.
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Somebody should have done their homework to determine whether the plant was eligible or not. If I was the plant (manager), I would be assuming that if they could manage to have a press conference in front of the plant, that I would be eligible for the program.
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This is another example of a government that has lost all respect for taxpayers.
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Our tendency has often been to say 'Well let's let the government worry about that', 'Phone a politician', 'Send a politician a letter'. I think people have to step up and take some ownership of these problems that includes crime but not limited to crime.
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One of the tests of leadership in a diverse society is that you not allow issues like this -- which are complex -- to boil over into angry, polarized debates.
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Simple information requests encounter huge roadblocks or exorbitant costs and there are massive delays in getting information.
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Since I've been here, which is just a year now, we have been blocked at every turn,
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When you come here you realize all these things are real and have an impact on peoples' lives.