City Under Seige

Toronto has been put on notice by His Lordship and council executive. How dare those councilors fearing retribution from the voters in the near and not too distant future, not play along with his tax plans. The treats include TTC fare hikes, shutting down subway services and eliminating other city services to name a few. Whatever happened to all the gab about getting more people to ride the TTC in order to protect the environment?

Interesting how quickly we are faced with the harsh reality of the funding necessary to "walk" the environment preservation "talk". Mum.

Ontario's Environment Plan

The Ontario environment plan was released last Friday and promises some aggressive, however more realistic targets that those required under the Kyoto Protocol. The premier is proposing targets of 50% reduction in carbon emissions by year 2020. The challenge being brought to the premier now is to show that this is not simply election talk (elections are being held on October 10, 2007) and reconvene parliament to enact laws to implement the plan before the summer is out.

This might not be a bad idea for the premier as he could include it in his campaign as action taken instead of promise made (the usual).

Climate Changes

First posting due on February 1