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Tory not guilty of conflict of interest, Integrity Commissioner decides; Chaleff disagrees, but says he can’t afford to fight/lose in court

Rita Smith

Toronto’s Integrity Commissioner Jonathan Batty has released his report into a conflict of interest complaint filed against Mayor John Tory.

“Having completed my inquiry, the evidence does not show that Mayor Tory violatd the MCIA (Municipal Conflict of Interest Act),” Batty wrote in his report. “I will not be applying to a judge to request such a determination, or impose any penalty.

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Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford helped GM launch the doomed BrightDrop. Photo: GM
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The problem with electric vehicles: Switzerland’s woes should be a warning to us all

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Justin Trudeau “test drives” GM’s new BrightDrop. Photo: GM ***** by Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy For years now we’ve been hearing about the wonders of electric vehicles (EVs). Enormous amounts of money have been spent by

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“I assumed this was a joke; it’s not” – study claims unvaxxed involved in more accidents

Rita Smith

When I first saw articles covering the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study this week linking vaccine status with vehicle accidents rates, I thought I was reading a satirical parody from the Beaverton or the Babylon Bee.

But no – these were genuine articles, published by serious players like Sunnybrook Hospital and CTV. It’s really hard to view the straight-up news coverage without laughing, or vomiting.

The gist of all the words boils down to the idea that unvaccinated people cause more traffic accidents, likely because people who ignore government demands to get vaccinated are likely to ignore the rules of road, too.

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Inconvenient facts about electric cars: politicians make us pay more to hurt the environment

Rita Smith

The five inconvenient facts as outlined are:

Even if everyone drove an electric car, it would hardly make a dent in the fossil fuels we use.

Electric cars are not very “green.” Only 12 per cent of fuels used to charge electric cars comes from wind and solar power; the other 88 per cent is still generated by burning fossil fuels.

Mining requirements are massive: we must mine about 500,000 pounds of minerals and rock to obtain the materials required to manufacture one battery. It would take the world’s battery factories 400 years to build the $100 trillion dollars worth of batteries needed to heat Europe for one winter.

Fossil fuels are a much more efficient way to store energy than batteries: it takes a 1,000-pound battery to store as much energy stored in 80 pounds of fossil fuel.
When there is not enough electricity to both charge vehicles and power homes, there will be rationing.

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Blacklock’s evicted by police from Canada’s parliament

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Parliamentary Press Gallery executives accompanied by armed police on Friday evicted Blacklock’s. All questions were referred to a House of Commons employee. Blacklock’s said the eviction, first of its kind in the history of the National Press Building, was clear reprisal over its continued protests against media subsidies.

Eviction followed Gallery president Guillaume St-Pierre’s threat to “terminate” Blacklock’s membership. The eviction letter stated Blacklock’s managing editor Tom Korski was “impolite,” “disturbs the journalists around him” and “streams parliamentary committee hearings on his computer.”

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Ontario Auditor General’s report highlights “reprioritization” of highway projects

Rita Smith

Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk released Ontario’s 2022 report on November 30, making special note of highway building funds which were apparently re-prioritized by the Minister’s office.

The Attorney General’s 2022 audit found the Transportation Ministry deferred six projects in 2019 and funnelled the money to four highway projects as directed by the minister’s office — “even though these projects were ranked as a lower priority by the ministry’s technical and engineering staff” the report illustrates in Figure 12a, “Expansion Prioritization Framework.”

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Beck Taxi sues City of Toronto over lack of training, public safety

Rita Smith

In a last-ditch effort to hold the City of Toronto accountable for the safety of all road users, Beck Taxi is taking the municipal government to court.

The application maintains that the City has failed in its mandate to create and implement regulations that protect public safety by allowing thousands of untrained commercial drivers to fill our streets. Prior to 2016, taxicab drivers were required to receive extensive training as a condition to drive. The training covered safe driving, the Human Rights Code, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), geography, driver safety, and customer service.

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