Public transit is not a "perk" as some have recently suggested -- it is a core governmental function in a modern city akin to police, fire and roads. Ignoring or restricting it will cost everyone and have the effect of making a city intolerable:
TTC scrambles to salvage service with $5 million plan for Finch, Dufferin, Don Mills
http://www.thestar.com/mobile/news/transportation/article/1101532--ttc-scrambles-to-salvage-service-with-5-million-plan-for-finch-dufferin-don-mills?bn=1
TTC chair Karen Stintz and TTC staff have come up with an 11th hour plan to save some of the city's busiest bus routes from service cuts in the new year and delay the remaining service reductions until at least February.
The nine city councillors on the Toronto Transit Commission were expected to approve reduced service on 56 bus and six streetcar routes and introduce a 10-cent fare increase on Wednesday — all to take effect in January.
Although the fare hike would still go ahead, Stintz says higher ridership projections mean the TTC will have the $3.3 million it needs next year to save at least the packed Dufferin, Don Mills and Finch buses.
Other bus and streetcar routes would, however, return to pre-2004 service levels in February.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Perhaps proper to postpone a summary judgment hearing because the record in the file needs to evolve?
Asset Engineering LP v. Pagotto, 2011 ONCA 777 is a very ordinary summary judgment appeal case, except... it hints that sometimes it may be proper to allow for summary judgment to be adjourned to allow for discovery and production. To have such happen diligence in demanding documents and examination is necessary but the side comment (below) in the case may be very important:
[11] While there may be circumstances where it would be wise to postpone a summary judgment hearing because the record in the file needs to evolve to a certain point in the ordinary course, this is not one of those circumstances, in our view. The appellants could have required the Topolinski defendants to plead and deliver their affidavits of documents, or they could have examined the Topolinski personnel under Rule 39, which provides for an examination of "any person" on a motion. The appellants had ample opportunity to take these steps, but did not. Here, the appellants filed their own affidavits setting out their version of the alleged facts – which they were able to do because they were involved in the negotiations in the Topolinksi Group themselves. In the result, their "best foot" was well put forward notwithstanding the absence of Topolinski evidence or documents to the contrary.
[11] While there may be circumstances where it would be wise to postpone a summary judgment hearing because the record in the file needs to evolve to a certain point in the ordinary course, this is not one of those circumstances, in our view. The appellants could have required the Topolinski defendants to plead and deliver their affidavits of documents, or they could have examined the Topolinski personnel under Rule 39, which provides for an examination of "any person" on a motion. The appellants had ample opportunity to take these steps, but did not. Here, the appellants filed their own affidavits setting out their version of the alleged facts – which they were able to do because they were involved in the negotiations in the Topolinksi Group themselves. In the result, their "best foot" was well put forward notwithstanding the absence of Topolinski evidence or documents to the contrary.
Chief, ‘misinformed’ minister clash over Attawapiskat consultant
Oh dear:
From being pulled out of press conferences to avoid questions to the awkward 18-second delay in trying to frame his answer to a query about when he knew about the dire situation in Attawapiskat, Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan’s performance has been subpar.That continued Sunday when the Minister appeared on CTV’s Question Period, sowing even more confusion over a press release that tried to put a positive spin on his efforts and had obviously been timed for release just minutes before he was to go on national television.
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