Welcome to the new socialist state of Toronto ...where the City of Toronto Pet Police can knock on your door and if your dog or cat doesn't have the required $50-$60 licences, you could face a $240 fine and the city says that if "you are taken to court under the current law, the maximum penalty is a $5,000 fine."
And if you go through a red light in a car and you're caught on camera, you'll get a $500 fine in the mail to go with the invented-out-of-thin-air $60 car registration fee that you had to pay to be out there in the first place.
If you buy a property, you'll pay two land transfer taxes, face a fine if you're driving in an High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane with less than two people, if you have the wrong garbage bag, light bulb, recycling box, if you idle while waiting for someone for more than three minutes, if you don't have a permit for that addition to your backyard deck.
And if you're thirsty for a bottle of water and you're at City Hall, you'll be out of luck because they've put duct tape over the water button -- effectively banning bottled water.
And don't even get me started on the garbage issue...
But do whatever the hell you want on your bicycle. You are anonymous, untouchable and you're king, as evidenced by this insane proposal to replace the traffic lane on Jarvis St. with a bike lane. Don't worry that this is Canada and summer like weather only last for six months. How many people on bikes do you actually see out there in the winter, enough to warrant all these bike lanes?!? I think not!
But do whatever the hell you want on your bicycle. You are anonymous, untouchable and you're king, as evidenced by this insane proposal to replace the traffic lane on Jarvis St. with a bike lane. Don't worry that this is Canada and summer like weather only last for six months. How many people on bikes do you actually see out there in the winter, enough to warrant all these bike lanes?!? I think not!
Ridiculous!!
courtesy of the Toronto Sun
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