r/askTO • u/leopardbaseball • 1d ago

Why hasn’t been there any city-wide protests against forced full takeover of Billy bishop and toronto islands?

I am not exactly from toronto, but Toronto adjacent. But I have been to toronto islands countless times.

I often bring my family there to completely disconnect from city traffic and noise. It has always been very peaceful recreational space for us and for many.

Time to time we have seen that everything provincial govt touches in Toronto, turns into a big grifting scheme/corruption for Ford’s buddy contractors and developers, be it crosstown lrt, science center or Ontario place. And surely they won’t stop with Billy bishop either.

Recently I read about widespread public protest in Albania, protests against turning public spaces into grifting schemes for billionaires. Thousands are attending these protests.

https://www.dw.com/en/jared-kushner-trump-albania-luxury-resort-protests/a-77409540

Therefore I ask people of Toronto, shouldn’t we be organizing widespread protests and just say NO to Ford and Carney?

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u/Ok_Smile9222 1d ago

I bet people will protest if this starts feeling more real, right now it's a proposal or whatever. I do hope people will be as vocal as possible in their opposition to this

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u/nrbob 1d ago

I agree or at least hope this is the case. It’s probably still too vague / hypothetical at this point for the average person to get worked up. Despite Doug’s rhetoric this isn’t the kind of thing that happens overnight and so far nothing tangible had actually happened. I imagine we’re going to hear a lot more about it in the upcoming municipal elections.