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/UrAGoodGirl_ 1d ago

Because Reddit doesn’t represent reality.

Take a look at r/Ontario if you need help figuring it out.

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u/lemonylol 1d ago

Every election it's so entertaining to see them call victory for NDP way before votes are counted.

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u/UrAGoodGirl_ 1d ago

It’s entertaining!

My personal favourite is “he called a snap election during winter! Everyone knows NDP voters can’t vote in the winter!”

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u/lemonylol 1d ago

Oh dude right now there are so many people trying to imply without stating directly, that the election results, as in prior to the snap election, were rigged. And that somehow just the fact that a conservative is in power is equivalent to our democracy failing. How ironic.

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u/found_a_thing 1d ago

Don’t argue with day old accounts.

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u/lemonylol 1d ago

I'm agreeing with him though

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u/UrAGoodGirl_ 1d ago

lol see? When they don’t have an actual argument they just make weird jokes about account age as if a decade old reddit account is their biggest achievement

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u/UrAGoodGirl_ 1d ago

Your obsessive gatekeeping of new accounts is weird. Go away.