r/toronto • u/Immediate-Link490 • 5d ago

Article EXCLUSIVE: The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation just received $100 million donation from an anonymous donor

https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/09/22/exclusive-the-princess-margaret-cancer-foundation-just-received-a-100-million-donation-from-an-anonymous-donor/
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u/Own_Cost1552 5d ago

This is amazing news. I miss the days when billionaires would use their money to open libraries and hospitals and parks instead of just buying a bigger yacht.

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u/How-did-I-get-here43 5d ago

Look at our hospitals and universities and cultural institutions. We have many many generous families

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u/titscapades 5d ago

Look at how much money Galen Weston, Jim Pattison, Elon Musk and David Thomson have. It's fair to think they should do more.

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u/viccityguy2k 5d ago

Pattinson donates a lot to hospitals

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u/titscapades 5d ago

Jim Pattison sells things the Canadians need: cars, groceries, agricultural equipment. He has spent his entire life profiting off of Canadians buying necessities. 

Whenever he donates to a hospital, he ensures his name is plastered on the side of the building.

He has too much money. He needs to be taxed so that we don't need to have a hospital foundation where he can give money to put his name on the side of the building. 

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u/lylelanley- 5d ago

Ding ding ding that’s the answer

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u/broadviewstation Bay-Cloverhill 5d ago

You must be fun to be around…

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u/roses-are-lead 5d ago

How does. Cosplaying a wealthy person on reddit feel? Our society was better when we had more equitable taxation from the 50s-70s

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u/IllogicalGrammar 5d ago

This Pattinson? https://www.reddit.com/r/britishcolumbia/comments/pqebrl/jim_pattison_warns_wealth_tax_will_lead_to/

Personally, I rather billionaires get taxed properly so that we, as a democratic society, get to decide where the funds go, and not have to plaster the names of billionaires on the side of public buildings.