I'm not too worried. They install it, every other party going promises to get rid of it, and blamo, it's gone and everybody but our resident hall-monitor PP is happy. Isn't Rae a Liberal now
I'm not too worried. They install it, every other party going promises to get rid of it, and blamo, it's gone and everybody but our resident hall-monitor PP is happy. Isn't Rae a Liberal now
Once it's in, and they become reliant on the money, it's going to hard for any political party to just get rid of it. Sort of like closing the Beer Store and letting corner stores sell it.
Why do I get the feeling that if Wynne were to come up with a bill forbidding municipalities from deploying photo radar (exactly the opposite of what this bill does), you'd be complaining about that instead?The Libs really need to go ... everything they touch is just a peach .... you said that before the last election, eh?
Should we start ... "You know how many people die from playing sports every year?" .....??? Like their reasoning really matters.
I expect these "reduced-speed-limit zones " will be popping like mushrooms .... why not? If they can put 50km/h zones on three lane main streets, just because there's a few intersections with no direct driveway or house entrance adjacent to it, surely the revenue will be hard to pass on .... Let's hope the bill doesn't get traction before she's voted out, but I have a feeling it will be too late for that.
Parties are banned from Ontario municipal politics.I'm not too worried. They install it, every other party going promises to get rid of it, and blamo, it's gone and everybody but our resident hall-monitor PP is happy. Isn't Rae a Liberal now
I'm against it because it is never about safety but rather is a revenue generation scheme masquerading as a safety tool.
Here is some interesting information:
http://nophotoradar.ca/
..Tom
I'm not too worried. They install it, every other party going promises to get rid of it, and blamo, it's gone and everybody but our resident hall-monitor PP is happy. Isn't Rae a Liberal now
Why do I get the feeling that if Wynne were to come up with a bill forbidding municipalities from deploying photo radar (exactly the opposite of what this bill does), you'd be complaining about that instead?
Parties are banned from Ontario municipal politics.
I've added my name in support. Not sure if this will work with Mother Kathleen now getting air time standing with a bunch of kids claiming how this will save the children and balanced reporting like this (not!) covering both sides of the issue.
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=990064
That any one person or group may hate it has nothing to do with the contradiction of someone being against it's enactment yet also, as I presume would be the case for mxs, against its banning.Because your spidy sense is broken. The majority of Ontarians will hate this, regardless of political allegiance.
Because you made the comment thinking the province would benefit, as indicated by your subsequent agreement with Roadghost when he said governments won't want to get rid of it once they're reliant on the money. That clearly shows you thought the province would be reliant on the money rather than municipalities, when in fact the Province could ban cities from using photo radar without costing themselves any revenue.What does that have to do with my comment? If you're implying the municipalities will be able to keep using photo radar if an incoming party revokes the legislation which allowed it, you're probably wrong.
That any one person or group may hate it has nothing to do with the contradiction of someone being against it's enactment yet also, as I presume would be the case for mxs, against its banning.
Because you made the comment thinking the province would benefit, as indicated by your subsequent agreement with Roadghost when he said governments won't want to get rid of it once they're reliant on the money. That clearly shows you thought the province would be reliant on the money rather than municipalities, when in fact the Province could ban cities from using photo radar without costing themselves any revenue.
Thank you for your honesty. Fact is I was against photo radar in it's first implementation, and now I'm still not in favour, pending new information that shows that it actually improves safety. Would much rather see the technology used on emergency vehicles to ticket vehicles that don't get out of the way.Fair enough. I will say however, my comment was based on a presumption that you are for it, and quite possibly attempting to discredit arguments against by attacking political leanings.. my bad if I'm off base, though I got that tingling feeling lol
OK you're right, I see how you got there. And on reflection, giving the municipalities more freedom to tax could lighten the province's burden to a certain degree, since they share responsibility for some costs.My agreement with roadghost was 1 part cheeky, so I could say rae, okay; and 1 part agreement with the general consensus that this is just the small end of the wedge. The province will benefit. They always do; you do know victim surplus goes to the government for one... and don't forget the lobbies. There's always more then meets the eye, even if children are cute
Thank you for your honesty. Fact is I was against photo radar in it's first implementation, and now I'm still not in favour, pending new information that shows that it actually improves safety. Would much rather see the technology used on emergency vehicles to ticket vehicles that don't get out of the way.
No kidding. Dundas Street between Islington Avenue and Royal York Road is a "Community Safety Zone". It's a 4-lane + median arterial road. Just more clawing from the Lich of Queen's Park.