Comments on: Consequences http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/07/30/consequences-2/ Current political events, business, real estate, financial and economic news, trends and, above all, the Future. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: john laww http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/07/30/consequences-2/comment-page-1/#comment-20888 john laww Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:05:25 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/07/30/consequences-2/#comment-20888 a few years ago, Guelph, a city not far from where I live bagan a search for a new landfill. Suddenly each and every acre of farmland became a sacred trust. Now Guelph is one of the fastest growing cities in Canada with hundreds, if not thousands, of acres being turned into tract housing. You could, quite literally have developed dozens of landfills, on the land being paved over to create new suburbs. Sadly the garbage issue is still to be worked out. a few years ago, Guelph, a city not far from where I live bagan a search for a new landfill. Suddenly each and every acre of farmland became a sacred trust. Now Guelph is one of the fastest growing cities in Canada with hundreds, if not thousands, of acres being turned into tract housing. You could, quite literally have developed dozens of landfills, on the land being paved over to create new suburbs. Sadly the garbage issue is still to be worked out.

]]> By: Richard http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/07/30/consequences-2/comment-page-1/#comment-20842 Richard Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:17:16 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/07/30/consequences-2/#comment-20842 Sorry Robert - I think you missed Gary's and my points. I doubt if Gary would have refused my grandparents - at the time we needed immigrants for labour and my grandparents were willing to do anything - no matter where or for what pay - they were grateful to be here. Amazingly, they built modest fortunes starting with nothing. Our system no longer gears itself to bringing in immigrants to fill specific needs - they end up in our major urban centers where they languish. Furthermore, there is no need to use terms such as "bugger all" in a public blog. I also do not see the significance of your somewhat insulting reference to my generational place - it is totally irrelevant. Furthermore - I believe that we have a significant population whose ancestors came here in the 1700s and 1800s - that would make them more than 3rd generation. Oh, and Robert, judging from your last name, I would not consider you to be descended from ethnic immigrants - the British and French took this country over from the Native Peoples. The rest of us were the second interlopers. Sorry Robert – I think you missed Gary’s and my points. I doubt if Gary would have refused my grandparents – at the time we needed immigrants for labour and my grandparents were willing to do anything – no matter where or for what pay – they were grateful to be here. Amazingly, they built modest fortunes starting with nothing. Our system no longer gears itself to bringing in immigrants to fill specific needs – they end up in our major urban centers where they languish.

Furthermore, there is no need to use terms such as “bugger all” in a public blog. I also do not see the significance of your somewhat insulting reference to my generational place – it is totally irrelevant. Furthermore – I believe that we have a significant population whose ancestors came here in the 1700s and 1800s – that would make them more than 3rd generation.

Oh, and Robert, judging from your last name, I would not consider you to be descended from ethnic immigrants – the British and French took this country over from the Native Peoples. The rest of us were the second interlopers.

]]> By: Gary http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/07/30/consequences-2/comment-page-1/#comment-20700 Gary Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:23:44 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/07/30/consequences-2/#comment-20700 Another consequence of high growth forced on the GTA?? There is an old saying that "If you really want to get out of the hole, the first thing you should do is quit digging". Ajax Mayor says Di Ianni charges are proof of need for election reform CATCH, July 30, 2006 Ajax Mayor, Steve Parish, has written to the Provincial government urging reform of the Municipal Elections Act, and citing the charges against Mayor Di Ianni (Hamilton) as evidence of the widespread domination of municipal governments by developers. In a July 20 letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, John Gerretson, Parish decries numerous abuses and violations of the Municipal Elections Act and says that "what took place in the Di Ianni case is not unique but was repeated on numerous occasions throughout the GTA and beyond". Another consequence of high growth forced on the GTA?? There is an old saying that “If you really want to get out of the hole, the first thing you should do is quit digging”.

Ajax Mayor says Di Ianni charges are proof of need for election reform
CATCH, July 30, 2006

Ajax Mayor, Steve Parish, has written to the Provincial government urging reform of the Municipal Elections Act, and citing the charges against Mayor Di Ianni (Hamilton) as evidence of the widespread domination of municipal governments by developers.

In a July 20 letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, John Gerretson, Parish decries numerous abuses and violations of the Municipal Elections Act and says that “what took place in the Di Ianni case is not unique but was repeated on numerous occasions throughout the GTA and beyond”.

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