Today, anyone who cares about the city has the opportunity to influence the way Toronto supports and promotes its cultural sector. If your Ward councillor supports the arts then throw your voting muscle behind their campaign. If not, well, let them know your displeasure by voting for a representative who does (assuming, of course, that on important issues like stewardship, accountability, sustainability, etc, they are otherwise equal).

Reading Toronto was disappointed when Mayor Miller declined an invitation to debate his position on Toronto's garbage crisis. That aside, while the campaign for mayor brought out a few dissenting voices, we feel that Miller's job is only half done. His first three years as mayor have set the stage for some long overdue changes in the city. If he receives a mandate today, the city's cultural sector - which makes up a sizable part of Toronto's revenue base - must hold Miller to his promises to improve the waterfront and strengthen Toronto's urban planning and design strategies - to mention just a few culture-critical areas needing attention.

Whatever your view on the mayor, take fifteen minutes out of your day and get your voice heard. If there is one truth in local politics it is that politicians listen to the ballet box.

1. You missed a word in the first sentence: “anyone [Canadian] who cares about the city…”. Don’t forget that there are a lot of Torontonians who can’t vote today.

   Posted by scruss  on  11/13  at  03:56 PM

2. Good point, thank you.

   Posted by  on  11/13  at  08:56 PM

3. There was pressure not to vote and it was difficult to see if it was the city employees or the NDP. NDP is socialist and Toronto Unlimited is a tax that they wanted in place. Miller is NDP and the city employees didn’t want a hiring freeze. The condos going up in the city – didn’t seem condncernd. Taxes will go even higher and we can blame a real estate collapse on the US.

   Mayor Miller was proud to announce passage of his Toronto Unlimited tax and thanked James Carville and Bill Clinton for support during the voting. Both made appearances in Toronto. Liberal Democrats, now New Democrats.

   Miller can’t help but laugh. He has passed a huge tax and plans more. He has made NDP very happy and city employees don’t have to worry about a hiring freeze. It’s alot like New York-if you can afford the taxes you can stay. Toronto has chosen to follow the US and the democrats and all that comes with this. The US is no longer like it was under Clinton.

   As far as the loss for Toronto. It’s probably the guns. More innocent shootings, more gang thugs moving into your suburb where they raise more gang generations to retire in Toronto, more dope for everybody and nobody but Canada to blame. Hanging on to the US, which is what Miller does when it comes to guns, gangs, and terror is mistake. The future is a reversal of how NDP and the Liberals deal with the US.

   Posted by  on  11/14  at  11:20 AM

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