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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Jim Coyle: "Political contempt paves way for public disgust" (Toronto Star column)

Good summary of the mess that is Toronto these days...

"In releasing his report, 'Caught in the Act,' [Ombudsman André] Marin’s closing comment to reporters was so breathtakingly unsparing in its characterization of civil rights abuses enabled by the province it is hard to believe it referred to Toronto in the summer of 2010 rather than the 1968 crushing of the Prague Spring.

"'For the citizens of Toronto, the days up to and including the (June 26-27) weekend of the G20 will live in infamy as a time period where martial law set in the City of Toronto, leading to the most massive compromise of civil liberties in Canadian history.' ...

"Although it was also rather fortunate for the provincial government that the cartoonish Don Cherry [surely one of Canada's more bizarre public figures] managed to provide partial cover from the G20 debacle with his egregious introduction of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at the latter’s inauguration at city hall. ...

"In all, the presence of Cherry — raving on like some latter-day McCarthyite about 'left-wing kooks' — ensured the event had all the uplifting dignity of a Jerry Springer episode."

Full article: Coyle: Political contempt paves way for public disgust

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