Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:
What a total and complete waste of public funds that are badly needed elsewhere in Toronto. Toronto bears the biggest brunt of immigration to this country and they are saddled with supplying thousands of low cost housing units to those trying to get an anchor in this country ... a Federal responsibility, really. They can't levy income taxes like the Feds and Province can so they are stuck with raising revenues by this-and-that method.
If MLSE has a good product that sells, they don't need a tax give-away. If they don't have that product, they should fix their marketing plan.
If Toronto needs money badly to help with other causes, why wouldn't you support an investment of 10 million that will inject far more into the coffers of the City to support those causes?
You're taking 10 million and turning it into 100 million + in economic activity for just 1 major event.
andyt andyt:
Amazing how the right seems to love giving money to business as much as the left. Hell, with Chrysler, the Cons were crying because Chrysler didn't in the end want to take their 500 million.
Nice exaggeration. Nobody was 'crying' over Chrysler opting to fund the plant on their own.