Toronto Election 

Toronto Election

So David Miller is the new Mayor of Toronto. Raised by a single mother who managed to get him into good schools, where he also won scholarships; lawyer with a beautiful and successful wife; NDPer who has been known to have a big picture of Tommy Douglas (Kiefer Sutherland's grandfather) up on his office wall.

I think this is one case where, if I lived in Toronto, I would have voted for the NDP guy. Miller is right to oppose a bridge to the Island Airport, so that the waterfront can continue to develop in a "grimy industry-free" direction. He is also right to think about tolls on major roads; charge people who mostly don't live in the city for the privilege of driving there, and use the money to support transit for people who do live there.

I believe Miller is wrong to oppose new-generation incinerators, and John Tory (who really is a Tory) was right on that one. Toronto is literally hauling its garbage by the truckful to Michigan. Hard to believe; hard not to be disgusted, really. The recently elected governor of Michigan, Canadian-born Jennifer Granholme, is probably going to do everything she can to stop it. Yet no one in Toronto seems to be able to think of a real alternative for the city's waste.

Yes, yes, recycle. It's done in Edmonton. Toronto is indeed recycling more all the time, but it's a big job.