'Unreasonable' parking restrictions hamper Orillia food bank patrons
3If you cannot afford to buy food, how do you afford to own and operate a vehicle? Realign your priorities.
32- Bobba
'They're wasting it all': Poilievre rejects municipal calls for more infrastructure money
14Didn't Ford cut the development fee's builders use to pay? Putting that financial shortfall directly on the municipality? I guess that's okay though since the Municipalities 'greedy' politicians are 'flush with cash' What is wrong with this man that he continually feels the need to use crude language and put down others? Was he not loved as a child? Was he bullied in school? Did other kids steal his lunch money? A leader who can solve problems through dialogue and innovative ideas will get my vote. Not one who shouts meaningless slogans ('axe the tax') and acts like a bully. Grow up Pierre
12- terrier fan
'Unreasonable' parking restrictions hamper Orillia food bank patrons
22Car pooling...friends and family....short term need of food bank...from out of downtown area... there to pick up for someone else... Realign your thinking.
2- no laughing matter
'Unreasonable' parking restrictions hamper Orillia food bank patrons
23Bobba. Many people who are struggling with food insecurity have cars, they also have jobs. Not every one who uses a food bank is on social assistance. Families need transportation for school, work, medical appointments ect. Don't be so ignorant to think that low income people can't drive. I hope you don't find yourself in a position where you need the food bank. Maybe they'll turn you away because you have a car.
1- T69
Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
15Enough with the greedy excuses. Make parking free or lose customers. Once you've burned them you've lost them.
6- retired optimist
Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
20Check out downtown Midland. The buildings are all full of shops, unlike the empty storefronts throughout downtown Orillia. What's the difference? Midland offers free daytime parking throughout their downtown core. They encourge people to visit the town centre, rather than buildings impediments to keep them away.
1- mpsrent
'Unreasonable' parking restrictions hamper Orillia food bank patrons
21Perhaps their job is their priority and need their car to get to work. Just one of many possibilities. Careful not to get too judgemental, you never know when you might be in a position when people are presuming your circumstances.
- we'll see
Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
11And why should parking tickets go to toys for kids? Another income revenue that has been diverted. Like in the states should not politics and religion be separated. We are again being forced to give our tax dollars to charities that our elected officials decide upon. I know I know, ba humbug.
9- S Carpenter
Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
14I was downtown at 1 pm today. Found a meter spot 45 feet from the shop I wanted to visit. I put 50 cents in the meter and got 17 minutes of parking. Exactly enough to do my business. 50 cents. Loose change. If I need to be downtown for longer I park off the core and walk. Would I do more business with free parking? No, because finding a parking spot during free parking was impossible unless you were in the core at 9 am.
5- Brad Mathews
'Unreasonable' parking restrictions hamper Orillia food bank patrons
16This city is designed such that not having a car is functionally impossible. A car is not a luxury item in Orillia (and much of North America, for that matter). It's absurd, but it's also reality.
3- Ben R
COLUMN: Americans electing Trump like turkeys voting for Thanksgiving
10What a pile of leftist propaganda and tears. The freedom of the press is foundational to Democracy, as is freedom of speech. That doesn't mean you can't call something for what it is. Leftist propaganda and tears
9- Duncan McDonald
As Black Friday looms, Canada Post lays off employees over the phone
15Unions once again negotiating their membership out of a job.They did it to textiles in the 80s, to the auto sector in the 90s, consumables in the 00s, now delivery. Sometimes you have to understand where your industry is going, not where it's been.
3- JDR55
'They're wasting it all': Poilievre rejects municipal calls for more infrastructure money
6Sorry your leader is going down to a humiliating defeat.
12- Dennis Woodman
Stranded Hwy. 11 motorists taken to town hall in Gravenhurst for night
15People need dialysis. People need to get to sick or elderly relatives. People are told to get to work. Wondering Why, what are you thinking? Nice to always have armchair critics to toss in their 1.5 cents.
2- Carleton
'They're wasting it all': Poilievre rejects municipal calls for more infrastructure money
9Perhaps you could google ( financhill ) Pierre Poilievre, and find out what he's all about, how he was raised and how he started his career,, he has at least double the political experience than the present leader has, in pretty much every aspect of government for starters, his entire career devoted to finance matters, so he fully understands that budgets don't simplify balance themselves unlike the present leader.Also I'm not ashamed to admit that I, like many other people voted for the present Leader which I have regretted ever since,, reasons are way to many to list here, but the poles speak for themselves,, when he has the guts to call an election he will find out that his fan base has diminished considerably.
8- Grouchy
'They're wasting it all': Poilievre rejects municipal calls for more infrastructure money
7I find it hilarious that Pierre Poilievre can, with a straight face, call anyone "incompetent, greedy, money-hungry municipal politicians". This man has been an MP since he was 24 - he has never had a "real" job in the private sector. With a salary of $174k a year and even with all expenses covered by the govt, explain how he is now worth $9 MILLION??? He payes taxes with OUR MONEY. What a joke. No wonder he can talk about cutting taxes - because it won't affect him. Also, his very close political relationship with the Weston family - the people actually responsible for grocery prices - would not bear scrutiny. It's easy to talk the talk, but perhaps he should spend less time using AI to give himself pecs in photos and more time on actually supporting measures that WILL be useful to Canadians.
10- Annalise Rickman
Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
11Downtown merchants may want to look at creating and paying into a fund throughout the year to cover the costs of the downtown parking for the months of November and/or December as a way to draw in more customers. However, asking tax payers to absorb the cost associated with your private business is ridiculous and not a good business model
5- M.Frank
Canada Post using 'upsetting' tactics amid strike: Orillia union rep
9We need to shutter the entire post office and rethink the system from top down. No more home delivery, period. Sorting should be automated. Privatization should be investigated. A crown corporation is an anachronism that no longer serves a useful purpose.
7- What?
As Black Friday looms, Canada Post lays off employees over the phone
14Looks like the end for the Post Office as we know it. Major changes coming if they want to catch up to modern reality. Letter mail is dying and the PO is so far from being competitive in parcel post they'll never catch up.
1- Onlooker
'Unreasonable' parking restrictions hamper Orillia food bank patrons
13How hateful of the city; bylaw can use their discretion at every possible moment. They even have a toy drive now in exchange for parking tickets; imagine buying a toy in place of your ticket only to be at the receiving end of the toy drive later! Unbelievable!You can fill out a form at city hall to try and have your ticket excused on compassionate grounds; irony is that parking is free at city. 🙄
2- EW
