{"id":1135,"date":"2003-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfiledev.uit.yorku.ca\/2003\/04\/14\/subway-vote-eyed-by-ttc\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:32:36","slug":"subway-vote-eyed-by-ttc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2003\/04\/14\/subway-vote-eyed-by-ttc\/","title":{"rendered":"Subway vote eyed by TTC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Transit Commission is considering asking council to put a referendum question on this November's municipal election ballot asking if the city should raise taxes by one per cent a year over the next three years with the revenue going to transit, reported The North York Mirror <\/i>April 11. Commission staff has proposed an expansion that would see the Sheppard line extended eight kilometres east to the Scarborough Town Centre at a cost of $1.8 billion and the Spadina line extended 6.2 kilometres north to Steeles Avenue\/快播视频 at a cost of $1.2 billion.<\/p>\n

'Zigzags' on policy hurt airlines, economist says<\/b><\/p>\n

Ottawa's recent \"zigzags\" on airline policy and its history of meddling in the industry for political reasons have contributed to Air Canada's slide into bankruptcy protection, says Fred Lazar, economics professor at 快播视频\u2019s Schulich School of Business\u00a0who is\u00a0widely considered one of the deans of Canadian aviation economics, reported the Toronto Star <\/i>April 11. Lazar recommends capping airport fees in his study, \"Turbulence in the Skies: Options for Making Canadian Airline Travel More Attractive,\" written for the C.D. Howe Institute.\u00a0He\u00a0concludes that airport authorities across Canada are monopolies with too much market power and should have their fees regulated to protect consumers. Canadian Press April 10 quoted\u00a0Lazar as writing in the study: \"A minimalist approach by Ottawa, including staying away entirely from the bankruptcy-protection process for Air Canada, would be the most prudent course for the government to follow.''\u00a0 The Vancouver Province<\/em> and the National Post <\/i>also carried stories April 11.<\/p>\n

Fix the military, says Granatstein<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a story on Canada\u2019s \"crippled\" armed forces in Alberta\u2019s The Report<\/i> April 14, military historian Jack Granatstein, distinguished research professor emeritus at 快播视频 and Chair of the Council for Canadian Security in the 21st Century, disagrees with Norman Spector, a former ambassador to Israel and chief of staff to former prime minister Brian Mulroney, that Canada should focus on intelligence gathering. \"That's what a privy council office boffin would say, not someone who frankly understands the world. It takes a long time to fix a military; it takes forever to build an intelligence organization. It is infinitely more sensible for us to rely on our friends to do it, who have a history of doing it, who have put the money into it, who, if we are willing to co-operate in other areas, will share that with us.\"<\/p>\n

Superior arms do not equal political success<\/b><\/p>\n

An editorial April 12 in The Sydney Morning Herald<\/i>, Australia, says this is no time for gloating now that Saddam has fallen, and holds up forgotten Afghanistan as a cautionary tale of a country in shambles. The writer quotes modern warfare scholar Gabriel Kolko, distinguished research professor emeritus at York: \"The US has never been able to translate its superior arms into political success.\"<\/p>\n

Student\u2019s exhibit turns gallery into house of play<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using the popular childhood toy G.I. Joe as a point of departure, P. Roch Smith's artwork delves into issues of play, gender and memory, said a The North York Mirror<\/i> review April 11 of Smith\u2019s current exhibit at the Art Gallery of 快播视频. Smith is completing his master of fine arts at 快播视频.<\/p>\n

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