the woodshed: Leadership

So today, Toronto got more than 90 mm of rain in a couple of hours and low-lying areas of the city, including major highways and rail links were flooded. Subway stations were closed, there were power outages across the city and underpasses were underwater. This one shows relative depths better

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the woodshed: Leadership

So today, Toronto got more than 90 mm of rain in a couple of hours and low-lying areas of the city, including major highways and rail links were flooded. Subway stations were closed, there were power outages across the city and underpasses were underwater.

This one shows relative depths better than previous ones. Taken at 7:40 pm from Dundas St bridge at DVP. #toronto pic.twitter.com/stN7uQshfy
— Liam Scott (@Scito) July 9, 2013

When Calgary was flooded a couple of weeks ago, Mayor Nenshi did a fantastic job leading his city’s response to the most serious crisis to hit Stampede City in decades.

Meanwhile in Toronto: (via twitter)

Just spoke to Mayor Rob Ford, power is still out at his house. He’s in the SUV with his kids trying to stay cool #TOpoli #stormTO
— Don Peat (@reporterdonpeat) July 9, 2013

UPDATE: While Rob Ford did give a few statements to the press, presumably from the comfort of his idling SUV (in violation of the city’s no idling bylaw) his brother Doug spent a few hours directing traffic in Etobicoke (though what qualifies a city councillor to direct traffic I’m not sure, nor could I hazard a guess (cough, tax-break driven budget cuts, cough) why the cops weren’t directing traffic in Etobicoke.

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the woodshed: Leadership

So today, Toronto got more than 90 mm of rain in a couple of hours and low-lying areas of the city, including major highways and rail links were flooded. Subway stations were closed, there were power outages across the city and underpasses were underwater. This one shows relative depths better

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DISSTEMPER: A Place to Call Home

NEWSFLASH! CBC News is reporting that as innumerable Conservative scandals became public in the month of May, Stephen Harper, leader of Canada’s Foundling Party, quietly applied to 21 nations for political asylum. According to recordings obtained via an unnamed source within the U. S. National Security Agency, Mr. Harper told

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Scott's DiaTribes: Buh Bye Vic

One of the better Mondays I’ve had of late, after hearing good ole’ Vic Toews has resigned/retired: Vic Toews, the gruff,mustachioed minister who was the face of the Conservative government’s tough-on-crime agenda through federal cabinet postings in public safety and justice, has cleared the way for a newcomer to the

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