The Official Toronto Discussion Thread

[Luken]

 

[Jefferson Jackson]

 

[Tom Foolery]

@ 4:25

Interviewer: "So what do you do for a living?"
Girls: She's a chef and we work togrther.

 

[Jefferson Jackson]

@ 4:25

Interviewer: "So what do you do for a living?"
Girls: She's a chef and we work togrther.

 

[MikelArteta]

Ontario plans big boost to minimum wage, update of labour laws: Cohn | Toronto Star

min wage to 15

 

[MikelArteta]

Sick pay, overtime, vacation pay, minimum wage

• Making paid sick days mandatory.
• Boosting the minimum required paid vacation to three weeks per year from the current two weeks.
• Lowering the threshold at which overtime pay must kick in to 40 hours, down from the current 44 hours.
• Abolishing the lower minimum wage for students under 18 and people who serve alcohol.
• Requiring employers to pay their part-time workers the same as full-time workers doing similar jobs.

Casual and contract workers

• Forcing employers to post employees' schedules in advance.
• Compensating workers for last-minute schedule changes.
• Limiting the proportion of an employer's workforce that can be from temp agencies.

Unionizing

• Banning or limiting the use of replacement workers during a strike.
• Making it easier for the employees of franchises to form unions.
• Allowing domestic workers employed in private homes to form unions.

Employment Standards Act exemptions
Under Ontario's employment laws, some rules, including those governing overtime, don't apply to certain types of jobs. The advisers are considering whether to lift any of these exemptions that currently apply to managers, janitors, IT professionals and residential care workers. They're also considering whether interns and trainees should be covered by the Employment Standards Act.

 

[Jamal514]

Police kill bear in Toronto's east end | DurhamRegion.com

Police kill bear in Toronto's east end
NEWS May 13, 2017 07:43

Toronto police shot and killed a bear as it roamed through a residential area of the city late Friday night.

A police spokesperson said Emergency Task Force members were deployed to a neighbourhood in northeastern Toronto after multiple bear sightings were reported.

The police official said the animal, which according to unconfirmed eyewitness reports was an adult black bear, was rummaging through backyards, and at one point banged on the door of a residence.

He said officers shot the bear (in the Middlefield and McCowan Road area) after animal control officials advised police that they were not equipped to deal with the potentially dangerous situation.

There were no reports of any people or pets being injured.

Police had no immediate information about where the bear came from, its gender, or whether a post-mortem examination would be performed to try to determine if it was suffering from any abnormalities.

By The Canadian Press

 

[Jefferson Jackson]

Drake part at about 4:04

 

[thatrapsfan]

Drake part at about 4:04

We gonna act like Drake’s part wasn’t forced?

 

[Jefferson Jackson]

be 33 yrs old & go joy riding with a bus brehs....

 

[Shabazz]

Sick pay, overtime, vacation pay, minimum wage

• Making paid sick days mandatory.
• Boosting the minimum required paid vacation to three weeks per year from the current two weeks.
• Lowering the threshold at which overtime pay must kick in to 40 hours, down from the current 44 hours.
• Abolishing the lower minimum wage for students under 18 and people who serve alcohol.
• Requiring employers to pay their part-time workers the same as full-time workers doing similar jobs.

Casual and contract workers

• Forcing employers to post employees' schedules in advance.
• Compensating workers for last-minute schedule changes.
• Limiting the proportion of an employer's workforce that can be from temp agencies.

Unionizing

• Banning or limiting the use of replacement workers during a strike.
• Making it easier for the employees of franchises to form unions.
• Allowing domestic workers employed in private homes to form unions.

Employment Standards Act exemptions
Under Ontario's employment laws, some rules, including those governing overtime, don't apply to certain types of jobs. The advisers are considering whether to lift any of these exemptions that currently apply to managers, janitors, IT professionals and residential care workers. They're also considering whether interns and trainees should be covered by the Employment Standards Act.

how likely is it that this ever happens?

 

[niguez]

Ontario plans big boost to minimum wage, update of labour laws: Cohn | Toronto Star

min wage to 15

Well these housing prices are gonna be steady then, liberal government pushing immigration and minotirites towards the suburbs and further develop ontario. at this rate white folks will have to retreat up north.

 

[Luken]

bare scraps on king st last night

 

[Luken]

what got me, is that, Drake is an actor...

Yes, Drake is definitely not a Toronto road mans but he still should of been able to kill the part....

He should been able to at least method ACT the part decently and not botch it.

We gonna act like Drake’s part wasn’t forced?

 

[Luken]

are they indian, indian or like coolie?