Global National: July 17, 2024 | Torrential downpour exposes Toronto’s ageing infrastructure
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Publicado 2024-07-18
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Where are all the taxes going???? Isn't there a lawyer in thos country to take this up at the courts and AG level?
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Why wasnt the DVP closed in advance? Who made the decision to leave it open?
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It is always the DVP that has a problem as far as I remember. This area doesn't seem to have a good drainage system.
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So sad. Toronto still uses a water treatment plant from 1953
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Flooding in Toronto always occurs during super heavy rainfall. This isn't new, thus why the Government hasn't fix the water drainage issue is unknown.
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100 year storms ...meteoric services were established in Canada 150 years ago.....and one would think not quite as accurate back then lol
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Toronto is WAY behind other large cities in countries that invested in their infrastructure in a timely way ! WAY BEHIND!
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- With All The NEW GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; WHY DO WE STILL HAVE LONG WAIT TIMES WHEN CALLING A GOVERNMENT OFFICE ????? More People Hired To Watch The Phone Ring, & Do Nothing. Delays In ALL DEPARTMENTS.
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You increased the tax rates and cannot control and fix the flooding?
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Insurance company rep mentioned that if you get water over your door sill and inside. the govt will send you a salvage title in the mail as a result, The inspectors were taking a flat bottom boat around and taking plate numbers
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Good luck getting anything from an insurance company
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BC needs rain desperately
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These videos of flooding on the DVP at Dundas bridge are not current, as anyone that took the DVP out of the Gardiner knows , today.
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What
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China 🇨🇳 accounted for 2/3 of new global coal plant capacity in 2023. - China built 70 GW of new coal-power capacity last year, almost 20 times the rest of the world's 3.7 GW combined.
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It's not climate change its called neglect 👍
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We've known this for decades. Stop listening to corrupt politicians and start listening to citizens
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Looks like Ukraine needs more money
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Aging lol it's never rai ed like that before
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You make it, Trudeau takes it!
