" . . .Late that evening of Feb. 8, Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam — darling of the downtown leftists who was recently crowned “The Anti-Ford” by Toronto Life magazine — moved an amendment to the Stintz motion. Ms. Wong-Tam said that members of the advisory panel that would determine much of the transit future of the city should incorporate “a gender and racial equality lens.” Furthermore, the panel of “experts” should include “senior representatives” from the Toronto Women’s City Alliance and an organization called Social Planning Toronto.
The objectives of the Women’s City Alliance are “to end the growing silence and invisibility of girls’ and women’s voices and issues. … Poverty, homelessness, un- and under-employment, racist and domestic violence and sexual abuse is an overwhelming reality for many girls and women. How actively is the city addressing these critical issues?”
The Wong-Tam motion carried 29 to 14, supported by Ms. Stintz and others who should know better, thus driving Toronto transit policy-making further off the rails."
Thankfully there was nothing in the motion about the City-owned bank she wants to start.
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