I am 76. I never dreamed that I would be living in a stupid World.🤯🤯

@lesliewatt9344

2 ай бұрын

You and me both

@ronhat-nx6yq

2 ай бұрын

I am 78! I feel the same as you!

@Dude123-jw5kp

2 ай бұрын

And stupidity in the consumers of this media outlet is through the roof!

@user-ge8hc7zv8r

2 ай бұрын

Me too, I also never dreamt I'd be living where the lunatics are all free on the streets, I am sad to say that what we leave behind will descend into total anarchy sooner or later.

@haveanicedave1551

2 ай бұрын

Logan's Run isn't that far off.

They didn’t foresee the hail damage (in one of the most hail-prone areas on earth) because they didn’t care. “Green” energy has nothing to do with the environment.

@bernardm2312

2 ай бұрын

When sensible people speak out against all of the nonsense we are being subjected to, there is no coherent response from the idiots who somehow are in power. Well apart from deriding their critics without good reason.

@koejoe

2 ай бұрын

lithium cobalt mining is slave labour. blood tech. what happened to fair trade. fair labour. basic human rights. Here in Burnaby BC plastic is burnt for energy. Are they actually scrubbing the bi-products. There is no such thing as green energy. Canada sends all its waste to other countries. Nothing is regulated. its all about money.

@basillah7650

2 ай бұрын

They want to replace them all good money they could have put something above to protect them from damage if they wanted like a glass box.

@rodrickard5528

2 ай бұрын

Well, now they need more tax dollars to replace and repair it. Every small crisis makes them richer.

@onestoptechnologies7305

2 ай бұрын

Listen to The 4th riek... aka World Economic Forum... It's about redistributing money to people who support them!

I live in Toronto, what scares me more than Olivia Chow is knowing there are people that voted for her.

@_Forever555

2 ай бұрын

And Trudeau… multiple times. This must be some kind of election fraud.

@xeero24

2 ай бұрын

Y’all knew she was going to tax tax tax.

@RonnieStanley-tc6vi

2 ай бұрын

You need to think about the fact that there aren't just a few people that voted that way. The majority voted that way. That's why you are in the situation you are.

@missf4681

2 ай бұрын

Dud she get the outside help from an other countries 😊

@FQS124

2 ай бұрын

The votes are fake people didn't vote for her, the ones that did weren't people but demons

As a Canadian I’m very disappointed at what’s happened over the years.

You thought Governments wanting to tax the very air we breath was a meme right? Right?

@sonnyc3826

2 ай бұрын

no i didnt but this is what its coming to

@MrSteelerboy1

2 ай бұрын

Commie Canadians are proud of their carbon taxes, which they try to claim are pollution taxes which are really Air Taxes. Carbon is a good thing ant at 400 parts per million is very low in geological historical terms. Plants thrive in higher concentrations and all the rest of life depends on plants.

@glassblastcollision

2 ай бұрын

They do tax the air ,it's called carbon tax. The trees breath CO2 and turn it into oxygen that we breath.@@sonnyc3826

@erl00558

2 ай бұрын

You’re right…just give it some more time

@DLR528

2 ай бұрын

I’m from Alberta. You have no idea how much I hate your leeching ass

Sun tax and snow tax to follow.

@tedlivermore6955

2 ай бұрын

Air too

@waynejohanson1083

2 ай бұрын

Please, please do not give the government any ideas.

@richardthompson6366

2 ай бұрын

Tax farts as well.

@martinday2815

2 ай бұрын

​​@@richardthompson6366its funny you say that. It could happen in the form of a meat tax, or tax a human on based on BMI. As for a sun tax, here in UK they did have a window tax. To this day you can see old houses where some have had windows bricked up. Yes, stupidity has been going on for years and will continue and get worse.

@coconuciferanuts339

2 ай бұрын

Sarcasm could be next.

I'm a Resident of Toronto. Our city under the leadership of Mayor Olivia Chow is out of control and its liveability plummets with each and every passing day.

Toronto gets what it voted for. The mayor is also raising the property tax by 9.5%

@SeasoningTheObese

2 ай бұрын

@@hockeyaddict7007 Right up until your town becomes little Bangladesh, then your house is worth squat.

@ExtraThiccc

2 ай бұрын

@@SeasoningTheObese what's that supposed to mean lmao

@ronblack7870

2 ай бұрын

no the sane people have been hijacked by the insane. it' s like the house of reps in the us . the insane minority control it and unnelected bell end gives it it's rules.

It’s so embarrassing to be a Canadian these days.....🙄

@annetoronto5474

2 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure Vancouver has had this tax before.

@davidanderson8469

2 ай бұрын

Ditto here under Uncle Joe.

@vivrowe2763

2 ай бұрын

​@@davidanderson8469Same in Australia.

@jonathoncalabrese2035

2 ай бұрын

Australia just as bad dw 😂😂

@mikldude9376

2 ай бұрын

Don't feel alone mate , we in Australia are going through this same idiotic greenie net zero at all cost bullshit too. These dickhead greenies and politicians are like dictators sending lemmings over the cliff . I don't know where it is all going to end.

I live in Vancouver Canada, and our government only exists to take money from the citizens 😢

@CatfishGumbo23

2 ай бұрын

SO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! Don't just take it! Organize, protest!

@NoName-wu7ni

2 ай бұрын

Me too. Near commercial drive.

@reekinronald6776

2 ай бұрын

Around 2000, we crossed an economic milestone. It was the time where government sector workers started making more, over their life time, than private sector workers. Considering that government sector workers income is generated by forcing the population, on penalty of jail and/or confiscation of property, to pay taxes, how different is that to living in a Feudalistic system? Is this not like the middle ages where the wealthy Aristocracy forced the poor serfs to finance their lives styles?

@reekinronald6776

2 ай бұрын

@@user-rl7mt4gh3o It's called the socialist de@th spiral.

@ShabanAjeti

2 ай бұрын

​@@CatfishGumbo23 protest 😂😂😂😂, they dont give a fuck about You protest, stop Paying tax.

So called “renewable energy” is not about energy. It is about the money they generate and the people who benefit from this scam.

@anneloving8405

2 ай бұрын

💯💯💯

I live in Toronto I'm going to get the hell out of here I advise people not to come to Canada period

Have to find money somewhere to pay for all these illegal immigrants sleeping in nice hotels and eating three warm meals a day on taxpayers' money.

@turtle-frogs

2 ай бұрын

Defund abc.

@lillian9221

2 ай бұрын

One has to keep ones soldiers comfortable

@whitedragondojo

2 ай бұрын

Read - Unqualitfied politician breaks the budget because she can't do simple math or be responsible for her actions: blame climate change and tax the constituents for her mistakes.

@AngerOfTheLand

2 ай бұрын

2.5 million last year alone, Pierre wont change much. The Usa has almost destroyed its uniparty, we still have one completely beholden to the UN, not Canadian Citizens. Until we realize that we'll lose more and more and more.

@ImSodaLirious

2 ай бұрын

If all the thinking you've done landed you at "It's clearly the people who are seeking a better life for themselves; not the failing government and it's infrastructure" I can only encourage you to do literally anything other than use social media. You've been radicalized.

"Nobody's a bigger embarrassment to their race and continent than me" -Joe Biden 👗 "Hold my pantyhose" -Justin Trudeau 👗

@Nexus-6

2 ай бұрын

"Hold my male tampon" -Justin Trudeau

@michaelgimenez4032

2 ай бұрын

You got lost in translation there mate. Trudeau would say "hold my socks"

@donwalsh9426

2 ай бұрын

@@michaelgimenez4032 Turdo would just grab his socks--that's why his wife moved out.

@davidbeddoe6670

2 ай бұрын

hold my thockth*@@michaelgimenez4032

@smidermann

2 ай бұрын

true, but "we" prefer pantyhose.@@michaelgimenez4032

Instead of cutting the waste, governments will use any excuse to tax us more!

Canada is not a serious country, and has very few serious leaders. The results have been, and continue to be, predictably disastrous.

@thunderballz74

2 ай бұрын

Sweden could overthrow Canada.. 😢😢😅😅

@lastswordfighter

2 ай бұрын

Canada is Britain and America's attic.

These people in charge are insane

@davidanderson7460

2 ай бұрын

They are there to make your life as difficult as possible and they're doing a good job

@schitlipz

2 ай бұрын

I imagine most of them as bobble-heads lying for a job which consists of professional lying and evading.

@jb-xc4oh

2 ай бұрын

That's right, these lunatic politicians need to get voted out of office.

The world is clinically insane!

@waynejohanson1083

2 ай бұрын

Time for me to move to a remote island, so I won't have to deal with this.

@MarginalFarming

2 ай бұрын

@@waynejohanson1083ask china - they are building a bunch in the south china sea -

@jb-xc4oh

2 ай бұрын

No......its the politicians and their agenda that is insane. Time to vote these lunatics out of office.

@jb-xc4oh

2 ай бұрын

The world is not insane, its the politicians that are lunatics.

I have lived in Canada all my 64 years and am appalled at the fees and tax grabs happening in the last decade. Many public parks in the Vancouver area are charging a fee, Tofino on Vancouver Island have a $7 fee for using the public beach. Its becoming only a county for the rich. Most middle income people are struggling with being taxed to death with all these extra fees etc.

I'm in Canada. PEOPLE NEED TO START SAYING NO NO NO NO NO. Get a back bone people or this crazy is not going to stop.

Just like in Germany… the have a rain tax already. No to WEF!

@imtheeastgermanguy5431

2 ай бұрын

What rain tax do you mean?

@techmologue1869

2 ай бұрын

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 The rain tax collected in your utility bill?! That costs you around 200 euros every year. That one.

@imtheeastgermanguy5431

2 ай бұрын

@@techmologue1869 you mean the money what you have to pay for the waste water and the rain which comes from your roof into the waste water system? It's normal to pay because the cleaning is expensive

@sabrinat5446

2 ай бұрын

Eastgermanguy, NO, it is NOT normal to pay for rain from the sky that falls onto the Earth.

@justinstevenson2061

2 ай бұрын

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431waste water from your 💩 yes, but rain from the sky? Honestly are you bonkers? Also isn’t there a point? You cannot sue in court for a cost your recouping elsewhere in say a family court etc. Called double dipping. They say we’re taxed in general, if you ask why it’s because of city infrastructure and waste services etc etc. roads schools hospitals etc. So now if they say you need to pay a tax for you kid to go to school, separate from the face your already paying for schools, is this insane or? I mean there’s a point you have to stop bending over, getting rammed, and thanking them for it pal.

I thought our rates/property taxes already paid for the stormwater systems they maintain? You think they can't get any worse, then they do. This really is clown world.

This is a true tax! I work in waterloo Ontario, they already have a storm water tax for impervious surfaces. The same tax is in kitchener Ontario. This is catching on in Ontario Canada. They use the aerial topography photos, and then measure and scale your tax on your property, it’s a complete money grab!

@my3dviews

2 ай бұрын

We have had that fee added to our water bill since 2003 here in Edmonton. Most people don't even realize it. The fee is called storm water charge and is based on the size of your property and some drainage coefficient percentage. 🙄 Had a look at my Sept. bill from 2023 and I paid $14.22 for it.

@ronblack7870

2 ай бұрын

it's just another way of raising property tax.

In Richmond Hill, just north of Toronto they started charging this Storm Water tax about 3yrs ago, even on vacant land with no buildings! Total tax grab. Hamilton, Ontario also wants to do this and farmers and rural land owners will be charged based on the amount of roof you have, even though they are nowhere near the city storm sewers and any rain is absorbed by the ground. Some farmers are looking at bills up to 77k!!! Total insanity! These people need voted out.

@ronblack7870

2 ай бұрын

gotta pay for all those leftist handouts and bike paths and shit.

The entire Commonwealth is gonna fall apart.

@kellysouter4381

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Be aware this Australian wishes to remain on friendly terms with the people of other countries.👋🏻

@ExtraThiccc

2 ай бұрын

Thank God, then maybe you can all shut the hell up about being the "superior race' to americans.

@doktormcnasty

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like a colonialist era construct, anyway so good riddance.

Oxygen can't make it to mayor Chow 's brain....can we tax her for that?

@markanthony3275

2 ай бұрын

WHO VOTED FOR HER ????

@RiptoGakt

2 ай бұрын

@@markanthony3275 The Communists in Beijing?

This just in, Toronto city council votes to rename the city to: AssClownVille.

Water run off tax has been in place in Mississauga (outside Toronto) for years. We are paying a tax for rain water running off our roofs. Insanity... Our politicians are useless.

That must also include an piss tax?

@chrislausen6639

2 ай бұрын

Don’t forget the fart tax

@thereare4lights137

2 ай бұрын

Well the whole Canadian government is pissing on us and calling it rain, so I guess that'll get taxed too.

@TheManKnownAsJR

2 ай бұрын

You laugh but history will tell you that "piss tax" has been a thing throughout history. Look it up. All the way from the Roman Empire who used it to tan skins, to during the civil war, to make gun powder. The government would go door to door to collect urine. It's you guys who are just plain stupid and know nothing with a crap. Careful what you ask for. #HistoryRepeatsItself #ThoseWhoIgnoreHistoryWillRepeatIt

@doktormcnasty

2 ай бұрын

If ya's all don't stop complaining there's going to be a tax on the tax!

@JohnLacelle-ig3hf

2 ай бұрын

They already have a piss tax, sewer tax

Solar farms are a blight on the landscape.

@davidanderson8469

2 ай бұрын

Same with windmills.

@raymondsims537

2 ай бұрын

how much did opec pay u for this comment

@LJC370

2 ай бұрын

​@@raymondsims537Take it easy captain planet! Hahahaa...

@jamesmaralyn6745

2 ай бұрын

So are power grids? We need all types of power sources but locations could be better.

@EthanLomas

2 ай бұрын

Unlike the beautiful and clean coal and oil industries LOL LOL LOL

As a Canadian who lives just outside of Toronto even I’ve been shaking my head over this completely stupid tax scheme. Unfortunately it’s not just Toronto that’s thinking about it, it’s all the municipalities within 100km of Toronto

@my3dviews

2 ай бұрын

We've actually had a drainage charge on our bills here in Edmonton since 2003. It is based on the size of your property and the amount it rains, or snow melt. I doubt that it made the worldwide news when implemented here, back in 2003. LOL

It is ridiculous. Some places you are not allowed to catch the rain in a bucket or a barrel so you can use it on your garden.

Olivia Chow is a joke

@HeidiSchweichler

2 ай бұрын

@@Joe-by8jhhahaha!!! An ending for sure!!! 😂

@daerdevvyl4314

2 ай бұрын

Joe-by8jh Is that a reference to her late husband’s dalliance with an Asian masseuse?

@eat_a_dick_trudeau

2 ай бұрын

😑 ohhhhhh me taxxie taxxie you long time!

@sscbkr48

2 ай бұрын

and Jack leyton's wife.. lets hear it for the en-dee-pee!

@WhitemosstheWise

2 ай бұрын

Canadas a joke

That's exactly what Halifax did, but worse. I'm not on city water or sewer, have no concrete anywhere near my house, no sidewalk, only have grass and dirt, and I have to pay tax because it's raining, and the rain lands on the ground. What?! I asked why I'm being taxed because it's raining, and I was told that the rain has to go somewhere, and eventually will end up in the water system. What friggin' lunatic thought this up? Then I got a tax added onto that because the rain also lands on the road. I asked why I have to pay for that, since the rain has to land somewhere and doesn't turn around and go back up to the clouds. They said because eventually the road will need fixing. Oh my frig! You might add this insanity to your news program and maybe get my money back, since I'm a senior living on pension.

@reekinronald6776

2 ай бұрын

The irony is that neither the roads or the sewer system will be fixed, let alone improved. All those extra tax dollars are going to end up financing Black Lesbian poet laureates or some totally useless endeavor.

@marciasagadore2158

2 ай бұрын

Every friggin' fringe element that asks for money, except seniors and veterans. There's a special place in Hell for these guys.@@reekinronald6776

@my3dviews

2 ай бұрын

We have had that fee added to our water bill since 2003 here in Edmonton. Most people don't even realize it. The fee is called storm water charge and is based on the size of your property and some drainage coefficient percentage. 🙄 Had a look at my Sept. bill from 2023 and I paid $14.22 for it.

Calgary’s past mayor, Nenshi, already beat Toronto to the “Liberal “ tax attack on rain. He did like Trudeau and renamed it as Stormwater Management fee. It’s a $15/ mo per resident . That’s a whopping $180/yr/ resident in a city declared drought situation. Canadian city mayors and councils have an addiction to tax and spend. There needs to be more effective recall legislation to put a halt to the theft!

@my3dviews

2 ай бұрын

We have had that fee added to our water bill since 2003 here in Edmonton. Most people don't even realize it. The fee is called storm water charge and is based on the size of your property and some drainage coefficient percentage. 🙄 Had a look at my Sept. bill from 2023 and I paid $14.22 for it.

Property taxes were raised 10.3% in Toronto this year. While people struggling to afford groceries and shelter. Government workers need those benefits and early retirements after all...

Toronto is forecasted to have something like a $50 billion shortfall over the next 25 years. They're gonna have to tax everything and anything to balance that budget.

@reekinronald6776

2 ай бұрын

Maybe if they stopped importing migrants that are a net drain on tax revenue, they might balance the budget.

This is nothing new. Suburb city of Toronto, implemented this waste water few years ago, right after a summer rain dumped an entire month of rain in 15 mins that flooded the sewer system and flooded thousands of homes with backflow. The city realized they were not maintaining sewage systems for this kind of event and then started clearing sewage pipes on a regular basis. This costs money that was never budgeted. One of my neighbours owns an empty lot with no house on it and no water or power hook ups, but she started getting billed for sewage run off despite the fact the land is 100% clear of any cement or ash vault - simple open land containing grass.

I’m in Canada and we were given a storm sewer tax. Every month they came up with a number we have to pay even if there’s no snow or rain.

As Canadian, this crap is getting out of hand. We are being laughed about across the globe. Sigh. Canada's future is so bright to just be a comedy show.

@Jenesaisquoi44

2 ай бұрын

They forget our firefighters died saving their country.

@justbreathe2421

2 ай бұрын

@@Jenesaisquoi44and who started the fires🤔

@Jenesaisquoi44

2 ай бұрын

@@justbreathe2421 it definitely wasn’t the citizens of Toronto. Sky news just took a Crap 💩 on us and I am not gonna forget this.

@xenuno

2 ай бұрын

There isn't any incredibly bad laws that Canada has that can't be matched or exceeded by those in every other developed country so .. don't worry about being laughed at. Goes for our supposed leaders too. You have TruDoH, we have Creepy & Heels Up. We're both in a world of hurt .. I rest my case

@xeero24

2 ай бұрын

Carbon tax is going up in a few days. Thank goodness the government will take 2500 from me to give me 1500

Chow will probably institute an air tax next.

@waynejohanson1083

2 ай бұрын

That is what the carbon tax is.

@pierre-rose7783

2 ай бұрын

And a fart tax

WHAT DID THEY EXPECT.. THEY ALL VOTED FOR THIS.. COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!

i live in toronto, news like the rain tax are not broadcast enough in news. i hear updates like this from mostly vlogger. thank you for exposing and explaining further.

Not that many years ago these same Councils were happily mandating hardstand areas. Can we now sue them for increasing our tax liabilities?

@neilreynolds3858

2 ай бұрын

🤣

Toronto council and Olivia Chow ( mayor) have also cheered on 2 story laneway studio flats to be built beside existing homes so in effect less ground to soak up the rain. Gone will be backyards with plants and flowers. Dr Jenkl and Mr Hyde

@toddygallent7258

2 ай бұрын

What was the old saying goes you get what you voted for

@payroll416

2 ай бұрын

Olivia chow has nothing to do with building anything are you kidding me? We need as many homes built asap unless you like seeing homeless people everywhere.

Toronto is going the way of NYC. I give Chow less than 2 years before she drives every business out of the city due to the insane taxes.

@scottythegreat1

2 ай бұрын

There are restaurants and bars that have been in the city for decades, and now, theyre closing for good. It doesnt matter, theres enough people wanting to move to Toronto that for every 1 person that leaves, 3 people are ready to come in (hence the homelessness). The best part is that all these people are voting for all of this to happen.

@markvogel5872

2 ай бұрын

Nah...that city will never have the filth and crime like NYC....keep trying but it'll never be that awful!

I remember a saying from when I was a kid. "If they could figure out a way to tax the rain, they would."

If you have to pay tax on water that runs off your property, what about the road systems in you council area, who pays for that water run off ??????

@ShabanAjeti

2 ай бұрын

You're tax money😂

Forgot to make it illegal to catch the rain for later use.

Do you know what else happens in Texas? Tornadoes, imagine a tornado shredding every single panel and spreading the pulverized debris over hundreds of square miles.

@mirandaandrews2872

2 ай бұрын

Tornado tax

I live in Toronto, and Olivia Chow will not last as Mayor. She has already had to backtrack on a couple of blunders as well. Her problem is that she does no research and has a shoot from the hip response to issues, and thinks her ideas will fly. Just like Icarus, they don't.

Some mental patient on City Council suggested a "rain tax" a number of years ago and more level heads laughed at the insanity and voted the suggestion down. Toronto somehow, now has a socialist Mayor, Olivia Chow, who has just raised Toronto property taxes by 9.5% and thinks an additional "rain tax" is a good idea. Truly a case of the inmates running the asylum. Next they will suggest a "snow tax", a falling leaf tax, a dust tax, an air tax and a "sunshine tax" to go along with the already implemented "Carbon Tax". ....and they wonder why owning a house in Toronto is unaffordable.

@pierre-rose7783

2 ай бұрын

Exactly my thoughts !

The CEO of the solar farm has moved on with a golden parachute already so its all good of coarse they new it was going to happen.

They claim ownership of the rain and sun. It’s not theirs, but everyone’s. Those charges are already factored into water and sewage bills.

Why would anyone want to go to Toronto period?

@marycrawford9428

2 ай бұрын

Great place to go if you want your car to disappear

@brucemitchell5637

2 ай бұрын

​@@Joe-by8jh40 minutes? More like every 40 seconds!

@estiennetaylor1260

2 ай бұрын

I love Toronto ❤

@Chris-dz3rs

2 ай бұрын

Good hobby shops.

@BigLisaFan

2 ай бұрын

There are? Which ones?

Some people think Mayor Chow may be "a couple of fries short of a Happy Meal".

@billrea66

2 ай бұрын

3

This is not just in Toronto, other places in Ontario are implementing this as well

With dense structure placement like Toronto the infrastructure is terribly undersized, so every time it rains the system is overwhelmed. The money that should have been spent on upgrades probably went to some other program. Like the gay pride parade.

Canada is a cold mess.

@chelseagirl278

2 ай бұрын

Thanks to JT, our only hope is Pierre Poilivere!

@Nienpet

2 ай бұрын

@@chelseagirl278 Absolutely

@schitlipz

2 ай бұрын

@@chelseagirl278Me too. But when he gets in, watch there be different troubles. We never run out of troubles.

@chelseagirl278

2 ай бұрын

yes, there will always be troubles but I would rather have PP, than JT!

I once fancied emigrating to Canada (my wife is Canadian). No chance now. Sounds like a total waste of space.

@pierre-rose7783

2 ай бұрын

Sadly it is fast becoming so. Canada once was the best country in the world to live in, but now it appears to be getting worse everytime the government implements a new policy !

@Basedoutlook

2 ай бұрын

@@pierre-rose7783 well I will say it is the most beautiful country I have visited. I have ridden quite a bit of it - plus my wife came from there and that’s a blessing - just wouldn’t live there. Kids are struggling with taxes and all the other rubbish

@itsmetallicehmetaldetecting416

2 ай бұрын

I see you haven't mentioned the great country you live in? Must not be that great if you thought about leaving. Tell us please

@Basedoutlook

2 ай бұрын

@@itsmetallicehmetaldetecting416 I didn’t say my country is great even though you assumed I might be implying that. My point is that Canada is not a country I would live in.

@olivergoncalves1217

2 ай бұрын

don't come here. a lot those who are end up leaving within 2-3 years, while some are here for as little as 3-6 months. Most will end up spending their life savings here, getting settled and on immigration lawyers. Earning anything under a $60K p/year salary here will essentially leave you living a poor life after paying rent, bills and food. Most of our fruit and veggies are shipped in and not of very good quality.

It is going to come in all cities because they will learn from each others. Tax tax tax! Already paying so much tax. BOC knows Canada economy is not so strong but still BOC is following US fed for rate cuts.1

I remember going to a lecture in college 40 years ago where the environmental hazards of solar cells were being discussed. This included the chemicals used in manufacturing process as well as the recycling of used panels. Of course this was way before wide scale usage and at that time the thought was that panels would stay in use for 25 years before being retired. In reality the panels are replaced every few years as solar farm operators chase higher efficiencies from newer panels. This making the disposal of panels an even greater problem then it was envisioned 40 years ago.

Even if not toxic, what about the waste? The energy used to create these panels has not been given back. All these panels will go into land fill and replacement panels purchased at the expense of tax payers.

@maggieb5326

2 ай бұрын

These damaged solar panels can’t be dumped in a land fill leaching toxic metals and chemicals! What a testament to hypocrisy that would be!

@neilreynolds3858

2 ай бұрын

That's what governments call a win-win.

@imtheeastgermanguy5431

2 ай бұрын

Bullshit. It's only going into landfills when there are criminals who give a fuck about nature. It's possible to recycle the panels and the energy to make it does "paid back" in few years, depending on the sun and location. Yes there are small amounts of toxic materials like lead for soldering and cadmium in a type of solar panels which is cheaper to make. Lead can be replaced but it would cost more. Most of the panels come from China and often build with energy from fossil sources than shipped around the world, obviously with toxic materials in them. You should do some research on it. Yes it's not perfect but still better than everything else what we have and to buy it from a local company which is making toxic free panels could be very good choice

@imtheeastgermanguy5431

2 ай бұрын

​@@neilreynolds3858wrong

Where's Erin Brockovich when you need her????

That's nothing. A report just came out and it touts the merits of allowing municipalities in Canada to tax anyone with an income of over 56k a year another 1% on top of what they already pay in provincial and federal tax. This country is done like dinner. Stick a fork in it but don't dare take a bite. It's pretty bitter

I'm not surprised that Toronto council is proposing a rain tax. Give it time. They'll be taxing the air they breathe. Pathetic.

@scottythegreat1

2 ай бұрын

Im surprised the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley parkway arent toll roads.

We charge governments a stupid tax

@chrisgraham2904

2 ай бұрын

Give every taxpayer a nickel every time the government makes a bad decision, or stupid suggestion and we can all retire wealthy.

@reekinronald6776

2 ай бұрын

If we did that, we'd all be billionaires.

Wasn't really that long ago in the scheme of things that in Queensland they talked about a fee/tax if you had a rainwater tank and if I remember correctly it was proposed after they offered a subsidy for getting a rainwater tank .

@JoyMartin-rk4pm

2 ай бұрын

Entrapment??????

@brettchristoffel6391

2 ай бұрын

@@JoyMartin-rk4pm Well if they had implemented the tax they would have had a ready list of people who had taken advantage of the subsidy to hit with the tax straight up.

@Larry-dt7kz

2 ай бұрын

The real. Crazies are we the people for letting this happen.

In Vancouver BC Canada it is ILLEGAL to collect rainwater for home usage. Vancouver is located in a Temperate Rain Forest and we could collect our monthly water usage in a few days except for during the summer months when its dryer. Its the worst tax imaginable!

Chow was the chair for investigating police in Toronto years ago. She has a very, very bad relationship with the cops since those times...

@DuncanL7979

2 ай бұрын

Cops hate any sort of accountability

@robinmaelbrancke2560

2 ай бұрын

@@DuncanL7979 So do politicians

I’m sure they tried the rain tax thing in country Victoria about 20 years ago.

@tadeuszmichaelwlodarczyk3120

2 ай бұрын

Icanbepsycho. Yes people in Vic were to tell the council if you put a fire fighting Dam so they can tax you on. Some did some didn't after a certain date. But it all Failed ( mines 4times bigger than the norm.

Solar panel toxicity isn't the end of the problem, leeching into the water table. Here's the bigger question: HOW TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF THESE RUINED PANELS? I have an answer, they don't know. They'll dump them at a landfill site, think this is a problem now? Just wait.

@andydandyb

2 ай бұрын

"Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not completely sure about the universe" - Albert Einstein.

@coolgranddad5430

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Andy, gave me the best laugh!!!!!! Great quote, sounds remotely familiar, had a teacher back in the 70s who knew many Einstein quotes, wonder if that's where I've heard this before?@@andydandyb

@yuliapanina8815

2 ай бұрын

Love Canal 2024😢

Sydney Australia already has a rain tax. They call it "Stormwater service charges"

In Canada paying tax on tax is normal . Have issues paying your taxes;you get rewarded charged interest on what you owe.The City of Toronto where I live is a great city to visit new building going up all over the city. As it goes the have; have.

In relation to rain tax in Toronto, the water table is affected by drainage and runoff. Many years ago, the Elm trees in St Kilda road Melbourne were dying, this was due to the fact that these huge trees sit in a small area of pavement and roadway, so very little rain gets to the trees when it rained. If you look at the size of the building blocks around Melbourne, there is no or little room to plant trees or shrubs, no gardens and narrow nature strips, so most of the ground water is channeled down drains via concrete paths, driveways and roadways. Councils and land developers are greedy people.

I thought solar power will stop nasty weather, such as hail?

@imtheeastgermanguy5431

2 ай бұрын

Energy from solar panels is a very good source of energy but we still don't have enough of it to turn off fossil energy. Even if we do it the climate change is still rolling but we still can fight back

@tarafox6618

2 ай бұрын

Thats what Trudeau promises.

@imtheeastgermanguy5431

2 ай бұрын

@@tarafox6618 it can't fixed by just on country itself. It's has to be a global effort

@tarafox6618

2 ай бұрын

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 he has us Canadians paying punishing carbon tax despite being a tiny tiny producer... actually our country is a carbon sink. He's obtuse and a globalist tyrant.

Taken out of context. In Toronto, in the older parts of the city, sewers and storm drains are together, causing bypass of sewage treatment after heavy rains. The city requires residents to direct water from roof gutters to your yard or away from the house. If you don't there will be an extra charge on top of the sewage treatment tax already in place. No big scoop Sky News, as usual.

The people from T.O voted for this.

Great news.. geniuses everywhere.. thank you

Oh, you mean like the Washington, DC 'rain tax'?

I just love the drama, passion and theatrics in Liz's voice when discussing this point. Just love it. She bottles up the energy and anguish of thousands and then just let's it all out.

Ever heard of The Window Tax? The government is back to year 1696 level of stupid. In just 10 years. Wow.

So, cloud seeding will determine the taxes. Great. Nobody would abuse that.

@monicavaniderstine8768

2 ай бұрын

Good point 😮

I live in central US, we get hail every spring and tornado season has started early. Wonder how that natural gas plant faired.

@TheGuruStud

2 ай бұрын

Man, idk if our nuclear plant in MO can handle a little hail and wind 😂

@payroll416

2 ай бұрын

@user-rl7mt4gh3ono kidding

These politicians are totally crazy out of their minds. Should tax them on the crap that comes from the mouths.

Canada has become so loopy ..... that you can expect any kind of absurdity to emanate from it .

Xi would be so proud of Olivia Chow

@SeasoningTheObese

2 ай бұрын

Can't believe a chingaling would be detrimental to Canada. Who could have seen this coming?

Wait until the Labor government here in Australia imposes an emissions tax on baked beans. A fart tax. You'll see.

@pierre-rose7783

2 ай бұрын

For sure LOL

@imtheeastgermanguy5431

2 ай бұрын

The should figure out first how to lower the costs of living and getting a good consept of energy supply

When can we put these politicians in prison?

Well now we can quit talking about solar panels as an option. Thank god for fossil fuels.

Someone need to remind them there are two ways of balancing the book: cut cost and raise income, not raise income and raise income

At one stage in Queensland the government talked about charging people for the water people were collecting in their water tanks. I think we would have fought that. I certainly would have as the rain is free, my tanks weren't. I paid for them.

@reekinronald6776

2 ай бұрын

Did they really? This would be absurd. Why wouldn't the politicians just hike an existing tax if they simply needed an obvious cash grab?

Next we’ll be taxed on the air that we breathe. F F S 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

I live right next to Toronto (Mississauga) and I'm paying a rain tax on my roof.

So what was the environmental carbon footprint to create all these panels in the first place. And if they replace them all, then you just created double that carbon footprint. All the energy produced by these panels won’t offset the carbon and damage to the environment already done by creating them in the first place.

Solar panels are dark and they are put on roofs

@TheGuruStud

2 ай бұрын

But the green scam makes money from that!

Olivia Chow is going to destroy Toronto. I lived there for 25 years and moved out 2 years ago, just before she cam into power. I say they voted for it, they own it.

A "rain tax" is not new. Here in the St. Louis Missouri area the Metropolitan Sewer District determines your bill based on: 1. the amount of water you use AND 2. the amount of nonporous area of your property i.e. your roof, your paved driveway, etc.. See, rain tax, same thing.

Toronto: the place to go to pay ridiculous tax and get your car stolen

I don't want to visit Canada until Trudeau gets ousted.