Charging into 2016 with vim and vigour
I’m not sure exactly when the blogging started to tail off…. The peak for posting was 2007, when our team hit an average of almost two posts a day; that was a particularly “exciting”...
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Public Service can be truly rewarding
Well, wasn’t that an experience! I’ve bored you all with the occasional vignette of my time as a member of the Board and Chairman of PortsToronto (aka the Toronto Port Authority) for the better...
Support for Billy Bishop stays strong, says Ipsos
Good news often gets missed in all of the daily noise, but since many of our readers are folks from the entrepreneurial universe, I know some are interested in the evolving business plans of...
Towhey to give advice on leadership and diplomacy?
Right about now, the former Chief of Staff of the embattled Mayor of Toronto will be taking to the radio airwaves. According to his Twitterfeed, he plans to provide his insight into this week’s...
Chicken Little is alive and well
The erudite readers of this backwater blog need not be reminded of the story of Chicken Little. But to give you a sense of the lengths that the anti-airport crowd will go to, here’s...
Important vote tomorrow on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
If you live in and around the Greater Toronto Area, you might have seen the newspaper ads over the past few days by the TPA regarding an upcoming vote at Toronto City Council. Over...
Oh how we will miss Flt. Lt. (Ret'd) Arthur Bishop
One of the true pleasures that I’ve had as Chairman at the Toronto Port Authority has been the chance to get to know the late, great Arthur Bishop. When his daughter Diana first connected...
Cast your vote for TPA's Sail-In Cinema
It has been many moons since I bothered you with anything to do with the cut-and-thrust down at the Toronto Port Authority. But since so many of you enjoy films, I wanted to apprise...
Billy Bishop would have been pleased
You might not have been able to make it to the opening yesterday of the new terminal at the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, but let me assure you that Billy Bishop would have...
Does 7,850 trump 1,600,000?
Does 7,850 trump 1,600,000 milllion? For those of you who analyze numbers for a living, consider this: Toronto Councillor Adam Vaughan received 7,850 votes in the 2006 Toronto municipal election. A handsome number, indeed,...
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