Olivia Chow underwhelms by spending millions on public washrooms
Olivia Chow announced $400 million for public washrooms.
Toronto Mayor, Olivia Chow, announced that public park washrooms, typically closed from November to May, reopened on May 1st and will be improved with $400 million in provincial funding.
Critics questioned the timing of renovations during the open season and mocked the focus on reopening washrooms as a low benchmark compared to past infrastructure achievements like expressway openings.
Concerns were raised about the practicality of Chow's example of winter biking to toboggan hills when washrooms are closed, the decreasing number of toboggan hills due to legal concerns, and the inconsistency of seasonal washrooms if parks are considered year-round facilities.
The possibility of heating issues or concerns about homeless individuals using the washrooms in winter were also mentioned.
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COMMENTS
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-05-12 20:02:33 -0400This is what socialism delivers.
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Myles Dear commented 2025-05-12 07:26:08 -0400Where else can homeless people go to exercise their basic human right of eliminating and even some basic personal hygiene other than public washrooms and, if necessary, portable toilets? Shouldn’t this be a basic human right, at least in urban spaces?
What if the distance from where you sleep to the nearest toilet was more than just a few small steps away? How would this affect your physical and mental health?
Access to such facilities in the dead of the night is highly looked down upon, which is egregious in my opinion.
Put some controls in place to ensure equal access for all and ensure privacy is maintained but occupants are not allowed to sleep in the facilities (ie a button that occupants must press periodically if they want to extend their stay with alerts to authorities for those who do not do this). Think access to flowing water in provincial parks via pressing an access button every few minutes.
Without a compassionate stance these highly solvable problems won’t be.
Without interruptions to their sleep, don’t you think those homeless people who are actively advocating to improve their situation will be more likely to be able to do so during daytime business hours?
Think very carefully before you respond.
