Silly Little Country

Not just Hot Dogs on the Streets of Toronto!

This week, finally, after years of discussion, it is possible to buy other than hot dogs from vending carts in the streets of Toronto.
Now this likely makes us the last city in the world with this property and Margaret Wente explains why.
I have complained about the nanny-state, but good God, the nanny city is even worse under the regime of the Miller and his cronies.
To quote her article briefly:

In case you haven't guessed, I live in Toronto - the only city in the world where grown-ups can't be trusted to choose their own lunch from a street vendor.
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In New York, the customers are allowed to judge the street food for themselves. Naturally, that would never do in Toronto, a city run by control freaks who think street food should be about social justice and nutrition. Don't get me started on the bottled water. It's been banned from city premises because it's anti-environmental. From now on, thirsty citizens will just have to drink Coke.
There is an upside, though. Now that the street-food issue is resolved, our elected officials can turn their attention to the other pressing issues of the day - such as the search for a recyclable coffee-cup lid. The economy is in the sewer and the city's costs are soaring, but those things will have to wait. The most urgent task at hand is to enforce virtue among the populace.

posted by Alan Adamson @ 12:32 PM