Today’s first comments were highlighted due to the respectful manner which our readers engaged in while debating this sensitive issue
From, Victoria to remove statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, by Andrea Woo
This is wrong. He is a founder of Canada and our 1st PM. No one suggested perfection. You do not judge the past based on current views. History is much more complex. We are not the Soviet Union where history is rewritten and distorted. Wrong Headed. - craig 1943
Drew BC responded:
The manner in which history is edited, slanted and taught is a political tool. - Drew BC
Toronto Blue Jays fans get stuck in the Rogers Centre as the entrance to the parking garage floods with torrential rain, in Toronto on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred ThornhillFred Thornhill/The Canadian Press
From, Flash floods reignite debate over Toronto’s sewer system, by Nadine Yousif
How quickly we forgot the July, 2013 storm. This one does not even come close, for one thing, it was highly localized. All is needed are improvements in the sewer capacity. Especially in the low lying areas. But, we knew that last time it happened. As for Mike Layton, he is as bright as his father. What are the homeowners suppose to do? Reduce their roof size? How is the downtown’s insufficient sewer capacity affected by the run off from a house in Etobicoke? They’re putting a condo beside a condo, on every available parcel of land. Much of it on the reclaimed area south of Front and they get surprised when the system gets overwhelmed. - jcpro
Which prompted this response from Qwls Mirror
Toronto might have to invest in emergency large (mining application size) sump pumps and a piping net for all underpasses and low-lying areas.
Additionally a new overflow net and large size catch basins might have to be added to deal with whatever nature throws on us in the coming years.
Of course this all comes with cost which nobody wants to pay, yet everybody wants to be safe and the lake should be clean even after storms... - Qwls Mirror
Klever Freire, left, and Gabriel Otrin pose for a photograph in the building where they were trapped in an elevator during a heavy rainstorm last night in Toronto, on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher KatsarovChristopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press
And finally from, Just inches of air left for two men rescued from flooded elevator, by Molly Hayes
Sometimes we do not realize the conditions the police officers and fire fighters have to contend with - superb job done by Constable Barnett and Constable McSweeny !!! Congratulations to them and their families. - Andy666
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