The City is indebted to Councillor Krysten Wong-Tam for pushing mass transit “social inclusion” in an effort to ensure that everyone is treated equally on the subways, buses and streetcars. In particular, Ms Wong-Tam notes that most of the people who use the subways are women and members of “racialized groups.” Quite right. There will be many subway riders tonight who are nursing real grievances about how their race is used against them when they drop a token into the toll collector’s fare box. It isn’t enough that when the subway breaks down that the entire trainload of riders is stuck there. In some hapless places that might be seen as equitable. But no. It”s clear that indifferent, perhaps even prejudiced, TTC employees are rooting for only the Scottish to get stuck underground. And what about the dozy strap hangers dreaming of getting a cheap dinner of dumplings somewhere along Spadina. It must end. Let’s make sure these thoughtless people pay Loblaws prices for their food. There is much work to be done. Thank you Councillor Wong-Tam.
