Toronto has been granted $11 million from the federal government to find adequate temporary housing for the constant flow of asylum seekers crossing irregularly into Canada. Former police chief Bill Blair, now a cabinet minister, came to town Friday to be seen making this gift. John Tory spoke afterwards and said that more than 50 percent of the asylum seekers are under 15. Stunning. Then, a City News report from Ginella Massa on attempts to give north-end kids something better to do than join a gang. Below that, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, says he thinks the prospect of a no-deal Brexit are “uncomfortably high.” That’s where the UK suddenly loses business, gets hits with EU tariffs and maybe banks can’t find your money. It is all highly undesirable, said Carney. And in “Jerusalem, Jerusalem” the annual gay rights parade has been targeted by religious opponents.
