- Matt Gurney on David Miller: Toronto's reluctant warrior
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With the Toronto strike grinding towards its final hours, among pundits, guarded skepticism is giving way to outright dismay at just how badly the Toronto taxpayer got swindled. Despite all his bluster about having stuck to his guns to achieve his objectives, Mayor David Miller doesn't look quite like the victorious general he's doing his best to pass himself off as. If anything, he's getting more Custer-like by the hour.
You can't help but feel for him. Throughout the strike, Miller tried his best to pretend he was working for Torontonians and not the unions, but you don't have to be a mind reader to tell that his heart wasn't in it. Despite his economics and law degrees, he's a union man at heart, and he took to the task of negotiating with the unions like the devoutly religiously high schooler assigned to the pro-choice debate team. He went through the motions, but only barely. You could tell which side he was on.
- Gerry Nicholls: David Miller's summer sellout
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After six weeks of mounting garbage, union-boss bullying and cancelled events, Toronto Mayor David Miller caved in and gave striking city workers just about everything they wanted.
And make no mistake, Commissar Miller folded like a cheap tent. The union wanted a pay raise; they got it. The union wanted to keep a benefit plan which awarded workers 18 sick days a year (they could also accumulate these “sick days” for a payout when they retire) he let them keep it, though it will be gradually phased out.
It seems there is no recession in Toronto Public Workers Land.
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