I'm liking the race for Mayor in Toronto
Because of this little tidbit in the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/774134--smitherman-pledges-serious-look-at-outsourcing?bn=1
"CUPE 416 president Mark Ferguson said that, if elected, Smitherman should put as much energy into finding money-saving contracting-in opportunities - including curbside pick-up in Etobicoke, where the city now pays $8.5 million a year to contractor Turtle Island.
He rejected Smitherman’s suggestion that the union should compete with private firms to win city work.
“Unions don’t bid. We’re not corporations. We’re not in the business of delivering services - we are city employees, and certainly a bid process is something that is not workable.”
That last part is the perfect quote from someone who continually puts their foot in their mouth, eventually you figure he had to gnaw his way through it and a bit of truth would slip out.
I especially like the 'not in the business of delivering service' which perfectly sums up everything that the TTC has been about for the last say... oh... forever.
Logan
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/774134--smitherman-pledges-serious-look-at-outsourcing?bn=1
"CUPE 416 president Mark Ferguson said that, if elected, Smitherman should put as much energy into finding money-saving contracting-in opportunities - including curbside pick-up in Etobicoke, where the city now pays $8.5 million a year to contractor Turtle Island.
He rejected Smitherman’s suggestion that the union should compete with private firms to win city work.
“Unions don’t bid. We’re not corporations. We’re not in the business of delivering services - we are city employees, and certainly a bid process is something that is not workable.”
That last part is the perfect quote from someone who continually puts their foot in their mouth, eventually you figure he had to gnaw his way through it and a bit of truth would slip out.
I especially like the 'not in the business of delivering service' which perfectly sums up everything that the TTC has been about for the last say... oh... forever.
Logan