Meanwhile, in Toronto

[daftandbarmy]

Ouch...


City staff stealing packages, working other jobs on sick leave: What Toronto's auditor uncovered in 2025
Toronto's auditor general will present her annual fraud hotline report Thursday


Thousands of dollars in missing packages from mailrooms, a city employee taking weeks of paid sick leave to work another job and a retiree's credentials being used to attempt multi-million-dollar fraud are just some of the highlights in an annual report from Toronto’s auditor general being presented Thursday.

Several employees involved in examples laid out in the auditor general’s report on the fraud and waste hotline no longer work for the city and are ineligible to be rehired. The annual report will be presented to councillors Thursday at the audit committee.

The impact of fraud goes deeper than just financial losses, Tara Anderson, the city’s auditor general, writes in her report.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-staff-fraud-stealing-9.7085194

 

[OldSolduer]

Ouch...


City staff stealing packages, working other jobs on sick leave: What Toronto's auditor uncovered in 2025
Toronto's auditor general will present her annual fraud hotline report Thursday


Thousands of dollars in missing packages from mailrooms, a city employee taking weeks of paid sick leave to work another job and a retiree's credentials being used to attempt multi-million-dollar fraud are just some of the highlights in an annual report from Toronto’s auditor general being presented Thursday.

Several employees involved in examples laid out in the auditor general’s report on the fraud and waste hotline no longer work for the city and are ineligible to be rehired. The annual report will be presented to councillors Thursday at the audit committee.

The impact of fraud goes deeper than just financial losses, Tara Anderson, the city’s auditor general, writes in her report.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-staff-fraud-stealing-9.7085194

Its all Olivia Chow's fault......

 

[mariomike]

As of the end of December 2025, there were 42,702 active employees in the Toronto Public Service.

That does not include employees working in the City’s Agencies, Boards or Commissions (TTC, Police, Library, Association of Community Centres, etc.), Accountability Offices, or elected officials.

I've read some other large organizations may have "A few bad apples".

Apparently, the City of Toronto does too.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

If they were found out, dealt with appropriately then I am good. You will always have people play the system, risk a good job by stealing small stuff. Some turn bad/stupid due to gambling/addictive substances or poor fiscal choices.

If you system eventually catches them and follows the rules to deal with them, then things are working roughly as intended. Making sure the staff and employees know there is a auditing system and there are consequences for stupidity keeps the majority of people from being stupid.

 

[daftandbarmy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022758160012873784

 

[Haggis]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022758160012873784

That's a heck of a big crowd!

 

[Czech_pivo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022758160012873784

Is this good or bad?

 

[mariomike]

Is this good or bad?

Good for police and paramedics on OT.

Not so good for property taxes.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Good for police and paramedics on OT.

Not so good for property taxes.

Sorry, I meant the marchers, who are they ‘for’ or ‘against’?

 

[dapaterson]

Sorry, I meant the marchers, who are they ‘for’ or ‘against’?

International day of action called by Reza Pahlavi.

Apparently people have forgotten about SAVAK and such.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022758160012873784

Musta closed every timmies in the Golden Horseshoe for the day.

 

[brihard]

I’m cynical about the Iranian pro-monarchy diaspora. I’m skeptical many would actually give up their comfortable lives here to return were Iran to see regime change. I see a lot of loud noise by people who would likely not put themselves in harm’s way to see things through.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

International day of action called by Reza Pahlavi.

Apparently people have forgotten about SAVAK and such.

Considering the regime in a matter of weeks has killed between 30-100,000, not counting all their victims since 1979

Abrahamian estimates that SAVAK (and other police and military) killed 368 guerrillas including the leadership of the major urban guerrilla organizations (Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, People's Mujahedin of Iran) such as Hamid Ashraf between 1971–1977 and executed up to 100 political prisoners between 1971 and 1979—the most violent era of the SAVAK's existence.<a href="SAVAK - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>28</a>

 

[Colin Parkinson]

The roads and sidewalks were jammed with people and cars flying the traditional Iranian flag today in Vancouver

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/iranian-protest-in-vancouver-bc-global-day-of-action-9.7090812

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I’m cynical about the Iranian pro-monarchy diaspora. I’m skeptical many would actually give up their comfortable lives here to return were Iran to see regime change. I see a lot of loud noise by people who would likely not put themselves in harm’s way to see things through.

I expect possibly 10-15% go back. With a portion of those coming back in 5 years. I also see a drop in capital in Vancouver as most Persian capital will be sucked up as the country rebuilds and reorients. However in the long run I see a healthy economic exchange of trade, wealth between countries that hosted the diaspora and a free Iran.

I speak to a lot of Persians everyday, so many report knowing someone that has died or been imprisoned in the last short while. Other have no idea what is happening to their families back home as they cannot get hold of them and are worried sick.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I’m cynical about the Iranian pro-monarchy diaspora. I’m skeptical many would actually give up their comfortable lives here to return were Iran to see regime change. I see a lot of loud noise by people who would likely not put themselves in harm’s way to see things through.

So you've been to Park Royal Mall in West Vancouver then?