BETRAYED IN THE BURNING COLD: How Olivia Chow’s Toronto Abandoned Thorncliffe Park Residents to a Predictable Inferno

Illegal Extension – Fire Hazards

This  structure violated all safety law of all levels (municipal, provincial, federal).

This is not an oversight. This is a calculated, arrogant middle finger to every resident who believes the law should protect them.

The Towering Pile of Violations They Called “Home”

The list of ignored violations is so long, so technical, and so deliberately obtuse that it clearly serves as a smokescreen for negligence. It’s a bureaucratic fortress behind which cowards hide.

• Fire Hazard Violations [Building Code 9.10.14.4.(2)] – ignored.

• Sightline Obstructions (§447, §950) – ignored.

• Dozens of specific bylaw breaches (§ 629-12, 13, 16, 18, 27, 40, etc.) – ignored.

• Building Code Act Violations (Chapter 23, Regulation 332/12, Division C, Part 1) – ignored.

This is the “safety” that Olivia Chow’s administration is responsible for. It’s a goddarn joke. A frightening, lethal joke.

The Chain of Corruption: From City Hall to the Premier’s Office

And where does this culture of impunity end? Residents point a furious finger higher, at Premier of Ontario Doug Ford whose own legacy is so mired in scandal that his “achievement” list reads like a chronicle of controversies. When the head of the province is seen by many as a known figure in corruption scandals, is it any surprise that municipal officials feel empowered to break the law and endanger lives? Isn’t this a typical textbook case of “Leadership by Example”?

This is the ecosystem. This is why nothing gets fixed. This is why people die in fire while the mayor’s office likely drafts another empty statement of “concern.”

Emotional Betrayal: “It’s Been Very Stressful”

“It’s been very stressful,” a displaced resident told CityNews. That quote is a monument to Canadian understatement. The real emotions are white-hot rage, deep-seated resentment, and a profound sense of betrayal.

• They are betrayed by officials who took bribes.
• Betrayed by inspectors who looked the other way.
• Betrayed by a mayor who knowingly and wilfully allows lawbreaking that risks public life.
• Betrayed by a system that views them as collateral damage in a game of power and payoffs.

This fire was not an act of God. It was an act of Cowardice. It was an act of Corruption.

The ashes of Thorncliffe Park are Olivia Chow’s political legacy unless she acts with a fury and transparency she has never shown. Tear down the illegal structures. Fire the bragging bureaucrats. Prosecute the corrupt. Do your f—ing job.

Because the next time residents scream “Someone is jumping!”, the blood will not just be on the hands of some unnamed official. It will be squarely on the hands of the Mayor who let it happen.

SOURCES:

• London Inferno – “Posing Fire Risks & Killing A Few Is Okay”

• Why London Inferno Will Happen in Toronto
• Mayor Chow Complicit in Lawbreaking
• Ontario Building Code Act & Toronto Municipal Code Violations

• Hong Kong Fire Death Toll Rises: BBC News

• The Thorncliffe Park Betrayal: Canuck Post Report

LAW VIOLATIONS

Including but not limited to,

A. Transportation Services Related Violations 

1. Sidewalk Pedestrian Slip & Fall Injury Risks

Unsafe and unlawful drainage of water directly discharged into the sidewalk. The water will freeze up during the colder days, and posing injury risks to the pedestrian and vehicular traffics – Public safety hazard violated numberous safety laws under the purview of Transportation Services, and MLS, and Toronto Building.

2. SIGHTLINE OBSTRUCTION VIOLATIONS

Bylaw Chapter 447, Chapter 743 & Chapter 950 enacted to safeguard pedestrians on the sidewalk as below: –

– § 447-2 C.(1)C.1 – MLS: “One of the fundamental aims is to ensure that sight lines are not obstructed so as to create hazards for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.”
– § 950-200.A.
– § 743-31.A.(1) & (2)
– § 743-34.(2)(a)[1] & [2]
– § 743-36.I.
– § 743-38.B.
– § 743-43.A.
– § 743-44. D.
– § 743-44B & C.
– § 743-51.A. & B.
– § 743-52.
– APPENDIX A.6. & 21.

B. MLS Related Violations 

Main violations – Fire Hazard [Building Code 9.10.14.4.(2)] & Sightline Obstruction (§447, §950 & numberous Zoning Bylaws).

– § 629-12
– § 629-13
– § 629-16.A.(3)
– § 629-18.A., B. & C.
– § 629-27.A. & B.
– § 629-40.A
– § 447
– § 950
– § 629-8. & § 632-2.
– § 629-10.A. & B.
– § 629-23.
– § 629-6.D. & G.
– § 629-4.A.
– § 629-5.A.
– § 629-6.A., D., & G.
– § 629-20
– § 629-11.A.1. (2) & F. (1), (2) & (3)
– § 629-11
– § 629-23.H.

C. Building Code Related Violations 

Building Code Act, 1992
– CHAPTER 23 10.(2), (b) & 10.(1)
– Chapter 363 Article V
– Ontario Regulation 332/12
– Chapter 950
– Division C, Part 1, Subsection 1.3.3.
– Application H. iii) & iv)Ontario Building Code Act
– Section 8(2)(a)Building Code: –
– 3.1.18.1.
– 9.14.6.1.(1)
– 9.26.18.2.(1)
– 2.2.1.1. Objectives (1) Category: Safety Number: OS Objective & Category: Safety — Safety in Use Number: OS3 Objective

Bylaw 569-2013
– 10.20.40.70.(3)
– 10.5.60.20 (3)(C)(i) & (ii), (6)(B)

Leaside Zoning Bylaw 1916: –

– 5.5
– 5.13.2
– 6.1.1 (1)
– 6.1.1(4)
– 6.3.3 Side Yard Setback
– 6.3.3 Rear Yard Setback
– 6.3.3 Side Yard Setback Between Dwellings
– 6.7.4

E. Breached City of Toronto Code of Conduct for Chief Building Official and Inspectors

– 1. a) & b)
– 2. a), b), c), d) & e)
– 4. a), b), c), d) & e)
– 5. a), b), c), d) & e)
– 7.
– 8. b) 

F. Other Applicable Law Violation

– Section E: Ontario Municipal Board (OMB): No new application applied, no compliance with all currently in-force law.
– Planning Act – PART I, PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION, Provincial interest, Section 2.(h), (o)
– Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) – 3.0 Protecting Public Health and Safety.
– City of Toronto Act, 2001, Chap. Pr13 (Bill Pr20) False Declarations
– No Urban Forestry permission sought to injure a matured tree behind the garage.
– No Zoning Certificate or Preliminary Project Review (PPR) for extended Zoning & Plan Review
– At least 13 illegal building & structural deficiencies

G. Criminal Code of Canada (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46) 

Our power-that-be just flip a middle finger when asked “What authorized you to violate all the laws?”

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