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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Chinook is owned by Cadillac Fairview, who is in turn wholly owned by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. OTPP is the majority owner of MLSE.
So by shopping at Chinook you are supporting the Leafs!
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Not anymore. That would be Rogers/Bell.
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Originally Posted by Burninator
The whole cost thing balances out in my opinion. Sure some inner city dwellers are paying for roads that they'll never take advantage of to get built. But also theoretically suburbanites are paying for the police that spend most of their time in the inner city. We can spend all day giving examples, but I am sure it balances out one way or the other.
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No it does not balance out. People have studied these things. The inner city subsidizes the 'burbs. That is fact, not the realm of opinion.
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Originally Posted by Reaper
Not everyone has the luxury of being able to live in the inner city. The relative scarcity of inner city homes on the market has done a good job of keeping the prices higher than the average person can afford.
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Which is directly exacerbated by subsidies to the 'burbs, by the way.