University of Toronto Sit In
It’s not that often that I talk about politics on The Toronto Traveler, since for the most part they really have nothing to do with tourism or being able to discover the city better. However, this is a story that I feel I should comment on since it might be one of those stories that would give potential travelers cause for concern.
If you’re not aware of the story yet, you can follow this link to see what I’m talking about. Basically, the University of Toronto will be raising residence fees by up to 20% next year and in order to try and bring this issue to light and have it reversed, many of the students decided to stage a sit in and give their petition to the President of the University, David Naylor.
I did not participate in the sit in, but I did hear about it through other channels and didn’t really think it would interfere with anything that was related to this blog. However, with the bit of a scuffle that the students had with police forces that were called in to stop the sit in, there have been many people wondering on other websites whether or not this will have any effect on things in the area. Specifically, they’re wondering whether parts of the area might be shut down in the near future as a result of this incident or future accidents that might stem from it.
Well, if you’re one of these people, let me take this moment to assure you that nothing like that is going to happen. Toronto is a city that sees protests, marches and other such things on a fairly regular basis and the city has developed a very good network of making sure that these things do not disrupt normal activities within the city. So, if you’ve got something planned that will take place on or near the University of Toronto downtown campus in the next few days, there’s no reason to assume that anything will change vis-a-vis your plans.
Now that we’ve got that straightened out, it’s time to head back to normally scheduled tourism info!
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