Every week, there are those who inspire us and those who disappoint us. Welcome to Champs ‘n Chumps, a weekly feature in the Star in which we shower praise on our best and lob (virtual) tomatoes at the people who have disappointed us. Plus: scroll to the bottom for the big number that defined the week.
Chump: Bonnie Crombie
Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie resigned after a significant portion of her party lost confidence in both her and her advisers.
Nick Lachance/º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøStarRemember when Doug Ford was visibly frightened by the prospect of Bonnie Crombie leading the Ontario Liberals? Perhaps one of the unemployed young people Ford says aren’t looking hard enough for work can take the gig she just left.
Champ: Trey Yesavage
º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøBlue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage made his major league debut in style, striking out nine batters.
Chris O’Meara/APWhen the Jays turned it on midseason, fans knew to stay calm. This is Toronto, after all. But now the kid Trey Yesavage lives up to the hype as a strikeout machine, and October’s just around the corner…
Champ: Robert Munsch
Author Robert Munsch’s approval for MAID sparked a great deal of discussion.
Frank Gunn/The Canadian PressRaw honesty and gentle humour made Robert Munsch a national hero, and the beloved children’s author shared news of his approval for medical assistance in dying (MAID) for dementia and Parkinson’s in the same candid, heartbreaking way.
Chump: Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May is stepping down as leader of the Greens, unless she is not.
Adrian Wyld/The Canadian PressThe Green Party leader announced she’s stepping down — but asks that the party vote for her to stay on until she leaves. Unless she comes back again! And so it goes in The Elizabeth May Party of Canada.
And now, the figure that defined the week:
The big number
Less than 1%
That’s the measly amount of º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍølitter bin recycling that gets recycled. When you toss a black plastic container in the blue bin even though you know the sorting machines can’t handle it, it’s called wishcycling. So what’s the snappy portmanteau for the useless recycling slots on the city’s 10,000 litter bins? Hallucicycling? The Delulu Bin? The Star reported this week that virtually everything sorted at street level goes directly to landfill. Yes, this happens in street bins all over the world. But before we launch another ineffective public education campaign, let’s admit that the city’s laudable zero-waste goal has 99% failed here so we can focus on better ways forward.
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