トロントでは１年を通してイベントがあるが、動きやすい夏には毎週のように何かが行なわれる。
今週はプライド・トロント・ウィークが行なわれている。
プライド・ウィークとは社会におけるセクシャル・マイノリティ（同性愛者やトランスジェンダーなど、またはその家族）のための啓蒙週間で、毎年６月の最終週の１週間、毎日何かしらのイベントが催されている。トロントは北米の中で、ニューヨーク、サンフランシスコ、モントリオールなどに並び、同性愛者へのコミュニティ・サービスが充実をしている町の一つである。
１週間の終わりの週末には、ニューヨークほどでかくはないが、ゲイコミュニティがあるチャーチ・ストリートは歩行者天国になり、日曜日にはトロント・ダウンタウンのメインストリートであるヤングストリートはパレードのため交通を遮断する（御堂筋パレードみたいな感じ）。多くのトロントの市民や周辺自治体の住民または近隣のカナダやアメリカの各地から人々が集い、お祭り騒ぎになる。トロント市の経済への波及効果は毎年ばかにはできないらしい。
でも以前書いたトロント市職員のストライキはまだ続いている。街角に設置されている市所有のゴミ箱が収集されず匂いを放ってきている。なんとも情けない。
労働者の権利でストを行使するのはわかるけれど、ゴミ関係の人たちはたいがい夏（前回のストもそうだった）、TTC（トロント交通局）はたいがい冬（氷点下の中歩くのは辛いよね）、なぜいつも多くの人が困る時期を選ぶのだろう。春と秋限定でお願いしたいものである。
僕らの税金（貧乏でも金持ちでも）で給料が出てるのを忘れないで欲しい。
There are many events happening through a year in Toronto. Especially in summer time, we have even more events everyday and every week.
This week, Pride Toronto is being held.
Pride week is a week for awareness campaign for sexual minorities (gay, lesbian, transgender, etc) and their families. This event is held every year at the end week of June. During the week, there is always something happening everyday. Toronto is one of the cities, that have the best community services and resources to those sexual minorities, among other North American cities like New York, San Francisco, Montréal and so on.
At the end of the pride week, Church street, where Toronto's gay community is located, are closed down from the traffic and becomes pedestrian-only street. Yonge street, which is a main street of Toronto, will be free of vehicles, too, to have a parade on the following sunday. The weekend becomes just a festival for the people in Toronto and visitors from neighbouring municipalities and other regions in Canada and the US. This festivity contributes to Toronto's economy tremendously every year.
However, the city workers' strike is still going on. Garbage boxes on streets of Toronto are starting to smell really bad. It is very miserable.
I understand that it is a right for labours to have a strike, but I wonder why the city workers always pick a bad season for us, regular citizens – garbage collectors have a strike in summer time and TTC workers have a strike in a freezing season. I beg city workers to have a strike in a time when it doesn't affect many people.
I don't want them to forget that they are getting paid by our tax money, whether rich or poor...
でも以前書いたトロント市職員のストライキはまだ続いている。街角に設置されている市所有のゴミ箱が収集されず匂いを放ってきている。なんとも情けない。
労働者の権利でストを行使するのはわかるけれど、ゴミ関係の人たちはたいがい夏（前回のストもそうだった）、TTC（トロント交通局）はたいがい冬（氷点下の中歩くのは辛いよね）、なぜいつも多くの人が困る時期を選ぶのだろう。春と秋限定でお願いしたいものである。
僕らの税金（貧乏でも金持ちでも）で給料が出てるのを忘れないで欲しい。
There are many events happening through a year in Toronto. Especially in summer time, we have even more events everyday and every week.
This week, Pride Toronto is being held.
Pride week is a week for awareness campaign for sexual minorities (gay, lesbian, transgender, etc) and their families. This event is held every year at the end week of June. During the week, there is always something happening everyday. Toronto is one of the cities, that have the best community services and resources to those sexual minorities, among other North American cities like New York, San Francisco, Montréal and so on.
At the end of the pride week, Church street, where Toronto's gay community is located, are closed down from the traffic and becomes pedestrian-only street. Yonge street, which is a main street of Toronto, will be free of vehicles, too, to have a parade on the following sunday. The weekend becomes just a festival for the people in Toronto and visitors from neighbouring municipalities and other regions in Canada and the US. This festivity contributes to Toronto's economy tremendously every year.
However, the city workers' strike is still going on. Garbage boxes on streets of Toronto are starting to smell really bad. It is very miserable.
I understand that it is a right for labours to have a strike, but I wonder why the city workers always pick a bad season for us, regular citizens – garbage collectors have a strike in summer time and TTC workers have a strike in a freezing season. I beg city workers to have a strike in a time when it doesn't affect many people.
I don't want them to forget that they are getting paid by our tax money, whether rich or poor...
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