[burnt1ce]

Has the author seen Toronto's eastern waterfront? It's the ugliest part of the city. A friend of mine said that much of the soil there is polluted and a ton of money will be needed just to clean it for residential purposes. I have been rowing there for a couple of years and I'm happy that they are revitalizing the area.

Here's Google street view of the area: https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.644809,-79.3348222,3a,75y,340...

[chillingeffect]

I feel for you, but that's a civic responsibility, not a corporate one.

Civil governments are created with goal (yes I know it's imperfect) of providing access to resources equally. Corporations are formed with the goal of evading individual responsibility for financial benefit. They have no incentive to treat expensive individuals such as the less educated, the disabled, the poor, etc. They only support them in the most minimalist ways legally required and actually spend money to change laws to support the disadvantaged even less.

If you want that area to be better, round up your fellow residents and get an initiative passed in the city.

[icebraining]

That's what happened; the city's initiative to restore the place was to launch a competition and partner with the winner.

[drivingmenuts]

> They only support them in the most minimalist ways legally required and actually spend money to change laws to support the disadvantaged even less.

Are you describing corporations or city governments here, because I don't see much of a difference. The bulk of that work gets forced on NGOs and charitable organizations.