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New footage of an individual openly doing illicit substances on a busy Toronto bus — posted the very same day that someone was stabbed during a violent altercation in the middle of a TTC subway train — is sparking a ton of conversation about the deterioration of the city and who is to blame.
The quick clip circulating on socials shows a man lighting up and smoking what appears to be a crack pipe while sitting on the stairs of a bus, the smoke blowing into the shared air as commuters sit packed in the seats around him.
Like the stabbing incident later that day, viewers are of course using the video to make a political argument, relating the incident to the stances and leadership of Mayor-elect Olivia Chow (who, many are noting, hasn't even taken office yet), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Doug Ford and others.
As some worry, referring to Chow, that "there's no way an anti-police, leftist councilor will ever get tough on anything like this guy lighting up on the TTC to turn the city around," others reminisced about the notorious crack scandal from late former Mayor Rob Ford.