Toward the end of a long and often angry debate at city council on Wednesday, one that meandered around the well-trod paths of the years-long Scarborough subway extension question, Councillor Josh Colle joked that for convenience sake, the topic should just be added as a standing item to the council agenda every month.

The punchline, of course, was that the next contentious Scarborough subway debate was expected to happen only 24 hours later during the same meeting — and after being postponed due to a long meeting, will actually happen next month. No joke. Reality.

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