The Globe and Mail reports that the deal will create big political headaches for Ontario provincial leaders and officials whose districts lie near the landfill.

For U.S. readers, here´s a quick translation of some of north-of-the-border terms you´ll come across in these stories.

A riding is a Canadian electoral district, according to Webster´s New World.

The 401 –- as in, politicians "are strapping themselves onto the 401 to stop these trucks from coming" -- is the King´s Highway No. 401. Also known as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway [insert joke here about jewelry and Big Macs], Wikipedia says the 401 is "the transportation backbone of the Quebec City-Windsor corridor" and ranks among the world´s busiest highways.

And MPP stands for Member of Provincial Parliament.

Inbox Infotainment Extra: If you search for MPP at AcronymFinder.com, you´ll find that in addition to Member of Provincial Parliament, it also stands for a couple hundred other phrases. Among them: Meat Processing Plant, My Pamper Party, Marijuana Patients and Providers, Melanesian Progressive Party, Micro-Perforated Plate (medium for picnic pranks?), Mission Payload Package (alternate acronym: BOMB), Massive Periretinal Proliferation (ouch), Modified Pruppacher-Pitter Raindrop Model (what, the original model wasn´t good enough?), Most Powerful People, and Mutual Protection Pact.

Hmm. In light of the events described above (matters portrayed previously?), I´d wager that two of Canada´s most powerful people, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller, might profit profusely if they were to meliorate their planning process with a mutual protection pact.