Toronto food trucker Zane Caplansky: “People who go in parks are unemployed people”

“People who go in parks are unemployed people, people walking their dogs or people looking to score sex or drugs—not people looking for food.”

—Zane Caplansky, the outspoken deli owner and food trucker, explaining to the Star why last summer’s attempt to turn Toronto parks into food truck hubs wasn’t successful. Caplansky is one of several food truck owners refusing to pay an equal share of the $50,000 fee owed to the city as a result of the pilot program (Caplansky says he only participated in the program for a few days). According to the Star, organizer Suresh Doss and his website Spotlight Toronto are on the hook for the outstanding $36,000 debt.