The notwithstanding clause was ostensibly put in place to ensure elected legislatures had the final say in extreme circumstances, but thanks to Canada's conservative premiers and their contempt for a consistent rule of law, it now seems mostly a tool for preemptively trampling on human rights.

We really are about to do 2008 all over again, huh

It remains wild to me that there aren't a) more pathways to permanent residency for *all* temporary foreign workers b) enforced minimum wages equal to those of the province they're in. What does it say about us that we are happy to have a permanent underclass whose labour isn't fully valued?

Lots to unpack here, but one general point to make concerns the way in which creating categories of "temporary" residents leads to just this sort of thinking: people who live, work and study among us, contributing to the country, but are nonetheless excluded from the social contract.

"There are plenty of progressives... you might call Chow's base who wish she would take advice from Mamdani. Because nothing in Chow's own... unfolding agenda seems quite as dramatic. You could say the same about the federal and provincial NDP organizations in their campaigns over the past year."

Scoring a bicycle kick in the middle of a snow storm deserves a heritage minute tbh

Architects are excited because they know that under glorious communist regime of Comrade Mamdani, brutalism is so back

How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods & other watering down of good ideas. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Discretionary zoning is a fertility drug for NIMBYs, AI powered automated objection letters just takes this to the logical conclusion.

I am far too traumatized from the season's worth of snow we got in February to see it coming down this early in November

bluesky branding refresh unveiled

Sneak peek of the Ontario PCs 2029 campaign platform dropped

We have learned absolutely nothing from when the ship computer on the Enterprise-D became a living being, I see

Now do universities and colleges

Am I doing this right

This is welcome but it does give a bit of "hm, wonder who could do something about this" energy, and I feel like that's been the case with Chow a bit too often. She still has time to be more bold.

This entire thing reads like Jeff Bezos hired a bush league PR firm to publish an anti-Mamdani screed because he's worried he'll have to pay higher property taxes on his apartments at Madison Square Park.

BEHOLD THE HORRORS of neighbourhood retail. This residential neighbourhood in GUELPH is home to a building that contains the UNGODLY COMBO of a CAFE and BAR side-by-side. People are warning this could lead to SMALL TALK with your NEIGHBOURS. Will you join our protest to combat SOCIALIZING?

Behold the HORROR of neighbourhood retail. These STRANGERS are lined up for pizza. STEALING business from our main streets. And who knows what DANGER they present to YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?!?!?

Now that Stage 2 has reached a regional consensus of yes, it's to talk about building out stage 3, mostly because it would benefit me personally and I'm aware of no other criteria for building rail

Neither here nor there, but this man's incapability of not understanding what constitutes a proper noun sends me every time

[wheel of fortune] me: *finishes off litre of milk* Ryan Seacrest: wait, you guys actually drink that shit out of a bag?

But we're gonna have a big beautiful famine and I think you'll be very happy. And we'll have plenty to eat. We'll have plenty to eat

I saw way too much stuff like this when I visited earlier this year. On the plus side, Toronto doesn’t have weird masked kidnappers running around

If you've been following NYC you also need to keep an eye on this

Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.

I had no idea as a Canadian in Ontario that I'd be so riveted by Seattle municipal politics, yet here we are

Buying a home in a state where insurance rates are only ever going to skyrocket from now on vs. retaining property in the most sought after city on the planet? If a rich person believes this is a good financial decision their wealth should be taxed at 1000%

Did CTV Kitchener hire Doug Ford to write their headlines?

If we are blueskying (ha) left populism in this thought experiment, maybe a provincial jobs guarantee. Call it a hedge against tariffs and trade uncertainty, call it an alternative to UBI, or whatever else, but it might appeal to right populists who think everyone who can be working should.

Got to be family doctors, daycares, and then the third one is up for grabs. Infrastructure? Education funding?

The news you'd wake up to in 1720: There is a gathering at ye olde towne hall this evening to discuss the grain harvest The news you wake up to in 2025: Carnivorous "death-ball" has emerged from the darkest depths of the ocean and it has orbs for arms

I disagree. We need to recognize that in our system we elect individual representatives, not captives to a party cult. They should be free to decide how to represent their riding, and can be turfed at the next election if we don't like what they do.

1) 50 public community polyclinics 2) congestion charging and bus lanes for every provincial expressway 3) up to 50 neighbourhoods competitively chosen for upzoning to mid-rise mixed use, with collaboration on plans, incentives and choice for tenants to stay, and gradual property assessment changes

Toronto urbanists/changemakers etc, highly suggest connecting with Rodney if you're interested in seeing this come to fruition. The progress he's made on this is nothing short of impressive.

For Progress Toronto: - Open Streets - Streetcars that work - A coffee shop on every corner I don’t think it’s about universal appeal, we have a lot of carservatives, but they weren’t going to vote for Olivia Chow anyways.

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HOLD. THE. FUCKING. PREMIERS. TO. ACCOUNT.

1. Eyecare for all (expand seniors' ohip coverage to everyone) 2. CareOntario: retrain workers impacted by trade war to work in healthcare and childcare 3. Childcare for all (see point #2; open provincially-run ECE centres EVERYWHERE)

Thought experiment time, Ontario: Part of Zohran Mamdani's success was relentless message discipline with his 3 key ideas. If you could only pick 3 *big*, *bold* ideas for a progressive party in Ontario that would appeal to the *whole* population, what would they be? Quote post with ideas!

What the hell is wrong with the sun? Why is it disappearing like this?

I was in the middle of nowhere this summer on a road trip and the HVAC in my car stopped blowing hot air. An hour or two later I was able to diagnose and fix the issue myself thanks to Youtube, saving me $$$. Those types of content creators really are silent heroes.

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I love that I see 2040 and think wow, that would be a hugely ambitious timeline for Canada getting the TO-MTL HSR built.

It's interesting that we tolerate driving young people out to small towns and suburbs because previous generations rolled up the ladder behind them, when there are so many people living in cities who clearly hate them, that would fare very well outside them!

This is a trend in local media (re: Michael's point). This headline on the fourplex report that came to Kitchener city council is skewed. There was just as much positive feedback, but anyone skimming through only headlines would be left with a different impression. The story is more balanced.

With more than 1.7 million voters for the 2025 general election as of 6 p.m., NYC has a shot of breaking the 1.8 million vote count of 1993, when Rudy Giuliani beat incumbent David Dinkins. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/r...