Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire multiple times since day one, however, it has chosen to escalate its attacks and launched a major airstrike targeting a hospital.

Toronto’s housing affordability crisis is not a supply and demand problem. It’s a greed problem - units built based on speculation and profit and not as actual homes. You can’t fix capitalism with more capitalism.

I just want to live somewhere where people care about other people. I guess Ontario under Doug Ford is not that kind of place anymore.

Aaaand they are doing the exact opposite.

@jaymepoisson.bsky.social ??

All Eyes on Gaza.

In the face of a strong misinformation campaign against transit-only lanes, we need your strong voice of support evidence-based transit-only lanes that will build a greener, fairer, and inclusive Toronto. Send a quick email of support to your City Councillor, it means a lot! ttcriders.ca/lanes 6/6

On hunger as a weapon of war, a murderous attack on a Jewish museum - and the blindness of hatred. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I am reading The Anxious Generation for a work book club and being increasingly infuriated by the confidence with which this man makes claims he has no evidence for. Some of it makes intuitive sense which I guess is why it’s popular, but where is the research?

Why can’t Toronto have nice things?

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social maybe an episode of If Books Could Kill on Robert Bork’s “The Antitrust Paradox”?

"Canadians" feeling smug & and self-righteous in this moment should remember that right-wing fascism is alive & well in this country. Neo-liberalism is the crisis & breeds supremacist ideology, exploitation & wealth hoarding. Just because it's not Trump/PP doesn't make us more "progressive."

Honestly political history may not be kind to Jagmeet Singh but social history will be different — better — because people have pharmacare, dental care, and child care. And he did that.

Trump's big trip to Europe for the popes funeral included a disrespectful blue suit instead of black, texting during the ceremony, and then falling asleep.

Taking the editor’s letter of the #westendphoenix as my spring/summer manifesto…anyone else?

also, “yield” does not mean “blow through the intersection without checking if someone is coming,” it means, “slow down, check, and if someone with the right of way is coming, YIELD to them, including coming to a complete stop.”

And here I thought I was the only person who still uses taxis instead of apps!

"Let’s go even further: Publish everyone’s income the way Norway does, where all tax returns are public record: any registered taxpayer can search any individual or business. It’s so transparent that taxpayers can also see who has searched them. Open, and honest." Yes, please.

I’m catching up on the leaders’ launch speeches today, starting with Poilievre’s, and one big thing I’ve noticed: His emotional appeals are generally towards low-income folks (single mothers, struggling seniors) but his ACTUAL policy promises are almost all for industry. Trickle down economics 🤢

Can we as Canadians all just stop buying and serving the stuff Americans call tea? ❌bigelow ❌higgens and Burke ✅Taylors of Harrogate

I have a lot of respect for the people who are using their bribe cheques to make donations to worthy causes and not to buy tickets to see Beth Gibbons at Massey Hall.

Don’t be fooled about DoFo despite his Team Canada stance He will still •privatise healthcare •destroy public ed •Have u pay millions 4 a luxury spa, indefinitely •Profit off the greenbelt & destroy the environ •Rip out bike lanes & prevent lawsuits for those who get injured •Fill Weston’s pockets

I am consistently surprised by the absolute confidence with which Gen Z uses words completely incorrectly.

I’m tired of hearing about the risks of “bad” tenants for landlords when they have chosen to profit off of something that’s a human right. The whole system is oppressive and exploitative and I’m so mad about it.

At a minimum, Ontario needs to get rid of the “post-2018” loophole for rent control, and have online reporting and tracking for landlords/companies that don’t follow the rules for tenant applications.

I just really hate Danielle Smith.

A v clear-sighted analysis of where we are now. And Trump hasn’t even started yet. 👇

Having to find a rental apartment in Toronto is a really nasty reminder of how exploitative our housing system is…

NEW: PM Justin Trudeau is expected to resign this week. The real question? Will Canada swing right—or are they smart enough to avoid the same mistake we made?

Ooh, there’s a Guardian Live about us! #cdnpoli

Latest column is on how to stay hopeful, even when there is darkness all around www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The housing issue of the #westendphoenix has convinced me to subscribe for another year. (Along with the fact that D.B. dropped it off at my door for me!)

I’m concerned about the number of “centrists” who seem to think that a Poilievre government is inevitable, and will do nothing to try and stop it….

I'll add all queer and LGBTQ2S persons speak to each other and warn each other about Poilievre

Is it just me, or did today’s episode of #cbcfrontburner suggest that economic growth does not necessarily lead to an improved standard of living for the middle and working class? It’s not just about making a bigger pie….

At first I thought climate change would end us. Then I decided that AI might end us first. Now I realise the problem is AI-driven climate change…

Anyone who dreads the prospect of Faragist nationalist populism in Britain should want this Labour government to succeed. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This cannot be overstated: if you've seen anything about trans people via the newspapers, BBC, government ministers, or even bookshops - most of it isn't merely inaccurate, it's deliberate, calculated, malicious lies and propaganda, or baseless bigoted conspiracy theories at best.

If you accept trans people are real and about ~1.5% of the population, then trans kids are being undertreated by a factor of about 100x. Seriously, look up how many kids in the US have accessed trans care. It's around 0.05% at the highest measure

Shouldn’t giving Tuesday happen BEFORE people have spent all their money on unnecessary retail goods?

" Both extremes are bad" is dangerous & mind-numbing discourse - my "extreme" leftist politics is that everyone deserves housing, care, access, food & kinship. Right wing extremism, on the other hand, designates the vast majority of us as subhuman & therefore disposable.

WHAT??? Doug Ford LIED? SHOCKING, NOT. "The number of cyclists commuting in Toronto is triple what Doug Ford claims" #DougFordLies #FordMustBeDefeated #onpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Your Fat Friend is on CBC Gem!!!! Watch it Watch it watch it!!! @yrfatfriend.bsky.social is amazing and insightful and talented and beautiful and everyone needs to know about her work.

This is what I’m thinking about this morning: BBC Global News Podcast - Is social media changing the way we speak?

Doug Ford said NO! on November 4, 2024, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives rejected the NDP's proposed Homes Ontario program. (More in comments below) #onpoli #OntarioNDP @maritstilesndp.bsky.social 🤬 please share. Doug Ford rejected a plan to help Ontarians. Rise up Ontarians!

So how do we get Jayme Poisson on here?

Donald Trump is now (1) below 50% popular vote and (2) has a margin of popular vote victory roughly HALF of Hillary's victory in 2016. They believe the left has to lay down and shut up because of this "landslide" victory.