The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined. 56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people. Read that back.

Area man who lost his riding seat and flew 3000 kms to get back into government says people have to answer to their constituents.

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

To get buy-in from all 10 provinces (which it didn't), Canada's constitution has a clause allowing provinces to override its fundamental rights and freedoms. The framers -- I've spoken to some -- imagined it used in existential-crisis cases. Well, a province just used it to break a teachers' strike

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

And now we know why Ford made speed cameras illegal.

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

The Ontario premier either doesn't understand that speed cameras save lives, or he doesn't care.

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... This is straight out of Harper's playbook in 2013. He announced end door-to-door delivery (making Canada the only G7 country without door to door delivery) after strikes/lockouts/disputes with the union during negos from June 2011 to Dec 2012. short 🧵

This is another Doug Ford political stunt & wedge issue, like removing safe & successful bike-infrastructure in Toronto, THAT WILL KILL PEOPLE. He and his Ministers and MPPs will be undeniably responsible for kids, families, people dying. Doug Ford likes to talk tough about Trump, but he IS Trump.

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

Canada’s government is focused on what matters: making sure an Irish rap group with a history of controversial commentary can’t play their music in Canada. Meanwhile, our government still refuses to address the actual genocide that band Kneecap has been vocally opposing:

I find it ironic that @vgasparro.bsky.social chose to announce this on the cesspool that is X - in a message that also said: "Our government will not tolerate the advocating of political violence, terrorism or Anti-Semitism and hate more broadly." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Hell yeah sue Canada and the pro-genocide government that's destroying the country!

There is some irony in this government directive, following their own attempts to limit or remove barrier-protected bike lanes in Toronto and the rest of the province.

Vince Gasparro, the Parliamentary Secretary for "Combatting Crime," just announced that the Irish band Kneecap are banned from entering Canada, 3 days after he met with Israel lobbyists.

Canadians: Oh, these poor terrible Americans with their fascism and genocide denial and government censorship of artists! It’s just awful, isn't it! Also Canadians:

Right after applauding another Nazi in Parliament.

The government of Canada has come down harder on these rappers than on a state committing genocide. Israel still has an embassy in Canada despite Israel not only publicly endorsing violence and hate, but killing tens of thousands of people. Perhaps hundreds of thousands. We don't even know anymore.

"Canada's move follows a similar decision from *Hungary* earlier this summer". Orban is not someone we should emulating. Shame on Carney, Gasparro, and the Liberals. Utterly ridiculous! #cdnpoli www.cp24.com/news/enterta...

"I'm disappointed that I came to Canada — a Canada that it is very, very difficult to find Canadians who are passionate about the American-Canadian relationship," Hoekstra said. Then fuck the hell off back to your miserable fascist hellhole, you shriveled dickhead. Beyond sick of his threats.

We have spent more than a decade uploading our politics and civil society to a cloud owned by oligopolistic tech firms. As the Trump administration moves to take over those companies, it is a direct threat to democracies everywhere. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

“It is certainly ‘dangerous rhetoric‘ to call people fascists who aren’t fascist. But to call out actual fascists is not rhetoric. It is a patriotic duty.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

The United States of America is a fascist state, bending to the knee of a fucking lunatic dictator. No real Congress, no real Supreme Court, no real media. Anyone pretending this is still just "democratic backsliding" or a "threat" to democracy is kidding themselves. It's over.

On the one side you have liars, bullies, thugs, kelptocrats, racists, hate-mongers and - if given half a chance - genocidaires. On the other, you have some people who can be annoying in EDI sessions. If you think those two sides are morally equivalent, you're not a serious person.

Whenever I'm forced to spend time in suburban sprawl, I simply cannot believe that there are actually people who enjoy living like that. Like somebody wakes up in the morning psyched to navigate his car down an 8 lane road to the same 15 chain stores on repeat surrounded by a barren sea of asphalt.

Government tries to regulate an industry and the capitalists scream that it's tyrannical over reach. But if the workers demand better pay or working conditions immediately it's "save us daddy government! We fear the hands of the free market suddenly!"

How Spain put up wealth taxes - without chasing away the billionaires

Doug Ford made traffic worse, and now he's complaining about it. Just one more lane bro, that'll fix it. #ontario #onpoli #dougford #frankdomenic🍁 #toronto

Doug: what can I do to make traffic worse? Make morning & afternoon rush hours great again.

BREAKING: Doug Ford has just renamed his family cottage "The Office" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario is forcing public sector workers back in person 5 days a week. Why? Public sector employees have worked remotely full time for decades in some cases. I have first hand experience of that. #ontario #onpoli #dougford #ontpoli #frankdomenic🍁

The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵

During Covid, this was true. Since Covid, even more true. It’s a reflexive selfishness, a rejection of the social compact, of shared community and purpose, of citizenry, and often of reality.

Making Canadian cities children of their provincial gov't was the fatal flaw of the Constitution Act of 1867 (with the caveat that cities are often children who need to be punished). A terrible conundrum.

"restoring of a lane of motor vehicle traffic, and its consequent impact on cyclists and road safety, is arbitrary and grossly disproportionate, and therefore not in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice."

Excellent news from Toronto! Congrats to all our friends and fellow activists up there.

“The [Doug Ford] govt has led NO EVIDENCE to rebut the Applicants’ compelling position, supported by evidence, that removing the protected bike lanes will cause cyclists to ride in more dangerous mixed traffic …" Justice Schabas [We added the caps] Right on! #biketo www.thestar.com/news/gta/for...

Doug Ford may have spoken too soon. The provincial government’s planned removal of bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue in Toronto is unconstitutional, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday.

Cycling advocates have won. The Ford government's plan to remove three major bike lanes in Toronto violates the Charter, Ontario's Superior Court rules. Story to come. #onpoli #topoli

!!!! More Ontario taxpayer money down the drain on Doug Ford court costs & obsession w Toronto.

Really cannot overstate the extent to which the court was impatient with the total lack of evidence presented by the government.

Best news of the day for us people who bike! Ford government's attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules www.thestar.com/news/gta/for... #topoli #onpoli #bikeTO

#BREAKING: An Ontario court has deemed the Ford government's plan to remove bike lanes from Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue as unconstitutional. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1131136...

A big win for Toronto! A judge has ruled Doug Ford’s attempt to rip out bike lanes unconstitutional. The courts just confirmed what we already knew: communities deserve safer streets — not dangerous interference. #ONpoli