"I don’t know the moment it happened; it must’ve been a slow realization. ‘My bike is my mobility aid’." Great article from @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social published In Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...

Tax Me Daddy update! We sold 49 t-shirts! And thanks to @hfxshippingnews.bsky.social providing the shirts at cost and volunteering their labour AND a donor matching every dollar raised we were able to raise $1750 for African Nova Scotian Road to Economic Prosperity anseconomicprosperity.com

Imagine seeing multiple days of protest at the provincial legislature and thinking “yeah, that seems like a good idea.”

Join @halhum101.bsky.social on March 29 for the 3rd Humanities Today Lecture–a “free, public event that highlights the benefits of the humanities for the public good”—featuring poet and activist (and @dal-english.bsky.social alum) George Elliott Clarke, singer Julia Tynes, and pianist Simon Docking.

The best thing about Halifax is its people. This thread of folks speaking at budget committee this week is a beautiful demonstration of people who care for each other and this city.

Councillor Kathryn Morse doesn’t post on here, and I know some of you aren’t on facebook, so I’m sharing this informative post from her.

Andy: well if the federal and provincial governments are cutting and making people's lives worse, we should do the same

this must be one of the most impactful decisions made in many years to reduce car use where it matters the most. A 200% increase in transit use by students is phenomenal, strongly disputing the claim that no fare transit is not impactful enough www.youtube.com/live/Dwd0DNy...

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Watch for my speech to the Halifax council before the BAL debates last week!

They're intentionally trying to limit public access to the MLAs. The NS conservatives have email auto-replies telling constituents they're in Halifax, but whoa now, that doesn't mean they want to see you in Halifax.

Nova Scotia's Education Minister, folks. Not exactly making the grade.

Did you know that (at least part of) Canada responded to a gas crisis by large-scale mode shift to mass transit? It's true! After Via Rail took over operation of the "Dayliner", it became a very popular way to get to Halifax from the Annapolis Valley! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangel...

I am happy that the Liberal government reversed its decision to defund the costs of postal shipping for libraries. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Multiple museums and tourism centres will close, resulting in people losing their jobs. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

As we all know, the Nova Scotia budget includes a significant number of cuts. But who do those cuts affect? Let's start with Cole Siteman, who may lose his job due to Easter Seals' funding reduction. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Congrats to Rep. @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social and family, who biked to the hospital last week and came back with baby Hans. Here's what she told me about the ride:

Halifax budget: More buses, paid parking on Saturdays, and money for road safety Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

Surely nothing bad has ever happened when a critical mass of the population feel that their future has been ripped out from under them and that the only thing they have to look forward to is the steady erosion of their standard of living. Surely that always turns out fine.

Don’t let this government tell you this was just a small group of “professional protestors.” This was massive collective action. Keep going #nspoli

Tim Houston suggests that the NDP organized yesterday’s “save the arts” rally outside Province House. How out of touch with reality do you have do be to think the arts and cultural community can’t organize a protest? www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Rural councillor Cathy Deagle Gammon welcome to the war on cars

Hartling: I don’t even know why we’re cutting any more? This isn’t enough money to affect the tax rate and at this point we’re just cutting to make cuts, and people are going to see that their taxes go up and state of good repairs of playgrounds go down?

FUND THE LIBRARY HRM SO HELP ME GOD

Gerus says if you raise fares too much - people go buy a car, and you don’t necessarily get those people back. He says they need to show transit customers value if they want to keep them.

"I sure am glad the federal public service is cutting back on wasteful humans" I mutter to myself in my 44th minute on hold to the CRA. "More automation is necessary" I grumble as the robot menu continues to send me in an endless loop.

*jots down that 25 cents each way, five times a week, 52 weeks a year ($130) is what registers as inconsequential* *puts note in pocket*

Morse says it’s only been a year and a half since the last increase and she doesn’t wanna do anything that’s going to decrease ridership. She’s open to a fare hike once they can demonstrate that they have a more reliable service.

This section of today's budget debate really displays the stupidity of nickel & diming the budget in the way we do now. The 1$/yr on the tax bill vs the impact of robust literary collections is a no-brainer, but still required debate??

Add $10 to everyone's tax bill and give me a fully funded library.

Mancini “the collection is not just the books. It’s the e-books, the audiobooks, all the other resources.” He says they don’t make fleet beg for fuel, so they shouldn’t make the libraries beg for their collections.

Now they’re talking about how important the digital resources are to residents who can’t reach a library. Audiobooks help reach people with limited literacy. Heated Rivalry has been flying off the shelves in audiobook form.

The library has high usage and there’s a high degree of public interest. This is about a dollar a year on the tax bill. Jesus Christ

Andy Fillmore: "we should inflict pain on everyone equally" which is why he's desperate to prevent any costs whatsoever for suburban homeowners and wants to brutally slaughter services relied on for urban renters. Area rates, Andy. Area rates.

Cutting the funding for 3 Just Food coordinators failed.

Council voted not to make busses more expensive

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

Eliminating student positions in parks failed.

Whoever made the paper mache head with bozo on it, please know I want to buy you a beer. This made my day. Lol. #nspoli

His smug ass deserves this. Keep booing to the polls #nspoli

Amazing turnout for the Arts, Culture & Heritage Rally in Halifax today! The NS Choral Federation wrote a new rendition of "Farewell to Nova Scotia" for the crowd to sing along with

It was so heartening to join the protest at Province House and see how big and diverse the crowd was. I hate that we have to do it, but I loved to see how many people care about our province.

The view from inside Province House looking out on the Granville Street side.

Upset the arts people and the theatre kids you're going to get good signs, but also spoken word poetry, angry songs, and probably interpretive dance.

It passed. Daddy is going to tax us to provide us more reliable buses.

She says lots of people spoke to them about how they don’t want to see services, especially transit services reduced, and if anything they’re willing to pay more to see those services improved (Tax me, daddy = success)

Fillmore, Hartling, Hendsbee, Mancini, Purdy, and Young voted to kill and maim more people on HRM streets.

Council is back for the continuation of budget meeting and Councillor Austin is starting us off with the proposed increase to the road safety budget He says so far they’re failing. “We’re going in the wrong direction we’re hurting and killing and maiming more people on our roads than we should be”

New: @hfxgov.bsky.social's zippy micro-mobility pilot will be back on the road in about a month, with hundreds of e-scooters and e-bikes navigating HRM. 122,557 trips were taken in 2025. My latest for @thechronicleherald.bsky.social.