Educators and parents showed up at the #TDSB on Tuesday to protest the recent firing of two teachers, and the suspension of all eight Grade 7 and 8 teachers at Bowmore Road Junior and Public School. Read more below ⬇️🔗 #Education #ONpoli nowtoronto.com/news/toronto...

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

open.substack.com/pub/jordanke... This is spot on for rebuilding #ONpoli

open.substack.com/pub/jordanke... Something we all need to be paying attention to #ONpoli

urbanism is very interesting in that it seems to be *the* way a lot of people are becoming politically / socially engaged

Not the $30M the feds had warned about, and frankly this feels like the worst of both worlds: big enough to irritate but not big enough to change behaviour (clearly)

open.substack.com/pub/jordanke... Very true and if you are getting involved in any campaigns at any level this year, read this first! #TOpoli #ONpoli

Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning. I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.

The Painter's Window, circa 1949 Artist: James Blomfield Medium: Undefined Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library Notes: On Bathurst Street in Toronto #1940s #winter #art #TorontoHistory #jeremyhopkin

“New ideas must use old buildings” - Jane Jacobs. The 1907 Home Furniture Carpet building on Queen Street East in Toronto will soon be the location of a new public library.

"Jess S, a road safety advocate w/ @ffsafestreets.bsky.social, said she’s worried traffic safety around schools, where most cameras were installed, could suffer in 2026.“You're putting children at risk. I cannot wrap my mind around any rationale for something like that" 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Thank you for sharing @planningtoronto.bsky.social @moreneighboursto.bsky.social is hosting Making Room: Ending Homelessness (A Speaker Series) with @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social luma.com/54azmx4p?fbc... Cc: @progresstoronto.bsky.social

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Armed men going door to door demanding your papers is textbook fascism. The federal government of the United States has been temporarily occupied by a fascist insurgency and they must be removed.

Progress Toronto's top target for 2026, a year where there's a municipal election and not a provincial election, is... Doug Ford??? Could we maybe target some more councillors? www.instagram.com/p/DTYUdD4EX-...

Lace fence by Rotterdam-based artist collective Demakersvan at Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park in North York, Toronto.

Jean Chrétien’s principled leadership, decades of public service, and lifelong commitment to a stronger Canada has built a remarkable legacy for our country. Happy 92nd birthday, Jean — Vive le Canada!

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour brought $40 million in total tax revenue when it came to Toronto in Nov 2024. Of that amount, only $8m went to the City of Toronto — which spent $4m on costs like policing, traffic control, and transit. #topoli #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1160099...

Hello #Toronto! This petition is being presented on Monday and they're so close to their goal of 1000 signatures... but I bet we can do better than that! Please sign this call-to-action right now! And please share! #ToPoli #CleanAirForAll

More than 20 years ago, MPPs across all parties pledged to make Ontario completely accessible to people with disabilities by 2025. With that date past, advocates say the process has been a failure, by @jeffreybgray.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Yes, yes, YES!

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

How much would it cost to build a home for every person experiencing homelessness in Toronto? About $450 million. In comparison, Doug Ford’s ridiculous tunnel under the 401 that would just add far more congestion would cost $50-$100 *billion*

Asked why other munis like Vaughan have been able to reduce dev charges more than T.O, the CFO says ~42% of Toronto DC rev goes to TTC — other cities don't have subways, etc. Also T.O. opted to use recent fed/prov funding to fund housing programs, instead of just using them to replace DC rev.

The CFO wraps things up with a look at the snake we'll be riding for the next few weeks. Budget presentations next week. Deputations the week after that. Mayor Chow will release her bespoke budget on Feb 1. Council will debate on Feb 10. Then: sleep.

CFO Stephen Conforti notes $2 million has been set aside for further service enhancements in the operating budget. The mayor will get to decide where to put the money as part of the budget process over the next month.

The city ran a bunch of consultations on the budget, as the city is wont to do. Popular services to fund were affordable housing/shelters, transit, and traffic improvements. Least important? Festivals, police, and... animals? Harsh.

Of large GTA municipalities, Toronto's residential property taxes remain pretty darn low. Lower than Hamilton and Markham. Way lower than Vaughan, Mississauga and Brampton.

Here are your property tax details. For the average household, the proposed combined 2.2% residential increase works out to $91.53 per household annually. About $7.63 more per month. About 25 cents a day.

On the capital side, the 2026 budget is a pretty significant step backwards on state-of-good-repair funding compared to the 2025 plan.

For anyone thinking about running for mayor or council, you should know that next year's budget situation looks bleak. It's not gonna be fun. If you include an expected reduction in provincial and federal funding, the city is looking at a ~$1.5 billion opening operating budget shortfall for 2027.

This year's city budget was made more difficult because of some "unanticipated" funding hits, notably a $99 million reduction in revenue from the end of the speed camera program.

Toronto's budget committee is about to meet to hear about the draft 2026 budget. Most of the headlines — a 2.2% residential property tax increase, a fare freeze — are already written, but let's see if there are any other newsy tidbits. Meeting will stream live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ar...

After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up. Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes. More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul, partnering with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will unveil a plan to expand free or affordable child care for New Yorkers across the state.

#ImLibraryPeople From Toronto Public Library ‘Join our team! We're hiring for a variety of Sunday positions: Pages (14+) Public service assistants Library sssistants Senior library assistants Librarians’ Apply by Sunday, January 11: ow.ly/cXla50XSuPK

A progressive mayor who understands that 1) the physical city matters and 2) you can just do stuff.

The province is failing our kids and more parents need to call out the government for the underfunding asap. It affects all students from JK to Post-secondary; and the longer it goes the side effects will last generations. open.substack.com/pub/thismomr... #ONpoli #Onted #TOpoli

Trying to understand the OLP right now, this is a good substack post open.substack.com/pub/jordanke... #ONpoli

Toronto ended 2025 with 44 homicides, which is a more than 20 year low.

Happy new year - it's "back to work" in more ways than one! Make it a new year's resolution to get out to more IN-PERSON consultations in your area! Not sure where to start? Use our Consultations 101 video here for tips to get your foot in the door! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvUc...

We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.

Anyway, perhaps you want something else to read after 24 hours of the global goon show.

My friend Jode Roberts in today’s Toronto Star - “You do not need 50 conversations to feel the difference. You might only need one. And you never know what a single Tuesday morning coffee chat can set in motion” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...