Doug Ford up with new way to increase homelessness and more intruding on municipal decisions. Never have I ever seen a government more intent on driving up property taxes in communities that are trying to keep people off the street. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #ONpoli

I was in hospital for three days and now am receiving outpatient care. I have had the opportunity to chat up loads of patients and professionals about the state of healthcare funding. The consensus is our province needs to get its priorities straight. We need accountability.

Council approved the Indigenous Relations Framework for the The City of Guelph in 2024, and I'm happy to see all the progress we have made in one year towards a more inclusive and culturally expansive Guelph, in the spirit of reconciliation. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/168a...

👋 Hey Bluesky, we’re Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health! 🍎 New space, same mission: to protect health and promote overall well-being so everyone in our communities can thrive. Follow for health tips, useful resources and friendly reminders about everything from vaccines💉 to well water💧.

Canada Post offices are still in inaccessible locations that use perfumed products and sell perfumes. Decreasing accessibility and cutting jobs is not how we build a strong country.

Hey #Guelph! It's going to be a hot weekend☀️ With the upcoming weather forecast, City Hall’s front lobby will be opened as a cooling centre starting Sunday, June 22 at 8:00 a.m. through to Tuesday, June 24 including after standard business hours (4:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.)

Great to see Community FEWD, friends and @orourkeguelph.bsky.social at Pride in the Park. It’s on now so come on down and enjoy the fun!

Fantastic start to the Guelph Multi-cultural festival. Celebrating all people and customs in one space over three days with a lot of food, music and dancing. Loved seeing all the community groups and vendors. Go and check it out all weekend long.

Had an amazing tour of Creative Pottery from Brenda. It’s great to have a pottery studio that offers classes for all ages, is accessible and has pottery you can paint (mostly sourced in Canada), in Ward 1. Check them out at 259 Grange Rd. tucked behind Smitten.

Thanks everyone who came to the #pride flag raising. Appreciated all the @guelph.ca speakers and those from Guelph Pride. Everyone belongs in Guelph. #NoSpaceForHate

Still waiting on all that money for affordable housing, mental health and addiction treatment Premier Ford. This endless legislative churn that costs municipalities to administer and does absolutely nothing is getting really tired. www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/f...

Dr. Panagiotakopoulos said, “My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role”. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...

Council committee of the whole recap, courtesy of Adam.

Happy #PrideMonth! Strut your stuff and have a great time. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Honoured to have participated as Acting Mayor, at the @guelph.ca Water Walk. Thanks to Gimaa Stacey LaForme, a Knowledge Holder & former Chief from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation…

It’s @fcm.ca in Ottawa and #NationalAccessAbilityWeek. I can’t attend because we don’t have legislation that makes hotels or airlines or conferences have to be free of perfumes or essential oils. Disabled people do not have equity. We lack disability representation. @pattyhajdu.bsky.social

Thanks to council for voting in my amendment to our social media code of conduct. We now have a duty to moderate hate speech and abuse in our comments, failure to do so is now subject to integrity commissioner complaints.

Thanks so much LDAWC! It was an honour as acting mayor to congratulate you on behalf of @guelph.ca & council on all the hard work you do to provide free programs to kids with learning disabilities & ADHD in Guelph & Wellington County region. Have a great trivia fundraiser!

Thanks to West Willow Village Co-op for inviting me to your bike safety event. Biking from the eastend, it gave me a chance to try the multi-use paths & protected @guelph.ca bike lanes on Silvercreek. Great to see folks from @activeguelph.bsky.social, @guelphpolice.bsky.social, & @ugdsb.bsky.social

It’s International day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia! Just a reminder that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences of hate speech. Everyone has a right be themselves and love consensually. You don’t have to understand something to mind your business.

Helping people get their taxes done so they have more resources is an amazing way to create community and address affordability.

"At core, these are meal services & these are community spaces for people to come & chat up other people," Caton said. "So it's not one type of person that's using this, unless you consider poverty a type of person, right? It's just people who need food & need community." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“As a teen, I was one of “those people” trying to survive on social services who had the audacity to find community downtown, and some on Guelph City Council now would have considered me a threat to business.” erin.medium.com/who-deserves...

“As a teen, I was one of “those people” trying to survive on social services who had the audacity to find community downtown, and some on Guelph City Council now would have considered me a threat to business.” erin.medium.com/who-deserves...

“DeBar was a safe haven and one that was accessible to all. As Rick made clear: he had lived on the street as a teen and perhaps longer. The homeless were not a threat. In fact, they kept DEBAR alive during COVID by buying coffee for one another.” philallt1.substack.com/p/lowering-d...

“Indigenous women are four times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be victims of violence. Indigenous women make up 16% of all female homicide victims, and 11% of missing women, yet Indigenous people make up only 4.3% of the population of Canada.” afn.ca/rights-justi... #MMIWG #RedDressDay

Ward one! Please come out and have your voice heard on this great property in our area.

At the ASEQ-EHAQ MCS conference for environmental sensitivities month. Accessibility Standards Canada talking about success of scent-free policies, how benzene (carcinogen) was eliminated and how these policies help everyone. Also how harmful alcohol cleaning products are.

Congratulations MP O’Rourke! I know you will serve Guelph well. Congratulations to @mark-carney.bsky.social on your election. Looking forward to a Canada united against Trump aggression, and a move towards kindness and understanding. Let’s get on truly affordable accessible housing. 🥳

Today is election day! If you have not cast your ballot, please get out there. Reminder we have two ridings in Guelph now, so check your postal code to see where to vote and who is listed for the party you support this round. www.elections.ca/Scripts/VIS/...

We just voted at our Elections Canada office! The advanced polls open this weekend so please get out and be counted. We all want housing. We need affordable, accessible housing.

Live coverage of the all candidates debate in the Guelph riding.

Live coverage of the Guelph riding all candidates debates at St. James High School.

Just watched McMillion$ on Netflix and apparently so did Elon. 🙃

It’s #TransDayOfVisibility & honestly the transgender community is plenty visible given all the disinformation out there. I’d like you to join me in spreading this mostly Canadian knowledge base that I compiled to educate on Trans Reality. linktr.ee/transreality

WARNING: The WRCSB is voting Monday on a motion that would ban pride flags, slogans, and symbols from being hung or shown (even on a sticker!) on school property. Even teacher's personal flags would not be allowed. Please show up on Monday to show support!!!

My brother has a yak farm in Alberta and one of his sheep had a surprise yesterday. Happy Spring Equinox everyone!

Happy to 2nd the motion moved by Councillor Allt, crafted by the mayor & staff, to support the province and federal government’s responses against Mr. Trump’s tariffs. US friends, we feel your pain & you are always welcome to come up to Guelph to take a break from your government.

Guelph is the best. Barbara is the best.

Ugh. No thanks.

Folks. Yelling at people who bring up issues with Carney’s choices isn’t going to make the Liberals win. Having Carney address the issues could though.

Carney scraps ministries of women and gender equality and youth, seniors, and disability. Not looking promising for his purported @liberalparty.bsky.social values. globalnews.ca/news/1108172...

Okay friends this is a fun challenge. Canada's right are rallying around Elon Musk to say much they love him. They are freaked out that my petition is about to be become most signed petition in Canadian history. Send a message to Elon, please sign my petition. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Not all resistance has to be boots on the ground. There are small ways we can all resist. Wear a mask Donate to mutual aid Support libraries, food banks & community fridges Fascism thrives when people are misinformed, scared & divided. Being informed, united & helping one another IS resistance

Definitely something to keep an eye on and get a commitment for.

Shout out to @salsbergmathews.bsky.social and all the other Guelph women in this article. I’m inspired by all the disabled women who fight for equality like @squarest-root.bsky.social and others. Happy #InternationalWomensDay. www.guelphmercury.com/news/have-an...

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to my council colleagues @ward5leanne.bsky.social @cathydowner.bsky.social @carlyklassen.bsky.social Cllr Busuttil, Cllr Richardson, Cllr O’Rourke & Cllr Billings. You can reach quorum on Guelph council with only counting women, which is pretty neat.

What you need to know about bird flu? @spaikin.bsky.social asks @smubareka.bsky.social (Sunnybrook) and Shayan Sharif (@ontvetcollege.bsky.social) about avian influenza, which has come to Ontario. Tonight at 8/11pm

Important information about bird flu, which has been found in our community. wdgpublichealth.ca/your-home/ba...