Do it, split the vote. It’s not like Bradford was going to win anyways, might as well raise your profile at his expense.

Ontario Liberals are being cheated by a system that's left them third in seats twice in a row despite winning the second most votes. It is time the party takes electoral reform seriously. Great to see @ericlombardi.ca call for a binding citizens' assembly!

Meet the team of the recently formed Bike Parking Alliance of Toronto! (BPAT) We're a team of 13 students across the GTA, who came together around a simple issue: Toronto just needs more bike parking and better bike parking, and it isn't there. That’s what we're trying to fix. (1/3)

Councillor Myers' election website is up so I have completed my donation. If you haven't seen it before, have a look at the quoted thread where I give my donation guide for this fall's Toronto municipal election. electjamaalmyers.ca

Me, wishing on a cursed monkey paw 9 months ago “I wish Toronto was a bit more like Montreal” 🙈

15 years ago, the typical first-time homebuyer in Ontario was 31. Today, they’re over 40. For a generation of young Ontarians, the ladder wasn’t climbed, it was pulled up on them. That’s why I’m committed to restoring The Dream Of Homeownership Before 35. Here's how www.youtube.com/shorts/evf6A...

Was so happy to be on Toronto the Politics Show w/ @chrischiasson.bsky.social to talk Church St Ped Pilot! We discuss the arduous process it took to get the pilot approved, learnings about the city's culture of rigid processes, and what changes it might take for a city-wide pedestrian framework.

I took the survey to express my support for the Church St. pedestrianization and you should too!!! ESPECIALLY because the City has so obviously tilted the survey against the project. This makes Carney’s island airport survey look positively fair and balanced.

Totally non-leading answer choices ✅ STRESSFUL ✅ CROWDED ✅ DIRTY (But in a way that adds to an authentic gay experience)

Motion to permanently pedestrianize Scott Street between Front Street East and Scott Lane from Councillor Chris Moise. Walking distance to Key destinations: - Berczy Park, Hockey Hall of Fame, Meridian Hall Transit: - Union Station, King Station, and the Streetcar

I feel like @mayoroliviachow.ca can’t just campaign on maybe giving us a staff report in 2027 about maybe having a second pedestrian street some time in the 2030s. C’mon it’s an election year give me something.

The future is more like language school. Classes, optional homework, no grades. To prove your level to gov’t or immigration you take a really hard in person exam, that’s it.

I went down Church around 10 pm last night (a Tuesday) to see the pedestrianization project. It was still full of people just out enjoying life and I consider it to be already a success.

Okay Toronto started the public survey on Church Street pedestrianization. I need you to tell the city it’s great. We only got 92% positive on Kensington market and it failed, let’s blow that out of the water. haveyoursay.toronto.ca/churchstreet

Best thing to ever happen to this campus. It’s now a place you actually want to stop and linger.

Gould Street, Toronto. Students fought for a decade to pedestrianize it. In 2010 city council voted to enact a 1 year pilot, and by 2012 it was made permanent.

In Montreal, it was the Gay Village that did the city’s first major pedestrianization (rue Ste. Catherine Est). In fact, this year is the 20th anniversary. Here’s hoping we get an accelerated timeline in Toronto. (And go visit Church Street!)

Church Street Pedestrianization in action on a busy Saturday night! Keep in mind this is the weekend after Pride festivities which is usually quieter cuz all the gays are tired, but people still decided to rally and come out to enjoy the street, which would usually be reopened to cars by now.

We’re working on bringing our historic Old City Hall back to life to serve the public in several ways- including a Toronto Museum. Please join us for a special screening of “A Thing of Beauty: The Early Years of Toronto's Old City Hall” Register here luma.com/obiqgx5m

When I saw Sick Kids hospital’s public consultation I laughed because who’s organizing to fight kids with cancer? Turns out people will fight anything

There's a new enemy in town: kids with cancer

Were you planning to depute about Sneaky Dee's and now find yourself with deputation energy to spare? Need to shut up annoying nerds who won't stop proselytizing about the need for new mixed use zones? Well do we have a thread for you! Developments at Community Council that could use your support:

Worth reading:

Since the last municipal election, I saved up $1,200 to donate to candidates this election. Here is a🧵that goes through my decision making process and hopefully serves as a donation guide to you if you're thinking about donating (which I hope you do as you can have a disproportionate impact) 1/

👉️️ Tue July 7 → 7pm • in-person & online Learn more about the Church Street Pedestrianization Pilot happening this summer! With @chanface.bsky.social and @francescapoli.bsky.social. ✚ discussions & breakouts! guild.host/events/civic...

Yeah I just put out our… 50th? 70th umbrella? out on church street. People love shade.

Yeah, the idea of being a local really isn't a thing in Toronto. Maybe it's that (as suggested below) so much of our growth is via immigration, or amalgamation, or that neighborhood identity is so important. But I like to think that we just value being a good neighbour more than where you're from.

We just finished painting the last patio for Toronto Church street pedestrian summer!! We’ve got a lot of volunteers who love pedestrian streets, the city, the village. 1/2

I did Uber Eats via walking once upon a time and they only give short distance orders to the walkers. It still baffles me that my most profitable time was in the mornings delivering Tims and Starbucks just down the street.

One thing I’ve learned from volunteering on Church street is a ton of Torontonians order a morning Uber Eats Starbucks latte. That’s weird, right??

Camogli. These things slide out & make ped areas. Deliveries when needed. Local police don’t extort $100s of $1000s todo this.

Sneaky Dee’s is saved. Now what? This is a win for everyone who showed up. But a bank stopping a demolition isn’t policy. Zoning forces development onto major streets, venues get insufficient support, and Sneaky Dee’s still has no heritage status. Demand systemic change.

Torontonians require $17,320 less in household income to qualify for the average condo than they did in March 2022.

God I want that mister thing in Toronto, someone set us up with another in-kind donation for church street

And the best new Toronto patio award goes to Crews and Tangos! PS. We painted the fencing so yes I will brag about it all summer

It’s simple enough in Vancouver. You go to the park and if there’s a sign saying that particular park is closed to drinking you ignore the sign

K so it’s really simple in Toronto, first you have to figure out which of the 25 wards of Toronto you’re in, then which the park is in, then you have to check if the pilot project is on, then -

Data from the last two rides I did eastbound on the Eglinton surface section bsky.app/profile/mark...

😎Dangerous conditions as high as 45°C in Canada 🏖️🐚🍹Elevated risk of heat stroke and heat exhaustion 😄Over 1300 dead in Europe

We gotta figure out how to get costs down on projects like this. Nearly $5 million to shut down 5 blocks for just 7 extra weeks in Vancouver. Montreal spends $4 million for 10 streets over an *entire summer*. There must be some takeaways there.

Is @chanface.bsky.social chief urban planner now?

On Monday, I announced my plan to speed up the 506 College streetcar with modern track infrastructure, dedicated space, and signal priority 🚊 I was joined by @chanface.bsky.social, who co-led the development of this plan, and Josh Andrew, the owner of Agenda Cafe.

Out painting the Church Street pedestrianization patios. Because sometimes it takes a village

Toronto yearns for more pedestrian streets 📍College St, Little Portugal

Pedestrianize more streets! Not only is it not novel, it's also not complicated — or shouldn't be. But doing it right requires the city to implement a formal “pedestrian street” designation — something that quixotically has taken years to develop. Why?

I don’t understand why people are making second accounts on gander social I thought the whole point of ATproto was your gander account can freely interact with my Bluesky account in one big network.

The sun is a deadly laser. Abandon the surface world and join me in Toronto PATH this summer. We, the mole people of Toronto, will connect the far corners of the known world to our subterranean metropolis

We’re so back 🥰 Ra Canada 🇨🇦🍁, diversity our strength.

The price of buying your apartment in Toronto went from 48% median household income (2022) to 35.2% (2026). Canada-wide from 41% (2022) to 33% (2026).

It's like the weather is commenting on Carney's climat change retreat