Saw a patient in the ER that was struck by a car while riding their bicycle. They noted that they were not intending to make a police report because the driver had stopped and been nice. Mutual kindness is heartwarming, but there are reasons why making an official report is important. 1/ #bikeTO

almost every day there’s a car or truck parked on the sidewalk in my neighborhood. 2 schools, 2 daycares, and nowhere to bike or walk safely.

Mark Carney is fast-tracking Doug Ford’s misguided nuclear power project, making us vulnerable to Trump. Here’s the nation-building project Carney should be fast-tracking. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli #onpoli

The perception that red tape is preventing Canada from building major projects doesn’t hold hold up. Hundreds of projects, worth hundreds of billions of dollars are planned under existing regulations. Yet Carney blames a bureaucratic maze for stifling growth to justify his deregulatory agenda.

Looking forward to the @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social Research Roundtable on the ways that Canada's health care system is being exploited for profit, while much of it remains unaffordable. October 23 at the University of Ottawa #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #pharmacare

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

I’m pleased to join with 20 other movement leaders as a signatory to this open letter calling on Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice, violence and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us... 🧵 thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Carney says federal government will strike more pharmacare deals with provinces nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/11/c...

Hey folks please take a look at this and consider filing it out, because if you don't you can be sure the tax software lobby industry is! The CRAis starting to consult on automatic tax filing in Canada. Let's get this done! cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca/f/s.aspx?s=d...

Ontario's Bill 33 would grant the government "unprecedented leeway to dictate admission policies" as well as financing tools and operations of universities and colleges by @royinori.bsky.social @thelocal.to #onpoli thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...

Percent change in GHG emissions (CO2eq) per year since 1990, G7/EU. 🫣🇨🇦

Unlocked | The current Temporary Foreign Worker system is 'being mismanaged by the Liberal government, and the Conservatives are being opportunistic' in their call to scrap it, says NDP MP Jenny Kwan. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Recommended read: In an interview with @lemonde.fr, the French economist Thomas Piketty argued that protecting the planet from climate change requires wealth redistribution.

New analysis estimates that carbon storage potential for #climate change mitigation has been much too optimistic, especially for India, Norway, and Canada. "only stringent near-term gross emissions reductions" can avoid quickly spending the carbon storage budget.

Nature research paper: A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage go.nature.com/4p6MvOQ

James Elder of @unicef.org "This is a war on children ... I've certainly never seen the physical devastation to children's bodies on the scale that I've seen in Gaza" www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Feds open to new pharmacare deals, depending on success of current agreements: health minister https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/09/02/feds-open-to-new-pharmacare-deals-depending-on-success-of-current-agreements-health-minister/ More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Mobility lanes move more than just people on bikes and they often create much needed space that our minimal sidewalks lack.

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... Feels like a good day to re-post this column: Even in war, attacking medical facilities must remain off limits. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Can barely hear this over the noise of military jets flying over Toronto.

Really recommend @hadrianmk.bsky.social Shift Storm newsletter. Always packed with new research on the energy transition, including this report that shows equity is key to advancing an energy transition and not just an after thought Sign up for the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/policyaltern...

Wrote a column thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep... and talked to CBC's Allie Jaynes www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb... about how wildfires, smoke, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are making summer a bummer, and why I'm trying to push past my sadness about it to tap into my anger, and love.

CDM board member @bernardho.bsky.social's powerful words in @hilltimes.com today: "From the front lines, I see how pharmacare isn’t just about equity; it’s about dignity. I watch seniors decide between groceries and blood pressure pills. I see new immigrants ration insulin." #pharmacare #cdnpoli

Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza. But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...

Press release from @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social today: "Canadian Doctors for Medicare Urges Minister Michel and Prime Minister Carney to continue Pharmacare negotiations with the provinces" www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/canadian_doc... #cdnhealth #cdnpoli

After heat-related death, Montreal health officials warn of risks even after weather cools https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-public-health-heatwave-1.7607353 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

I initially mistook the headline for The Onion style satire 🤦🏻‍♂️ “old emails lingering in cloud servers are a drop in the bucket for a data center compared to processing generative AI requests” #drought

Just 30 mins after giving this interview, I saw a patient with diabetes who hadn't fill their prescription, for months. They get sicker every visit - all because they can't afford their meds. If this govt rips away a pharmacare lifeline, I fear for their future. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

What if 2025 isn't just one of the hottest years ever, but also the coolest year for the rest of our lives? Join @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social tomorrow (Aug 5) at 7pm ET for a chat about #heatwaves and what we can do to achieve a healthier future: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #cdnhealth

"I knew that if we were in Canada, this is a boy who would easily be treatable . . . and yet we just had to sit there and watch him die." Doctors and aid workers describe watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries www.bmj.com/content/390/...

What a great day to get these! Thanks @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social #bikeTO

Join us to celebrate our Charter challenge win tomorrow, Thursday, July 31st at 5:30 pm. We'll be hosting a rally starting near the Scales of Justice bike rack at 361 University, followed by a ride. Learn more and RSVP now: www.cycleto.ca/victory_ride...

With most of Canada under heat 🚨 warnings this week, I'll be hosting a conversation on #heatwaves and #health with @drmelissalem.bsky.social & @monikadutt.bsky.social Join us August 5 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Thanks @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social & @cape-acme.bsky.social

Most costly places in the world to build #publictransit? “Toronto has a very solid claim to being the second worst in the world” Why do costs rise? According to this researcher, private for-profit delivery, fragmentation, and disabling the public sector. … but maybe it’ll work for health care 🤔

Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials. Tax and shipping records appear to contradict Ottawa's claims www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

On August 5, @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social is hosting a webinar to explore how to cope with heat—and how better medicare could save lives. Can't wait to join 2 of my heroes, @monikadutt.bsky.social + @edwardxie.bsky.social, and all of you, in conversation. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Extreme heat is the number-one weather-related killer in North America. As #climatechange makes heat waves more severe and frequent, we'll see escalating harms to human health. Yesterday I appeared on CBC's The National to talk about it for @cape-acme.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn4l...

"Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week." This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance. #visionzero #publichealth yle.fi/a/74-20174831

"Dr. Amanda Black, past president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, said if the government does not sign new [ #pharmacare ] agreements, it will be a step backward for women’s health in Canada" www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art... #cdnpoli #cdnhealth

After another missed opportunity to end EU complicity with Israel, we reiterate our call on the EU to turn its words into actions and to end its double standards. Every state has a moral and legal responsibility to recognize and stop the ongoing atrocities in Gaza.

This is very troubling from a new government that is supposedly about nation-building. Fracturing a promising national pharmacare plan during a health care and affordability crisis would be the opposite of unity and solidarity.

Cities around the world are banning fossil fuel ads. Toronto could become the first Canadian city to follow suit, but their draft policy isn't strong enough. Tell Toronto city council to take a bolder stand to protect our health: https://loom.ly/TlsXPlA

I think about this conversation with Dr. Yasser Khan every day. He is haunted by every patient he could not save. He came home to Canada only to face smears from some of his fellow doctors in the OR. If there was ever a moment for the medical profession to wake the hell up it is now.

Huge climate win from the ICJ that sharply rebuked Canada which argued it was not bound by international law to seriously fight climate change. Going forward “Canada's pursuit of mega fossil fuel expansion projects stands in stark defiance of the ICJ." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/23/n...

Please read this great piece by @graphicmatt.com about privatizing city services. It's super relevant to Toronto residents, but applies to any city that has outsourced public services since the 1990s. Privatization always ends up costing more. (Paging #healthcare) www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Looking forward to seeing Hurray For The Riff Raff 😎 hftrr.bandcamp.com/track/precio...

Canada says it's a refuge. It has dangled only false hopes to Palestinians seeking to study here after Israel bombed their universities, or who have applied to be reunited with family. I co-wrote this piece with Deborah Cowen, Kyo Maclear and Madeleine Thien www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/7a8fbe1...

Ontario’s $400B energy plan risks “decarbonization bankruptcy,” says Mark Winfield. The province is betting big on nuclear while sidelining renewables, and skipping oversight. Full interview: www.theenergymix.com/ontario-coul...

As Ontario pushes forward, outsourcing publicly-funded care to private (mostly for-profit) groups, here's a good reminder of what the evidence says: www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/myth_privati... via @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social