Lots of anonymous sourcing in the article but feels like Carney's political hamartia is well-established and the question now is waiting for the future event that will react sufficiently against his personal flaws to end his ministry.

The stories and anecdotes people are sharing here are fascinating, sociologically. Kinda feels like another area where Canadian and american societies/cultures may be shifting in different directions

And frankly, this is kind of the thing that worries me about Ontario. The PCs have decided to forego or waste billions and billions in revenue, and sooner or later that kind of thing seems like it will end up with unfortunate consequences.

the folks who are making a big deal about banning speed cameras sure do drive 50 kph above the limit a lot

That's a 97% increase versus a 16% increase in population in the same timeframe. If the us had the same proportion of billionaires as Canada they would have 633.

Amazing, perfect, phenomenal script writing. Couldn't ask for a better twist.

The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...

Metrolinx? You listening?

A comparative angle leads to a different conclusion: manufactured conflict rather than poor execution. The question to begin with is: Why do other countries use ASE much more broadly, e.g. hidden mobile cameras, 24/7, to enforce 30km/h speed limits in residential areas - without so much backlash?

Honestly I think the fight for safe streets is winnable against Ford

📢DIRECT ACTION ALERT! SHARE WIDELY! Join us to "circle the strollers" around the speed camera at Bloor and Dundas to protest our Premier's reckless attack on road safety. Tens of thousands of kids will be defenseless against speeding drivers in school zones!! More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/events

And the same view with the riding boundaries... (Bloor first here)

We go back to the data used in a recent paper on climate impacts of different land-use scenarios to unpack one aspect of the findings: residents in denser, centralized, urban areas have far less impact on emissions than in suburban, exurban & rural areas. schoolofcities.utoro...

I'm very excited to complete three, maybe four, days of this #30daymapchallenge again

The Government of Canada has seen some enormous deficits over the last 60+ years, but the current one looks modest to me. Projections for the next few years appear "shocking" and unsustainable" according to the new PBO, but they may be exactly what the country needs at this juncture.

Many countries have similar housing to this

lmao the authors picked (roughly) these two sectors to be the foundation of a "bold, cohesive economic strategy" This stuff is all up there on statcan!

It’s underappreciated just how radical ABC's budget proposal is. It requires deep, deep cuts. If they are approved, it’s impossible to tell what’s on the chopping block. Libraries? Community centres? Investments that improve public safety? I don’t know - and I don’t think ABC knows, either.

Here’s something people get wrong when they discuss whether Canada is different from the US. Often they go looking for things that make Canada unique. Bilingualism? Hockey? But so many of the differences are just the US being an outlier versus the entire rest of the developed world.

Mathematicians *did* discover two knots recently that when added together, make 3+3=5!

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep: 1. Cooking 2. Canoeing 3. Data analysis with R

Not just for this, but also to reassert the primacy of federal policy in the areas of their jurisdiction. It's not a tenable situation when provinces can undermine federal immigration policy, for example.

I have much respect for Andrew Coyne, but do I get this right: The privacy rights of drivers breaking the law is a higher good than the mobility rights of vulnerable road users whose freedom from harm is violated by those who deliberately ignore the law? 🧵 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Alright I'll just start us off. My own (probably incomplete) view is that Chow's term has been operating under a kind of detente and the outcome of the by-election will determine whether detente holds or ends.

All the time I hear about how we can’t have bike infrastructure in our cities because cyclists "don't follow the rules of the road". Yet, almost no driver follows the speed limit, one of the most important rules. Worse, many are actively offended by enforcing those basic rules.

Toronto and public services. There's a lot to unpack in this oped from Josh / Councillor Matlow; some points I'd say could use much more context (hard in one oped, and I don't want to chip away on every point). But I do want to go into detail on just one key issue: worker flexibility.

What if the City had to reckon with their claim that they want mid-rise growth on Avenues while they heritage list all of these properties on Yonge, Mount Pleasant and Bayview? That would be awkward. But, if they say that heritage doesn't impact development, then there are no questions to answer.

Separatism is now in the Overton window in Alberta. Our latest research confirms the debate has entered the realm of acceptable discourse in the province. cground.substack.com/p/is-separat...

If the issue with Canada Post is about disposing of federally owned land and buildings, why not just give provincial/municipal governments the right of first refusal?

I'm just sceptical that there's a sufficiently large unserved market to make postal banking a self-sustaining service in Canada.

You know what’s really good traffic calming infrastructure? Bike lanes. #ONPoli #TOPoli #BikeTO #VisionZero

Gentle reminder to everyone upset about this policy: it doesn't hurt to write a short, to-the-point, polite email to your councillor, mayor, and MPP saying that you support the speed cameras program.

it's fascinating how there's a subset of Americans on the left who basically think they cannot reap the whirlwind of world rage against them simply because americans are too fucking stupid to realize their social position

Brampton, which has been really bullish on speed cameras, has been busy installing road cushions, bike lanes, and other traffic calming measures. They’re very angry. www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall...

Before they got provincial approval, Toronto ran a test where speed cameras gathered data (but didn’t ticket) so I’d think so. Keeping the cams to collect data on how much speeding increases after Ford shuts down the program seems like a good idea.

It's been almost a year, and Doug Ford still hasn't spoken with the Amaro family whose daughter Alex was killed [by multiple drivers] while riding her bike. They asked him to reconsider his anti-bike lane bill so no family would have to suffer a similar loss. So spare me this "real criminals" crap.

That's our King of the Suburbs, working hard to make communities across Ontario uglier.

Fine. Change the legislation so that speed cameras issue demerits, not fines, to the owner of the speeding vehicle.

I've never got a ticket from a speed camera because I am able to operate a car at or below the posted speed limit. One weird trick to not getting "dinged"!

This is just absolutely fascinating. I suspect/hope it's not going to work politically, in that people like speed cameras to make their neighbourhood safe and won't be happy that they will have to be removed.

I'll share anything mentioning Elinor Ostrom. She's such a fantastic, original thinker and her work on resource management and governance deserves to be much more widely known.

Speed cameras are safety infrastructure

Drake no: speed bumps Drake yes: speed trenches

If municipal ASE cameras are being shut down, school streets need to implemented on Monday. Public transit prioritized lanes should be installed. The blueprint is already set on how to narrow streets across Toronto. Force drivers to slow down! Waiting on #PoliticalWill www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Never mind the administrative and capital costs that municipalities have taken to onboard this provincial program, now we dismantle it and call that good value for taxpayers money as well? It’s not a tax grab. It’s a fine. Now we’re all gonna pay financially and with our neighbourhood security.

It's bad strategy and bad politics to preemptively concede your values

Big demographic data release date at StatCan, some thoughts as I make my way through it. First up, Total Fertility Rates. TFR in Canada declined further, with some slight variation across provinces. BC is still the province with the lowest TFR.

It's frustrating, but important to remember how effective this tool has been at reducing speeding/improving safety. In the 2030s (lol) this is one of the important things that Ontario's New Government will have to reintroduce