Check out our letter to Mayor Guthrie and the City of Guelph about how their decision to not clear bike lanes may run contrary to their Municipal Act obligations and jurisprudence: www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/letter-... This applies across Ontario FYI.

Today marks 23 years of #GrassyNarrows Blockade. Please watch and share the short powerful anniversary video below. #FreeGrassy www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGrn...

New @taypace.bsky.social article outlining the many concerns around council’s decision to not plow bike lanes this winter, with some insightful feedback from @activeguelph.bsky.social & @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social. This is a mistake and a liability. #Guelph #cycling @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Yup, heard about this from friends in Guelph. Very upsetting. You spend money on infra and encourage people to use it, but then cut funding to keep it safe an useable all year? What a waste or resources and potential hazard. If anyone is injured as a result, they should call us.

Bill 33 has passed, but our fight for strong public schools is not over. #repealbill33 #onted #onpoli

Welp, get ready for cyclists to take the full lane this winter. An awful decision which impacts the accessibility and transportation needs for people who rely on bike lanes to get where they need to go. @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social @activeguelph.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social #guelph

This is an attack on both labour and tenant unions which are among our protected rights as outlined in the Charter, Section 2(d). The cause for alarm surrounding Ford’s destructive premiership somehow gets louder every day. #onpoli @cupescfp.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social

This daytime shelter is a necessary resource for unhoused or precariously housed people of #Guelph. The city received a fantastic application from RCM and Stepping Stone, and to deny this opportunity would be a reckless and costly mistake.

While this Bill has passed, we cannot stop the pressure and organizing we can built now. We will defend our communities and fight back.

📣JOIN US📣 Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother. Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema. Register now: shorturl.at/mavNU

Canada new blitzkrieg against nature puts them on the same side as Trump ricochet.media/climate/doug...

How much worse will housing accessibility, accomodations, and security for disabled tenants be when landlords are further advantaged with faster eviction mechanisms and more opportunity for retaliation against us?

We’re proud to support the Canadian Council for Refugees's new national campaign to strengthen Canada’s support for immigrants and refugees. In Canada, we reject division and choose care, community, and compassion. We’re better off together. ➡️ bettertogethercanada.ca

There’s a lot of benefit to being 33. My remaining looks are limited-time-only. I can legally drive a car. Things like that.

Doug Ford’s war on tenants: Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back. New from @colewebber.bsky.social: ricochet.media/justice/hous... #HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli

Canadians skipping bills to afford groceries: Nanos - One in five Canadians say they’ve skipped paying a bill to afford groceries in the past year, according to new polling by Nanos Research for CTV News.

Pesky e-bike riders delivering food to people should be ticketed... @tps.ca there appears to be a double standard here because stopping in for some Jerk King, although delicious is not actively responding to an emergency. The use of the lights here, while clever, is certainly inappropriate.

You've got 18ish days to comment on Bill 60, Ford's latest anti bike lane laws! Read our blog on taking action, the importance of identifying intersections w other communities affected & what your local cycling advocacy groups are doing to fight back! www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...

I wrote about how the proposed changes to Ontario's eviction rules are a state response to rent strikes in Toronto that undermine tenant organizing ricochet.media/justice/hous...

9.1 million dollars could pay the salary of many educational assistants to keep students safe and open up access to equitable education. What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment? #Priorities #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151529...

Doug Ford is trying to ram through dangerous legislation that will harm endangered species. Take action now: davidsuzuki.org/expert-artic...

Tell City Hall to restore parkland zoning to former Kortright Waterfowl Park lands The current update of the Official Plan is a perfect opportunity. Learn more and contact #guelphcityhall at: getinvolvedguelph.ca/actions/save... #guelph #parkland

New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...

New awareness campaign

Guelph committee moving forward with potential vacant home tax and renoviction bylaw

Congratulations to Guelph City Council for unanimously voting to move forward on a Renoviction By-law. This move will protect our affordable housing stock and ensure our neighbours feel secure in their homes

Here is my delegation from yesterday’s council meeting supporting the urgency of a Guelph Renoviction Bylaw. Thank you @ricardotranjan.bsky.social and Paulina Vargatoth for your valuable @policyalternatives.ca report covering vacancy decontrol, and the skyrocketing rents upon unit turnover. #housing

This is amazing news for anyone who rents in #Guelph. This bylaw will keep people in their homes by preventing bad-faith renovictions which are loopholes around rent control. @caton.bsky.social @gwlc.bsky.social @getinvolvedguelph.bsky.social @taypace.bsky.social #housing #rentcontrol #onpoli

Thank you to all supporters of the #vacanthomestax and #Renoviction bylaws. Both passed unanimously by committee of the whole and are set to be implemented in 2026. We are pleased that the VHT was approved at 4%, as we had advocated for. Way to go #guelph! #cityhall #guelphontario #guelphcityhall

I wrote a personalized letter to my MP @orourkeguelph.bsky.social over 2 weeks ago and still haven’t heard back. Do #ceasefire violations mean nothing to @mark-carney.bsky.social and the Liberal party? #armsembargo #boycott #divest #sanction #freepalestine

What an important outcome!

Our message to Parliament is simple: cuts don’t create jobs. Budget 2025 missed the mark, but MPs can still fix it. Canada’s unions are calling on the government to improve the budget and ensure it delivers for working people. ⤵️

Great work from everyone who advocated 👏👏 #vacanthometax #renovictionbylaw #housing #onpoli @getinvolvedguelph.bsky.social @gwlc.bsky.social

Next is Tay Caton (yes, there's a relation) from Get Involved! Guelph. They mention this report from the CCPA, and the fact that rental turnover in #Guelph was higher than average; 1 in 8 tenants vacated in the span of a year. policyalternatives.ca/sites/defaul...

#guelph City Council will be reviewing a recommendation to implement a #vacanthomestax at 2% on Nov. 4. This would be revenue neutral for the city. This does not go far enough. Comments can be sent to [email protected] by 10am Friday. #guelphontario #vacanthousetax #cityofguelph #guelphcityhall

Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17B, yet ordinary folks face cuts to essential services while the ultra-rich and corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loopholes and taxing offshore wealth could fully fund health care, housing, and education—proving the crisis is a political choice.

We will be hosting an event the evening of November 20th to observe the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Full details will follow as we work with other community partners to finalize this event. We hope to see you there!

#Guelph: Your transit fare is rising, but your service isn't! In 2026 Cash Fares ⬆️ 7.69% to $3.50 Fare Cap hits $98.60 (4.84%) Service improvements delayed to 2029+ Help 🛑 Council from punishing riders with 📈 fares while deferring their promises! Help #Fightforyourride Join us taaguelph.com/join

After a furious outcry, the Ontario government reversed course on the most controversial part of Bill 60. But the policy makes six other changes to landlord-tenant law that overwhelmingly benefit landlords, @emmapaling.bsky.social reports. www.thegrindmag.ca/despite-reve...

they undermine safety, equity, accessibility, and Guelph’s climate and road-safety commitments. Combined cuts to cycling/pedestrian services = $1.15 million (~35% of all $3.33M service reductions) for 2026. These are savings on paper but with high human and social costs. #GuelphMunicipalBudget2026

The proposed reductions: ending winter snow removal for on-street bike lanes ($650k), cutting Active Transportation programming ($254k), and deferring the Pedestrian Master Plan ($250k); may appear to save dollars in the short term, but...

maybe if we had more disabled people in politics, and more access to politics that wasn't inherently ableist, maybe all of these cuts to life-saving food programs and healthcare for our most disabled, wouldn't be happening.

Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS

What the Alberta government just did should worry all Canadians. When they legislated striking teachers back to work, they went a step further: They used the notwithstanding clause. This is part of a worrying trend. @emmettmacfarlane.com helped me break it down:

PSA: Stacked townhomes, rowhouses, apartments, and yes, even 'towers' are RESIDENTIAL. #HousingForAll

Tenants across Ontario have already won a first victory against the government’s anti-renter agenda, but we can’t stop until we #StopBill60. this isn’t over until the whole bill is completely defeated! EndAusterity.ca/bill-60#StopBill60.1/2

Looks like Ford's backing down on killing rent control for pre-2017 buildings. That doesn't mean tenants should stop organizing. @catmckenney.bsky.social, I hope you still go forward with your Protecting Renters Townhall.

Stood together as advocates outside Queen’s Park — united in calling for safety through care, not control. From our schools to our streets, real safety means investing in people, not punishment. #CommunityCare #NoToBill33

Call or email your MPP and Rob Flack, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. This would be devastating to Ontarians if passed. Nightmare fuel. Housing is a right, not a commodity. LTB must protect tenants during an affordability crisis where odds are already stacked against renters. #onpoli

Doug Ford's conservative government is proposing the the biggest attack on Ontario renters and rental affordability in a generation. Not only would landlords be able to evict tenants without cause, but rent control in units built before 2018 would effectively be over. (See last row in the image.)