After 19 long years, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT is finally open! While there’s cause to celebrate, we can’t forget just how drawn out and expensive this process was. The only way forward is full accountability from the provincial government.

Last year at @maxbellschool.bsky.social, my team and I proposed a Youth Employment Supplement. Today it’s in Policy Options thanks to @scpartners.bsky.social. Half of young renters spend 50% of income on rent. Our proposal would reach 2M young Canadians. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/02/yout...

Why are we designing homes near transit around the needs of the minority who own cars? Parking minimums raise rent and raise emissions.

WE’RE SO BACK!!! Eglinton Crosstown LRT confirmed by TTC CEO to open this Sunday February 8!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The TTC’s new fare cap is a good start. But it leaves out students, some of the people who need it most. I’m fighting for more affordable public transit. Join our movement using the link in my bio!

Wrapping up my time as a policy advisor at City Hall. Grateful for the experience, and I’m ready to put that knowledge to use. Stay tuned!

A year since I argued climate advocates need to focus on quality of life improvements, shortly after the axing of the carbon tax. At the municipal level, climate policy is affordability policy: Transit investment, gentle density, shared space. These cut emissions AND lower costs.

Largest snowfall in Toronto in nearly a century. This is what the infrastructure costs of climate change look like: transit delays, impassable roads, overwhelmed systems.

Haven't been on Bluesky much, but I've started a Movember fundraiser for Native Men's Residence. A small donation can go a long way for providing shelter to Indigenous men in Toronto. Posting on Twitter has gotten me nowhere... I bet you'll be more generous 🥸 gofund.me/e7cc4a299

For the Toronto urbanists...

‼️ A rapid-fire explainer on the oligarchs that call the shots in Eby’s office, from the Jim Pattison empire to Trump’s biggest donors🚨 The reality is that the #BCNDP is too afraid to tax the billionaires - there is a revolving door between the governing party, industry and corporate lobbyists.

Yesterday I published this piece in @policymag.bsky.social about extraction, abundance, and climate change. Give it a read! @maxbellschool.bsky.social www.policymagazine.ca/redefining-a...

MPPs Gabriel Blanc, Jacob Kates Rose, Kiran Gill, and Samuel De Grâce, coached by Jennifer Robson, were tasked by Social Capital Partners to explore how to improve wealth-building for young Canadians. “We aim to pitch creative, evidence-based policies.” Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/Uqq

Happy #EarthDay2025, the second of Google's Os today is Lac Manicouagan, one of Canada's coolest geographic features :)

Good read from @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social: The carbon tax was partially killed by its allies. theconversation.com/who-really-k...

From @foodbankscanada.bsky.social and @pollara.bsky.social in @thehubcanada.bsky.social: Food insecurity over the past few months. This is what Trump’s tariffs are going to look like on the ground for Canadians.

Why is it so hard to buy a home in this city? With @ignaciomongrell.bsky.social, candidate in University–Rosedale for the @ontariogreens.bsky.social. #topoli #onpoli

Why has the Eglinton Crosstown LRT taken so long to open? With Chloe Tangpongprush, candidate for the @ontariogreens.bsky.social. #TOpoli #ONpoli

Bonne chance à mon amie Michelle Petersen qui participera au débat francophone de ce soir sur @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social et @onfrtfo.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/live/3Y7zPYp...

Coming soon... @ontariogreens.bsky.social candidate and transit advocate Chloe Tangpongprush and I are talking about one of Ontario’s biggest public transit blunders – and how to fix it!

Things I like to see! This is a very good platform. Well done @ontariogreens.bsky.social

Councillor Perks is entirely correct. Shown in purple are the newly designated avenues in #TorontoStPauls, which will now have less restrictive zoning, helping people from all backgrounds call Toronto home.

via @gabeblanc.bsky.social

Un peu tard mais joyeux Mois du patrimoine franco-ontarien! Qu'ils viennent de Sudbury ou du Sénégal, les francophones sont une communauté chére à notre province.

The next wave of climate policy starts at the municipal level. My letter in @torontotoday.ca. www.torontotoday.ca/letters-to-t...

It's been 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. I attended an excellent lecture at McGill today. We will never forget. #HolocaustRemembranceDay.

Coming soon... a new video about one of Toronto's dirtiest secrets. Feat. the @ontariogreens.bsky.social and Young Greens of Ontario!

The cost of building new transit in Toronto is going the wrong way – and fast!

I’m watching the French coverage of the 2024 New Brunswick election, and my friend @gabeblanc.bsky.social randomly ended up on it lol

we need relaxed zoning to allow more dense housing to be built to alleviate the lack of affordability and options. all of these can be true. we can grow a city while ensuring lower income, less privileged people are not kicked to the curb in the same way during 1960s urban planning. 3/4

knocking on doors, finding allies, & building movements to better the lives of people (esp. those who don't often have a voice) does a lot more for our cities than posting hot takes on social media 😊 often, there's more impact in being an organizer or "local activist" than armchair urban planner 🤭

Doug Ford will never know this joy

"How can you love your neighbour, and insist that they stay as far away from you as possible? Doug Ford has too often meddled in the affairs of municipalities only to insist that they remain stagnant and under-represented." Love cities? Let them build.

Doug Ford doesn't understand cities: my letter to the editor in the Toronto Star. www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...

I'm this guy from the other place!