In a province as big as Ontario, there’s no reason the Eglinton LRT should be on its 15th year of construction with no opening date in sight. I stopped by Little Jamaica to see for myself the real impact of these delays: 300+ businesses closing and a community that was once thriving now struggling.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... ... moves the power over archeological sites from scientific experts to political decisionmakers ... of course! Development AT ALL COSTS.

Politicians smiling big smiles while doing photo opps at food banks at Christmastime is all you need to know about the politicians.

Canada's premiers keep attacking the courts. It might be good short-term politics for them, but it's doing long-term damage to institutions our democracy and freedoms depend on. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/16/o...

We are failing our kids

Written a week before Trump's outrageous comments about Rob Reiner's death. Very prescient, and scary. What's next? open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

www.threads.com I wish all the Canadians who have been brainwashed by certain politicians to believe they would be better off with US-style healthcare would read this: @dccarrie/post/DSQ4qQJlQyx?xmt=AQF0IkcP6zYuWrtRL1YTWmXltQi5oPiXEe9FvpO7mSmX_0dNhZbp0V9wtPlblwLz7cZBMII

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g

“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Somehow @sepinwall.bsky.social published a beautiful eulogy for Rob Reiner overnight. I woke up saddened by the news of his passing, and this piece—celebrating his life and work—was exactly what I needed to read. www.whatsalanwatching.com/rob-reiner-w...

"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."

Australian here 👋 Stop saying the tragedy in Sydney demonstrates that strict gun laws don’t work. There were ZERO mass shootings in Australia in the two decades after strict gun laws were passed in 1996. We have so much we need to do, but strict gun laws remain a critical part of the solution.

CPC MP Kurt Holman demands official RCMP inquiry into Secret Santa. Pierre Poilievre writes tersely worded missive to Governor General demanding Carney be jailed until CPC-owned fire stick returned.

It’s not a boycott. It’s muscle memory. And it’s working. #cdnpoli youtube.com/shorts/BYb90...

Just in case you haven't seen this yet... Here is the project which consumed MONTHS of my life and involved HUNDREDS of local #Nanaimo residents, each sworn to secrecy. ✅ If you're an American healthcare worker considering Canada, WATCH THIS. ❤️ www.youtube.com/watc...

In the first annual HOMES (Housing Outcomes and Management Effectiveness Score) Report Card, New Brunswick and PEI get an A-, and Ontario gets a D.

A huge and richly deserved honour for the dean of🇨🇦Canadian health journalists, @picardonhealth.bsky.social. He insists on speaking truth amidst all the nutbar misinformation flying through the ether. 🍁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🍁

At this point I think we can probably just replace the entire Doug Ford government with an AI chatbot.

More than half of Toronto drivers in a Universtiy of Toronto study didn't look for people walking or on bikes before turning right. Study used eye-tracking tech. Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed. www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...

Ontario needs a video like this of Doug Ford's backers and enablers. substack.com/@soulmamatal...

This Liberal MP survived the Montreal massacre 36 years ago today. She says the slow pace of the government’s gun-control agenda hasn’t left her rattled

Here’s How Doug Ford’s Government Will Impact Public Services and Infrastructure in 2026 A look back on a jam-packed year of new legislation in Ontario. pressprogress.ca/heres-how-do...

The continuing push to consolidate power in the Premier's office should concern us all. Particularly since he has no qualms about pushing legislation through without debate. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/a...

We’re spending a lot of your money to tell you what a great job we’re doing spending all your money telling you we’re spending your money. - Doug Ford

When future historians examine this period, .... they will ask how the world’s most powerful democracy allowed itself to be psychologically infiltrated by a foreign adversary whose tactics have been publicly documented for one hundred years. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

It’s ever thus: Conservatives campaign on “fiscal prudence” and once in power, spend like drunken sailors. 🍁🤷🏼🍁

Ontario government corporate subsidies reached almost $10 billion by 2023, or nearly triple 2017 levels. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/11/28/d...

A dream.

Ontario feels seen.

But is anyone going to hold Doug Ford accountable for the dismantling of our system? Of course not. All healthcare blame is to be directed to the federal government, because shut up.

I think the Greenbelt thing was one thing - Doug allowing his buddies to profit using inside help - but this Skills Development thing is something else entirely: Doug giving our money to buddies to enrich them - and to help get Doug re-elected.

I keep a spreadsheet to track all of Doug Ford's ongoing boondoggles, bamboozles and scandals and when I just tried to open it on my new laptop it said the file was too big to open.

I agree with Marit Stiles. Doug Ford and his government are corrupt.

Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Beware of fossil fuel enthusiasts touting the latest IEA report and its supposed forecast of endless demand growth for oil. The devil here is in the details -- ones that tell a very different story than the headlines would have you believe. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...

Ford is spending over $6 B a year to hide the increase from the public, enough to buy a heat pump p for every house in Ontario within 10 years. Doubling down on nuclear to pay an American company for SMRs that only run on American fuel is Elbows down.

Why does Ford think speeders shouldn't pay?? Toronto now needs to tap all of us for the cost of slowing drivers down, rather than using photo radar revenue: $210 M for traffic calming infrastructure and signal improvements; $31.2M for crossing guards; $3.9M for traffic safety police officers.

And #StripperGate continues to unravel yet @maritstilesndp.bsky.social is thrown out of parliament for speaking truth to power

Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star

Here's an environmentalist's take on the potential effectiveness and affordability of Canada's Climate Competitive Strategy in the first Carney budget. www.theenergymix.com/canada-needs...

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”

It turns out many believers do respond positively when presented with the right evidence and arguments.

Great little essay. Maybe AI can help us all sort facts from fiction and opinion. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...