The @policyalternatives.ca calculated the cumulative funding gap in Ontario since 2019 – the amount that school boards have lost compared to what they would have received had their funding kept pace with enrolment and inflation – at $6.3-billion. #CanEd www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

It was my privilege to stand with the Talented @OCH_LCO Team as they were named Best Non Profit at the #BOBS2025. So proud of the work being done every day to care for and build nonprofit housing communities.

For @capitalcurrent.bsky.social: Frustrated by the impact that proposed Ontario legislation will have on Ottawa’s cycling infrastructure, councillors are looking for ways to cope with the impact of Bill 60, which would prohibit bike lanes on some streets 🚲 capitalcurrent.ca/ottawa-counc...

The City has significantly improved its sidewalk snow clearing in recent years, but cost pressures mean they won't codify the change. Residents in walkable neighbourhoods should be able to hold them (and us) to account for something better than 2003 standards. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Canada is delaying methane reduction. Methane = the least expensive and easiest way to reduce climate emissions at scale.🤯 Our joint statement: https://loom.ly/UIobQGo @envdefensefund.bsky.social @forourkidscanada.bsky.social

Are you ready #OttCity? Because winter is. Light snow is anticipated from Saturday night into Sunday, with 5–10 cm by Sunday afternoon. Conditions may be slippery. Crews will be out once accumulation begins to clear and treat the transportation network. bit.ly/3zAe1Mw

Child-care workers decry expansion of Quebec ban on religious symbols montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...

NDP leadership candidates pitch ideas for party rebuild, touch on pipeline accord in first debate

Carney’s deal with Danielle Smith is the sellout of the century: scrapping climate legislation for a pipeline that will never be built. We need powerlines, not pipelines. Our path is through climate leadership & building good jobs in the clean economy.

Boo! Why should Queen's Park (aka #DougFord) interfere with local decisions on bike lanes? Stay on your lane Doug! #onpoli #ottcity #ottbike

Is this the same Jim Watson who was pilloried by two public inquiries (one on Ottawa's LRT1, the other on the convoy protest) for witholding vital information from City Council? It is. #ottcity

In Ottawa-West Nepean and across Ontario, tenants are being pushed out by bad-faith landlords and unfair rent hikes. That’s why the ONDP tabled a motion to repeal Bill 60 and reinstate real rent control. People deserve protection, not a government that sides with corporate landlords. #onpoli

Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star

The Order of Ottawa holds up for recognition residents of our city "who have brought honour and prestige to themselves" through their contributions to the City. No doubt, Watson accomplished many things, but with such a tainted record of scandals & failures, how do you derive honour & prestige?

I've never been to an Order of Ottawa ceremony. I'd hoped to attend this year, but I can't support the idea of being there when former Mayor Jim Watson is presented an award that he should not be given. It feels like I'd be complicit in something horribly obscene. 1/

Banning street hockey in Canada? This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.

Doug Ford grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and no one’s ever told him no — the corruption just doesn’t stop! Here’s what happened today:

The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants,” according to a new study, which calls for urgent action. https://cnn.it/4p9DPXy

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Doug Ford finally destroys one of the world’s best recovery and refill systems. Beer store commits to having a location within 10 km of the population- that’s the distance from the CN Tower to Yorkdale. Everything this man touches turns to shit.

Under the current rules in Ontario, e-bikes cannot travel faster than 32 km/h, nor can they be modified to go faster than that. They can weigh up to 120 kilograms (!) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I love (narrators voice: I don’t actually) that the Parkdale offramp from the 417 clearly says no trucks and yet here we have an articulated empty flatbed 54 foot truck trying to make a turn and head south on Parkdale. Can you just imagine if we actually enforced traffic regulations?

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

TTC considering a fare freeze for a 3rd year in a row www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....

Bill 60 means that we will not be able to add cycle tracks to Albert and Slater Street or extend the O’Connor bike lane to Wellington Street. It’s an absurd overreach by the Ford government that will make all road users less safe and waste millions. I hate it here. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

Today, the PCs bragged about “record” post-secondary funding during Question Period at Queen's Park.  Reality check: Ontario ranks dead last in Canada! No spin can hide it. Ontario STILL needs to reinvest in colleges and universities: bit.ly/4pmNhal

Complaints and rudeness reported by councillors trending again in 2025, Ottawa integrity commissioner reports ottawacitizen.com/news/complai...

So the Provincial Supervisor for the OCDSB has a $20 million deficit problem? Most school boards in Ontario are running deficits. Think this would be the result of chronic provincial underfunding. #onpoli

Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy. Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference. Or both.

Today the ON gov't passed a bill which amends the Highway Traffic Act to ban municipalities from building any bike lane that would reconfigure roads. We made a submission to Premier Doug Ford, Min. of Transport Prabmeet Sarkaria & Min. of Municipal Affairs & Housing Rob Flack. lnkd.in/dxDN7hig

Calling all Ottawa organizations: Ontario’s Pre-Budget Meeting takes place in Ottawa Jan 14, 2026. This is your opportunity to have a say in Ontario's finances and where investments should be made. The deadline to request to appear is Jan 5 at 12PM (EST). Sign up here: www.ola.org/en/apply-com...

When much the City’s self-described “savings and efficiencies” include deferrals of capital investments as well as reduced fuel costs resulting from the elimination of the Carbon Tax, it’s more accurate to call it “cost avoidance” and “blind luck”.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

This might be really helpful for many folks out there. Remember, when it comes to riding bikes for transportation in the winter, “there’s no bad weather, just bad clothes.” (And bad infrastructure and maintenance decisions from city hall)

What? Not a recommendation from Transit Committee for limited free rides for kids & seniors but a "suggestion"? Is it a good idea or not? Make up your mind! #OCTranspo

Do you ever think about how Doug Ford called an election to leverage his anti-Trump theatrics into four guaranteed years of not building housing or healthcare or schools, and not letting municipalities keep children safe

Today Doug Ford and his government passed Bill 60: a vindictive attack that puts renters at greater risk and deepens Ontario’s housing crisis. They also voted against my motion to strengthen tenant protections and bring back real rent control.

A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world. Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars. An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.

OC Transpo is missing its reliability targets, but fares are still set to rise ottawacitizen.com/news/oc-tran...

In honour of the late Bernard Grandmaître, who served as an alderman of Vanier from 1969 to 1974, and later as mayor from 1974 to 1980 and 1982 to 1984, flags at Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on November 25. Details: https://bit.ly/4acVw3L

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

A P3 project not on time and not on budget. #ottLRT

An Avi-led NDP would establish Connaught 2.0 to rebuild Canada’s public vaccine production capacity, reduce our reliance on multinational pharma, and ensure reliable and affordable medicines.

And on $14 million in "operational efficiencies" (eg cuts). #OCTranspo

Hanes: CAQ's constitution is blood-chilling for all Quebecers montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

Yet sadly we have a continuing transit deficit, a housing crisis, and no plan to address the $10 billion funding shortfall to maintain, repair & renew the City's aging facilities & infrastructure. #ottcity

I’m with the 92% of Albertans—including farmers and rural landowners—that expect the oil & gas industry to clean up their spent wells and pipelines. When polluters pay, it creates decades of full-time work for oil & gas workers. So why do Conservatives let them get away with it? shorturl.at/yBEt5

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