As the crumbling economy ruins more lives and leaves more people homeless, the general public will only see more of them in our parks and subways. Will we help with social services? Or will we spend ever-increasing amounts on police to beat on them because “people should be scared?"
Time to choose.

He was very clear in his mayoral campaign that he doesn't believe in talking, only doing.

You'll find out whether your neighbourhood has been slated for destruction for the hyperspace bypass when the Vogon bulldozers arrive to demolish your home planet.

Was this before or after the Crosstown had reached it's 10th year under construction, though? Cause... I feel like, maybe, 14 years ago, when they started construction, the planned capacity may indeed have been more than enough for the foreseeable future along the route...

Not that hard a message, yet simultaneously somehow completely beyond the capability of any Canadian political party (or even individual politician) to put forward.

Is it too much to ask for a proper left, working-class party, instead of having to vote for the least-evil right-wing option?

When has Toronto's approach to poverty ever (at least in the last, say, 2 or 3 decades) been anything else, though, Jennie?

This moment is SO FULL of possibilities right now and its absolutely enraging that our politicians refuse to think beyond doing late stage capitalism harder.

Like the collapse of US tourism should trigger a national domestic tourism strategy, complete with nationally-owned services!

I'd argue that any driver training program that lacks a behind-the-wheel component isn't sufficient to actually ensure that graduates have a base understanding of the material, or that 5-10 years is far too long an interval, but at this point, anything would be better than the current nothing.

Hot damn, I know Windsor is a little south of Toronto, but isn't it mostly just west? That's a wild temperature difference at comparable latitude and altitude.

Hopefully that heatwave makes it's way towards us here in the City soon. I'm done with looking at (and having to avoid) snow on our roads.

#KarlMarx died on this day in 1883. Engels said at his graveside that "(h)is name will endure through the ages, and so also will his work" and he wasn't wrong.

Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.

This is really funny because after congestion pricing launched and the haters were instantly proved wrong — traffic really did go down, transit use really did go up — they clung to "well let's see the business receipts!" as a last resort. And now we know business receipts are through the roof!

Another election where the media declares Ford the winner even before a single vote counted, so why bother to slog thru the ice, snow and slush to vote

Employment programs for disabled job-seekers shutter after Ford government changes Internal documents admit to budget cuts, propose employees skip lunch breaks

Doug Ford refuses to double ODSP/OW. Yet, his government also cut employment programs for disabled people. Last year, he also defunded a 'peer worker' training program I co-facilitated for homeless people on OW. Ford has abandoned disabled and homeless Ontarians. www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...

Massive swathes of sidewalks untouched by city crews all day on the west side of downtown. This must’ve been a budget decision, not to send out full crews on a long weekend Sunday

Here's hoping that either the City gets their act together this weekend (ha, fat chance), and/or that small affinity groups of community members are planning how to address this obvious municipal shortcoming next week.

Would love to see a handful of snow-clearing parties.

Labour as Protest in an Era of Austerity and Neoliberal Decay Labour as protest emerges when citizens confront systemic neglect turning collective action into a powerful force for change and structural reform for us all.

Nearly 2 years to the day later, we're looking at yet another major storm system that will again leave Toronto's public transit inaccessible to those who use mobility aids.

What has changed since early March 2023?

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Today, I launched an advocacy group and election campaign with @ocrhp.bsky.social. We demand that the next provincial government:

- Commit to building the housing people need/deserve
- Uphold homeless people's rights
- Have a compassionate plan to reduce homelessness

homelessrights.ca/get-involved

Tiny Tiny Homes calls on Toronto to ‘show some love for our homeless’ after its mini-dwellings ordered removed from downtown park A non-profit that has set up a handful of minuscule homes for people experiencing homelessness in a downtown Toronto park says the city is showing the unhoused community no love with plans to potentia...

MY LATEST: Tiny Tiny Homes calls on Toronto to ‘show some love for our homeless’ after its mini-dwellings ordered removed from downtown park
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It was the "T" that threw the bricks at Stonewall. It was the "T" that led the riot. It was the "T" that said "enough" in the face of police abuse.

This is literally just whitewashing history. Just like that fucking Stonewall movie.

What flexposts say: "We could use steel bollards but a bollard might scratch a car and that would be a tragedy. So, we're going to use these instead — things literally designed to be run over — because protecting even one car from a scratch is worth thousands of pedestrian deaths every year."

If we're seeking medieval solutions to modern-day problems, I feel like the guillotine may be a better bet than the trebuchet.

There's days, though, that I wish I could maintain that level of blissful ignorance for more than a day or two. This terminally-online keeping up with the news can't be good for our health.

It's damn sure no good for our mental state.

I can generally deal with the *later that day* people.
It's the friends who come to me a week or two later with "Did you hear..." that drive me mad.

Similar, although at a different scale, to the surge of American voters who Googled, on the eve of the election, "Did Biden drop out?"

A bunch of councillors who made a big show about opposing Trump and supporting local stuff are showing their whole selves at Council right now by just saying that people who live in places that they don't like don't count and we shouldn't make room for people in even modest midrises.

Toronto Public Health releases updated data for deaths of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto News Release February 3, 2025 Toronto Public Health (TPH) is releasing data related to the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in an updated interactive dashboard. TPH has reported on this data...

From TPH today: the median age of death for unhoused males is 50 years & for unhoused females is 36 years. this is compared to 78 & 85 respectively (2022) who are housed. Homelessness is a public health emergency; it is halving lifespans.

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I would caution anyone entertaining this sentiment. Mass protests are likely to be dangerous. We no longer live in a country where the right to peacefully assemble exists for opponents of the regime.

Rescind the invite for the USA to attend the G7 summit Canada is hosting this year.

Make it a G6 summit, and loudly announce it will focus on how to deal with an authoritarian US government that can no longer be trusted to be a friend and ally in any way.

“Evidence isn’t what matters to this government. Otherwise, supervised consumption sites wouldn’t be legislated to close, and we’d address the real threat — toxic drugs — and implement the safety recommendations espoused by the expert reviews.”

Tims for life for whichever QP journalist asks him if a provincial election doesn't give him a mandate to govern, what mandate did he have for halving the number of city council seats?

Wendy makes an excellent point! In part I can wear shorts shovelling, walking the dog, running errands because I am fortunate to have a safe warm place to which I can retreat.

For those who do not have the option, just open the centres November to March.

Delays, Trudeau resignation threaten Toronto-Quebec City high-frequency rail project MONTREAL - Canadians hoping plans for high-frequency rail between Toronto and Quebec City would move forward this year will instead see further delays — and the prospect of a federal

The chances of this project happening were, in truth, pretty remote to begin with
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