@hamishbuchanan.bsky.social
Artist in Toronto. Politics, environment, urban affairs, art & social history. Homebody, pedestrian, cyclist & transit-user. Gay, lover of gardens, trees & quiet. I try to keep my feed focused and block no/dull profiles.
I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions.
Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!
Stiles is trying harder these days but it's still barely getting through. The Libs can't figure out their ass from their elbow and seem to have no sense of urgency. It must be nice.
Blue Ontario loves Ford for being folksy and sticking it to Toronto. As long as he does those they don't care if they die on a waiting list or if their kids have a future of nothing but debt.
It seems like a considerable percentage of US deaths during wars are due to accidents rather than enemy actions.
The lack of transparency of the Ford Govis already abominable. Ford's use of his personal cell phone instead of a Gov issue phone is already suspect. It appears he wants to hide his contacts. He's shown himself to love backroom deals with his financial backers. This move just makes it more fishy.
BREAKING: Ford govt to exempt Premier, cabinet ministers, parl. assistants and their offices from FOI legislation. Says this aligns with feds and most other provinces. Move would trump
court ruling requiring Premier to release his cellphone records. #OnPoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
"Aligning" with the lowest standard is typical Ford. And so obviously intended to hide his corruption in so many cases.
Found the cure to toxic masculinity.
Imagine if the manosphere was actually just stuff like this:
youtu.be/lZbfNtDCHdM?...
So much delight!
Great takedown of Metrolinx by @maritstilesndp.bsky.social and the #ONDP in this latest video! They seriously need to crank up this kind of good quality content if they are to succeed in defeating Doug Ford's #PCPO government and stopping the resurgence of the #OLP! #ONpoli
Watch this clip.
Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.
Homeroom teachers only? What's the rationale for that?
Blowing up hospitals is a war crime, and as we saw in Gaza is a specialty of the Israel / U.S.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
"He doesn't believe it. No one does. But he places the sign anyway to avoid trouble, to signal compliance, to get along." - Mark Carney
Hard to decide whether this offends me more as a journalist or as a citizen, but then I guess I don't need to choose.
Canadian governments hate and fear the public, a continuing series.
Doug Ford is doing this. He is harming us on purpose
Efficiencies won't solve hospital financial crisis Ontario Hospital Association says
There's a billion-dollar structural deficit growing rapidly, said Anthony Dale, CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association.
ottawacitizen.com/news/hospita...
Carney is revealing himself as a true Conservative: knowing the price of everything but the value of nothing. We expect this from stupid people like Doug Ford not from highly-respected economists. But here we are.
This is just plain cruel.
Arms dealers, AI, and fossil fuel interests feed at the public trough. Austerity for everyone else.
She still seems to believe everything she says, but there's definitely panic setting in.
It's astonishing that Starmer, the former human rights lawyer, stands by this. Does he think firing her would make him look weak? racist? disloyal?
Regardless, maybe it's him who is?
"When the NDP's arms-control bill that seeks to end largely permit-free Canadian military exports to the U.S. is put to a vote on Wednesday, it could garner the support of more than a dozen Liberal MPs."
#Canada
Tarred and feathered would be a fine start, even.
And that's just since 2000.
At some point he'll govern in Canada though, right?
Playing at being anti-elite when you’re campaigning for an Oscar is a bit counter-intuitive. But maybe they like that?
Slightly better than “special operation.”
Projecting, as always. It’s Netanyahu who actually wants to take over the entire Middle East.
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me except long-term stability in oil."
Decoupling from our deep dependence on the US economy is going to be more vital as it collapses. This includes our food supply.