Adam Mills

The economic benefit of employment from transit is massively outweighed by the economic benefit of the transit existing in the first place. Promoting transit as a jobs creation program rather than a means for economic efficiency will always limit how politicians view transit.

The first time I drove out West I got pretty sad because I realised that I had already seen a majority of our cities and towns, they just all happened to have different names and be in different places. Otherwise they look just like this.

Move the United Nations to Montreal If Montreal ever wanted to make a serious pitch to become the new home of the United Nations, now is the time.

Trump has made it clear the UN should no longer be in the US

This is #Montreal's opportunity to come up with a plan and a pitch

We're well-suited to host the UN. It's time for Montreal to think big.

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I can't believe that I'm in a Montreal bar cheering for Brad Marchand right now.

Just another thing Grand Theft Auto V got right unfortunately.

My dad and I have been having more fun watching IBL the last few years, good baseball, and the teams that really work it like the @wellandjackfish.bsky.social make it even better.

The Orange line is also in desperate need of relief and the REM will take off a decent amount of that pressure.

There's lots to criticise the REM for, but I'm afraid you've missed most of it.

Transportation planning is not just about the demand that exists today but what demand can be generated through things like TOD, which the REM does okay at. You've also forgotten the service it provides to the city proper which will be transformational and much more than the exo could have provided.

Yes 😔

They took up a bunch of the unused space in the back

Which Canadian Cities Are Most Exposed to Trump’s Tariffs? - Business Data Lab Even with a 30-day pause, President Trump’s executive order to impose tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States marks a major protectionist shift in U.S. trade policy.

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Canadian Labour says fight w all we’ve got. Yet here one of Canada’s own would-be strong men who bellowed on about the threat of pronouns, collapses & capitulates like nothing. Disgrace.

I don't think I would be able to put my thoughts more succinctly than this. We're not perfect– far from it, but that doesn't mean we're something not worth fighting for.

Things Canada should be focusing on even if there wasn't the huge threat of tariffs on our economy:

a)Not being a petro-state
b)Inter-provincial trade barriers

Now is a better time than never...

I was never a maximum Canada person before, but with what's going on South of the border I think I'm all on board.

They turned down $40m of HAF money for the most milquetoast of zoning reforms (4 units as of right, 4 stories within 800m of Sheridan College) by a vote of 14-1!

I've been dealing with the Québec healthcare system this week, and oh man do we ever think we have it bad in Ontario

If he doesn't get majority he's screwed

I'll second this

It's about time!

One long-term thing Canada can do to reaffirm its sovereignty in the face of our bully neighbor and to start decoupling from the US in terms of trade is to stop adapting US technical standards and start using international or EU one (which is often the same thing).

Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it's not because of new union | CBC News A company spokesperson said Amazon will outsource deliveries to smaller contractors. The spokesperson insisted that the decision was tied to cost savings — not the recent unionization of about 200 emp...

Right, definitely, yes it's absolutely not because it was the first warehouse to unionize

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The disparity in transit funding between the GTHA and the rest of Ontario is enormous.

Not to mention that when the provincial government endlessly expands highways, local governments are stuck with the ever increasing bills for the fire and ambulance services that respond to the crashes.

Part of the reason why the housing crisis is so exacerbated in Canada compared to other countries is that we have a travesty of an intercity transportation network.

Reliable, fast, and affordable links to other places makes smaller towns and cities desirable!

And reliable intercity transportation!

I couldn't agree more

The federal NDP doesn't just need a new leader, they need a new leadership team and strategic pivot in general. They made the right decision to do a C&S agreement, but you have to own those choices. This is buck passing. The country is waiting for a real social democratic party option.

They gave us a pizza party once on a train that was 2 hours late leaving Ottawa. Picked up a few dozen pies in Kingston haha.

I’m so grateful to @chanface.bsky.social for the energy and organizing he’s brought to @tritag.ca in the last year!

Great work Rodney!