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Health and Climate Change – Solutions to meet new risks in Canada. If you missed this event live on Oct 6, here is a recording.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u89z... via @theglobeandmail.com

Oh shoot, I hadn't even gotten to the part of this *same bill* that would ban cities from "reducing the number of motor vehicle lanes when installing new bicycle lanes." bsky.app/profile/camb...

Left column: Under the RTA, all tenants have "security of tenure", which means that tenants have a right to remain in their rental unit as long as they follow the lease agreement and the RTA. Landlords cannot evict tenants without a legally valid reason, and after a fixed-term lease ends, the tenancy typically continues on a month-to-month basis. Right column: The government would consult on alternative options on lease agreement expiry that could allow landlords to control who occupies their units and for how long, allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies. This could add flexibility for some landlords in the approach to leases, potentially unlocking additional rental unit stock.

In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.

Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:

a girl wearing glasses says i have some questions Alt: a girl wearing glasses says i have some questions

How does cutting the CRA’s budget help them answer more calls and more accurately? #QP

Thanks so much @AshleyReina from Therabyte Inc. for an excellent session discussing using AI for #OccupationalTherapy documentation and demonstrating a number of platforms. #OccupationalTherapist #ValueOfOT #OT365 #OSOT2025

Thank you so much Patty De Guia for sharing your story and the importance of client choice in the language we use to communicate, how they identify, in what they want for solutions & their life. #OccupationalTherapy #ValueOfOT #OT365 #OSOT2025

Patty De Gaia shares about her experience on The Great Canadian Baking Show & “all shows and productions should have an #OccupationalTherapist “, noting her experience as a disabled person would have been so much better with #OT design sets or supporting cast & crew. #ValueOfOT #OT365 #OSOT2025

Looking forward to this morning’s keynote. #OccupationalTherapy #ValueOfOT #OT365 #OSOT2025

It’s a great day to be an #OccupationalTherapist & #OccupationalTherapyAssistant in #Ontario. Happy Occupational Therapy Month! #OSOT2025 #TheValueOfOT #OT365.

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Trump's DOJ just dropped a major antitrust case against American Express Travel.

This comes after Amex hired lobbying firm Ballard Partners — the former employers of Pam Bondi — to lobby the DOJ on "antitrust issues."

Funny how that works.

Sprawl Is Still Not the Answer A chorus of critics insist that building on undeveloped land is the only way out of the US housing crisis. But the environmental costs of unrestrained growth are overwhelming.

Sprawl Is Still Not the Answer: "Instead of promoting sprawl, increasing housing density in existing urban areas through infill development and upzoning can help address the housing shortage while minimizing environmental impacts." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is why relying on charity to fund essential services is a truly wild policy choice.

"An NHS hospital that upgraded the type of face masks used by staff on Covid-19 wards recorded a dramatic fall of up to 100% in hospital-acquired coronavirus infections among those workers, research shows"

The murder of Jonathan Joss was a multiply hateful hate crime that included the murder of his dogs and attempted murder of his partner. His neighbor made it clear over a campaign of hatred for years that it wasn’t okay to be queer and/or indigenous in that neighborhood

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:

-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare

(But get your mom flowers, too)

Can we start prosecuting all the white collar crime, tax evasion & close tax loopholes for ultra wealthy first.

Kids start learning about it in grd 5 now. I’m pretty some of my peers never took civics in high school and likely the same for anyone older

Any person that wonders about

Healthcare shortages
Affordable housing
High Utilities
High Insurance costs
Education shortages
Etc.

Are all under Provincial responsibility

Facts matter

A simple choice - Ontario Clean Air Alliance Ontario has many better choices to meet peak electricity demand than wasting $2.2 B on a dirty gas plant which will increase our vulnerability to attacks from President Trump.

Ontario has many better choices to meet peak electricity demand than wasting $2.2 B on a dirty gas plant which will increase our vulnerability to attacks from President Trump.
#cleanenergy #onpoli #phaseoutgas #energyefficiency
www.cleanairalliance.org/simple-choice/

There’s still time to voice opposition to New York’s mask ban.

Criminalizing a medical device will be devastating to disabled and marginalized individuals (not to mention anyone who values their health & wants to avoid covid infection).

Mask bans don’t stop crime. They put lives in danger.

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MP's golf shirt sent wrong sign, elections watchdog rules | CBC News Canada's elections watchdog says a former Conservative cabinet minister broke election rules when he decided to wear a party-branded shirt to announce an expansion of child benefit payments.

Another throwback - to when Poilievre violated election rules
#cdnpoli #cdnmedia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Pierre Poilievre won’t protect Canada from Donald Trump because he agrees with Trump. He is not what Canada needs.

CSIS alleges India organized support for Poilievre’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid

Poilievre was fact checked by CBC, he lied 😂😂

💯 my dad was messaging me about his waitlist. I said. Don’t message me anymore about this. I tried educating you the last 3 elections & you voted for what you go. Complain to your friends.

Investigation is needed!! #treason

Canada election: Poilievre and security clearance in spotlight after claim of meddling in his leadership race | CBC

How piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre lied about not needing fresh security clearance.
His decade-old clearance is way beyond its due date. www.cbc.ca/9.6697272