Jeff Gray

Ottawa pledges ‘full due diligence’ after audit of Ontario skills fund Auditor-General report found province’s Skills Development Fund was not fair, transparent or accountable

Whoops, the cash involved in Ontario's problematic Skills Development Fund is actually federal money. But after sending me a tough-sounding statement about seeking "mitigation measures" the fed. minister's office called me back, and left me confused. #ONpoli
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This applies to dictatorial regimes as well as chatbots.

Part of what keeps you sane is other people’s perspectives.

Silencing all opposition leads to crazy thoughts and actions.

Including violence.

Pfizer Gets Three-Year Reprieve From Trump Pharma Tariffs Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said the company secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals in a deal that would lower some o...

Pfizer "secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals" and in return will "sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx"

looks like state capitalism to me

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Long-delayed Eglinton LRT to begin month-long final test, Metrolinx CEO says Transit agency boss declines to give opening date, says planning needed before any ramp up of passenger service

Maybe the Crosstown is ... turning the corner? (Apologies.) No opening date yet but Metrolinx's CEO tells our Laura Stone that Toronto's long-delayed Eglinton LRT could enter its final month-long testing phase this week: #ONpoli #TOpoli
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"Two of the most senior purchasing officials at Alberta Health Services in 2022 were also briefly directors of a numbered company with ties to a supplier that has been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in business by the health agency, The Globe and Mail has found."

#abpoli #ableg

Confessing right out in the open, as always

It’s not lost on me that the only profession mentioned in the Constitution (the press) is a constant target by those who profess their love for the founding document, who loudly say that we can only have a society based on rules set 250 yrs ago.

Not just a crisis for journalism but for civil-military relations: can't have civilian oversight if you don't have a free press (especially with this Pentagon).

“After years and years illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.”

January 20, 2025.

Group training workers for ‘Rob Ford’s favourite nightclub owner’ got $6.5M in provincial skills development funding Training takes place at Zlatko Starkovski’s event venue at Exhibition Place

A group training workers for “Rob Ford’s favourite nightclub owner” Zlatko Starkovski got $6.5 million in skills development funding from the Ford government. Starkovski is launching a burlesque-themed nightclub “for those where discretion is a must” 🤔 www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #onpoli

Doug Ford: “The only thing proven is that they take money out of taxpayers’ pockets."

Ontario police chiefs: “The evidence shows that if (automated speed enforcement) cameras are removed, speeds will increase in community safety zones and more pedestrians will be at risk."

#OnPoli

Trump Says Broadcasters Should Lose Licenses for Criticizing Him

This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."

Trump:

"When you have a network, and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump... They're not allowed to do that."

Disney has Tron: Ares, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Rental Family, Zootopia 2, Ella McCay, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and Is This Thing On? opening this year. I hope the talent involved in these movies curtails all planned publicity until the company reverses its decision about Kimmel.

I’m sorry, “Didn’t participate in a moment of silence”? What in the authoritarian state is happening.

this is why you never suck up

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.

that fox news host still has his job.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’ The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

I saw this earlier and I scoffed, “dream on.”

Silly naive me.

Just sat through a session where it was suggested that one potentially effective use of AI is to have students feed their illegal, non-consensual, undisclosed recordings of my lectures into the giant plagiarism machine to provide summaries of class sessions, & I am going to become The Joker 🤷‍♂️

Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions Russia moved quickly to exploit conservative activist Charlie Kirk's shooting death at a Utah college, with groups linked to the Kremlin spreading false and misleading claims that experts say are designed to incite violence.

(AP) — Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war. apnews.com/article/charlie-ki...

Globe editorial: What’s missing above Toronto’s Eglinton line Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown transit line isn’t even open yet, but is already looking like a massive wasted opportunity

This from @theglobeandmail.com is also true for #OttCity: majority of stations outside DT are orphaned in highway off-ramps, in grassy fields or otherwise planned with no thought for meaningful density. We designed to entrench housing poverty. 1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Doug Ford says he expects Carney to back his Highway 401 tunnel proposal Ontario has launched a feasibility study of the tunnel, which experts say could cost upward of $60-billion and take decades to build

Ford believes Carney will share his tunnel vision, ride down his tunnel of love, see the light at the end of the tunnel. Ok sorry I am done now.
#Onpoli
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'There shall be no strong mayors': N.S. premier confirms Nova Scotia’s premier says the province will not be implementing any “strong mayor powers” during the upcoming session of legislature. Premier Tim Houston confirmed the news Tuesday on The Todd Veinot...

In Nova Scotia, Tim Houston has confirmed he won't follow the Ford government by introducing strong mayor powers, despite an effort by Halifax's mayor.

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A report in Ontario found deep concerns from some civil servants. #Onpoli
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Major Streets officially approved and in effect!

Ontario Liberal caucus says it didn’t press Bonnie Crombie to resign Caucus expresses gratitude to Crombie for her work to improve the party’s fortunes

Our Laura Stone on Crombie's exit: #Onpoli
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#RIP to a true legend.