Raphael Lopoukhine

With all these microbrews propping up in Toronto, more and more people are calling them the Toronto Brew Jays

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:

Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s Landmark Law To Build More Homes Near Public Transit Official website of Senator Scott Wiener, representing California Senate District 11.

Newsom signed SB79! So, so huge. Enormous props to all the people who worked so hard, for so long, to make this happen, above all @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's going to change California, and the country.

r/OntarioTeachers Join u/okaybutnothing • 7d Congrats on saving $14 million dollars on the backs of teachers, students and families, TDSB TDSB, under direction from the provincial supervisor, sent its admin an email last night, celebrating the $14.5 million they saved by forcing the least common sense, most disruptive reorganization ever. The TDSB, under normal circumstances, does not care about staff and only minimally about kids and families, but under this supervisor, they don't care at all.

Ford government is showing off that they cut $14 million from TDSB classroom budget, maxing out class sizes for all students. The supervisor undid the work of Trustees who’d voted for smaller class sizes. Shame! #topoli #onted #onpoli

Ontario will miss 2030 emission reduction goal by even wider gap than it admits: auditor | CBC News Ontario's environment ministry says it will miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, but the auditor general says province will in fact likely miss that target by an even wider margin.

"We are continuing to meet our commitment to at least try to meet our commitment for the 2030 target," the Environment Minister said.

Wow.

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In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration, according to multiple people familiar with the probe and internal documents reviewed by MSNBC. The FBI and the Justice Department planned to wait to see whether Homan would deliver on his alleged promise once he became the nation’s top immigration official. But the case indefinitely stalled soon after Donald Trump became president again in January, according to six sources familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, Trump appointees officially closed the investigation, after FBI Director Kash Patel requested a status update on the case, two of the people said. It’s unclear what reasons FBI and Justice Department officials gave for shutting down the investigation. But a Trump Justice Department appointee called the case a “deep state” probe in early 2025 and no further investigative steps were taken, the sources say.

White House border czar Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority Statement from the Canadian Climate Institute’s Peter Nicholson Sr. and Rick Smith on policy priorities for the fall 2025 sitting of Parliament.

As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...

Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates

Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Is there a smarter path to net zero that does not break the bank? Research shows that people are particularly influenced by peers of similar age, income, and circumstance

Most effective drive for pro-environmental behaviour not necessarily the most expensive. Social pressure and targeted financial incentives consistently outperform education and feedback alone in changing real-world behaviour.
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(Toronto is not a serious city.)

B.C.'s life sciences sector is the fastest growing in Canada.

Home to life-saving mRNA technology pioneered at UBC, we're leading the way in science and innovation.

Ready to invest? Come to British Columbia🍁

We're open for business.

Meet the bagman: the Ontario PC fundraising chief and his developer ties The top fundraiser for Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives works for developers, while also raising money from them for the party

Meet the bagman: the Ontario PC fundraising chief and his developer ties

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

"Four babies have died in the last few weeks in this hospital – not from bombs or bullets, but from starvation." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Now do trees and Mexico city.

Then food trucks in LA

Followed by pedestrian/patio streets in Istanbul....

Having to tell my kids that nature school is cancelled today while I go to work and position climate change as a secondary benefit in my funding application is big Krypton energy to start the day. #Superman

If only we had a progressive mayor, oh wait.

I can hardly believe this is Toronto.

We need more pedestrian-only streets here at home.

• Canada has borne the brunt of the damage from US tariffs so far, with its long-run economy -1.9% smaller in real terms. China’s economy is -0.2% smaller, about 2/3 as large as the hit to the US. The UK’s is 0.2% bigger thanks in part to the benefits of US-UK trade deal.
8/10

Just recorded a pod on solar+storage and holy shit y'all, if you are not tracking this market on a daily basis, you have no idea how wild it is. The global average price of a battery pack fell 40% *from 2023 to 2024*. That dropped the LCOE of a solar+storage plant by 22%. In a year!

I just enacted the most game-changing housing reforms in recent California history.

We're urgently embracing an abundance agenda by tearing down the barriers that have delayed new affordable housing and infrastructure for decades.

Let’s get building, California.

Alt headline: New provincial legislation kills over a dozen municipal ‘green standards’ for construction, making homes more costly to heat and power, less safe, and dirtier, while undermining the development of green jobs and achieving national carbon emission reduction targets?

Ontario heat wave prompts concerns about students, educators sweltering in schools Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones placed the onus of action on school boards

I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Ontario needs to have AC in schools to deal with the increasing frequency and severity of climate-fuelled heat waves. This is a health and safety issue as well as an education issue. #onpoli
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Keep re-electing Ford majorities and keep getting this, people.

Agree this is well constructed. Shout out to the YIMBY OLP policy team!

I wonder if this argument works if the goal is improved environmental outcomes, which do get lumped into the NIMBY/YIMBY red tape reduction conversation.

Small-town cheapification of Ontario

ICE crossed a line in LA

Inside the Secret Meeting Where Mathematicians Struggled to Outsmart AI The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs

@evansolomon.bsky.social good luck!

“I don’t want to add to the hysteria, but in some ways these large language models are already outperforming most of our best graduate students in the world.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...

New streetscape dropped at 501 Yonge. Not a tree in sight. Looks like Soviet architecture mashed with a suburban tears. Brutalist vibes without the charm. Toronto’s planning “vision” at its finest.

Yes!! They have windows open (cross wind), air purifiers, and pathogen killing lights. They are also reporting the air quality in real time on the side. All green, all good.

The call is coming from inside the house.