Brian Doucet

Places for People

The event is organized by Places for People, a small and inspiring non-profit in Haliburton that has acquired a number of existing rental properties and brought them into non-profit ownership. You can read more about their work here
www.placesforpeople.ca

The next film screening is Wednesday 15 October at 7pm at the Minden Cultural Centre in Haliburton. I'm visiting the county to take part in their annual Housing Summit.
Looking forward to good conversation and learning about some rural housing challenges & solutions.
RSVP to fay@placesforpeople.ca

One of the cool things about the Vancouver Skytrain is the ability to photograph from the front window! It takes a bit of luck, patience and a clear windshield. But the results give a great impression of how transit has shaped the region. Pictures from April 2025.

It’s fun to regularly see the number 4 trains rumble past right field in Yankee Stadium on the el above River Ave!

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s home runs have been magical.

And his Grand Slam was majestic.

But that hustle home, launching himself to the plate, tells you everything you need to know about how badly he wants this. Outstanding.

Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez doubles down on Yankees criticism — and says Aaron Boone dissed his hair Yankees manager Aaron Boone brought up Martinez’s September comments before the ALDS against the Jays began.

Buck Martinez is an absolute legend (with great hair!)
And he’s not wrong about the Yankees either!

www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...

The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.

In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

This is fun!

Parents, children rally against Ford's planned speed cam ban | CBC News Concerned parents gathered with their children by a speed camera near Bloor and Dundas streets Saturday afternoon to protest a plan from Premier Doug Ford’s government to end automated speed enforceme...

When bikes lanes were the target, it felt like it was just a Toronto thing.

This, this is against the whole province! Stand up. Fight!

‘Despite studies, municipal data and police testimony, Ford has said speed cameras don't make roads safer, calling them a "cash grab" ‘ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"If Ford goes through with his ban, the city should keep some cameras rolling (but not issue tickets) to see if the number of speeding cars zooms back up. I suspect those numbers would prove that, despite the premier’s enthusiasm, road safety is not a problem that can be solved with flashing lights"

Shawn Micallef: How Toronto can take a lesson from Van Halen, and learn to sweat the small stuff Anybody who travels this city knows large vehicles are routinely in parks. It’s disrespectful to Torontonians, a scandalous waste of money, and intrusive to those trying to enjoy the outdoor

🤘🏼I wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city council’s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. That’s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. 🙏🏼🤘🏼

It’s not everyday that a documentary debuts in Collingwood.

“Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing” by @briandoucet.bsky.social.

Don’t miss it, if it screens near you. It’s very well done, highlighting efforts to decommodify housing from across Canada.

Good morning Collingwood!
Thanks to everyone from the town who helped put together a fantastic screening last night. Great Q&A after with a highly knowledgeable & engaged audience.
Future screening info via www.housingfilm.ca & as always, get in touch if you’re interested in one in your community!

Documentary screening in Collingwood promises hope for affordable housing 'I want to leave people inspired by the things that are already happening and I want to get people motivated,' says filmmaker and UWaterloo prof

A nice write up about my film and tomorrow evening’s screening in Collingwood in their local paper today.

www.collingwoodtoday.ca/local-news/d...

Affordable Housing

I'm excited to be bringing my full length documentary 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing' to Collingwood this Friday 3 October. This is a FREE screening & registration can be done via the link.

www.collingwood.ca/housing

Close win by the Tigers.
But I found it crazy that there were quite a few empty seats in Cleveland this afternoon. It’s not a ‘big market’ but there are millions of people in the region.
My Toronto brain can’t compute that (&can’t imagine post season Jays being anything but completely full house)

Few things are as subsidized as a driver's ability to park a car in public space in North America.

Yes, I’ll be there for the screening! Looking forward to it.

Affordable Housing

I'm excited to be bringing my full length documentary 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing' to Collingwood this Friday 3 October. This is a FREE screening & registration can be done via the link.

www.collingwood.ca/housing

The Wave of Transit ‘Fiscal Cliffs,’ Explained Covid and inflation played a role. But for many agencies, the crisis goes much deeper.

Across the US, transit agencies are staring down huge 'fiscal cliffs.' The popular explanation is Covid and inflation.

But experts say there are other, longer-term forces in play, from declining gas tax revenues to 'Baumol's cost disease.'

www.planetizen.com/features/136...

#Bikes!

Driver fined after disobeying crossing guard while giving the finger Waterloo regional police are concerned after an interaction one of their officers experienced while making sure children got to school safely. Constable Paul Simon was out conducting enforcement on Se...

I'm sure more flashing lights will help with this kind of attitude.

kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/09/26/d...

Springer Dinger!

Happy 200th birthday!

Happy to have written this with Reece and Narayan. There are more details to this but the point is that Spadina can be so much better with a little political will.

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200: Locomotion No 1 replica anniversary starts trip A replica of the Locomotion No 1 is recreating the journey made by the real engine 200 years ago.

200 years ago today, September 27 1825, the first train hauled by a steam locomotive ran on the Stockton & Darlington Railway in the UK.

Railways had developed since ancient times, but the S&D was the first public railway to use steam locomotives.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

‘It’s devastating beyond all words’: Families of victims of speeding drivers make emotional plea to Doug Ford to save speed cameras Council’s infrastructure committee voted Friday in favour of changing the city’s speed camera program, ahead of the province’s legislation to ban them outright.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/its...

One of my earliest memories was driving out St Clair to my grandmother's place in Etobicoke past the old Stock Yards. I remember the train tracks, the stock yard pens, the old buildings and the smell.
That drive took us past Wychwood were old PCCs were kept, but that's another story for another day!

Ontario Stockyards, 1991 - Spacing Toronto The neighbourhood designation “Stockyards District” evokes indistinct memories of what for much of the twentieth century was one of Toronto’s most concentrated zones of heavy industry. Sadly, nothing ...

Once upon a time, the Stockyards District was actually stockyards. Photographer Peter MacCallum shares his photos from that era spacing.ca/toronto/2025...