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Aaron Binder

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Director betterwayalliance.ca | Canada's Small Biz Think-Tank Business Owner | Serial cyclist Toronto | Hamilton | Indonesia | Canada Highly professional human desiring bad boy status.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

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The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 21/09/2026
Oops. What's that old saying? Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Composite image showing two Investing.com/Yahoo Finance article headlines stacked: top — Frank DeMatteo article (April 7, 2025) "Shopify CEO encourages staff to adopt AI tools for enhanced productivity"; bottom — Mia Osmonbekov article (September 17, 2026) "Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else." Both feature the same photo of a bald man in glasses and red jacket speaking at a presentation.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 17/09/2026
Wondering what Ontario Place looks like behind all the construction fences? 👇👇😥👇👇
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 20/09/2026
In GOOD Toronto waterfront news, Biidaasige Park continues to green and grow. Toronto's East waterfront is truly a gem with Biidaasige, the Leslie Spit, and Woodbine Beach.
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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I took these before and after shots mere days apart in October 2024. Ontario Place West Island ripped down in the night, and this is how it still looks today.
Two images side by side, one with a shoreline lined with trees. Below, the same shoreline completely devoid of trees.Two images side by side, one with a shoreline lined with trees. Below, the same shoreline completely devoid of trees and an excavator moving over a pile of dirt.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 17/09/2026
Wondering what Ontario Place looks like behind all the construction fences? 👇👇😥👇👇
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A popular Toronto-based travel influencer posted an Instagram video and blog about how they replaced car trips with an e-cargo bike and how much they love it. This feels like an indication of big culture shifts - biking is really going mainstream in Toronto!
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Urban Arrow FamilyNext Pro Review: Our Family Cargo Bike - Mini Jetsetter
Our honest Urban Arrow FamilyNext Pro review after a summer of daily riding in Toronto: what we love, what to know, and if a family cargo bike is worth it.
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 15/09/2026
Ontario is still writing its rules for datacentres. But Ford's pitchdeck for foreign investors explicitly markets Hamilton’s waterfront for deregulated AI datacentre development, including "sovereign" AI opportunities." Sovereign AI. Built for foreign investors. With no rules. #HamOnt
"Ontario — Your investment partner," reads the title of an investment prospectus circulated by the Ontario government at Mark Carney's private investment summit of 200 foreign CEOsrelevant section: "The Steelport site is undergoing
master planning following M5 Industrial zoning.
Commercial opportunities are expected
to be announced in Q4 2026, with Phase 1
construction anticipated to commence in 2027."
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Elizabeth Holmes - Nathan Fielder meme: We need to restore the vehicle lanes to stop the congestion
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 09/09/2026
Does it feel like Canada and provinces have a patchwork of rules surrounding data centres? You're right (and I'm so proud of you!) Get the full scoop in @betakit.com | betakit.com/heres-how-ev...
Betakit (Canadian Tech & Startup News) article by Jesse Cole (September 8, 2026): "Here's how every Canadian province and territory is governing data centres." Aerial photo shows a large data centre campus with multiple white warehouse buildings arranged in rows, surrounded by extensive solar panel arrays in parking areas, landscaped green spaces, and forested terrain.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.
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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ford wants to make it unsafe for this family to bike.
Parents and children biking at bloor and Brunswick
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Uber just announced it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or around 3,300 workers. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made $35M — 360 times his median employee's pay — and announced a $20B stock buyback program to further enrich shareholders and himself. Textbook corporate greed.
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
OMG, we did! Incredible photos by Richard Seck: www.richardseck.com/criticalmass...
A photo by Richard Seck of Friday's critical mass bike ride in Toronto showing the Bloor Viaduct bridge packed with people on bikes from end to end
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 01/09/2026
My favourite part of listening to music in 2026 is having to check whether every artist has a pre-2024 catalogue 🫠
Article headline by Al Landes (Jul 17, 2026): "Spotify Deleted 75 Million AI-Generated Tracks - and It's Not Done Yet." Subhead explains Spotify purged bot-driven tracks over 12 months to protect royalty pools, but AI music with genuine creative intent remains allowed. Photo shows a hand holding a smartphone displaying the Spotify logo against a dark background with large Spotify logos. Image credit: DepositPhotos.
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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
To the influencer shooting a doc on TO's "decline": I am sorry you came to our city with your mind already made up. I was also on the TTC a lot this weekend. Much was at Line Fe5t, where TTC employees volunteered to boost small biz in a community impacted by the province's delayed transit project.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 30/08/2026
Did you know TTC does weddings? My friends hired a bus to get us all from their wedding to the reception in East Toronto! This city ❤️❤️
Newlyweds posing in the doorway of a Toronto TTC bus (number 8441) with "JUST MARRIED" displayed in the window. The bride wears a white lace dress with bouquet, the groom wears a light blue suit. Urban brick buildings visible in background.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 30/08/2026
Did you know TTC does weddings? My friends hired a bus to get us all from their wedding to the reception in East Toronto! This city ❤️❤️
Newlyweds posing in the doorway of a Toronto TTC bus (number 8441) with "JUST MARRIED" displayed in the window. The bride wears a white lace dress with bouquet, the groom wears a light blue suit. Urban brick buildings visible in background.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 28/08/2026
You know what would be really fun for all of us? Trying to find the easter eggs in my new psycho-retro-futurist website - aaronbinder.com
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Aaron Binder - Small Business Policy, Commercial Rent Reform
Director at Better Way Alliance. Partner at Go Tours Canada. Small business policy, commercial rent reform, and Canadian main street economics.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The footage coming out of Nepal is devastating. I fear we’re looking at thousands dead
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 27/08/2026
The people yearn for car-free streets. "I’ve heard from a lot of people who want a pedestrian street in their neighbourhood" - @chanface.bsky.social Toronto's 2 car-free months on Church Street was an incredible experiment that benefited everyone. Extend it to 6 months in 2027 & forever in 2028.
Street scene on Church Street in Toronto showing a blue City of Toronto concrete barrier blocking vehicles in a pedestrian-only zone, with storefronts, high-rise buildings, and pedestrians visible. Quote above discusses "hostile vehicle mitigation" and funding from BIA and sponsors. Photo credit: CITYNEWS.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 27/08/2026
The people yearn for car-free streets. "I’ve heard from a lot of people who want a pedestrian street in their neighbourhood" - @chanface.bsky.social Toronto's 2 car-free months on Church Street was an incredible experiment that benefited everyone. Extend it to 6 months in 2027 & forever in 2028.
Street scene on Church Street in Toronto showing a blue City of Toronto concrete barrier blocking vehicles in a pedestrian-only zone, with storefronts, high-rise buildings, and pedestrians visible. Quote above discusses "hostile vehicle mitigation" and funding from BIA and sponsors. Photo credit: CITYNEWS.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 26/08/2026
Often I talk commercial rent because a business is given a titanic rent increase. Instead, today I got to talk about the fun & clever Honest Ed's Alley: "I think it gets replicated across the city because it brings a vibrancy that we want to see in Toronto" www.yourcitywithin.com/tokyo-style-...
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Tokyo-style alleyway taking shape in one of Toronto’s most highly anticipated new developments - YourCityWithIN.com
The Annex isn’t a Toronto neighbourhood that you would classify as ‘up-and-coming’ or a ‘hidden gem’ that’s slowly accumulating cachet through gentrification or attention from trend-seeking influencer...
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 26/08/2026
Often I talk commercial rent because a business is given a titanic rent increase. Instead, today I got to talk about the fun & clever Honest Ed's Alley: "I think it gets replicated across the city because it brings a vibrancy that we want to see in Toronto" www.yourcitywithin.com/tokyo-style-...
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Tokyo-style alleyway taking shape in one of Toronto’s most highly anticipated new developments - YourCityWithIN.com
The Annex isn’t a Toronto neighbourhood that you would classify as ‘up-and-coming’ or a ‘hidden gem’ that’s slowly accumulating cachet through gentrification or attention from trend-seeking influencer...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton helped millions of children learn how to read and saved millions of lives by funding COVID vaccine research. She improved more people’s lives than almost any political leader in office. Her impact will be felt by generations.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 24/08/2026
Report: Trump admin demanded Canada execute Bonhomme
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Report: Trump admin demanded Canada execute Bonhomme
OTTAWA - Reports from the Canada-U.S. trade talks indicates that the Trump Administration made a last-minute demand for the public execution of beloved Québécois celebrity Bonhomme Carnaval.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 23/08/2026
Canada's government can't have an ongoing deal with Palantir while claiming tech sovereignty is a top priority. China and France's governments are moving to Linux - Canada should too. From @zdnet.bsky.social | www.zdnet.com/article/chin...
ZDnet article headline: "China joins Europe in scrapping Windows for Linux" with subtext explaining that the specialized Chinese Windows version's end-of-life date has been moved up from February 2027.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 23/08/2026
Canada's government can't have an ongoing deal with Palantir while claiming tech sovereignty is a top priority. China and France's governments are moving to Linux - Canada should too. From @zdnet.bsky.social | www.zdnet.com/article/chin...
ZDnet article headline: "China joins Europe in scrapping Windows for Linux" with subtext explaining that the specialized Chinese Windows version's end-of-life date has been moved up from February 2027.
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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Not sure if anyone has a burning desire to read my 700-word treatise on keeping moving even when things don't go the way you'd hoped on a Friday evening, but I felt like I had to get some of these thoughts out: danseljak.substack.com/p/a-prisoner...
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A prisoner of hope
Some reflections on the suprising end to the Finch Store saga
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/08/2026
3/5 Wab Kinew got it exactly right — the President is weak and cannot be trusted to abide by an agreement. We should stand firm, knowing it’s what the vast majority of Canadians want our government to do. But what happens next matters. We are not out of this yet.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 08/08/2026
Toronto business rent jumped almost 150% in 5 years. And it's still going up. On top of that, when a business is looking for a space, there's no transparency on how much local rent is - or who even owns the building. Help businesses get the transparency to succeed: commercialrent.ca/registry/
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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We shouldn’t stop at saying we want car-free streets. We should add: ~ wide enough sidewalks for youth to hang out after school ~ benches where families with little ones can rest ~ street canopies that shade elders during their morning walks ~ patios providing a platform for local artists and…
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 03/08/2026
My latest. "When California raised its fast-food minimum to $20 an hour, turnover in those restaurants dropped from a range of 150-300% down to roughly 150-200%" betterwayalliance.ca/why-low-wage...
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Why Low Wages Are Causing Your Productivity Problem
You've done the math on labour costs. You know what every hour costs you. What most owners never put…
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 03/08/2026
Great show and new to Bluesky - give them a follow!
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 23/07/2026
The datacentre debate is spreading across Canada. Are you a city councillor wondering what you can do to protect your community. Or maybe a very cool person who wants to stop one or more datacentres?
Image promoting webinar discussing Hamilton, Ontario’s datacentre pushback,  the story and tactics.

July 27 at 7pm. Info in thread.
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 21/06/2026
Reporters. Please read: blundervalley.ca/blog/hamilto... @joeycoleman.ca @justinchandler.work @jordanomstead.bsky.social
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Who's lobbying for loopholes in Hamilton's proposed data centre moratorium?
Rumoured amendments could undermine the will of Hamilton residents
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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It’s surreal seeing it come full circle. The people stuck in the crowded Church Street sidewalk are now free to roam the streets! (At least during the 2 month pedestrianization pilot) Streets are for the people!
Crowded church at sunset Crowded church at 2am
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Day 2 of church street pedestrianization. I am floored at how fast it happened. Nice work from the TSA interpreting a 8 sites. Even got into the Steps controversy (you can see the remnants of the steps in background)
Church stThe Steps 1980s -2004
Look carefully at the building in front of you and you will see remnants of the wide 4-5 steps that formed the entrance to businesses located just above. These covered steps became THE hang out spot for Toronto's queer community in the 1980s and 90s.
One of the few outdoor gathering spaces in The Village, The Steps were the place to see and be seen and quickly became synonymous with Toronto's queer culture. Their fame was such that they would become featured as a recurring skit in The Kids in the Hall, where Butch, Smitty and Riley would discuss topics like AIDS and marriage equality.
Unfortunately, while The Steps were initially celebrated as a hang out spot, by the early 2000s, there were divided opinions on their value and importance. What some call hanging out, others saw as oitering, and the decision was eventually done to renovate and remove the steps to discourage gathering. This decision erased one of the most iconic spaces of The Village, but similar steps would reemerge in the addition of The 519 built only a few years later.Parking lot now fest zone TSA board
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
No Toronto Liberal MP should take being reelected for granted. They continue to play this city. Their own TPA is making plans (900m runway), asking for non disclosure agreements and not revealing anything while MPs keep saying they know nothing, they’ll stand up for TO. Just constant emptiness.
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Mayor Olivia Chow accuses federally mandated port authority of hiding early plans for Billy Bishop
The Toronto Port Authority has repeatedly promised that all of its stakeholders, including the city, will eventually be consulted before a final version of the Billy Bishop expansion plan is made publ...
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 18/06/2026
The safe word is WHY
Screenshot of Ars Technica article titled "AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties." Shows two robotic arms on a wooden workbench with purple cables, demonstrating Nvidia's robot self-improvement program. Article byline: Jeremy Hsu, Jun 17, 2026.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 15/06/2026
Rayah Cafe's landlord in Toronto is trying to illegally evict them - this happens to businesses all the time. Why? We have no rules that stop this from happening. @betterwayalliance.bsky.social is pushing for changes so businesses are free to negotiate from a place of fairness - instead of fear.
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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I have developed a niche brand of “hosting karaoke for picketers”. here’s me kicking things off for the hard working folks at Sistering who are holding our boy Dougie accountable for wages owed.
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derek van vliet @derek.bike · 08/06/2026
ever since i was a small boy i knew i wanted to charge the pepper grinder
photo of a pepper grinder sitting on a counter top with a pink phone charger plugged into the front of it
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 10/06/2026
Hamilton's datacentre debate is now a key election issue. We've launched an Election Tracker documenting where candidates stand on proposed hyperscale datacentres and on the need for stronger municipal regulation. Some have responded. Some have not. stopthedatacentre.ca/election-tra...
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Election tracker · Stop the Datacentre
We're contacting candidates and documenting stances on the Steelport datacentre proposal.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 04/05/2026
"WSJ analysis found 67% of Polymarket profits goes to just 0.1% of accounts." I am once again asking you to stop donating to the already wealthy.
A Wall Street Journal headline: Why almost everyone loses - except a few sharks - on prediction markets. 

A WSJ analysis shows a small number of accounts on Poly market and Kalshi - often pros using data-driven algorithmic trading - take home most of the winnings.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 21/04/2026
Some news that flew under the radar last week: The City of Yellowknife is calling on Ottawa to replace first past the post with a Proportional Representation voting system. We've got a small and mighty population of Canadians up north! @cabinradio.ca | cabinradio.ca/286842/news/...
A headline from Cabin Radio that reads "Yellowknife calls on Ottawa to introduce proportional representation"

The image below is a photograph of proportional representation advocate Jeremy Flatt at Yellowknife City Call.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 23/12/2024
I too have remembered butter.
A container of President's Choice 'Memories of Butter' margarine photographed on a store shelf. The white tub features the PC logo in red and the product name in bold yellow text. Below states 'NON-HYDROGENATED MARGARINE 0 TRANS FAT' and shows it contains 680g. The image has a slightly nostalgic, soft focus quality, adding irony to the product name.
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