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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This reads to me like Canada is dropping all tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels. If that is the case we should push to roll out large-scale domestic solar ASAP paired with variable hydro generation acting as a solar battery. H/t @isaiahbishop.bsky.social decisions.citt-tcce.gc.ca/citt-tcce/a/...

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Photovoltaic Modules and Laminates - Canadian International Trade Tribunal

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I feel like the trivial complaints of affluent NIMBY homeowners get more coverage than the stories of people literally left homeless by the housing crisis generations of restrictive zoning rules have created

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We let scam calls wreck the phone system & it sure looks like we’re going to let AI generated images and videos wreck the information system too

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am increasingly convinced that in order to prevent societal back-sliding into antivax / “natural is always healthier” nonsense, we need to reform the education system to teach children the pre-1950 world was often lethal to kids & modern food safety & medical practices are borderline miraculous.

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Horrified to learn about the attack on Belleville’s Jewish community last night on Yom Kippur. Solidarity to those targeted. Hoping for the full recovery of the officer shot heroically stopping the gunman. We need to stop this cancer of anti-semitism & hate. www.intelligencer.ca/news/bellevi...

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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It always blows my mind how much faster electric trains are than diesel

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This piece is bang on that Canada & the prov’s should deem most EU building standards satisfactory ASAP. My retired in-laws in Portugal have a cheap & cheerful elevator serving their single-stair lowrise apartment which is impossible in Canada due to our use of restrictive & expensive US standards.

Friendly and affordable elevator in Portugal made possible by EU standards

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Globe is on a heater here pointing out the inanity of bike lane removals while parking is preserved

Globe editorial pointing out silly culture war basis for bike lane removal

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Interesting new study which finds most of the US government debt/GDP reduction after WW2 (1946 to 1973) was due to ~inflating away the debt rather than it being reduced by growth or primary surpluses. Suggests bond markets have good reason to demand higher prices to lend to high deficit US govt.

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you’ve seen it?

Scene from the end of saving private ryan

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You absolutely love to see the rule of law democracies banding together

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Heartwarming stuff - nearly all Canadian residents completing the census like responsible adults

Screen capture showing Canadians filing out the census like bosses

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Remarkable shift to battery electric vehicles in one of the world’s largest countries

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is a good overview of the magnitude of these latest tariffs/bans. Seems like a modest re-shuffle to lessen unintended political consequences of the previous round masked as an escalation.

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Snowbirds just did a goodbye fly-by over the city. Thanks for the memories!

Snowbirds doing a fly-by of downtown on their last time in Toronto

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

There's a concept in international relations, specifically power transition theory, called a "revisionist state." Basically, the idea is that a revisionist state will tear down the whole international state system because they think it's unfair to them personally. Sound familiar?

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cool to see our freeze/thaw climate also gives the riverbeds potholes

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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"The US is a trustworthy ally of Canada" Disagree: 74% Agree: 23% Nanos / Sept 2, 2026

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Adding minutes to every ride for thousands of TTC riders so their LRT driver must stay below an arbitrary 35 km/h speed limit or face sanctions while the road has a 60 km/h limit makes no sense- please keep up the pressure on the TTC to fix this @cllrjamaalmyers.bsky.social @joshmatlow.bsky.social

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Some clever scheming here about putting the Windsor-side access road to the Ambassador Bridge on a road diet, with reduced lanes and other changes, purely for urbanism and quality of life reasons, of course, and not at all to afflict the noxious bridge owners or their political pawns

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Almost as if the federal government has shirked its responsibility to update the Criminal Code to reflect the realities of the digital age and still expects technology companies and users to “please, pretty please, behave.”

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More data suggesting the EV transition is accelerating in Europe. We need to start planning for this in Canada, regardless of the backsliding in the US.

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When is comes to holding the government accountable, especially when there is a long legislative recess, the media is really the whole ball game. The Premier holding a sham news conference with no media present & then saying thank god they are not there is disrespectful. @colindmello.bsky.social

Screen capture of global reporter Colin D’Mello’s tweet reporting on premier Ford and complaining about the media

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nice to see the govt investing more in passenger rail. Together with 45 locomotives recently announced, these 300+ coaches mean a $6.3 billion investment in Canadian production of Via’s new long-distance fleet. Via’s 2018 purchase of 32 locos & 160 coaches for $989m were all made in Sacramento.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A core tenet of far right movements is harkening back to a mythical perfect time in the past, where men were men, the social order was just and certain, the music of your youth was evidently superior, and child mortality rates were definitely not 50%

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There's no reason why the Canadian government can't take the lead on reigning in pervert glasses and bring in this kind of regulation, especially given how Canadians feel about American tech right now. Except no one in our government seems to care.

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Smart glasses should automatically blur people’s faces while filming, Australia’s online safety regulator says

Smart glasses with cameras can benefit the vision impaired but companies might pit ‘accessibility benefits against safety and privacy’, eSafety says

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

NIMBYism driving working age folks from high-productivity urban areas to less connected rural areas isn’t going to help with our productivity problem, but at least legacy homeowners in our best situated neighbourhoods can sleep easy they will not face more competition for parking

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Intermittent platform edge fences, at an estimated cost of $2 million per station, have begun to be installed on the TTC - A poor substitute for full platform edge doors, and more or less a waste of money, but hopefully the start of a longer process to finally procure affordable platform edge doors.

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Vacation snapshot for all the engineers out there

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 22/08/2026

I know I’m preaching to the choir but now would be a great time for Canadian governments and agencies to stop using X as a primary social platform

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Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Can we all take a moment to remember how Toronto Church Street pedestrianization began, right here, on bluesky dot com?

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Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The late announcements in Danforth are taking the headlines but another strong challenger has signed up in Scarborough North. I think it's very important to protect Myers. If you are planning on donating, please send some Myers' way. www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...

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Longtime Liberal MP Shaun Chen is running for city council in his home riding

After resigning his seat in the House of Commons earlier this month, the local politician now seeks office closer to home.

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am once again asking any 🇨🇦 policy maker to remember than they have the ability to regulate or ban noxious panopticon technologies like smart glasses that let bad actors surreptitiously film young women and girls who are already targets of too much harassment

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The future of transportation is electric, and the transition is happening much quicker than most of us in North America realize

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

An age of scientific miracles and wonder

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Recording is already banned in courthouses in Ontario but, hear me out, should we maybe just extend the smartglasses ban to everywhere else in the province?

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The lung health of children in London showed big improvements after auto emissions controls were tightened. Remember this when politicians propose only allowing new housing be built near busy pollution-heavy highways or arterial roads. Kids in apartments deserve cleaner air & quiet homes too.

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I agree with Dr. Moffatt that we should experiment with letting parents exercise proxy votes for their kids. The Charter affords all Canadians the right to vote, and earlier restrictions on prisoners’ voting were struck down. Surely at least some kids - even just teens - also deserve to vote.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"The Bald Range wildfire closed the 15-kilometre distance to Summerland in just a few hours."

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Based on these updated stats, if Canada had the same prime age employment rate as the US (80.4% vs 83.9% in Canada) an additional ~587,000 Canadians aged 25 to 54 would NOT be working. In other words, despite the US tariffs, the 🇨🇦 job market is healthier than the 🇺🇸 job market. Stay strong Canada.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

From Somewhere Sean William Randall 2026

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New Bloomberg piece providing a helpful overview of how much speeding has increased in Ontario cities since the Ford government capitulated to angry speeders and removed cameras

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Edmonton leads the way, showing new infill neighbours means lower taxes for existing residents

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Chad Leddy @chadleddy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We should levy a small payroll tax on every PR / communications role and use the proceeds to set up endowments to support local journalism

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