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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 22/08/2026

You know that feeling when you pick up on that the car dealer is trying to con you? You smile and walk off the lot. Tonight, PM Carney told conman Trump to go get F'd. 💪🏼🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 07/08/2026

Mark Carney vs Donald Trump. Donald Trump can fake a lot of things but he can't fake competence. Canada is having the last laugh. 🍁 #CanadaStrong

Top: Canada adds 75,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate hits two-year low

Bottom: The US economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs last month.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 06/08/2026

Agreed. We really need to send Carney a message that he can't take Toronto for granted.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 18/07/2026

Hello from Canada to our American neighbours. Nice evening for a relaxing paddle on the lake up here in Canada, just minding my own business. O' Canadaaaaa... 🍁

Apple Fitness paddle workout map, spelling out 86 47

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 18/07/2026

You stay ten feet away from my horse! 🐴

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Josh Matlow @joshmatlow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Doug Ford’s reckless “plan” for Toronto’s waterfront isn’t a done deal yet. We have a better plan - a balanced combination of healthy communities, recreational opportunities, amazing parks, economic development and a regional airport on the island that’s easy to deal with and works…

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 14/07/2026

CHANGE begins locally. An angry town can replace a complacent and/or complicit mayor and council members. A few angry towns can influence a city. Empowered cities can influence a state and 25 states can CHANGE a country. And if one man in Selma can change a country, millions of you can too.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 14/07/2026

To my American friends. Hard work is hard. A thread. I hear you saying you can’t stop going to work to hold the fascists accountable. They’ve kept you dependent. You’ve been told Freedom was a “God given right” but Freedom isn’t free, you have to work for it.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 02/07/2026

Deck the house in Phillips Hue lightbulbs and now the entire house reacts to music with bumping colours!

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 02/07/2026

This. Unless you're throwing a concert for a large group of people in one space you don't need loud sound to propagate your entire home. HomePod minis sound fantastic and can fill a room, cheap enough you can put one in every room.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 02/07/2026

Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square is the unexpected gem of this #FIFAWorldCup. ⚽️

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 01/07/2026

#Ronaldo and the Portuguese Selecção arriving in #Toronto. 🇵🇹 I just happened to be walking out of my condo to walk my dog and my national team is driving by. What are the odds?! Oh carálho! #WorldCup2026

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This is just flat-out criminal. {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w...

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 29/06/2026

Removing SCOTUS is impossible and that's going to be a bigger long term fight. Americans need to prepare for the reality that it'll take decades to undo the damage Trump has inflicted.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 29/06/2026

Little princess is about to get a reality check. Fingernails as long as her fingers aren't going to be practical when she's fighting for the last bag of rice with a tough babushka at the grocery store.

static.klipy.com

Babushka Grandma

ALT: Babushka Grandma

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 28/06/2026

Like with Trump, Putin's every accusation is a confession.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 28/06/2026

If the Russian Federation collapses after Ukraine as the Soviet Union did after Afghanistan, then it's possible that metropolitan cities within Europe might break off. Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg would likely end up within the European sphere.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 28/06/2026

On day one of the next Democratic administration, there needs to be an Executive Order to roll back every single appointment and act of the Trump administration en masse. Assume that everything they did was corrupt, work backwards to fill roles with vetted and qualified people.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 25/06/2026

Oh how cute, that's not "rock bottom". You're in for a treat. 💥

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 20/06/2026

Drag Lukashenko into the theatre, Putin can't protect him anymore. Belarusians will take care of him once his actions lead to energy and food shortages.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 13/06/2026

Always leave an exit for your enemy. When Ukraine is done with them the fleeing Russians will burn the bridge down themselves.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 13/06/2026

Yeah, the scaffolding goes way above the lettering, it’s not there for removal work, it’s there to cover the signage and claim they complied by removing it from view indefinitely while they stall for time in courts.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 13/06/2026

I’m sure you’re prepared to fight this but it’s clear they’re just going to cover the signage with scaffolding tonight to stall for time. They installed the signage with cherry pickers, they didn’t need scaffolding.

Covering up the Donald Trump signage on the Kennedy Center with scaffolding

Installed “Donald Trump” on Kennedy Center with cherry pickers

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 13/06/2026

They used cherry pickers to install the Donald Trump letters on the Kennedy Center, they don’t need scaffolding to remove them. I’m convinced the scaffolding is to cover the sign and leave it up while they fight this in court

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 13/06/2026

It's 2 hours to midnight. They've been putting up the scaffolding all day, there's no way they're removing The Donald Trump letters in time to follow the court order. They're going to cover it up and claim the sign isn't visible to stall for time. #KennedyCenter LIVE: www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...

Scaffolding covers the Kennedy Center signage

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 13/06/2026

Woosh! 💨 "The Donald Needy Memorial"

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 08/06/2026

Someone certainly got to them. Tahoe vs Golden Gate:

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 08/06/2026

Hey, they got rid of all the icons in the menus? Did you ask them why? 🤔

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 04/06/2026

Report to next week’s Planning & Housing Committee includes an analysis of the province’s airport expansion plan, with the caveat that a lot of details are TBD. City is working off basis that runway would be extended westwards. Here’s how that would look. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

Aerial map of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport showing proposed runway extensions and growth scenarios with labeled sections A through E indicating various RESA and runway extension limits.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 05/06/2026

Yes, this isn’t a difficult choice for the Liberals. Either Doug Ford gives Toronto its seat at the table or the conversation on the airport is over. Period. Whose team are they on?? This thing is souring me on Carney and not too long ago I was campaigning for him like I haven’t for anyone before.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 05/06/2026

My Toronto Liberal MP @runchinguyenrun.bsky.social has gotten an earful from me on her disingenuous boilerpoint answer to her constituents angry about Doug Ford stealing our waterfront and stealing our voice so he can turn Billy Bishop into a major airport. #NoJetsTO docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Response to a feedback form about the Billy Bishop Airpot expansion:

I've been a Liberal voter and organizer all my life and have voted exclusively for the Liberal Party in every election for decades. Your coordinated party talking points that are so transparently illusive to the real questions and demands your constituents have, standing by while Doug Ford steals Toronto's voice and democratic tools to keep him acceptable, has lost you my trust and certainly my vote. You do not have to wait for airport plans, what Ford is doing to Toronto is in plain view. If you won't fight for us, then who will?
Toronto has blanketed our federal ridings in red and you can't do the minimum and most obvious thing: the Federal Govt. should not negotiate with Ford on the airport, this is a Toronto matter. Mandate that he return Toronto to the table or end this charade immediately.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 03/06/2026

The People took away their power last election, handing majorities across the board to Republicans and now complain that Dems have no power to do anything. What the Senator can do is uncover the grift and bring it to light. Americans need to make better choices in November.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 31/05/2026

Not everything. It won't be called "BMO Field" for the World Cup. Repeatedly calling it "BMO" when the city scrubbed that name from tickets, maps, transit, signs, social, comms and the stadium itself, The Star missed a chance to inform people to avoid mistakes. It'll be called "Toronto Stadium".

A sign at Union Station shows directions to "Toronto Stadium".

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 31/05/2026

Let’s put it this way. Soon after the demolition request was denied, a wall collapsed. After months of appeals the city denied it again, forcing the owner to rebuild the wall and restore the heritage building, the entire building burned down. I’ll let you decide the odds of those coincidences.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 31/05/2026

I dont get lineups. Nothing is worth burning hours of my life waiting for. Not even ice cream.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 30/05/2026

As a dog owner whose always leashed dog has repeatedly been attacked or threatened by off leash dogs, thank you for this column. Beware: This pitbull is often off leash in front of Sick Kids Hospital (!!!) and the owner is exactly as you'd imagine him to be.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 30/05/2026

P.S. I brought this to a cop down the road. Shrugged his shoulders. Animal Services won't do anything without a bite. Gee, I'll let you know when this pitbull rips my face off.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 30/05/2026

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 30/05/2026

I expect this lot will remain empty until the entire super block is redeveloped. Cineplex has a long term lease into the 2040s and Toronto Metropolitan University owns the east half of the property. There are 3 other owners. It's complex.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 30/05/2026

The developer won't build without the parking. There's plenty of parking in the area, not to mention it sits on a subway line below it with possible direct access to the station from the condo, so no parking is needed but the developer doesn't think they can sell units without the parking. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 30/05/2026

A larger property needs to be assembled with the buildings to the south — or better, the entire city block, including The Tenor should be razed to build a mixed use city block split between institutional (Toronto Met), entertainment (Cineplex) and residential. Bonus if they rebuild The Empress.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 30/05/2026

The site isn't suitable for a 16 story condo tower the developer wants to build. It's too small of a footprint that doesn't allow for effective loading of the parking they want to include. It's fine for a 6 story mid-rise (no parking) but that won't make the developer money, so it's in limbo.

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Pedro Marques | metromanTO @ipedro.com · 30/05/2026

Oh, there's more... coincidentally, Salad King used to be located on this site at the old Empress Hotel which after demolition permits were denied by the City, the heritage building burned down one night. The owner of the property has since been repeatedly denied building permits for a condo.

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