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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New: Engineers warned Metrolinx of ‘fall hazard’ months before GO train passenger fell and died #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Engineers warned Metrolinx of ‘fall hazard’ months before GO train passenger fell and died
Cracked, uneven platform contributed to woman falling, being hit by train: leaked report
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Canadian Journalism Foundation @cjf-fjc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
CJF Dr. Eric Jackman Award (Small) Finalist Spotlight: The Trillium was shortlisted for its reporting on how a provincial Skills Development Fund became a conduit for the Ontario Conservative government to reward its donors and friends with grants. /1
A collage featuring a photo of the CJF Awards ceremony, a close-up photo of a man in a suit being interviewed by multiple reporters holding microphones and recording devices, and text that says “The Trillium 2026 CJF Dr. Eric Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism (Small) Finalist.”
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
ICYMI: Metrolinx has settled, for an undisclosed amount, a $500 million expropriation dispute with a development group that includes a close friend of Premier Doug Ford. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Ford friend’s company settles $500M air rights expropriation dispute with Metrolinx
Government won’t say how much taxpayer money went to Carmine Nigro’s development group
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Jessica Smith Cross @jessiecatherine.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A Ford government minister didn’t attend the prestigious U.S. university his official bios claimed. Michael Tibollo never went to the University of Southern California — it was the online-only ‘California Southern University.' www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Ford government minister didn’t attend the prestigious U.S. university claimed in his official bios
Michael Tibollo never went to the University of Southern California — it was the online-only ‘California Southern University'
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Premier Doug Ford said he will not ban companies from charging two people different prices for the same item, saying that doing so would be “socialism.” #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 10/04/2026
In the latest episode of Sources, Ontario reporter @ericwickham.ca speaks to @jackhauen.bsky.social about what changes to Freedom of Information laws mean for Ontario. 🎧Listen here: pressprogress.ca/heres-what-c...
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Here’s what changes to Freedom of Information laws mean for Ontario
Doug Ford is making it harder for reporters and the public to find things out about the province.
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Metrolinx said it fired the German partners who were supposed to take over GO trains because they couldn't meet deadlines. Internally, however, the group found they were waiting on several key tasks being "blocked" by Metrolinx. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Metrolinx ‘blocked’ key tasks, then fired partners for missing deadlines: report
Internal emails and minutes hint at what a source called 'pure chaos' behind the scenes
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
New: Metrolinx's plan to run more frequent, shorter GO trains is now “unlikely to materialize” after it fired the European partners who planned to make it happen, according to a draft of the agency's internal fleet strategy. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Shorter, more frequent GO train plan ‘unlikely to materialize’: leaked document
Metrolinx locked into agreements for trains it no longer needs, draft fleet strategy says
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New: Ontarians could be waiting another decade or more before they can hop on an electric GO train. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Metrolinx could run first electric GO trains in 2036: leaked document
Electrification to start with Lakeshore lines; no word on other routes in agency's internal fleet strategy draft
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
New: Metrolinx’s GO train fleet is in "poor" condition and assets could "begin to fail" this year, according to an internal draft report. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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GO trains in ‘poor’ condition; assets could ‘begin to fail’ this year: leaked document
Metrolinx still trying to replace expertise lost after ending Deutsche Bahn contract, according to internal fleet strategy draft
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New: The Ford government secretly reduced Canadian content requirements for two of its biggest transit projects, and when confronted, said no policies had changed. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Ford government hid decision to lower Canadian content requirement for new trains: emails
Metrolinx learned about Cancon exemption years after decision was made, internal notes say
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New: How Ontario Place almost became a Universal Studios-style amusement park #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
New: The OPP's anti-rackets branch is investigating Jake's House, another group given millions by the Ford government, including through the Skills Development Fund. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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OPP investigating another group given millions by Ford government
Ontario cut funding to Jake’s House after ‘years’ of managing ‘issues and risks,’ including related to the disability charity’s ‘governance … and fiscal responsibility’
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
A thread of recent @thetrillium.bsky.social reporting on the Skills Development Fund. #onpoli
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
ICYMI: Months before he was labour minister, David Piccini was in Leafs glass seats with a director of a company he later granted $7.5M to. Piccini attended the Parisian wedding of the company’s lobbyist. From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Labour minister was in Leafs glass seats with director of company he granted funding to
The ‘lower-scoring’ company got $7.5M of tax dollars through David Piccini’s office and is a client of the lobbyist whose Parisian wedding the minister recently attended
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
New: Ontario's labour minister said he was personally involved in picking “lower-scoring” Skills Development Fund recipients. He held up one whose lobbyist's wedding he attended as an example of a lower-ranked applicant with sizeable impact. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
Labour Minister David Piccini said he was personally involved in picking “lower-scoring” recipients of a $2.5-billion training fund that the province's auditor general recently labelled "not fair, transparent or accountable."

The auditor general found that less than half of the recipients of the Ministry of Labour's Skills Development Fund (SDF) were given "high" scores on their proposals by non-partisan civil servants who evaluated them, while the majority — 54 per cent — were ranked as having “lower” quality proposals.

Piccini defended the fund in a Newstalk 1010 radio interview on Wednesday.

"I mean, there were projects that were lower-scoring that we did select — and that's a conversation I have with our officials here — that align with government priorities,” he said.

“I mean, Peel Police — we supported (a) lower-scoring project. It supports mental health. Our first responders are more likely than the general population to commit suicide. That's a real reality,” Piccini added.

The minister was referring to a project by Keel Digital Solutions — the company represented by the lobbyist whose Parisian wedding Piccini attended this past weekend.
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
NEW: David Piccini, the minister whose office picks Skills Development Fund recipients, was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients received millions from that fund. From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social. www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds
Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
New: Clients of lobbying firms with close connections to Premier Doug Ford and his nephew have been hugely successful in applying to the province’s Skills Development Fund. Full analysis: www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #onpoli
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Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds
Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
NEW: The organization that’s supposed to be making sure the people building your home aren’t cheats, liars or swindlers is asleep at the wheel, Ontario’s auditor general has found. From me and Steve Cornwell. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
BREAKING: The Ford govt has given groups hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars against the advice of civil servants who’d evaluated their applications, per Ontario’s auditor general. @thetrillium.bsky.social has been covering this story in depth. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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BREAKING: Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general
Ford government labour ministers overruled civil servants to fund skills training by groups with lobbyists, according to a scathing new report
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Facing pressure from above, Ontario's psychologist regulator has voted to cut training requirements and allow unlimited exam attempts. It's a fascinating debate. What's more important: the highest bar for mental health docs — or more of them? #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
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College looks to cut psychologist training requirements, citing Ford government changes
National association warns proposal a ‘serious threat to public safety’
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Premier Doug Ford says speed cameras don't slow people down. They do. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Ontario to ban speed cameras, fund other road-calming measures instead
Ford makes series of false claims in announcement
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Ontario's highest court will now decide whether Doug Ford's government can have its way with three major Toronto bike lanes. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Ford government appeals decision blocking its bike lane removals
Lower court 'exceeded its jurisdiction' and 'made multiple errors of law', Ontario argues
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The premier thanked Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown for following his lead on RTO, and called on everyone else to follow suit. Not all municipalities are into the idea. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
New: Doug Ford is leaving open the possibility of invoking the notwithstanding clause to remove three Toronto bike lanes. “Let's see what happens at the Court of Appeal, and then we'll go from there." #onpoli #topoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Ford floats use of notwithstanding clause in Toronto bike lanes case
‘Let’s see what happens at the Court of Appeal,’ Premier Doug Ford told reporters
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Cycling advocates have won. The Ford government's plan to remove three major bike lanes in Toronto violates the Charter, Ontario's Superior Court rules. Story to come. #onpoli #topoli
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
New: Ontario could make up to $800,000/day from a U.S. electricity surcharge, according to internal estimates. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Metrolinx facing $8.2 billion in legal claims www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The Ontario NDP is calling for "urgent action" after an increase in overdoses after CTS site closures. During the recent campaign, I repeatedly pressed Marit Stiles on whether she would reinstate CTS sites. She was noncommittal. thetrillium.ca/insider-news/s…
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
In which a Toronto cop gives $325 tickets to cyclists who slow-roll a changing red light, but two videos beforehand, ignores a driver who slow-rolls a stop sign because he’s a “fair and reasonable person.”
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
62% of Torontonians say main streets should "offer a balance to all road users" including transit, pedestrians and cyclists — but not many PC voters agree. Most Toronto Tories said main streets "should be prioritized for car traffic or parking." #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Most Torontonians for building protected bike lanes: poll
Faults emerge along partisan lines, though a majority of respondents support mixed-use roads and more space for bikes
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
After responses about expanding GO train service to Vancouver and an electrification schedule 18,000 years into the future, Metrolinx says GO Transit will no longer respond using AI. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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GO Transit X account will no longer respond to riders with AI: Metrolinx
'We recognize that we did not meet our customer support standards, and we have provided clear direction to our vendor that AI cannot be used under any circumstances,' the agency said
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Ancient Doug Ford lore requires me to remind people of the time Ford said changerooms and showers at City Hall would be overrun by public sex acts.
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
New: Therme says the public park around its future spa will have multiple swimming points and free, year-round changing rooms with showers. www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Therme shows off design of Ontario Place water park
Its new design is half the size of the original 65,000 square metre proposal
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 28/06/2025
Doug Ford has been busy! In the past ~2 months, his government has proposed or passed a flurry of laws with the potential to reshape Ontario. There's no way you've been able to keep up with it all. So we spoke to @jackhauen.bsky.social, who has. pressprogress.ca/how-doug-for...
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How Doug Ford Is Changing Ontario
In even more ways than you think
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 04/07/2025
When Metrolinx hooked up with European rail experts, the result was a "slow-motion train wreck." The Trillium's @jackhauen.bsky.social breaks down why we (well, Ontario) can't have nice things.
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When Metrolinx Hooked Up with European Rail Experts, the Result Was a “Slow-motion Train Wreck”
The Trillium's Jack Hauen explains how Metrolinx gave up its dream of a world-class rail network, opting instead to build the
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
ICYMI: Ontario revealed plans for a five-storey, 3,500-space, $400 million parking garage at Ontario Place. Premier Doug Ford said it "will be blended into the surrounding area." "You'll barely even see a parking lot.” #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Ontario reveals five-storey Ontario Place parking garage; Science Centre still TBD
'You'll barely even see' the garage: Ford
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
With Ontario still building far too few homes, I asked Premier Doug Ford if he had any regrets about how he’s handled the file over the past seven years. He said he “wouldn’t do anything differently.” #onpoli thetrillium.ca/trillium-ins...
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The Ford government says the lack of classroom AC is school boards' responsibility. The TDSB says adding AC is impossible with a $4.5B repair backlog. #onpoli #topoli 🔓 www.thetrillium.ca/news/educati...
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Province says school boards are to blame for classrooms without A/C
Adding A/C ‘not financially possible’ with multi-billion-dollar repair backlog: TDSB
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Some really interesting context on how Deutsche Bahn's international operations (including its work on GO) feed into its issues back in Germany.
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
ICYMI: Several well-placed sources, leaked documents and recordings of internal town halls detail how a bitter, years-long falling out with a European partner has led Metrolinx to scale back its ambitious GO Expansion plan. No paywall. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service went off the rails
GO Expansion will still transform Greater Golden Horseshoe transit — but likely won’t be as ambitious as what was planned just three years ago
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Jessica Smith Cross @jessiecatherine.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
NEW: How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service went off the rails @jackhauen.bsky.social got excruciating detail on MX's split with Deutsche Bahn on the GO expansion, and the scope reduction for all-day, two-way GO www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service went off the rails
GO Expansion will still transform Greater Golden Horseshoe transit — but likely won’t be as ambitious as what was planned just three years ago
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A judge has granted an injunction temporarily halting the Ford government’s plans to remove the Bloor, Yonge and University bike lanes, while he considers whether he will allow those removals to go ahead at all. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Court temporarily halts removal of three Toronto bike lanes
Injunction pauses Bloor, Yonge, University removals until Charter challenge resolved
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
New: We obtained hospital notes about the patients the health minister has called “bed blockers.” Many have severe health issues including feeding & breathing tubes, can’t afford private care, and can’t go home. For some, there is nowhere else to go. www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
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Meet the so-called 'bed-blockers' in Ontario's hospitals
Some 'alternate-level-of-care' patients the government wants out of hospitals are bedbound with feeding tubes, gaping wounds and no family to lean on
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The best political story you'll read today, by @jackhauen.bsky.social, via @tyolsen.bsky.social: www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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'Everyone's waving that Canadian flag': Ford explains tariffs, GDP to third-graders
The premier answered questions on his age and salary, but made sure to cram in some educational and patriotic content as well
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Jessica Smith Cross @jessiecatherine.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
"And families can disagree sometimes, your brother, your sister, right, we have a little bit — but someone else comes to bother our family? Yeah, that's it. It's game over." Ford explains tariffs, GDP to third-graders www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... By @jackhauen.bsky.social
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'Everyone's waving that Canadian flag': Ford explains tariffs, GDP to third-graders
The premier answered questions on his age and salary, but made sure to cram in some educational and patriotic content as well
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New: At least 11 employment programs, many focused on people with disabilities, have ended in the past year after the Ford govt's changes. Confidential documents admit to cuts and suggest workers skip lunch to deal with the increased workload. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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Employment programs for disabled job-seekers shutter after Ford government changes
Internal documents admit to budget cuts, propose employees skip lunch breaks
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Brendan Kennedy @bkstar.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
As first reported by @jessiecatherine.bsky.social, @charliepinkerton.bsky.social & @jackhauen.bsky.social at The Trillium, two former Ford government staffers have been accused in a lawsuit of promising to help a developer get land rezoned for money. Full story 👇 www.thestar.com/news/the-for...
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The former Ford government staffer at the heart of the Greenbelt scandal has been accused of promising to help developer for money
A lawsuit alleges Ryan Amato and another government staffer promised to use “backchannel contacts” to secure rezoning. Both men deny the allegations.
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Emma McIntosh @emmamci.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A little Monday good news from me! The Narwhal has learned that Rouge National Urban Park is set to grow. Later today, the federal government will announce it has scrapped a plan for an airport in Pickering. Most of the land it set aside for the proposed airport will instead go to Parks Canada 🌳
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Not news exactly but I had missed that after more than a decade of absence Toronto has voted to rejoin the Association of Municipalities of Ontario as of Jan 1. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
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