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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
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
When we pushed the transportation minister on it, he said the amount of taxpayer money given to the premier's friend's company is "private." #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/governm...
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Ford friend’s Metrolinx settlement ‘private’: transportation minister
Carmine Nigro’s development group sought $500 million in expropriation battle over ‘air rights’ it did not own
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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
Sources working on the project say Metrolinx simply stopped talking to them. Leaked C-suite minutes, premier's office emails, and sources with first-hand knowledge flesh out a picture of what one former employee called "pure chaos." #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 · 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 · 20/03/2026
Metrolinx's COO said the leaked report that found GO trains to be in "poor" condition was "taken out of context." “There's nothing that would operate out there with a deficiency that would be safety critical to any railway." #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Facing questions over the state of the GO fleet and a near-miss Metrolinx did not publicize, Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said GO trains are among the safest in the world. “People are really trusting the GO Transit network,” he said. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Minister defends Metrolinx’s safety record after reports of maintenance issues, near miss
Report on ‘poor’ condition of GO trains ‘taken out of context,’ agency’s COO says
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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
I was able to put this together by FOI-ing records for the meetings between bidders and govt singled out in the auditor general's report. The bidders were anonymized in the report, but my FOI-ed invites weren't. Cross-referencing the dates and times with the report revealed their identity. Fun!
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The Liberals planned for it to be one of the site's "anchor tenants," but couldn't get it done before the PCs were elected. The Ford government shortlisted the pitch as well, but ultimately ditched it for Therme/Live Nation. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Two longtime Hollywood execs pitched a combination film and TV production facility and "Universal City" experience with studio tours, rides and an amusement park. "Potential partners" included Universal, Sony, Google and Amazon. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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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
From last week: A non-profit with ties to Drake got $3.3 million from Ontario’s Skills Development Fund — but has since shut down, and the province claims the group owes it money. It matches an example from the AG report of a low-ranked group picked by the MO. www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Ford government seeking money back from defunct Skills Development Fund recipient with ties to Drake
The not-for-profit got more than $3 million in taxpayer funds before it shut down
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
From Monday: 63% of this round’s $345M Skills Development Fund went to groups led by PC donors. The top recipient held a $120k fundraiser for Labour Minister David Piccini months before it got $14M. www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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Groups led by PC donors received majority of recent Ontario training funds
One group received $14 million, the largest grant of the Skills Development Fund’s fifth round, after hosting a $120,000 fundraiser for the labour minister’s riding association
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
From Tuesday: Labour minister’s fundraiser cancelled David Piccini, who’s been under fire over how the Skills Development Fund has benefited PC donors and friends, said it was called off due to a ‘personal commitment’ www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Labour minister’s fundraiser cancelled amid Skills Development Fund controversy
Minister David Piccini, who’s been under fire over how the fund has benefited PC donors and others with ties to the party, said it was called off due to a ‘personal commitment’
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
From yesterday: The church where a Ford government cabinet minister was married got $2.8M from the Skills Development Fund and Labour Ministry. It’s one of three places of worship to get SDF grants, all with apparent PC connections. www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Church where PC cabinet minister was married got $2.8M from Skills Development Fund, ministry
Gurdwara that posted Ford endorsement also received SDF grant
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
From today: The Ford government gave millions of tax dollars through the Skills Development Fund to a company with a PC Party vice-president, and another group run by an unsuccessful PC candidate. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Ford government gave training funds to groups involving PC party VP, candidate
Labour Minister David Piccini and his predecessor altogether granted the company and developers’ association upwards of $5.75 million
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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
I have this thought every time I listen to the radio in the States. Especially talk radio. Every ad is either "Do you feel terrible? Take this frightening drug," "Do you have no money? We can nonspecifically help," or "Are you a patriot? Invest in this obvious scam"
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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
The federal government says it will be getting in touch with the province about the fund, and doesn’t sound happy. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
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Feds to review effectiveness and transparency of Ontario’s Skills Development Fund after scathing auditor general report
The grant program slammed by the province’s auditor general as ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’ was partially funded by the federal government
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Two former chiefs of staff to Michael Ford, the premier’s nephew, represented clients that received millions of dollars from the Skills Development Fund. Both are relatively new to the lobbying scene. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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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 · 06/10/2025
Clients of one firm owned by Kory Teneycke, the premier’s campaign manager, have received more than $100 million from the Skills Development Fund. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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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 · 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
The decision likely won’t “open the floodgates” to similar challenges, he wrote. "Most road and traffic decisions are well-grounded in data and safety concerns, as one would expect, and are unlikely to be challenged as arbitrary." #onpoli #topoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Court strikes down planned Toronto bike lane removals
Tearing out Bloor, Yonge, University lanes violates right to life, security: judge
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Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
No, you don't have a constitutional right to bike lanes now. Governments can make decisions that harm, but when they do so “arbitrarily,” the Charter comes into play, the judge wrote. #onpoli #topoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Court strikes down planned Toronto bike lane removals
Tearing out Bloor, Yonge, University lanes violates right to life, security: judge
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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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