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Toronto economic justice. #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli

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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey Ontarians, were you aware that Doug is going to spend tens of millions of your taxdoallra to move bike lanes he doesn't lik Oh, and he may be hiring a US company to do it..? Can you think of better, more pro-Canada ways we could spend all that money in Ontario? #onpoli
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Despite increasing debt more than any other Premier in history, nearly $600 billion, Ford still screwed everything up. While he focuses on private jets, fancy hotel stays, Ferris wheels and luxury spas, families are paying more & getting less from schools, hospitals & services they count on. #onpoli
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 22/09/2026
Over the weekend, the Bradford campaign challenged the media to do this "scavenger hunt" to uncover supposed places where Olivia Chow frittered away the provincial New Deal money. Challenge accepted. From my newsletter this week, here’s what I found.
An infographic for a City Hall scavenger hunt titled 'Where did the Money Go?' showing eight locations throughout Toronto where city budget expenditures are hidden, with clues and dollar amounts for each stop, ending at the Mayor's Office, and promoting Brad Bradford's mayoral campaign.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The story of Bradford catching up to Chow is based on a single outlier poll. #topoli
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This is in recent letter from TO's Police Chief to the Mayor. When Brad Bradford, Ford or the John Tory stans blather on about how the city was so much better before Chow, just laugh at them. Tory-Bradford ended their do-nothing tenure amidst a crime wave, that has been relieved by Chow. #topoli
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@profgalloway.com Idea: Trump wants people to think he's on the ballot this fall. How about Dems ie Ossof, Talarico, AOC, Whitmer offer to debate him? If he accepts, Republicans lose. If he declines, same. He likely can't help but accept and would then have a Biden-like debate crashout. #midterms26
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 18/09/2026
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 16/09/2026
Some of us weren’t interested in Ed Sheeran before it was cool
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Obliterating government transparency is never done when you're proud of the good and ethical work you're doing. #onpoli
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Faisal Hassan @faisalhassan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If "Buy Ontario. Buy Canadian." is the law, why is Ford sending our tax dollars to the US? New subway cars - built in Maryland Highway maintenance - Texas Teachers' supplies - Staples $140M hospital in Mississauga - US firm WSIB work - Boston. Ontario taxpayers deserve better. #ONpoli
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A new study suggests emergency department visits for gambling disorders have doubled in Ontario since the expansion of online gambling and legalization of single-event sports betting a few years ago. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1206135...
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ER visits for gambling rise in Ontario since expansion of online betting: study | Globalnews.ca
The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences says between January 2012 to September 2025 there was an increase in gambling-related emergency department visits among boys and men.
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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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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Brad Bradford works for Doug Ford and his Vaughan-based donors. Were Brad to become mayor he would push through the downtown Island airport, destroy lakefront parks and make getting into the downtown by car even more frustrating, all against the 80% of Torontonians who have rejected it. #topoli
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 15/09/2026
Meanwhile, Danielle Smith proposes coal mining to power AI data centres #cdnpoli
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Brad Bradforr said tonight that he supports data centres within the City of Toronto. #topoli
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
National Post, right on queue: what Canadians really need are lower wages.
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Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes. We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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‘Unbelievable how accurate’: How paid influencers hype Polymarket’s odds
The company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, used a personal PayPal account to send money to content creators, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Killing Toronto Island, Hanlan's beach, Little Norway Park & a massive increase in traffic will all be due to an US bank lobbying Ford & Carney. Those jokers are playing "Elbows Up" while letting a US bank destroy some of the best parts of our city? HELL NO. #topoli www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Richard Warnica: Who’s behind the massive lobbying campaign to expand the island airport? What I discovered should worry us all
One key player? A large American bank.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A perfect summary of Brad Bradford, who someday might decide what he stands for. #topoli
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Honest question: How many cars with cops does it take to arrest a scrawny boy on a bike who may or may not have shoplifted from a 7/11? Surely we don't need all FIVE cars and all the cops in them? Is it wishful thinking to have these folk making over $100k each out there preventing violence? #topoli
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Not sure why this matters. Let's change the law: you serve another country, you lose your Canadian citizenship. After that, you're free to make your own mistakes.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Hey, come on now, let's be fair, because who among us didn't get a 31% raise last year?
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
NEW: Inflation last year hovered around 2%, but pay in Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office shot up by almost 11%. The premier's team now costs over $8 million in salaries, with average pay north of $160,000. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1175063...
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Cost of Premier Doug Ford’s top staff grew by 11% in 2025 | Globalnews.ca
The Sunshine List shows 50 individuals in the Premier's Office earned an average of $162,000 in 2025, pushing up the total compensation to over $8 million.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Traffic worse than ever and Ford gets nothing done. Ever. Nothing.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Ridiculous. Absolutely not. He's dead wrong. What year is this??
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Pierre Poilievre has makeovers more often than the Kardashian family
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Josh Matlow @joshmatlow.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Ford government privatized Toronto’s recycling pick up program and service either declined or wasn’t provided at all. I’m demanding accountability, and that the premier fix what he broke- a basic service that had been working predictably and reliably for decades.
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Shame on you Globe & Mail. No, Canada is not poorer than Alabama. "Despite lower economic growth per person, most Canadians earn more, live longer and fare better than Americans." policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/04/cana...
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The perils of per capita GDP: No, Canada is not poorer than Alabama
This is the second of a two-part analysis of Canada’s GDP per capita. The first part can be found here. Some business and political commentators cite a growing gap between the per capita GDP of Canada...
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Doug Ford lost Ontario $245 million in investment and 300 jobs, then calls the $23 million crumbs a win that only he could've secured. #math www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Crown Royal stays on LCBO shelves after deal with Ford government
Crown Royal will remain on the shelves at Ontario liquor stores after the province and the whisky brand’s parent company reached an agreement on $23 million in new investments in
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Poilievre, Canada's highest taxpayer expensing politician in 2025 is working behind the scenes to prop up the Liberals in order to avoid losing an election. He's become the Jagmeet Singh he complained so much about. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Conservatives, Liberals in behind-the-scenes negotiations as PM downplays election talk | CBC News
Liberals and Conservatives are working out a path that could keep the government in power, sources tell CBC News, while Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to downplay the likelihood of a spring elec...
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Poilievre, Canada's highest taxpayer expensing politician in 2025 is working behind the scenes to prop up the Liberals in order to avoid losing an election. He's become the Jagmeet Singh he complained so much about. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Conservatives, Liberals in behind-the-scenes negotiations as PM downplays election talk | CBC News
Liberals and Conservatives are working out a path that could keep the government in power, sources tell CBC News, while Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to downplay the likelihood of a spring elec...
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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Another day, another example of Alberta's premier fighting hard to defend separatists than defeat them. Why it's time for the rest of Canada to pick up the gauntlet — and start treating her like the separatist she is. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
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Yes, Danielle Smith is a separatist
Alberta's premier says she supports "a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." Her actions tell a much different story — one that makes her position on the issue impossible to ignore.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Randy Hillier trolling Brian Lilley about Doug Ford going to Florida while Brian Lilley's in Florida bragging about the price of things in Florida is top shelf social media shenanigans.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
At this point I think we can probably just replace the entire Doug Ford government with an AI chatbot.
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Ontario legislature to take 14-week winter break, following 19-week summer break | CBC News
Ontario's legislature is set to take a 14-week winter break, less than two months after resuming from a 19-week summer break.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
With a corruption scandal nearly every day, Ford shows up to work less often than any politician in Canada because he can't handle the responsibility. 1000's of people are losing their jobs, housing & groceries are unaffordable, so... he takes another long vacation. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Ford government extends Ontario legislature’s Christmas break until late March
Premier Doug Ford's government is giving the Ontario legislature an unusually long Christmas break, extending it until March 23.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
@btpmnpr.bsky.social How can I be removed from your mailing list? I had tried to email a few accounts to no avail. I respect what you do but I am not a donor and don't want your mail going to my old address. Please get back to me to remove me. Appreciate it.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Walk around your neighbourhood. Notice Christmas decor all over countless homes. Then recall that the right wing has been whining for decades that Christmas is being cancelled. Now laugh at loud at how stupid that was. Now do the same with all the right's nonsense about "wokeness," free speech, etc.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The Eglinton line was well on its way to being completed when Doug Ford became Premier 7 years ago. Now it's 5 years late and counting. Ford spends record amounts of taxpayer money and makes a lot of announcements, but... Name 2 things Ford has completed. Good luck. www.thestar.com/news/gta/egl...
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Eglinton Crosstown LRT documents reveal potential plans for opening, possible delays
Confidential documents viewed by the Star show that testing of the Crosstown could extend beyond the expected opening date of September.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The Beer Store cleans up a Doug Ford mess: www.thestar.com/business/bee...
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Beer Store makes deal to take Ontario grocery stores’ beer and wine empties. ‘There’s no downside’
Independent grocery stores had warned they would stop selling beer and wine as of Jan. 1 if they had to take empties, citing concerns of food safety, logistics, and costs.
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Suzanne Kettley @suzannekettley.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This is nice to know. I did bristle at the last line of the piece, though. Environmentalists aren't out there trying to ruin our lives; they're trying to preserve them. If light needs to be shed on the arguments, fine, but stop treating environmentalists like they're the enemy:
The end of the article says the following:
If May really wanted to pour some cold water on the idea of exporting oil via B.C.’s North Coast, she could’ve easily made an economic case against it.

The higher costs of mandatory tug escorts, the constraints of running smaller tankers, the real operational challenges posed by the geography, the limited time and tide windows, and the need to formally integrate Indigenous marine guardians and coastal pilots into any future traffic regime are all real hurdles.

Perhaps they’re just not the ones that appeal to environmentalists.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Another day, another Ford corruption scandal. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Ford government seeks planning exemptions for training centres built with Skills Development Fund cash
Premier Doug Ford is making sweeping exemptions to planning rules — all for the benefit of operators running worker training facilities built with money from the Skills Development Fund, warns
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
One effect of "cash bail," which Ontario is herewith seeking to institute, is that poorer people stay in jail awaiting trial—losing housing, work and so on—even on petty charges while richer people don't. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Federal Liberals have given up any pretense that they will seriously address climate change, putting countless Canadians in financial and health jeopardy. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Yesterday Canada received the "fossil of the day" award for countries doing the most to achieve the least. First time since Harper was PM. In recent years Canada built up influence, but under Carney is seen as a country that chooses irrelevancy in negotiations as it pursues a fossil fuel agenda.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Elizabeth May just saved Poilievre's career and possibly ended her own by voting for a Carney's budget that will bludgoen climate change and the planet.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Meanwhile, North Americans are still arguing about whether vaccines work. Don't worry, there will be no vaccines when robots crash the global economy.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Corruption Scandal-A-Day Ford government doing what it does.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I mean...this is pretty spot on.
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