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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This nerdtastic piece, by our @jeffreybgray.bsky.social, is super wonky but might be the most important thing in the paper today www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
Ontario’s taxing problem with property owners
Lifting province’s property assessment freeze could cause municipal taxes to shoot up for some, while others may find they’ve been paying too much for years
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keithmuise80.bsky.social @keithmuise80.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher Dr Mark Ungrin. We also hear from Dr David Keegan and Kerri Bowser and you’ll notice they all have masks on. Great modelling along with the messaging. #MaskUp #Covid19 #LongCovid #CleanIndoorAirNow
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Pretty much every Carney policy has come from left field, justified not by careful study or enacting long-discussed plans, but by his assertion that he’s the Smartest Man in the Room and if we don’t do exactly what he says right now, the Americans will get us." "governance by whim" #CdnPoli
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social has written what is now my favourite succinct analysis of why Alto is such a vital national project.
The value of cities is not merely that they concentrate people and transactions. It is that they create a shared
world: places where strangers encounter one another, where ideas circulate, and where commerce emerges from proximity and
exchange. Even now, the economic power of cities is inseparable from their social and cultural life. Yet this is poorly understood by many
governments.  Alto promises to remedy that, while
protecting Canada against a future in which high oil
prices and climate politics make roads and airports much less accessible. If done right - with well-located downtown terminal stations
- Alto would remake the cultural and economic
geography of Canada.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 10/09/2026
David Suzuki: “We need to declare an emergency that changes everything” “We’re on a path to extinction. When there’s an emergency, like a war, economics are set aside. That’s how we need to treat this: by using every technique available to win this war.”
cultmtl.com
David Suzuki: "We need to declare an emergency that changes everything"
An interview with Canada's legendary environmental activist David Suzuki about what has to change if humanity hopes to survive.
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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Awful stuff for this family. Life altering injuries and then trying to get justice will be a hard slog too. www.thestar.com/news/gta/fam...
thestar.com
Family of 15-year-old boy severely injured after being struck near site of former speed camera, sues province, city
According to the statement of claim, the boy suffered a number of injuries, including a traumatic brain injury and ongoing cognitive, psychological and behavioural effects.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/09/2026
Environmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
nationalobserver.com
Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
here’s me from last night on power & politics re: the recent behaviour of the Trump administration towards Canada
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The judge's ruling cites "common sense" as the reason that adding more lanes eases congestion IT DOESN'T!! THERE'S AN ENTIRE FIELD OF STUDY AROUND THIS VERY TOPIC!! WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE, LIKE, THE 1960s!!
[59]       The question, then, is this: is there a rational connection between the purpose of reducing traffic congestion and the decision to increase the number of lanes for motor vehicles by removing bicycle lanes? The respondents were required to establish that there was no such connection. The appellants were not required to establish that the legislation will prove effective in reducing traffic congestion.

[60]       Common sense provides the answer here: increasing the number of lanes available for motor vehicles must, at least to some extent, and for some period of time, be capable of contributing to reducing traffic congestion. The legislation is therefore rational. Assumptions grounded in everyday experience and common sense need not be established empirically: Gosselin v. Québec (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 84, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 429, at para. 56.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
bloomberg.com
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you're scared about being the only person wearing a mask, I can tell you that most people do not care. I've been masking for the past 6 years. I've travelled to several different countries in that time. I've never had Covid and I've endured a handful of snarky comments at most. Be brave.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I'm old enough to remember when there was no wildfire season, it was just called 'summer'
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Personally, I don't like that the Liberals are running a conservative government that's openly selling out the country to Big Oil and Big Tech. But that's because I'm actually paying attention and not mindlessly trusting daddy banker because he seems boring and therefore competent.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You can tell an infrastructure project is desperately needed by a private industry when the government has to pay for it and also pay that private industry to use it.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
Alberta will provide oilsands producers with incentives to fill proposed West Coast pipeline
Five major companies also agreed to build Pathways carbon capture and storage mega-project
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Canada Day extreme weather brought to you by climate change, which Carney announced yesterday we can’t afford to properly fight 🤗
CBC headline reads: Canada Day activities in Ottawa cancelled due to
'extreme weather,' including fireworks

Torrential rain falls on the capital

By: Gabrielle Huston

Published July 1 at 3:21pmET
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"Hello, my name is Mark Carney. I have decided it's fine to cook your grandchildren for the sake of shareholder value."
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Huge misstep by @mark-carney.bsky.social and his #LPC government by announcing the abandonment of the Trudeau era climate goals! We need to accelerate climate action, NOT scale back! Hope @avilewis.ca & the #NDP seize the opportunity to regain support! #shame #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
thestar.com
Mark Carney calls carbon emissions targets a ‘not sustainable’ threat to national unity
Canada will not hit carbon emission reduction targets set under the Trudeau government, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, arguing that downgrading the country's climate-change ambitions is nece...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
With heat waves shattering temperature records across the globe, leading to needless deaths, let me just say that history will not look fondly on those who put fossil fuel profits above saving the planet.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Eroding the social safety net, privatizing airports, ending pharmacare, hundreds of millions cut from Indigenous services, postal service on life support, billions in welfare to big tech for data centers, bullets still shipping to Israel... Can't put into words how right wing this government is
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 14/05/2026
From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.
Line chart showing vehicles exceeding 60 km/h on Parkside Drive from January to April, comparing enforcement periods with and without speed cameras. The data shows a dramatic increase in speeding violations after the camera ban in November 2025
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Now happening: the thing everyone predicted would happen - except for Doug Ford's government. #ONpoli
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This boy is in critical condition. This is a former speed camera site and a crosswalk with difficult sightlines (which means a speed camera was *important*). You can bet Ford's people are prepared with key messages about this. This is shameful. This is deeply upsetting. #OnPoli #ToPoli
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Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A Moist Owlette is freshly showered at Owl Park San Vigilio, a zoological park in northern Italy 🇮🇹 via fb.com/816647270688... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
Captured in bright indoor lighting before a hessian pin board, a Great Horned Owl with wide-eyes and wet-plumage is cloaked in a white cloth. Spiked feathers radiate from his head in all directions, like a hairy durian, accentuating his look of shock and indignation. We may have found the true paragon of Owls in Towels.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"It’s difficult to know why the word “airborne” is avoided so consistently, but the impact is clear: without that word, occupational health and safety requirements can be evaded." #Covid #WorkerSafety #HealthAndSafety
In an effort to learn from this horrifying experience (438 cases and 44 deaths), the Ontario government created the Campbell Commission. It noted the strong resistance among many medical practitioners to acknowledge that SARS spread predominantly through airborne transmission. In its 1,200-page report, the commission highlighted the following:

The point is not who is right and who is wrong about airborne transmission. The point is not science, but safety. Scientific knowledge changes constantly.... When it comes to worker safety in hospitals, we should not be driven by the scientific dogma of yesterday or even the scientific dogma of today. We should be driven by the precautionary principle that reasonable steps to reduce risk should not await scientific certainty. Until this precautionary principle is fully recognized, mandated and enforced in Ontario’s hospitals, workers will continue to be at risk.
It is painfully apparent that we didn’t learn the lesson in time for Dr. C’s visit to the nursing home. Although based in the United States, her experience is shared by health-care workers across North America. With rare exceptions, almost no jurisdiction used the lessons of the past to inform their response to the new virus. Indeed, six years later, we still haven’t learned it.
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on air purifier filters in university spaces without symptomatic or confirmed cases
Understanding the seasonality and prevalence of respiratory viruses in indoor environments is essential for protecting public health in the post-pandemic era. This study investigated the presence o...
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New from me at TVO, on Doug Ford's war on the car. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
tvo.org
ANALYSIS: Is Doug Ford waging a war on cars? | TVO Today
Soaring gas prices. Worsening congestion. Fewer options. Are drivers better off than eight years ago?
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Please spare a thought for Doug Ford this morning as he heads to Queen’s Park for the first time in 2026 for day 1 of 32 sitting days before his 14-week summer holiday begins. #DougFordIsCorrupt
The parliamentary calendar for the Ontario legislature for 2026 shows 19 weeks of work (4 days each week) for a total of 76 sitting days for the year.A circular blue image with a picture Doug Ford - Canada’s laziest and possibly most corrupt premier. Around his face are the words: This is why Ontario can’t have nice things.
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
1/11 🇨🇦 DOUG FORD'S SQUANDERED ONTARIO MANDATE 🇨🇦 Given the rare political gifts of time and absolute power, the Premier has spent eight years fiddling around the margins. Now, distraction is the main policy. Source: The Globe And Mail #CdnPoli #OnPoli #CanPoli #DougFord #OntarioFOI
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The gap between what most Canadians think Carney is doing (strengthening the country so we can stand up to the US) and what he's actually doing (hollowing out our best chance at standing up to the United States) is something to behold.
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Suzanne Kettley @suzannekettley.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"Canada...is failing because it has made a collective decision—quietly, implicitly, but consistently—that economic growth tied to oil and gas will take precedence over emissions reduction."
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New data from Stats Canada shows the % of adults reporting very good to perfect functional health declined across all provinces from 65.4% in 2019 to 56.4% in 2024 - driven by worsening emotional health & pain, with young people hit hardest 👀
Stats Canada newly release map of country showing decline in adults with very good to perfect functions health from 68.6% (2015) to 65.4% (2019) to 56.4% (2024) across ALL provinces
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Kimberly Prather PhD @kprather.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Photo of indoor air filter used in a home in Imperial Beach. House is on the beach and nearly 3 miles from major freeway. This is after 4 months. Disgusting...but better trapped on this surface than your lungs? All homes should use filtration all the time. We filter our water before we drink it....
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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"NDP Leader @maritstilesndp.bsky.social called it 'bullshit,' telling reporters she’s wondering what freedom-of-information request 'triggered the government so much that they're going to change the laws to hide their own corruption?' www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #onpoli
thetrillium.ca
Ford government’s plan to restrict public access to politicians’ documents would ‘gut public trust,’ commissioner warns
The proposed legislation comes amid battles for access to documents on the Greenbelt and Skills Development Fund scandals and the premier’s personal cellphone records
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 06/03/2026
Working in a pandemic world is just listening to colleagues say “there must be something going around” on a weekly basis for years and trying to decide if you wanna remind them it’s covid or silently scream into the void again.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This is what it really comes down to. Masks are a reminder the pandemic isn’t over. 🔹COVID is airborne 🔹Each infection carries cumulative risk 🔹Long COVID has no cure 🔹The pandemic isn’t over 🔹Wearing a mask is still one of the best ways to protect yourself and others Stay informed. Stay safe.
Three-panel meme showing a woman speaking and a man listening from behind a wall. In the first panel, she says “Masks don’t work,” and the man replies “Be honest.” In the second, she says “I don’t want to wear one,” and he again says “Be honest.” In the final panel, she says “I just don’t wanna be reminded of the scary pandemic,” and the man responds, “Thank you.”
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Alex Adams @alexadamssn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I’m not even upset. Canada was so much better. I’m just disappointed for McDavid and company.
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Noah St. Amand @noah.tookish.net · 19/02/2026
Every Ford government policy is “common sense” explicitly contradicted by empirical evidence. #onpoli
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15/02/2026
“The imminent return of trains to northern Ontario and the Gaspé Peninsula is great news. But we need to make sure it’s only the beginning of a long-lasting national passenger rail revival.” @taras-grescoe.com makes the case for Canada’s trains.
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Canada’s passenger rail lines are getting revived after decades of vanishing service
Across North America, there is a grassroots clamouring for the return of railway lines that once provided a reliable and affordable alternative to cars and planes
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
theguardian.com
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The risk to North American auto manufacturing is North America's auto manufacturers not keeping up with what global consumers want. You've had tens of billions of dollars in subsidies and supports shovelled at you. Compete or die.
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Anne Hidalgo's positive impact on Parisian public space has been huge. But the ultimate significance of her leadership on mobility justice is global: demonstrating what is possible really highlights the commitment of other mayors to convenience for car owners at the expense of everyone else.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 19/01/2026
Ford to Carney: “Interfering in lower orders of government is MY thing!”
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Ford to Carney: “Interfering in lower orders of government is MY thing!”
QUEEN'S PARK - As Prime Minister Mark Carney inks a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to integrate their countries' electric vehicle sectors, possibly impacting Ontario's car manufacturing, Premi...
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Brainiac Kim 🇨🇦 @brainiackim.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Cannot hide from transparency and accountability by using your personal phone to make calls for work, avoid using your work phone. www.globalnews.ca/news/1159745... #ONpoli
globalnews.ca
Ontario court rules Doug Ford must turn over personal phone records | Globalnews.ca
An Ontario court says it is reasonable to conclude Premier Doug Ford uses his personal cellphone to communicate and that he should make those records public.
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 01/01/2026
Ontario version
Edited version of the quoted image with Doug Ford instead of the farmer. Or:

the "the myth of consensual sex" meme where it's a couple saying they consent but then jesus is off to the side saying he does't, but it's been changed so it says
"the myth of consensual urban transit planning"
And the couple is labeled "city dwellers"
the man is saying "we should make it easier to not drive here"
The woman is saying "like building bike lanes or adding bus routs."
And Jesus has been replaced with Doug Ford smiling and pointing, labeled "someone who lives 1000 miles away and has no involvement whatsoever." and is saying "Stop trying to take my car away I will kill you"
text at the bottom still says "isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?"
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James Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Another week, another outbreak of head lice at the school. How do we know? Because the school emailed us about it. As for the cases of sickness that have kids coming down with fever that are going around? Not a peep.
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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
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The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
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Jonathan M W Hughes 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇺🇦🗳️ @jmwhughes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Today, Doug Ford signalled he will forgo the life of a child to ensure Ontarian’s know, there will be no war on the car…So Sad! #onpoli
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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
"People don't understand how someone who has championed climate issues for 15 years can suddenly become prime minister of a G7 country and stop talking about climate change," one Liberal MP said, on the condition they wouldn't be named. "What's going on?" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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ANALYSIS | Will Mark Carney deliver on the climate values he preached as a central banker? | CBC News
Mark Carney spent a decade as one of the most credible voices on climate action and the economy. Now as prime minister, he is scrapping emissions reductions policies, backing LNG projects and talking ...
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