Reposted by Toon Dreessenalexcullen.bsky.social @alexcullen.bsky.social · 3hSutcliffe's infrastructure plan is so much smoke & mirrors as he is handcuffed by his 2.5% tax cap. He expects to finance some of this through $250 million from "savings" but doesn't tell us what is to be cut. Add on his bus pass cut, his 350 new first responders - clearly magic is in the air here. 265
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 1hOne of the benefits of a walkable good is being able to walk/roll to a nearby cafe, grab a bite to eat, have a drink. That’s part of urban life. Put some decent parameters around times and overall noise levels and it’s all good. Reminds me of an #OttCity discussion a few years ago 1/ 151
Reposted by Toon DreessenPush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 1hThe City of Seattle is shutting down a cafe’s outdoor deck because the code says any outdoor dining must be 50’ away from a residential property due to noise concerns Funny, we shove all housing growth on the loudest roads our city has. I guess that noise is fine? 4757
Reposted by Toon DreessenToon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Does it help to remember the conversation and suggestions I made in Dec 22/Jan 23 where I made clear and concrete suggestions for how to do exactly this? What took 4 years?static.klipy.comLittle Rascals Boy WaitingALT: Little Rascals Boy Waiting 0143
Reposted by Toon DreessenToon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We had this opportunity 12y when planning LRT phase 1; we knew about this 4y ago at the previous election. So why bring this up now? We’ve had ample opportunity to do right and make public land (like Landsdowne) deliver housing but we don’t bother. Is this another empty promise? 1/ 4223
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 13hForced to watch “the day after”static.klipy.comNuclear Catastrophic ExplosionALT: Nuclear Catastrophic Explosion 3231
Reposted by Toon DreessenThe Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 14hFRONT | Support for Alberta separatism is 'remarkably stable'; Reduced access to top officials; FINTRACT hides details for millions of dollars in contracts; And more. www.hilltimes.com 122
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Does it help to remember the conversation and suggestions I made in Dec 22/Jan 23 where I made clear and concrete suggestions for how to do exactly this? What took 4 years?static.klipy.comLittle Rascals Boy WaitingALT: Little Rascals Boy Waiting 0143
Reposted by Toon DreessenGlengarry Glen Rachel @chrispb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Tell the current mayor this... oh, wait. 1101
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We had this opportunity 12y when planning LRT phase 1; we knew about this 4y ago at the previous election. So why bring this up now? We’ve had ample opportunity to do right and make public land (like Landsdowne) deliver housing but we don’t bother. Is this another empty promise? 1/ 4223
Reposted by Toon DreessenHans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“The entire urban landscape—from neighbourhood design and highway planning to mall layouts and building setbacks—has been whittled down to […]: How do we accommodate the maximum number of cars moving at the maximum speed from point A to point B 1/2 263
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Visiting the national military cemetery at beechwood. So peaceful. Forever grateful to live in Canada. #NeverForget @minibubbly.bsky.social @brainchain.ca p 1231
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Whelp… I just spent 3 hours at the office clearing up my inbox. I know that that’s work, but it’s not actually getting any work done. It’s filtering the work that remains so that I can actually get work done tomorrow. Ugh. static.klipy.comTypewriter Type FastALT: Typewriter Type Fast 3140
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Please make this include elevators and expansion of our own elevator options in Canada, along with reform of elevator codes to decouple us from US standards; this is key to increase affordability and greater accessibility in housing @conradspeckert.bsky.social @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social  1112
Reposted by Toon DreessenMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets. 243138652466
Reposted by Toon DreessenBrigitte Pellerin @brigittepellerin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The hell? Can you share? Happy to chat. DM me. 061
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 03/10/20262007 kid1 and I drove from LA to Ottawa with a road atlas; he (11) followed along, helped figure out where to go, what route to take and if there were things along the way to see. Grand adventure. 272
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Low taxes? Not possible unless we cut service and have vastly more more density (which isn’t happening as long as we keep paving farmland) 3327
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And yet. These clients spent half $1 million getting to site plan approval, which took 14-16m and then took as long again to write up a legal agreement that takes less than a week to produce. They walked away and sustainable attainable rental homes disappeared 1/ substack.com/@toondreesse...substack.comThe Challenge of PlanningPolicies meet reality; it shouldn't be this hard to build housing 222
Reposted by Toon DreessenOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cool when a police press release about a fatal hit and run pre-emptively offers up a handy defence to the driver www.tps.ca/media-centre... 119023
Reposted by Toon DreessenDoug van den Ham @dvdham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I remember when, only four years ago, Sutcliffe relentlessly attacked an opponent for proposing to take on debt to build just $250m of critical transportation infrastructure. 34713
Reposted by Toon DreessenGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Even dogs get victim blamed when drivers kill them. This is absolute ghoul behavior. 627138
Reposted by Toon DreessenEdward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In ERs, we see the impact of unsafe roads regularly. Cities with good bike infrastructure have fewer deaths and greater safety for all, regardless of whether they’re walking, cycling or driving. Ontario gov should reconsider how to spend $48 mil Improve lives - not put them at risk #bikeTO #onpoliyoutube.comWhy hundreds of doctors are fighting Ford’s removal of Toronto bike lanesYouTube video by CBC News Toronto 119095
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Apologies to the driver behind me because my car wasn’t set in launch mode so that the split second the light turned green I didn’t take off like an F1 race. I’ll work on this and do better next time. Please forgive me.  @tomflood.bsky.social  5382
Reposted by Toon DreessenThe Kingstonist @kingstonist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#ICYMI "Public libraries provide access to information, connection, & opportunity. We are... sustained by the community we serve, and we are stronger when that community is loud about why libraries matter," said Laura Carter, CEO of KFPL. Learn more: www.kingstonist.com/news/kingsto...kingstonist.comKingston Frontenac Public Library invites community to get 'Loud for Libraries' this October(Kingston, Ontario) Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) is celebrating Canadian Library Month this October, joining libraries across the country in recognizing the essential role libraries play i... 041
Reposted by Toon DreessenOccasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Key word "claiming". They don't want their properties flooding anymore than anyone else, and then they'll go right back to infrastructure debt. 391
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026OttCity: re-elect the guy who’s had 4y to address problems and is endorsed by folks who have had power for 12-16y or longer and caused the very issues now claiming to know how to fix. 1245
Reposted by Toon DreessenRaywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Every conservative candidate these days: "Everything is broken. Elect me to to fix it, even though It may not actually be broken and I haven't layed out a plan for how to fix it." (I'm lookin' 'specially at you, Brad Bradford.) 2567
Reposted by Toon DreessenBarney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Carney: We are making a west coast pipeline from Alberta our first national-interest project. Alberta separatists: What color will the pipeline be? If it’s not the cornflower blue we demanded, we’re out. 1226546
Reposted by Toon DreessenScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There should be no ambiguity as to who Trump thinks his friends are. 22262137
Reposted by Toon DreessenPaul 🇨🇦 🚵 @paul-pothier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In Hong Kong, the MTR (transit authority) functions not only as service provider, but also real estate developer They punch the line a bit deeper into the New Territories and launch TOD at the new station Hard to see that ever happening with OC Transpo … never with Metrolinx 011
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fantastic! Now, how are we gonna do this? If you also promise to keep taxes to no more than 2.5%? We’ve seen, and are living with the results of years of insufficient and wasteful taxation. Raising isn’t the only answer but you’re so-called savings haven’t been. How is this going to be achieved? 1/ 5266
Reposted by Toon DreessenIt's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very on brand. Also. Gunna assume this decision was made from someone’s home office in Finley creek or Carp 121
Reposted by Toon DreessenBrigitte Pellerin @brigittepellerin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Anyone surprised? This city can't communicate to save its life. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...ottawacitizen.com'CONFIDENTIAL UPDATE': Emails show city staff urging secrecy on fireworks plan ahead of surprise launchEmails obtained by the Ottawa Citizen show city staff discussing a plan to launch the unused Canada Day fireworks as early as July 3. 4131
Reposted by Toon DreessenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 66165892549
Reposted by Toon DreessenJohn Redins @johnredins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This morning I took advantage of @vote.ottawa.ca at Greenboro Community Centre. The voting is in a room that you must go by the incumbents satellite office with her inside ans door open. When I been there in the past it is closed. Election Ottawa say it is legal but I cannot sit there with my sign 121
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If #OttCity had a vision, we’d put public land to public purpose. Converting existing (award winning work of architecture) to housing is prob non starter but retention as community space, library, etc makes sense; we have many examples where bean counting took over. 1/ 272
Reposted by Toon DreessenMiranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh, to see this here. Guelph to turn current main library into affordable housing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caGuelph to turn current main library site into housing, including affordable units | CBC NewsThe main branch of the Guelph Public Library is set to move to its new site on Baker Street in the new year and after it does, the city says it has plans to turn the property where the current main br... 194
Reposted by Toon DreessenEric Squair @ericsquair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“It’s the people who don’t belong here that are causing the problem!” Classic tactic of stoking resentment of the “other” applied to …. swimming lesson registration. Voila: promises of a tax freeze ignored as part of the problem. 031
Reposted by Toon DreessenBarney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reading a lot these days about how the El Niño we’re expecting will actually be a Super El Niño and that got me curious so I did a little research and apparently a Super El Niño is one louder than a regular El Niño.static.klipy.comNigel Tufnel: These Go To ElevenALT: Nigel Tufnel: These Go To Eleven 911212
Reposted by Toon DreessenPissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🤔... 14178952211
Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This. Revisit purchase and or buy back the company. Promote Canadian jobs and Canadian steel in parallel with Canadian mass timber. Studies from several years ago showed that North American produced steel is lower overall carbon than imported (not sure if still true); #ElbowsUp  082
Reposted by Toon DreessenToon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What if, hear me out, we built enough pools, skating rinks, libraries, parks, etc for our population and designed and planned them, maintained them, and yes, required proof of residence? If you’ve moved to an exurb for the cheaper taxes, these are choices. 8456
Reposted by Toon DreessenBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s remarkable how many people can move on a street when those people don’t feel the need to always take a massive car with them. Mobility in cities is about space. 19559112