Chag Pesach sameach!

Wishing the Jewish community in Calgary-Glenmore and all of Alberta a happy Passover.

Here's to peace, family, and feasts! #yycglenmore

I never quite understood the value the NDP and Ontario NDP bring to all of us up until this year. I used to be one of those people who thought they should merge with the Liberals and of course as someone who spent too much time on political campaigns (I’m recovering from that…

My latest column…

Today’s Conservatives not fit to lead in an emergency.

In the face of an existential threat, Pierre Poilievre is running interference for the climate arsonists: nationalobserver.com/2024/04/19/opi…

So humbled to be awarded the Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize by the Broadbent Institute Institute. Wood’s scholarship and intellectual ambition are such an inspiration. Thank you for this incredible honor!

Bikes should be free, everyone should get a free bike

Having the Energy Minister’s chief of staff be an ex-Enbridge strategist is bad for all Ontarians.

Great work by EnvironmentalDefence and The Narwhal

In 2022, 20 big landlords applied for >1/2 the Above Guideline rent Increases in Ontario.

'AGIs are a common way to pressure longtime tenants to leave, allowing landlords to raise the rent to market rates for new tenants.'

We need stronger rent controls.
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Ontario is a place where everyone should be free to wear whatever piece of clothing proudly reflects their heritage. Our legislature should be no different. 🧵

The Iñupiat of Alaska traditionally use a base-20 number system. In 1994, students at Kaktovik middle school worked with their teacher to invent a way to write this, since they found our base-10 unfamiliar. After the invention of Kaktovik numerals, test scores rose significantly

The great silence is coming.

But we still aren't listening.

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This is rapidly becoming a live political and economic issue, one that (I suspect )will come to dominate much other discussion. It is ridiculous to think fiddling with interest rates will deal with climate-induced inflation.

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A tremendous source of inspiration and real political education for so many, Jane will live on in the collective struggle for a better world; it's up to us to continue teaching, organizing, and fighting for each other. Love and solidarity forever.

Jane McAlevey sent an email to her list this morning, penning her goodbye to those of us who've had the privilege of getting a glimpse of her genius.

'I Have Loved Being In This World With You'. We're about to lose one of the greats.

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I am thankful for the work of Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects... but this map is a striking illustration of how impossible it is to safely cross the 401. There is not a SINGLE piece of bike infrastructure to allow people to safely cross for 23KM, from the Humber to Brimley. BikeTO Olivia Chow

On one traffic light pole on King Street: 6 sets of lights, 6 signs with varying sizes of text, and 2 graphic signs. There must be a better way!!

Almost anywhere on the planet, once roads are built into remaining blocks of primary forest, loss & degradation soon follow -- '>90% of deforestation in our study is overwhelmingly triggered by new and ongoing road expansion (including protected areas).' nature.com/articles/s4158…

'I don't want to be signed to the starvation of 2.5 million people - I did not raise Nazis and I myself am not a Nazi'

- Ayala Metzger, daughter-in-law of Yoram, who is kidnapped in Gaza, at the Knesset today.

What moral courage Bring Them Home Now

I've had a first look at Bill 185 and the new proposed Provincial Planning Statement and WOW ... there's a reason why the Ontario government spent hours feeding reporters its spin on these laws before releasing their text to the public. Massive dangers hidden in this text. 🧵👇

The pictures in this thread were taken almost exactly a year ago, on Ontario Place’s West Island.

It would be full of people on a day like this, if it hadn’t been closed off. Instead, plans are to demolish all of this, replacing it with concrete, glass, and indoor private space.

Great line from db's piece on Curbed.'
'In the 1980s, [David] lived in Manhattan Plaza, a federally subsidized affordable-housing complex designed for artists.' That's right folks, socialized artists' housing helped give us Larry David.

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