A short primer on why Bill 5 is causing this political whirlwind, Progressive Conservative efforts to save face amid mounting pressure & specific mining projects that chiefs worry will be allowed to pass without their free, prior, and informed consent.

New from me in Canadian Lawyer Magazine: Doug Ford is back at it—using Orwellian-named laws to chip away at judicial independence. His new bill sounds like it’s about “safer streets,” but it’s really about tightening political control over the courts: canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion/d…

Treaty #3 Chiefs have voted unanimously to condemn Ontario’s Bill 5. They’re urging members to attend Monday’s demonstration at Queen’s Park or organize rallies outside of local MPP offices. Most of Treaty #3 is in Indigenous affairs Rickford’s KRR riding. gct3.ca/anishinaabe-na…

Compelling demonstration of the impunity that powerful industrialists expect and would demand from Doug Ford and a Special Economic Zone #onpoli

My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal). When he was Canada’s ambassador to the UN from 1984-88, Dad was truly shocked by the

The plain text of the law would *absolutely* allow this government or any successor to abrogate minimum wage laws or any other labour standard of provincial jurisdiction, this isn't ambiguous. x.com/CBCQueensPark/…

One of Ford’s top five “Special Economic Zones” — where laws don’t apply? His fantasy tunnel under the 401. This isn’t about growing our economy. It’s about giving himself and his insiders unchecked power. Another sign of Trump-style politics.

The Ontario Liberals happen to agree with Doug Ford and disagree with Mark Carney, and just voted against an NDP motion to create a public agency to deliver affordable & non-profit homes, arguing instead for private market-only policies ola.org/en/legislative… #onpoli

“Every single morning, there is a lineup outside the urgent care doors for people looking for care,” she said. “If that urgent care closes, we’re going to be isolated and denied care in a way that we’ve never experienced in our lives” thespec.com/news/canada/ho…

Ford's latest assault on our democratic rights: No vote will be required at committee to pass Bill 5. If there is no Committee vote, "the Bill shall be DEEMED passed by the committee." In Conservative Ontario, there is no need for MPPs to vote. Ford is passing legislation that

🚨 BREAKING: Doug Ford’s Trump-style power grab is racing through Queen’s Park. This week, the Ford gov't is fast-tracking 7 bills—cutting debate short, skipping committee scrutiny, and trying to ram through Bill 5, which would grant massive new “special economic zone” powers.

NEW: The leader of an Ontario First Nation is warning the Ford government it could face lawsuits, protests and disruptions of major GTA-area highways if the province passes the controversial Bill 5 into law. globalnews.ca/news/11208156/… #onpoli

It's time to get the government back in the business of building homes. That's what our Homes Ontario plan does. Publicly built. Permanently affordable. Made in Ontario.

NEW: NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa is ejected from the Ontario Legislature after accusing the Premier of “telling untruths” to First Nations. After being asked to withdraw the comment, Mamakwa was named forcing him to leave the legislature. #ONpoli

As tensions over the Ford government’scontroversial Bill 5 continue to escalate, Indigenous MPP Sol Makmakwa was ejected from the Ontario legislature after accusing the premier of telling “untruths” to First Nations communities. globalnews.ca/news/11208455/… #onpoli

"Al attempts to fast-track to the Ring of Fire will fail" "Ontario is trying to legislate us out of the conversation. That won’t work" "If you pass Bill 5, you can say goodbye nature" In a powerful standoff, First Nations demand the Doug Ford gov't revoke Bill 5. #onpoli

Just moments after MPP Sol Mamakwa was removed from the legislature for saying the Premier was telling "untruths": Reporter: "Sol, can you explain just what precisely the Premier said that you're saying is untruthful?" Sol: "That he respects and honours treaties. That he

Ford government to limit debate on controversial Bill 5, hundreds of First Nations members protest cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

pUbLiC pRiVaTe PaRtNeRsHiPs DeLiVeR vALUe FoR mOnEy By TrAnSfErRiNg RiSk To ThE pRiVaTe SeCtOr 🙄 #p3fail #onpoli