Thrilled to share I’ll be Toronto Star’s new Work and Wealth reporter while the inimitable Sara Mojtehedzadeh is away.

Massive shoes to fill and I’m excited to continue important reporting on workers’ rights, labour issues and wealth inequality.

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I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that my next book WAYS OF LISTENING is on the way!

It’s a collection of essays about the joys of obscurity, the power of nostalgia, race’s role in sound quality, what we’re really searching for when we dig for records and more.

'You’ve got that kind of nexus between these terrible immigration laws and horrific labour laws.'

Great investigation by Sara Mojtehedzadeh & Rachel Mendleson w/ manuela vega, detailing the exploitation of trafficked workers in Toronto & the employers who looked the other way.

A Toronto landlady was charged w/ running an “industrial” labour exploitation scheme — one that supplied major employers across the GTA.

Inside a rare criminal conviction — and where it ultimately left vulnerable workers.

From Rachel Mendleson and I:

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Toronto will freeze the number of Uber and Lyft vehicles operating on its streets, after a surprise council vote Wednesday that Mayor Olivia Chow said would benefit app company workers and reduce emissions. trib.al/QzmLVFj

New investigation from Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and me:

Internal provincial docs show the Ontario government expanded Hamilton’s urban boundary in large part because of requests from unnamed “third parties” — and despite warnings from public servants. #onpoli
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A non-perm resident & non-citizen, this #MigrantFarmWorker is ineligible to get heart #transplant even he could get free #healthcare in #Canada . In Mexico, he could get transplant but he would need to pay for hefty medical expenses w/no income support.
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Congrats & welcome to the journalists who joined our newsroom this month as part of the Toronto Star's internship program: Ana Pereira Andy Takagi Calvi Leon Emily Fagan Jermaine Wilson Mahdis Habibinia Mark Colley Mark Ramzy (Ottawa) Reanna Julien & photog Nick Lachance (he/him)!

A North York industrial bakery has won a high-stakes battle with the Canada Revenue Agency over millions of dollars in tax refunds it sought to claim off its prolific use of temporary help agencies. trib.al/FpaTTtG

The Ontario government says it has recouped tens of millions in unpaid wages for workers. Internal data raises questions about the province’s math:

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Great to hear that the Toronto Star has raised their photo assignment rate to match the UPoC - United Photojournalists of Canada recommended minimum livable wage. I applaud the photo editors for helping push that through. Great to see a paper I’ve always admired respecting the work of pjs.

Journalists:

NEW: More than a dozen King’s Counsel lawyers donated to Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey thestar.com/news/gta/2023/… via @torontostar

Exciting News 📢 I'm embarking on a new chapter as a reporter/editor with The Canadian Press News Prairies Bureau as a year-long Indigenous News Fellow. I'm grateful the Toronto Star gave me a platform to rocket launch my career after years of freelance and study.