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Phil Pothen

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The "Hands off the Greenbelt" guy. Arch-Adversary of Mr. Sprawl. Land use & environmental law & policy. Tweets aren't advice or the view of my client. he/him

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9 months ago, expert analysis demolished the Ontario government's pretext for its scheme to blow $10 billion+ of public money on the #Highway413. Now, @FordNation & 413 proponents are reduced to vapid, Orwellian slogans, like “The more highways, the better it is”. 🥴(1/2)

9 months ago, expert analysis demolished the Ontario government's pretext for its scheme to blow  $10 billion+ of public money on the #Highway413.

Now, @FordNation & 413 proponents are reduced to vapid, Orwellian slogans, like “The more highways, the better it is”.

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The bad news, Dan Seljak, is just when you've discovered the Humber is at your fingertips, @FordNation is pushing to destroy it by paving & contaminating its headwaters with 413 & sprawl. The good news is my team & I are fighting to stop them. handsoffthehumber.ca

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John Bowker Is this response from Doug Ford's Agriculture Minister to farmers' questions about the forced seizure and planned destruction of their farmland:

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While the BC NDP legalizes cost-effective home construction & affordable options near existing infrastructure, the Ford government continues to restrict cost-effective development, enriching land speculators but driving up costs for everyone else nationalobserver.com/2024/08/30/opi… #onpoli

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Freedom level: 🇫🇮 Finland: 100 🇸🇪 Sweden: 99 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 99 🇳🇴 Norway: 98 🇮🇪 Ireland: 97 🇩🇰 Denmark: 97 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 97 🇨🇦 Canada: 97 🇯🇵 Japan: 96 🇵🇹 Portugal: 96 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 96 🇦🇺 Australia: 95 🇨🇿 Czechia: 94 🇩🇪 Germany: 93 🇦🇹 Austria: 93 🇬🇧 UK: 91 🇪🇸 Spain: 90 🇸🇰

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Congratulations to Justice Dana Irene Haklander, Justice Veronica Katherine Judith Puls, Justice Kelly Marie Slate and Justice Erin Samantha Thomas on their appointments to the Ontario Court of Justice. news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/10…

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Folks, the end of supply and confidence agreement does NOT mean a federal election will come any sooner. The government will stay afloat as long as the government chooses to deliver policy concessions that make it worth the NDP's while. With these poll #s, why wouldn't they?

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If your laws discourage or ban the fastest, lowest cost, & most labour efficient building types (wood-frame, zero-parking midrise) & building locations (existing "lowrise" areas) you're going to get slow housing output, & very expensive housing. It's not rocket science.

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Doug Ford… CAN’T/WONT ❌ Get housing built ❌ Get infrastructure built ❌ Get healthcare capacity built ❌ Run an education system that isn’t a Ponzi scheme CAN/WILL ✅ Spend $1B to get beer in corner stores 1yr early ✅ Butter buns of corrupt mooches he calls “buddys”

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This - accountability for our own political leaders - is an argument IN FAVOUR of releasing these names. The children of war criminals shouldn't be punished for their parents' evil. But politicians who chose to make Canada a their refuge SHOULD be publicly shamed, at minimum.

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Despite constrained construction capacity & high interest rates, Ontario has still had enough labour, equipment, materials, investment & WAY MORE than enough designated development land, to keep up with rapid growth in the number of new households. nationalobserver.com/2024/08/30/opi…