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We are pleased to announce @SandraPupatello as @PortsToronto’s new Board Chair. Ms. Pupatello succeeds Amanda Walton, who is retiring from her position as Board Chair this month, after serving a full term. “I am keenly aware of the opportunities and the work ahead to serve the…
I've talked to three left leaning politicians in as many days who now recognize/acknowledge: 1) they have said no to housing developments that they should have approved 2) they were hung up on the wrong issues (i.e. shadows) that they now see were NIMBY tools for keeping…
This response by police is absolutely unacceptable. It actually made me a sick to my stomach. A father reaches out for help and they turn it into opportunity to make his daughter (the victim) the criminal. #DoBetter
This response by police is absolutely unacceptable. It actually made me a sick to my stomach. A father reaches out for help and they turn it into opportunity to make his daughter (the victim) the criminal. #DoBetter
It was a pleasure hosting you! We look forward to working together in the future!
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4. Implement tax credits for investment in purpose built rental housing, with higher tax credits for low-end of the market projects 5. Provide 0% mortgages for first 5 years of any purpose built rental project
I find it funny and ironic that neither Moss Park nor Allen Gardens are not on the list. They could have legitimized what happens there every day. thestar.com/news/gta/2023/…
Thanks @CBCNATIONAL now I can put faces to names @cityoftoronto to blame for the horrific traffic downtown. Maybe it’s just me but all the tools they seem to say they are using are broken.
At Covid's start, Josh Matlow helped the newly created "Good Neighbours Project:" volunteers bringing food from stores/food banks to any in need. Many politicians were called to spread the word, including mayors, MPs and MPPs. Only one helped: Josh Matlow. @JoshMatlow
It’s pretty simple to break down affordability in Toronto. Spoiler alert, life is not affordable if you are just starting your career and or work in an industry that doesn’t pay a top salary. #afforablehousing #affordabletransit youtu.be/LWl8sVfAI6Y
Government in partnership with great not for profit organizations need to build supportive housing. Without it we will never solve the challenges of homelessness. #housing #homelessness thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Hands down Hartford Whalers! @RonFrancis10 was the. And is now my favourite!
Hands down Hartford Whalers! @RonFrancis10 was the. And is now my favourite!
Gord Miller’s life-long commitment to protecting the environment, from fighting the climate crisis to protecting the Greenbelt, has always been an inspiration to me. I’m very grateful for Gord’s support.
I’m very proud to have Reza Moridi’s support. Thank you, Reza, for your years of leadership, always standing up for human rights in Iran. You have my respect and gratitude.
This is an amazing endorsement from someone who has represented his community with dedication for years. He knows who will stand up for his community in the Mayor’s office.
This is an amazing endorsement from someone who has represented his community with dedication for years. He knows who will stand up for his community in the Mayor’s office.
Our city’s budget has a massive shortfall, and we need to deal with reality. Only a combination of additional revenue, better management and a new deal for Toronto will ensure that our city can be safe, affordable and livable. I have a realistic plan and am ready to lead.
@gmbutts Matlow should. He has a great platform, cares about the city, and is not afraid to say things are bad when they are.
That’s real street cred!
It’s obvious the establishment has spoken.
It’s obvious the establishment has spoken.
What a team in Toronto Centre! #votematlow
What a team in Toronto Centre! #votematlow
Sharon & Bram have been instrumental to our childhoods and our children’s love of music. So many of us grew up loving them and the late Lois Lilienstein. They've meant so much to parents and children the world over, and I'm deeply grateful to have their friendship and support! 🐘
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Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦.. @acoyne
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Scott Reid @_scottreid
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt �.. @MikePMoffatt
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Katie Telford @telfordk
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Doug Ford @fordnation
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2K Followers 1K Following Community leader guided by evidence, data & science. Runner. Soccer coach. Mom to three great kids. (she/her)We are pleased to announce @SandraPupatello as @PortsToronto’s new Board Chair. Ms. Pupatello succeeds Amanda Walton, who is retiring from her position as Board Chair this month, after serving a full term. “I am keenly aware of the opportunities and the work ahead to serve the…
There’s lots of talk from both the government and opposition about changing the Canada Community Building Fund, so a short thread on the reality. The TLDR: Yes, it’s harder to cut ribbons on state of good repair, but it’s how we provide reliable core services to Canadians. 1/
@delinthecity_ Then you are ignorant... The enrolled student population at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, both undergraduate and graduate, is 39.7% White, 20.8% Asian, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.96% Black or African American. This has nothing to do with race.
@matthew4brem All the students who go there for free. That's positive. Stop trying to turn a good deed into a negative somehow. How do people live their lives in such a negativity bubble?
The little things matter. #dementia
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Bittersweet farewell & thank you team lunch at the constituency office. A poignant time for celebration and reflection serving the engaged citizens of Toronto-St. Paul’s as we submitted my resignation letter to the speaker today.
I am very excited to join the team @metcalf_ca I hope to contribute to their mission and mandate in the years ahead. I have long been impressed by their depth and breadth, values and approach. Can’t wait to get started!!
We’re pleased to share that @JamisonSteeve will be joining Metcalf as our new President and CEO. metcalffoundation.com/metcalf-story/…
This is something: an article in the Journal of Pediatric Medicine makes the case that the rise in anxiety and depression in children and youth is linked to the severe (and relatively recent) curtailing of independence. Roaming, making choices, getting into a little trouble, it…
American companies, I found, thought about upside, whereas Canadian companies typically only thought about downside. American companies are willing to experiment, to pilot, to try new things.
In Atlanta, I could go to a company with a $25,000 proposal, and they'd think "let's give it a try... if this works, it could help us a lot. And if it doesn't, it's not that much money lost". In Canada, it was "if we're spending a dime, we have to be 100% sure it'll work".
That said, I think traditional public policy can only help at the margins with Canada's innovation gap. Partly for the first four reasons on this list. But mostly because our problem isn't policy, it's culture. Canada's corporate culture may be the most risk-averse on the planet
Unless you're Canada, then you instead bring in a bunch of gonculator technicians as guest workers with fewer rights (as TFWs, international students, etc.), thus preventing companies from having to do things like raise wages, train workers, or invest in equipment.
Let's say an industry is having trouble filling gonculator technician positions. It could: - Raise wages - Train people to become gonculator technicians - Invest in productivity-enhancing equipment so fewer gonculator technicians are required - etc. etc.
When you've got an issue with overlapping jurisdictions, it's never quite clear who is supposed to solve it. So no one does. And we find ourselves in the mess we are today, with our broken international student system.
Reason why we'll never have high-speed rail in Canada (unless something changes) is that the "suffocating vetocracy" would block it at 99 different stages, and even if we could get around that, the lack of state capacity would turn it into the next Olympic Stadium. (RIP Expos)
Where the centre-left and left get things wrong is seeing any problem as a "lack of investment". That the reason why we don't have high-speed rail is because we just won't spend the money. I'm afraid to say it's bigger than that.
This lack of state capacity is a big problem. I consider myself to be on the centre-left, and this should be a huge concern for our clan, who believes that government can be a force for good. Canadian governments just need to be better at building and doing things.
But it's a "suffocating vetocracy" because it's often not an outright "no", but rather it's a subjective approvals process, coupled with delays and fees that don't outright ban things, but rather render them uneconomical to build.
I appreciate and respect my Member of Parliament, @Carolyn_Bennett, for calling out the “toxic atmosphere” found in politics today. In a healthy democracy, we will have disagreements. But we must never forget each other’s humanity. globalnews.ca/news/10192261/…
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