Professor, University of Toronto; Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership. Divided cities; inequality; socio-spatial change, housing, homelessness.
Toronto, Canada
Joined October 2014
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Yes: "builders, analysts and academics alike are skeptical of whether it’s feasible."
@MarkJCarney promised half a million new homes a year within a decade!! @beynate
Here's what it would take to get there. @TorontoStar @_VictoriaGibson
thestar.com/real-estate/mark…
David Hulchanski retweeted
Shameful.
It took me a year to get this data because Shoppers Drug Mart didn’t want it public. It reveals Ontario taxpayers footed a $61M bill for more than 1.2 million meds checks done by Shoppers over 14 months, via @TorontoStar: thestar.com/business/shopper…
David Hulchanski retweeted
First-past-the-post is pushing us toward a hyper-polarized, two-party system, fueling separatist talk when provinces feel shut out of Ottawa.
Proportional representation would mean more Liberals from the Prairies and more Conservatives from Toronto, reducing division.
#cdnpoli
ALT A graphic titled "Federal Election 2025" compares how Toronto and Saskatchewan voted versus what they received under first-past-the-post. In Toronto, the vote breakdown shows 58% Liberal, 33.9% Conservative, 6.4% NDP, and 0.7% other, but the seat distribution is 95.8% Liberal and 4.2% Conservative. In Saskatchewan, the vote breakdown is 64.7% Conservative, 26.5% Liberal, 7.1% NDP, and 1.3% other, but the seat distribution is 92.9% Conservative and 7.1% Liberal. The Fair Vote Canada logo is at the bottom right.
Yes: "builders, analysts and academics alike are skeptical of whether it’s feasible."
@MarkJCarney promised half a million new homes a year within a decade!! @beynate
Here's what it would take to get there. @TorontoStar @_VictoriaGibson
thestar.com/real-estate/mark…
David Hulchanski retweeted
Albert Goodwin advocated for worker's rights and unions in British Columbia and pushed for better working conditions and pay for coal miners.
His killing by police led to Canada's first general strike and his memory is honoured to this day.
This is his story.
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ALT A person stands in formal attire, including a suit and bow tie, in front of a wooden building with a door. The black-and-white photo has "Ginger Goowin" written at the bottom. The style suggests it’s from the late 19th or early 20th century.
David Hulchanski retweeted
All this just to back Therme who wants to dump raw sewage directly into the West Channel so they can lakefill. You’ve taken the lake for granted, Adam. #topoli #onpoli #Shame
We can never take the Lakes for granted... Conservation and the work of Conservation Authorities is critical to water quality... Canada invests $5.1 million in Great Lakes protection - Canada.ca canada.ca/en/environment-cli…
David Hulchanski retweeted
Extraordinary!
Thank you to the National @homeless_law Center in D.C. for this letter to @fordnation re: Bill 6, which criminalizes encampment residents. The U.S. has seen how policies that criminalize homeless people fail to address encampments or community safety. Bill 6 must be rescinded.
David Hulchanski retweeted
.@TOAdamVaughan joins @ThermeCanada. He’s now a collaborator in the destruction of a public park at Ontario Place and Ontario Science Centre.
He’s betraying the values of his father’s progressive-urbanist movement in the most craven manner.
Congrats.
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o…
David Hulchanski retweeted
In fact there is video! See Adam Vaughan (2019 version)’s comments from @Waterfront4All’s Rally to Save Ontario Place:
*Doug Ford’s real estate selloff approach to Ontario Place is wrong
*Great place to study the stewardship of water
What changed? #topoli #onpoli
Yes: "builders, analysts and academics alike are skeptical of whether it’s feasible."
@MarkJCarney promised half a million new homes a year within a decade.
Here's what it would take to get there @beynate thestar.com/real-estate/mark…
A million more housing starts in 5 years?
Approx 1.3 Mil starts expected by 2030 based on 2014-24 trend.
@PierrePoilievre program claims a GST reduction, "encouraging cities" & sale of federal land will result in 1 Mil more market housing starts.
How realistic is this?
#elxn45
David Hulchanski retweeted
Big 🧵My latest column for @rabbleca
"Canada’s response to homelessness now constitutes a crime against humanity."
October 8 marks 26 years since advocates declared homelessness a national disaster....2
Full article here.
ttps://archive.ph/J9VGV
David Hulchanski retweeted
NDP MPPs running federally makes Parkdale-High Park, Ottawa Centre and Hamilton Mountain almost certain NDP pick ups
Federal wins will strengthen the local NDP and weaken the local Liberals, a big byelection and candidate recruitment advantage thestar.com/politics/federal…
David Hulchanski retweeted
No. Not less congestion and better service. These buses will replace old equipment, and more service depends on more opex subsidy which the feds refuse to pay. I am tired of BS claims about what eBuses will achieve.
Exciting news! Today, we marked a major step in enhancing the TTC—part of our $700 million investment with the City of Toronto for 340 fully electric busses that will reduce emissions and support local jobs. This means less congestion, lower costs, and better service.
ALT The Deputy Prime Minister taking a selfie inside a new TTC electric bus with Mayor Olivia Chow, Minister Gary Anandasangaree, MP Jean Yip and MP John McKay in Toronto, Ontario.
David Hulchanski retweeted
Media: your recent articles & responses to the @AMOPolicy call to solve homelessness are so missing the mark. You should all bring in a panel of experts to present the current knowledge including solutions instead of this fetish obsessing with addiction and mental illness.
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