urban geographer | researcher and campaigner | co-founder of https://xitter.cf/t.co/NQVICvfQTM | doer of many things
Hundred Mile City, ON, Canada
Joined January 2011
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A Friday night blow to Premier Doug Ford’s Billy Bishop plans: the federal government has rejected Ontario’s proposal to expand the island airport.
87,000 people weighed in during public consultations and raised a “range of issues” including transportation, economics, environmental protection, noise, housing & quality of life.
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NEW: The expense scandal gripping Queen’s Park has created a divide in the Progressive Conservative caucus, as members quietly express anger over the unintended consequences of their colleagues’ actions and the premier’s office’s handling of the situation.
globalnews.ca/news/11986657/…
#onpoli
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Donations to David Piccini’s riding association nearly doubled after he was put in charge of spending the Skills Development Fund. The RA spent $40,000 in “meetings” that included sushi-rolling classes and expenses related to a Florida golf course thestar.com/politics/provinc… #onpoli
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NEW: A second internal email reveals the PC party gave its MPPs permission to bill taxpayers for hotel rooms as early as 2022.
MPPs were told to keep it in “the strictest of confidences.”
globalnews.ca/news/11986657/…
#onpoli
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Tired of calls for unlocking AI's full potential. Time to unlock the full potential of investing in public health and public education so nurses and teachers are no longer underpaid and overworked.
'Uber for nurses' exposes 86K+ medical records, PII • The Register theregister.com/2025/03/11/u…
Uber: “Uber Canada is run by Canadians for Canadians.”
Also Uber: “All Uber Canada entities are directly and wholly owned subsidiaries of Uber Technologies, Inc., the parent entity of the Uber group, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol UBER.”
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Germany is about to confine its debt rules to the dustbin of history. What a pity they never did that to spend on green energy, digital tech, education, health, the environment but they are doing it to buy guns and bombs, mainly from Trump, to win an unwinnable war in Ukraine
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*Do tenant protections lead to a lower rate of housing production?*
Our analysis suggests no.
Housing production in CA, OR & NH did not decline after passage of "Good/Just Cause" eviction protections relative to nearby states w/o the law.
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Just going through Ontario’s lobbyist registry and noticed that Elon Musk received $3.7 billion, possibly even $5.9 billion (someone may want to check) from the Ford government (MNR) over the last two years.
And no, that’s not Starlink related.
#Onpoli
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#ResistanceUnited
Advertisement at a London bus stop… ya gotta love the British
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Survey: Two-Thirds Of Ontarians Support Extending Hourly Minimum Pay To Ontario’s Gig Workers
Full release: eepurl.com/i-FzDU
ON Survey: ridefair.ca/wp-content/uploa…
#ONpoli #ONelxn #Uber
Cute spin.
In return for cutting trillions in corporate taxes and using Trump to force the EU to let tech CEOs rein unregulated. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ub…
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Tracking the @airbnb boycott
#boycottairbnb #airbnbboycott
“Hosts are fleeing Airbnb in protest over cofounder’s DOGE work”
via @sfstandard
sfstandard.com/2025/02/20/ai…
Why does Giles "R. Moses" Gherson hate complete streets?
The TRBT-commissioned reports didn't recommend removing bike lanes on Bloor, that's coming from the Board, not the experts, based on vibes, not data. Why?
More on the board's tunnel vision:
mailchi.mp/f2b633a7a7b7/for-…
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Send this to the Edmonton lawyers. xitter.cf/ajlamesa/status/178112…
In Japan, Uber drivers (i.e. non-professional drivers) have to virtually check-in with a taxi company employee each day before working in order to confirm they are healthy and do a breathalyzer test.
Imagine living in a country that cares about safety.
youtu.be/8WXBbf_qVtY?si=bb_J…
Finishing today’s platform roundup.
Airbnb goes full DOGE on New Orleans.
@naterotman is that your territory, or are you more focussed on the north west these days? apnews.com/article/airbnb-la…
The only reason Toronto has somewhat of a resemblance of driver training is because it existed pre-Uber and the company didn’t fully succeed to eliminate it in its lobbying push. globalnews.ca/video/11028464…
