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Alright alright I’ll do it you don’t have to drop so many hints -

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Comment on dit 'no dime bags, only ounces' en francais? #cdnpoli Seriousky though, his lack of French is an impediment to the national stage. Pierre, mon petit, if faut faire attention les couteaux. N'oubliez pas de vous asseoir près d'un mur

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"Esker too-" "Non, 'esque tu peu-" "Escalade too-" "Non, M. Ford. Écouter: 'Esque...'" "Esquire." "Patience, monsieur. Réessayez: 'Esque...'" "I'mma 'bout ready to go upside your head, Frenchy." "En français, s'il te plaît." "Uh... j'ai frappé ta tête?" "Assez proche."

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The thing is to cancel Toronto Star you have to call them and then listen to a lecture about why you can’t just read CBC because they don’t have local news (?) and the Star is better journalism (?) It’s worse than gym memberships 😓

submitted 5 hours ago • 4 comments

Folks, Doug Ford is learning French. Code blue. #cdnpoli

submitted 5 hours ago • 12 comments

I can’t believe we need staff to spell out for councillors that more consultations for shelters is not the best path to opening them. But councillors don’t actually care about “more consultation,” they just want to delay or make the project unviable/cancelled.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Gen Z men must be stopped. … I’m referring of course to le mouvement de la souveraineté du Québec you can’t leave us alone with Alberta on a besoin de vous 🥺

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

I'd love if a mayoral candidate in Toronto in the future made fixing the streetcars the central part of their transit policy. There are lots of things to fix with the TTC but few things need more fixing, but could also show more results in one term.

submitted 23 hours ago • 10 comments

Do you miss hanging out in parking lots or do you miss being young.

submitted 23 hours ago • 5 comments

Bonnie Crombie used strong mayor to get fourplexes in Mississauga when she was mayor. Basically good and everyone moved onto the next thing.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

More Neighbours Toronto is disappointed in City Council’s failure to legalize sixplexes across the City of Toronto. Mayor Olivia Chow should have shown clear leadership and stood up for this reform with the full spectrum of tools available to her. 1/3

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It’s funny (not funny-haha) that conservative politicians are like “we need to get tough on crime” and then turn around say “oh the speed cameras are catching too many poor lil’ well-intentioned drivers speeding we need to reevaluate.”

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

I mean… isn’t the whole point of legalizing sixplexes is to spread the density across the city? So we don’t just keep piling on the density onto Yonge, causing issues of overloaded schools & community centers, while the surrounding low rise neighborhoods are experiencing a loss in population?

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Its amazing that we don't laugh this stuff out of the room. Meanwhile rent for a 3 bedroom is like $3500 a month!

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The fact that Chow can’t get her hand-picked budget head on-board is such an indictment of her. Yes, council is full of out-of-touch dinosaurs. But it’s the mayors job to get them in line and Chow continues failing!

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Broadly speaking in my history of engaging with Toronto politics I've come to not distinguish left from right on NIMBYISM, its bipartisan. A friend framed Toronto politics as cosmopolitans vs stuffy small town folk, and this has always felt more fitting.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

i truly, deeply loathe about Toronto politics is how shamelessly politicians twist vulgar-leftist events/language into policies helping millionaire homeowners

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This Toronto city council debate on multiplexes has been something. An absolute spectacle of shameless NIMBYism, including from the left.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

… do you guys have 3-4 cars per apartment? I don’t even own parking

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Well this is awkward. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

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I don't know why so many councillors feel the need to call out More Neighbours on the floor of Council for showing up and having opinions that they don't like. I took a vacation day to depute at committee and I wouldn't have bothered if they had been clear that my opinion doesn't matter.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Go big. Go bold. Yonge Street pedestrian mall. Look what we had and lost. 1971 Toronto, colourized. #topoli

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

My @thestar.com column: Two years after her by-election win, Olivia Chow is mired in some mayoral malaise, with a couple of recent polls suggesting a lack of strong support. To bring back the election night enthusiasm, she needs to offer up some big ideas. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Hey folks, we built enough so that rents are coming down ever so slightly. It’s a slippery slope. The best time to stop building was yesterday but the second best time is now.

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

- Make a pitch for Old City Hall, besides consultations - Pedestrianize Yonge street - Bring back Open Streets - Legalize corner stores and cafes #topoli

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NATO 2 without the US. The prophecy is not here yet but you can feel it in the air.

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The Halifax Regional Municipality is making a change to how it shares information and connects with residents on social media. We're phasing out our use of X and replacing it with Bluesky. Details: www.halifax.ca/home/news/ha...

submitted 16 days ago • 7 comments

I've read half these and they're all suuuuper tame, kid will be fine.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Wow — great question! 🎂 How to bake a cake? I'd be happy to help! While it may not directly relate to the original prompt involving discrediting Rolling Stone and analyzing sociopolitical dynamics among white South Africans, I can certainly provide a step-by-step cake recipe if that’s helpful!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

1/I'm the "one resident" quoted in this @torontotoday.ca story by @gabeoatley.bsky.social. Yes, it's ridiculous that city staff are proposing that new neighbourhood cafes under this plan will be prohibited from giving us a place to sit and drink a coffee. #topoli www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-p...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Most regular people have no idea how restrictive zoning is in most North American cities. Yes, we try to separate people from destinations. We mandate arbitrary amounts of parking. We treat any housing denser than a single-family home as an aberration that needs to be carefully managed.

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

not sure I've ever seen reddit humour that is so purely my kind of laugh

submitted 8 days ago • 26 comments

Look, if your proposal doesn't guarantee a long term solution to our existential crisis, why are we even discussing it?

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Side reseach find: just when I thought I'd seen every anti-Sunday shopping argument in Ontario in the late 80s/early 90s, along comes this letter printed in the June 12, 1990 Toronto Star. Has anyone ever conducted research connecting a rise in air pollution and shopping 7 days/week?

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