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This a great moment to remember and highlight the fact that the state is utterly necessary, that it can do big, bold, necessary things to help people.

submitted 3 hours ago • 25 comments

Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us. That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.

submitted 4 hours ago • 244 comments

Canada should be shifting as many of its regulations as possible to align with the frequently better European / Internationalized alternatives as opposed to following American standards

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

Sharing AI deep fakes, even if they're obviously jokes and support your particular worldview, makes the internet worse. You get that, right? The information ecosystem is a fucking mess right now and you make it worse when you willingly flood timelines with obvious AI garbage. Fucking stop it.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”

submitted 4 days ago • 223 comments

Philly is the latest city to use bus-mounted cameras to automatically ticket cars blocking transit lanes and bus stops. This is one the best transportation technology innovations of the last decade. Every city should be using it.

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

Albertans are slowly waking up to the depths of the scandal enveloping the UCP government. A lot of folks are wondering how to explain what's going on to people who haven't been tuning in. Here's the what, so what now what, and what's next of the situation. 🧵

submitted 10 days ago • 32 comments

It’s been over three days since the flakes stopped falling and this pedestrian crossing on Preston is unusable for many.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

"Keeping taxes low" is not the same as building an affordable city. Residents depend on well-funded public services and infrastructure to manage their expenses and for quality of life. I voted against the 2025 budget because I don't believe artificially low taxes serve anyone well.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

I guess he’s taking the criticism to heart. Not a photo of a nicely manicured NCC property, but the reality of poor city snow removal?

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Priorities on full display Major roads: super clear Sidewalk to major transit hub: obstructed by road clearing

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

"Modern societies, as Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in public service," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.

submitted 15 days ago • 40 comments

Fines need to increase, but aggressive towing and booting or impounding is the real solution.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

If Toronto can do this for suburban driveways, we can do this for pedestrian intersections and transit stops too.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

“The United States is not self-sufficient when it comes to toilet paper production.” www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

"Yet, every day, I watch my colleagues cater to those who already have security, already have wealth, and already have a voice that carries weight." I live in 8. Courtney has been a credit to the office. It sickens me the amount of vitriol he, and his colleagues, got from some of my neighbours.

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

How many bike lanes can a city build in one year? Check out Paris.

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

The point many of us made last summer is that frequency matters beyond just capacity. 10-minute headways can mean waiting for the train as much as riding it for multi-stop trips. The commute-centric view of transit is penny wise but pound foolish. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

submitted 21 days ago • 7 comments

maybe "Unlimited Crimes for the President" is a bad political system, idk

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

If it wasn’t so scary it’d be hilarious

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

I think the worst thing Canada can do right now is be complacent. Continue to plan for the worst case scenario. Remove interprovincial trade barriers. Broaden our export markets. Support Canadian business and each other. LFG.

submitted 28 days ago • 29 comments

The Sussex courtyards in the ByWard Market are too often overlooked. These public courtyards were parking lots before. Now they are places to relax, live, and shop. More of Ottawa could be like this, but the city’s land-use regulations hinder these sort of developments today.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Just one more sticker bro Just one more and we can prevent fare evasion!!

submitted 29 days ago • 8 comments

Advice to Canadians post-Saturday: Yes, we should cut the USA and its wares out of procurement and private purchases No, we should not have “buy Canadian” policies. We should contract and buy the best in the world, minus USA. National-preference policies are the very thing we’re protesting

submitted 32 days ago • 28 comments

It’s time for Canada to import Japanese zoning, Korean and Spanish transit construction practices, Dutch road design, and Swiss building codes.

submitted 29 days ago • 14 comments

The most anti-American thing Canada can do right now is going full blast on designing cities around people and funding the hell out of walkability, bike lanes, transit, and a highly functional train system.

submitted 30 days ago • 8 comments

Winning 80% of the seats with less than 50% of the vote is not democracy.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

submitted 31 days ago • 209 comments

Your regular reminder Delft’s market square was a surface parking lot as recently as 2004. A razor-thin coalition (19-18 votes) initiated a six-month pilot to help merchants realize cars don’t spend money, people do. Years later, no one remembers the controversy or regrets the decision. Sound on

submitted 31 days ago • 47 comments

It’s sort of like an inverse Operation Paperclip. The Nazi scientists get to stay home.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments