This really is beautiful. The moose, polar bear, whale. Indigenous Nations of Canada welcoming the world to the World Cup in Toronto.

Some politicians work super hard to convince voters that Canada is ruined, failing, burning, in need of rescue, or annexation, and then these jerks - all kinds and colours - gather and joyously tell us how much they love the place.

$200 million for a parking garage. $200 million for a PARKING garage. $200 million for a PARKING garage? $200 million for a PARKING GARAGE?!? 🤯 What are we even doing here, people?

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity. “You are not numbers or case files. “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

$200 million on a parking garage on Toronto’s waterfront will not age well. Just like funnelling cars into the core has not aged well. By the early 2030s, Exhibition Place will have one of the best transit connections in the country, with subway service to downtown, the east end, links into the entire GO rail network, and the waterfront streetcar network. It’s designed to be a major hub. Scotiabank Arena is a regional destination on GO Transit, and revellers arrive by walking, cycling and taking transit. They get to the Rogers Centre the same way. The only reason this works is because our streets on game days are a sea of people, rather than a sea of cars. That’s not an accident. It’s the result of good urban planning. So why are we spending a small fortune to create a traffic mess at Exhibition Place, when the overwhelming majority of people will still arrive by transit? When we invest in transit, people take transit. When we invest in parking, we get more traffic.

So the survey seems to be telling us that the #BillyBishopAirportExpansion that nobody wants, except #GovernorFord and his croney-lobbyists for Epstein's banker, is a done deal. Best option is to use any comment space to say #NoJetsAtBillyBishop. #onpoli #cdnpoli #TOpoli

“The purple people eater!?” No, just cool new sidewalks in #LibertyVillage @GiveMeLibertyTO work by @TO_Cycling_Ped 💜

#TOpoli #ONpoli #CDNpoli Get loud

Exactly. It would also be nice if the federal government stopped referring to the now dead “tripartite “ agreement. Fords 1st move was to remove Toronto from that agreement. It would be nice to hear the Feds call that out. Not condone it.

The popularity of street festivals shows that there’s enormous public support for pedestrianized streets in Toronto. That’s why I’m bringing forward a motion to the next city council meeting, seconded by Councillor Chris Moise, who launched the Church Street pedestrianization pilot, to create a Pedestrian Streets Program for Toronto. Pedestrian streets are proven to contribute to the success of local businesses and residents’ quality of life. I’m asking city staff to identify the right streets for festivals, seasonal and permanent initiatives, and report on resource requirements, and where it works considering safety and functionality, to create pedestrianized streets across Toronto. Many global cities including Paris and Copenhagen, and as close to home as Montreal, have successful pedestrian streets - and it’s time that Toronto become the world class city we aspire to be.

What a joke. The new oligarch era of propaganda, delivered by dullard apparatchik mediocrities, is here

I reached out to @juliedabrusin ‘s office on this. She is my MP too, and they have been great on other stuff in the past. On this…silence. No response. She is federal minister of the environment. So disappointing.

The root of the Billy Bishop Airport expansion plan is that Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners (aka JP Morgan) wildly overpaid Porter ($750M) in 2015. Without an expansion, Nieuport likely has no way to recoup its investment. It's about the $$$$ spacing.ca/toronto/wp-conten…

Important Federal Government notice to residents of Toronto to get opinion of expanding airport service and runway in Toronto Harbour. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-se…

Chrétien: When you look at the polls, Canadians have never been more united. Thank you to Donald Trump for that. I should propose him for the Order of Canada, but I cannot succeed. Do you know why? Rosie: He's not Canadian? Chrétien: Because we don't give it to a person who has a criminal record.

It’s time for the Carney Liberals to conclusively say no to Doug Ford’s absurd plan to expand the Billy Bishop.

RT @DFisman: Let the feds know what you think of the ill-conceived proposal to bring jets and runway expansion to toronto‘s island airport…

Both Porter and Air Canada already fly out of both airports. Pearson just broke ground on a $3B expansion. We don’t need a $5B lake-fill project at Billy Bishop that will undermine Ontario Place, the Islands, the Port Lands, and the waterfront. This push exists because Nieuport Aviation (backed by J.P. Morgan Asset Management) bought the terminal from Porter in 2015 — and it’s not delivering. Traffic remains well below pre-COVID peaks (~1.75M vs 2.8M). Ford’s former Deputy Chief of Staff, Mark Lawson, has been lobbying hard for Nieuport and he has Ford’s ear. A better idea: Swing bridges on the Eastern Western Gaps for ped/bike/trolley access. This would open up the entire waterfront from the Beaches to the Humber. Turn the Islands (tied to the Port Lands) into a world-class car-free park like NYC’s Central Park or Chicago’s Millennium Park — year-round tourism, recreation, no more ferry bottlenecks. Waterfronts are for people, not runways. Toronto has aspired for decades to be a great city but consistently screws it up. Let’s finally do something to make Toronto a city we can be proud of.

Simply put: there are too many unknowns to make an informed decision on an expansion of Billy Bishop. Before considering expansion, we will need a clear, evidence-based business case; comprehensive consultations with the people of Toronto; and guaranteed protection of the surrounding environment. With declining ridership at Billy Bishop, expanding Toronto Pearson through Pearson LIFT makes more sense than the current Billy Bishop proposal.