Environment & development law & policy. The Hands off the Greenbelt guy. Brown loyalist. Tweets aren't advice or statements from my client. he/him

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$200 million for a parking garage. $200 million for a PARKING garage. $200 million for a PARKING garage? $200 million for a PARKING GARAGE?!? ๐Ÿคฏ What are we even doing here, people?
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Ontario Place parking garage contract awarded for $200M cp24.com/politics/queens-parโ€ฆ
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THIS is what Canada is about. THIS is one of the things that makes us special.
Tell it Ruud! This is what Canada is. Unlike some countries, that will remain nameless, we embrace other cultures and peopleโ€™s differences. ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
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Tell it Ruud! This is what Canada is. Unlike some countries, that will remain nameless, we embrace other cultures and peopleโ€™s differences. ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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This absolutely rules. Well done.
Tell it Ruud! This is what Canada is. Unlike some countries, that will remain nameless, we embrace other cultures and peopleโ€™s differences. ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
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Look closely at this photo @VancityReynolds posted, and youโ€™ll see the massive dirt piles of the West Island of Ontario Place. Doug Ford destroyed a beautiful, bustling, waterfront park and animal habitat, all in service of a European MegaSpa company. #onpoli
Doug Ford showing off his dirt island to the world
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Does this street look closed to you? We shouldnโ€™t need to host the World Cup to rethink streets for people. Granville Street, downtown Vancouver, part of the cityโ€™s hosting of the FIFA World Cup.
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RT @pothen: I don't want to jinx it, but last year, Toronto drove homicides down to the lowest rate in the past ~THREE DECADES (since 1986)โ€ฆ
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RT @pothen: The average Torontonian is 39. Toronto is now safer than it has EVER BEEN in the average Torontonian's lifetime.
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Hateful acts do not represent the good people of Markham. But they serve as a reminder of the ongoing need to prevent hate. And of the vital work Pride festivals like York Pride do. @fordnation: if you march in York Pride this weekend, you should also give them the predictable and necessary year to year funding that Prides across Ontario told you they need because of rising hate and insurance costs. I also want to highlight youthline.ca and pflagYork.ca for any young people or parents scared or traumatized as a result. Please know that @MaritStiles and @OntarioNDP stand with you. We will keep fighting for an Ontario where you are safe.
Jun 11
Pride flag burned at Markham school, 2 suspects facing charges cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/โ€ฆ
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This person is charming!
How embarrassing for all those who claimed Hannah Spencer was wearing a ยฃ1800 Gucci silk blouse. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ
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And every person who thinks that way is a threat to our national security. We need a military that understands and embraces, from top to bottom, that one their chief role is guard AGAINST & deny any rhetorical pretext for - U.S. interference with or control over Canada. (1/4)
There are current and former Canadian military officials who regard their roles as nothing more than an auxiliary of the USA
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We'll consider stopping booing when the pig in the U.S. White House gets it through his head that there's no chance of Canada or any part of us ever wanting, consenting, or acquiescing to join the United States.
Canadaโ€™s former top defence official warns against booing U.S. anthem, stresses relations with Washington ctvnews.ca/politics/article/โ€ฆ
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"When his country needed him, Cyle Larin did not miss a beat!"
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CYLE LARIN TIES THE GAME FOR CANADA!
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Substantial damages. Iโ€™ll say. But did you learn anything?
I made an error in our reporting about Theresa Kielburger.
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One particular slice the political spectrum seems to have forgotten the pragmatic, even self-interested reasons the world's societies' have been converging for centuries upon the rules they're now dismissing as "woke" or "politically correct" and even "toxic empathy". (1/5)
You're a self-described "reactionary Catholic Zoomer." Let's park that you ignore beheadings by white people. Shouldn't you be deported from Protestant Britain for the rape of children by Catholic priests by your logic? (You shouldn't. But your logic gives you no defence).
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Oh look, @Con_Tomlinson. It's one of your fellow far right extremists demanding your deportation because you're a Catholic. You see if you get your way, that's what will happen. Every minority will end up deported, including you.
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You're a self-described "reactionary Catholic Zoomer." Let's park that you ignore beheadings by white people. Shouldn't you be deported from Protestant Britain for the rape of children by Catholic priests by your logic? (You shouldn't. But your logic gives you no defence).
Alex is right. Deport them all. Nothing else will stop this. They all have to go. You're not going to tone police us when people are being beheaded in the street, Owen. No name you can call us is worse than the totally optional atrocities in the headlines every day.
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Canada knows how to host the World Cup!
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UNBELIEVABLE SCENES IN TORONTO AHEAD OF CANADA VS. BOSNIA! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ #FIFAWorldCup (๐ŸŽฅ: IG/andrewjlong_)
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I love the symbolism of Hans Landa & King Schultz being played by the same actor, with many of the same superficial characteristics: theatricality, methodical nature, German upbringing, manipulative use of politeness & charm. But put to radically different ends.
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I remember Canada being outnumbered at home in Torontoโ€ฆ.now they walk out to a sea of red at a World Cup at home. Chills.
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Canada needed something out of that match, and got it, and Cyle Larin gets to be a World Cup hero. That game was a relief.
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