@303SnowWolf Not saying you’re wrong by any means cause I wouldn’t know but what’s an example?
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Jason
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Jason
@Optikz78
Private Pilot (C-GECL Cessna 182), cyclist, skier, runner, ironman, Critical Care Paramedic
Toronto, On Beigetreten Mart 2009
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Techbros have ruined software engineering so bad that a) I’m actually ashamed to tell people what my degree is in cos I don’t want them grouping me in with those people, and b) I’m considering going back to school next year to get a degree in something more respectable.
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My father lives on his boat during the summers here. It would be a disaster for everyone at Ashridges Bay and every Boat club.
NoJetsTO@NoJetsTO
Imagine Toronto’s waterfront wrecked by jets. Sign our petition at NoJetsTO.com and push back! #NoJetsTO #topoli #cdnpoli #onpoli
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@jen_keesmaat Actually, self driving cars that talk to each other could solve a lot of gridlock as you won’t have stupid human decisions causing the gridlock. Space between cars would be consistent, merging would flow much faster, so many areas ai and tech can help
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News flash: fewer cars is the only way to ease gridlock.
Technology won’t save us. It’s a physics problem. Too many cars, not enough space.
Until the City becomes serious about being an urban place that promotes walking, cycling, and transit as first choices for getting around, this mess will not be resolved.
It’s a shame to see the city so lost when it comes to a vision of a livable, urban future. London figured it out, Paris figured it out, Montreal is figuring it out. But Toronto is regressing, prioritizing moving cars as the key to mobility. It’s both sad and futile.
Congestion Pricing could solve this problem overnight.
CP24@CP24
AI-controlled traffic lights coming to Yonge Street as part of Toronto’s plan to ease gridlock cp24.com/politics/toron…
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Blue Jays rookie catcher Brandon Valenzuela hit Shohei Ohtani on the left elbow on a back-pick attempt earlier. Ohtani (understandably) didn't seem happy. Trainers checked him out. He stayed in and flew out. Was just rubbing that elbow in the dugout though.
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@DodgersNation Oh wait, at least we don’t have babies like Ohtani… getting touched by a catchers pinky fingers on follow through like he was hit by a 100mph fastball 🙄
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John Schneider just got thrown out of the Dodgers, Blue Jays game.
He let the umpire hear it before he left in all of the worst ways possible.
There’s a lot to decipher in this one, wow 😳
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Shohei Ohtani was in discomfort and visibility frustrated after Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela hit his elbow on a follow-through after throwing.
Thankfully, Ohtani appears to be okay 🙏
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@E_R_Sepulveda Ya that’s not the answer. Build transit people can actually use and get around with and people will use it
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Toronto's wealthy are opting out of the TTC, increasingly taking Uber and Lyft—and leaving a fiscal hole in the public system the rest of us depend on.
In transportation, we're now seeing the same high-income flight that we've already seen in health and education. The rich exit. The public system suffers fiscally—and, because of the service cuts that follow, politically too.
Progressive taxation has always been the answer: tax the private luxury good to fund the public good.
New York figured this out in 2018. They capped ride-hailing vehicles and slapped a $2.75/trip levy on every Uber and Lyft ride. That single policy now generates more than $300 million a year—plowed directly into the transit system used by working-class New Yorkers.
Toronto has done nothing. No cap. No levy. No accountability. Just 80,000 licensed ride-hailing drivers—more per capita than NYC—circling a city whose transit system still sits at only 82% of pre-pandemic ridership.
The math isn't complicated: ride-hailing mostly used by the wealthy is cannibalizing the TTC. A per-trip levy on every ride should fund the public transit those trips displace.
My latest in @jacobin in the reply.
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@juliandorey If you voted for him this shouldn’t surprise and maybe should have thought twice about that.
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to be clear, i do NOT want to jump to conclusions nor fear monger
that said, if trump is in fact referring to using nukes, i want to put it on the record for my grandchildren to see one day that i am COMPLETELY against this and god help us all
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Please read and share. NO ONE who lives in downtown Toronto wants this Mr. Ford NO ONE
Stop trying to be Mayor....#NoJets
Neil Pasricha@NeilPasricha
Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney (@markjcarney), I was on the Toronto Ferry last year staring at our majestic waterfront. I saw paddlers, kayakers, dragon boaters, sailors, windsurfers, fishers, paddleboarders, water taxis, and cruisers all sharing the space in harmony. When we docked at Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands I was surrounded by hikers, joggers, cyclists, birders, picnickers, swimmers, photographers, beachgoers, frisbee golfers, naturalists, and thousands of tourists and locals enjoying this lush ecological paradise surrounded by our sparkling freshwater lake. Please don’t destroy this by paving Lake Ontario. Three weeks ago Ontario Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation) announced he will "seize" Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport (YTZ) in order to expand runways into Lake Ontario (1), bring in jets against the legal contracts governing the airport (2), and nix 14,000 mixed-use homes slated to go up on the shore (which taxpayers have already spent $1.4B developing). (3,4) Although this decision is not his to make — Billy Bishop is governed by the City of Toronto and the federal government (5) — Premier Ford says he will overrule the City to "bring in jets one way or another." (6,7) Premier Ford says he has the "full support" of your federal government to do this. (8) Prime Minister Carney: It is not too late. Please say no to expanding Billy Bishop airport into the lake. We don’t need this, we don’t want this, and we can’t afford this. We don’t need this. We can already go anywhere we want to go. I live right in downtown Toronto. I can be anywhere I want in the world, tomorrow. I can walk to bus, subway, streetcar, and UP express stations from my house and I fly 40x per year. In the past year I have been to over 35 airports on 3 continents and YYZ is one of the absolute best. In fact, in the past month it has won "Best Airport Staff in North America" (9), been ranked 4th in all of the Americas in efficiency (out of 50 airports) (10), and won Best Large Airport on the entire continent (an award it's won eight times in nine years.) (11) Right this second, checking Uber, I can get from my house by car to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in 21 mins and to Toronto’s Billy Bishop Island Airport (YTZ) in 14 mins. Right this second, if someone at Union Station wanted to get to YYZ on public transit it would take 28 minutes (UP Express) and to YTZ would take 22 minutes (TTC streetcar). We are talking about a 6 minute time savings here. If we want to serve southwestern Ontario’s population with expanded jet service we simply need to use the 7000m of existing, high-capacity, under-utilized jet runways within 2 hours of Toronto at Hamilton (@flyYHM ), Waterloo (@flyYKF), and London (@flyYXU) versus entertaining a "special economic zone" to force a jet-strip into the most environmentally sensitive and densely populated waterfront in the country. We don’t want this. This tiny speck of ecological paradise provides critical respite from our dense and urban concrete jungle and is vital for mental health, community, and happiness. Over 400 peer-reviewed studies show urban forests and parks mitigate depression and anxiety and enhance overall mental well-being. (12) I know you agree because four days ago on March 31, 2026 you announced your "Force of Nature" strategy with the vision of "protecting, restoring, and valuing nature." This wonderful program declares a federal investment of $3.8 billion dollars into "protecting critical habitats and aligning industrial strategies with biodiversity conservation." (13, 14, 15) Also, I looked into the runway expansion into the lake that Premier Ford has promised. Right now the shortest jet runway in Canada is 1832m (YHM Hamilton, ON) and the shortest jet runway in the world is 1508m (LCY London City Airport, UK). There are also new Canadian Aviation Regulations (RESA) stating all runways need to add 150m on each end for safety. (16, 17, 18) Today the Billy Bishop runway is 1216m. (19) Even the most conservative assumption — building the shortest jet runway in the entire world! — still requires a minimum of 600m more runway to land jets. Here is a current aerial view of Billy Bishop Airport. (Photo 1 / attached) Here is an aerial view of Billy Bishop Airport with the smallest possible runway extension of 600m added. (Photo 2 / attached) (Of course this photo doesn’t include additional parking, hangers, gates, aprons, tarmacs, fueling stations, de-icing stations, blast fences, control towers, baggage carousels, taxi pickups … ) We can’t afford this. Premier Ford was first elected in 2018 as the right wing candidate (PC) with 40.5% of the vote (left wing side of NDP and Liberal was 53.2%) and campaigned as a fiscal conservative. (FN) He attacked the Liberals for their $6.7B deficit and vowed a "return to balanced budgets" that would "begin in 2019." (20, 21) Since then Premier Ford has won two more elections — with a nearly identical right / left vote split and record lows in voter turnout — and has now presided over 8 budgets. (22, 23) In order from 2019 to 2026 those eight budgets have been for *deficits* of $8.7B, $16.4B, $13.5B, $5.9B, $5.6, $1.1B, $12.3B, and, most recently, just announced last week on March 26, 2026, coming in at a 77% increase on his own 2025 forecasts, $13.8B. (24, 25) Since Premier Ford was elected he has *increased* Ontario’s debt from $338B to $485B. Ontario now pays $17.2B a year … just in interest payments. (26, 27, 28) Notably, Premier Ford’s most recent $13.8B deficit budget does not include any money for the projected $1-2B cost of expanding Billy Bishop airport. (Prime Minister, you and Premier Ford are both 61 and have a seemingly warm relationship despite wildly different education and business paths. (29, 30, 31, 32) Might you have time for some evening finance tutorials?) Prime Minister Carney: We don’t need this, we don’t want this, we can’t afford this. Please say no to this expansion plan. Please allow the legal agreements governing the airport to remain in the hands of those who legally own it — the City of Toronto and the federal government — and not with Premier Ford’s provincial government who is attempting to autocratically rule something in which it has no stake. At the Junos six days ago on March 29, 2026 you praised 82-year-old @jonimitchell and justifiably called her "one of the greatest artists of all time." (33) Joni warned us about "paving paradise to put up a parking lot" and now that’s exactly what Premier Ford is proposing we do. The Toronto Harbour, Toronto Harbourfront, and Toronto Islands are a crown jewel for the functioning of our great city, our great province, and our great country. Would New York City pave over Central Park? Would Paris put runways on the Seine? We absolutely should not pave the paradise of Lake Ontario to put up runways and parking lots we don’t need, don’t want, and can’t afford. It's not too late. Please say no. Thank you, Neil Pasricha // (1) theglobeandmail.com/gift/08407f44d… theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… (2) portstoronto.com/wp-content/upl… (3) environmentaldefence.ca/2026/03/24/ont… (4) thestar.com/news/gta/tens-… (5) billybishopairport.com/wp-content/upl… (6) theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… (7) cbc.ca/news/canada/to… theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… cbc.ca/news/canada/to… (8) theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… (9) torontopearson.com/en/corporate/m… (10) britishaviationgroup.co.uk/knowledge/toro… (11) nowtoronto.com/news/pearson-b… (12) nature.com/articles/s4428… (13) pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-r… (14) canada.ca/en/services/en… (15) audubon.org/news/audubon-a… (16) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._M… (17) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Ci… tsb.gc.ca/eng/surveillan… (18) toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2… (19) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bis… (20) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Onta… (21) occ.ca/rapidpolicy/on… (22) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Onta… (23) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Onta… (24) globalnews.ca/news/11746458/… (25) budget.ontario.ca/2026/brief.html (26) ofina.on.ca/borrowing_debt… (27) budget.ontario.ca/2026/chapter-4… (28) ontario.ca/page/public-ac… (29) #Early_life_and_education" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carn…
(30) proquest.com/docview/301464… (31) #Early_life,_family,_and_education" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ford… (32) theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/g… (33) youtube.com/watch?v=6pbVWy… // CC: Minister of Transport @SteveMcKinnon, Minister of Environment @JulieDabrusin, Mayor of Toronto @OliviaChow, MP @RunChiNguyenRun, MP @J_Maloney, MP @JulieDzerowicz, MP @Coteau, MP @Rob_Oliphant, MP @Vgasparro, MP @Yvan_Baker, MP @Jzerucelli, Ontario Minister of Transportation @PrabSarkaria, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure @KingaSurmaMPP, @PortsToronto, MPP @MaritStiles, MPP @JessicaBellTO, MPP @ChrisGlover, Councillor @BravoDavenport, Councillor @DianneSaxxe, Candidate @Massey_Toronto, @Nieuport, @JenniferQuinnTO, @Envirodefense, @BirdsCanada, @NoJetsTo, @CycleTO, @TheGlobeAndMail, @TorontoStar, @CBCToronto, @TheCurrentCBC, @BlogTO English
@leevalueroach That's been true every since the fractional reserve backing started...
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A 30-year fixed mortgage is basically a long-dated call option on inflation.
You borrow dollars today, lock the rate, and repay in nominal terms.
If inflation explodes, your debt evaporates in real terms while your house price soars.
You’re long the house, short the dollar.
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@crumber_26 I completely agree that we should, but currently, we cannot.
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No, Canada. We cannot do this. Sorry.
Sharing Travel@TripInChina
A high-speed train is passing through the high-speed railway station at full speed. It looks cool.😎
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Look folks.. a sunrise on Toronto's lakeshore with a view over Lake Ontario with @NoJetsTO at @BBishopAirport Toronto City Airport .. let's keep it that way by doing what we should do Every Day.. Say No @fordnation !
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If Carney allows this he loses my vote.
Toronto Star@TorontoStar
Mark Carney is open to Doug Ford's 'vision' for Billy Bishop expansion trib.al/zTw9m1P
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The CEO of Air Canada was fired by his board of directors. Not the government of Canada.
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@Francis_Urq Actually I would give a crap. It was subtitled so it’s not like it was not translated at all and if it’s not his native tongue. Who cares
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Hot take that will piss off everyone:
If you are upset at this, imagine a scenario where a francophone CEO of Suncor (eg) gave a message of condolence to workers killed at a job site in rural Alberta solely in French. People would have hit the roof.
This is the correct decision
Air Canada@AirCanada
Air Canada Board of Directors announces the retirement of President and Chief Executive Officer: aircanada.com/media/air-cana… // Le Conseil d'administration d'Air Canada annonce le départ à la retraite du président et chef de la direction : aircanada.com/medias/le-cons…
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@ColinDMello Get rid of the stupid f’in list, it’s so outdated or index it to inflation cause 100k now is like 60k when the list was introduced
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The Sunshine List salaries in the Premier’s office grew by 11%, well above inflation, in 2025.
Critics say instead of ending the gravy train, the Premier has invited more people to board it.
#onpoli
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🚨 Do you understand why the Air Canada CEO just resigned..
he posted a condolence video.. in English only..
in Canada..
here's why that's not as simple as it sounds..
Canada has been fighting over two languages for 250 years.. the French were there first.. the British conquered them in 1763.. and for the next two centuries French Canadians watched their language, culture and identity get slowly squeezed out..
by 1969 it had gotten so bad that Trudeau Sr. had to pass the Official Languages Act.. making English and French equally official.. legally mandating bilingual communication for any federally regulated institution..
Air Canada is a federally regulated institution..
then came the 1995 Quebec independence referendum.. 50.6% voted to stay in Canada.. by 54,000 votes.. the country came within a single percentage point of splitting in half.. over language..
so when the CEO of the national airline posts a condolence video in English only.. it's not a PR mistake.. it's walking into 250 years of open wounds without looking down..
Canada almost split in half over this exact thing 30 years ago.. and the man running the national airline had absolutely no idea.
Polymarket@Polymarket
JUST IN: Air Canada CEO to resign following backlash for posting condolence video in English only.
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@flying_steve Because of the summons… government induced. Shouldn’t have even been an issue
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Air Canada Board of Directors announces the retirement of President and Chief Executive Officer aircanada.com/media/air-cana…
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@TPS_32Planner 😢 it will be fine. All these complaints are nonsense. It’s a good thing. Grow the city, increase tourism and attract more businesses. And I live at Bathurst and lakeshore
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The frequent inbound flight path of commercial aircraft on approach to YTZ, often right over our home in the south-east corner of Toronto. We can't imagine having a whole pile of jets added to the mix.
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