Piet Pompies
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The ban on social media for children under 16 is an idea that has merits. But the way it is being done is simply a way to force everyone, including adults, to identify themselves online, creating the most powerful surveillance and censorship architecture in human history.

Scott Reid on Mark Carney at the G7: They look to him because of his experience, because of the personal relationship, and they look to him because of Davos. They look to him in some ways as the alternative leader. And so I do think he will play a personally significant role.

Yesterday, I was in London visiting local Liberals. I wish I could say I enjoyed the day, but I didn’t. Not at all. I’m going to say it bluntly. The situation in downtown London is a total catastrophe. I live downtown east in Toronto. My family is in Hamilton. I’ve travelled to a lot of cities in the province. The plight of Ontarian’s suffering from severe addictions and homelessness has become a huge problem everywhere. Two years ago, when I last visited London, I thought it was getting rough. Just like so many of our urban centers under the Ford era’s provincial decline. But downtown London now? DYSTOPIA. I feel completely disgusted by what we’ve allowed to happen. It is totally immoral. It should be treated as a provincial and national emergency. And by the way, downtown London is otherwise GORGEOUS. Even if half the storefronts are closed. One of the regional MPPs, @RobFlackEML, is Minister of Housing and Municipal affairs. How can you let this happen to your city? How can we turn such a blind eye to the suffering? How do you tolerate the billions of dollars your government spends on scandalous priorities as this gets ignored? How can London possibly attract better jobs, people, and employers when its downtown is like this? - - - It also made me realize that my plans on this file are not enough. Money for supportive and transitional housing, secure rehab and mental health facilities, ODSP benefits, etc may be sufficient to stop more people from ending up on the street. But there are an estimated 2,300 people homeless in London. Many need shelter, treatment, medium-to-long term care. The new HART Hub has 60 beds. It’s inadequate by an order of magnitude. I met with a local shelter providing detox and transitional housing services (who is being shut down later this year, no less). Even when they form people (involuntary entry into hospital/ward to prevent violence or self harm), they are usually out in 24hrs. It’s not the hospitals fault… they don’t have the space. There is no space for people who voluntarily want rehab. Or those who don’t want it voluntarily. Police move people around blocks. There is nowhere for them to go. I left feeling sick and daunted. We have failed so many people.




“Hello, I’m hoping you can share this information. My daughter was walking with her friend yesterday evening when a dark grey van with 5–6 East Indian men approached them. The men tried to get them into the van, coming up with the sliding door open and yelling. I have some videos, but we are trying to obtain the license plate or have someone identify them. Throughout the incident, they were recording the girls. It happened on a busy road (Rutherford) while it was still light out. The event occurred yesterday at 8 p.m.” - Submitted in the DMs.


‼️BREAKING Social media surpasses TV news as the dominant news source in Canada. Trust in news falls to 37%, the lowest score ever recorded.













