Alex Balikoti

Good conversation with Beatriz Ferreira at @nowtoronto today about solveto.ca why civic reporting shouldn't take 20 minutes, and what changes when you make it take 30 seconds instead. The feedback from Torontonians using it every day is what drives every improvement. Thanks Beatriz and @nowtoronto. solveto.ca

@MarkJCarney Zero trust. Sorry.

We’re putting nearly $200M toward critical infrastructure upgrades across Toronto, including public transit — improving the TTC for faster, more reliable commutes.

@donnelly_b 🩷🫶🙏

Truthfully, I didn't think so many people would be this offended by my unwavering hometown love.

Fighting for 🇨🇦 jobs and tariff-free trade with our American friends on the world’s biggest podcast. Thank you @joerogan for an amazing show. Full episode: youtu.be/JtbGgSwuE_U?si…

@donnelly_b Indeed! Even Chow can’t destroy it:)

Greatest city in the world.

@donnelly_b @condoloft You know exactly what the problem is with corporations buying up sfr’s.

@Balikoti @condoloft What about a corporation with a single shareholder and a single real estate asset?

No no no. Private companies buying up housing in order to rent it out is bad. We do NOT want a Canadian Black Rock. This needs to be prevented through legislation ASAP. storeys.com/gta-rental-aff…

@JShamess Would it be possible to forward me more information? alex@balikoti.com

Selling 55 condo units in Kitchener 47,897 SF of Bulk Condos Condo project called Weber Yards with near access to the 401, highway 8. The condo project is registering this month, with brand new units. 25 x 2 bedroom units 11 x 1 bedroom + den units 19 x 1 bedroom units

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@realEstateTrent Great story! Thing like this just randomly happen, no rules, no way to predict. How old were you when you became a parent?

met my wife on a dating app while on vacation in 2018. I was 38. There are no rules about how you’re supposed to get there - trust your own timeline.

@mario4thenorth @AirCanada Apparently if you speak French, you can click on French language option. Almost no wait time there as per my friend.

The only thing worse than ER wait times in Canada is waiting to speak with someone at @AirCanada ....AFTER they cancel a flight. 3.5 hours & counting. As I was typing this, the call dropped. BRUTAL.

@donnelly_b @condoloft Yes, private individuals are okay. If you don't see the difference, I am sorry.

@Balikoti @condoloft So private individuals okay, just not companies?

@danielfoch Simple. Same as colleges where you pay $$$ for BS degree and don't attend. Same as employers who send you an invite for a job that does not exist for a fee. Same with these things as @dima_nomad pointed out. Immigrants see this clearly but no one is listening to us. Elbows up!

@Balikoti How

Interesting. Why so few Unicorns? 🦄

@_benjaminparry How about get rid of streetcars and replace them with electric buses? Cheaper and more efficient to operate.

The single biggest transit unlock for Toronto is figuring out how to get the most out of our streetcar network. If you looked at those red lines and thought "basically a subway'" we would instantly become the best transit city in N. America after NYC . Here's how you could do it: - Reduce the number of stops. You should be able to read the stops on a map like the subway. An added benefit is you can improve the experience on each stop more. - Remove car blocks. No on-street parking on streetcar routes ever and more strict priority access. More dedicated lanes and more restrictions e.g. on cars making left turns on streetcar lanes. - Signal priority and adaptive streetlights on streetcar routes including transit only phases to ensure streetcars minimize downtime. - A congestion charge for downtown to simply reduce the weight of cars on the road Some less major changes with big impacts: - Add tap payment options on every street/platform where peopel board so people pay before they get on and not hold others up at the doors - Upgrades the switches for rerouting so all are electronic and updated to the latest standards. - Increase actual movement speed. Right now we have 'slow orders' that don't make any sense. If there are track or switch problems preventing this those are the highest priority investments.

@ezralevant @RebelNews_CA Bradford is all talk and zero walk. Chow is destroying our city, Tory is a lier… wow… what a choice

John Tory is an arrogant hypocrite who slept with a staffer 38 years his junior. He lied to his wife; of course he'll lie to you. He used public resources to arrange for sex; of course he'll steal from you. But he's better than the Jew-hating Marxist who runs the city now.

@mironov_fm Дойдет и Аргентина до этого. Все страны потихоньку доходят. Одна надежда на Японию:) А в чем причина задержки?

Я охуеваю от местного раздолбайства. Мы уже больше часа стоим около Кельна, задержка уже час сорок. Решил пойти в ресторан перекусить и пивка дёрнуть, если уж такая жопа. Захожу в ресторан, сидят два официанта и говорят - у нас уже закончился рабочий день и мы закрыли ресторан. Как доберёмся до Кельна, войдут новые чуваки, откроют ресторан и тебя обслужат. Я говорю, вы все равно тут час без толку сидите. Продайте мне пиццу и пару пив. Денег заработаете. Говорят - нихера. Мы закончили работать и больше ресторан не откроем. Жди Кёльна. Сервис в первом классе, блядь. Всех их нужно в Аргентину отправить на перевоспитание. Чтобы работать научились. Мне тяжело представить, чтобы мне в Аргентине в похожей ситуации за мои деньги еды не продали и пива не налили

Известные своей пунктуальностью немецкие поезда. Уже 32 минуты опоздание...

@AlexanderGlista Was Perks too busy doing illigal renos in his basement?

What

@integrity_to @OLWLandlords Absolutely

The Chair of the Housing Committee is circumventing process for his own home renovation. Rules for thee, but not for me. Should Gord Perks resign?

@PeterAttiaMD Why did not you talk about this earlier? It was very obvious last year that more files are coming out and your email exchange would finally surface.

The following email is what I sent my team last night. I sent a similar version to my patients, also. *** You’ve put your trust, your credibility, and your hard work into what we have built together, and I take that responsibility seriously. You deserve a complete and honest account of what did and did not happen. I apologize that I did not get this out sooner, but I want to be thorough. The purpose of the DOJ releasing these documents is clear: to identify individuals who participated in criminal activity, enabled it, or witnessed it. I am not in any of those categories, and there is no evidence to the contrary. To be clear: 1. I was not involved in any criminal activity. 2. My interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone. 3. I was never on his plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties. That said, I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me. I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it. *** I want to start by directly addressing the email thread that I’ve been asked about the most. In June 2015, I sent Epstein an email with the subject line “Got a fresh shipment.” The email contained a photograph of bottles of metformin, a medication I had just received from the pharmacy for my own use. The subject line referred to the picture of the bottles of medication. He replied with the words “me too” and attached a photograph of an adult woman. I responded with crude, tasteless banter. Reading that exchange now is very embarrassing, and I will not defend it. I’m ashamed of myself for everything about this. At the time, I understood this exchange as juvenile, not a reference to anything dark or harmful. At that point in my career, I had little exposure to prominent people, and that level of access was novel to me. Everything about him seemed excessive and exclusive, including the fact that he lived in the largest home in all of Manhattan, owned a Boeing 727, and hosted parties with the most powerful and prominent leaders in business and politics. I treated that access as something to be quiet about rather than discussed freely with others. One line in that exchange, about his life being outrageous and me not being able to tell anyone, is being interpreted as awareness of wrongdoing. That is not how I meant it at all. What I was referring to, poorly and flippantly, was the discretion commanded by those social and professional circles–the idea that you don’t talk about who you meet, the dinners you attend and the power and influence of the people in those settings. What I wrote in that email reads terribly, and I own that. *** I met Epstein in 2014 through a prominent female healthcare leader while I was raising funds for scientific research. At that time, he was widely known in academic and philanthropic circles as a funder of science and moved openly among credible institutions and public figures. Between summer 2014 and spring 2019, I met with him on approximately seven or eight occasions at his New York City home, regarding research studies and to meet others he introduced me to. I never visited his island or ranch, and I never flew on any of his planes. When I was at his home, it was either meeting with him directly, meeting with small groups of scientists, doctors, or business leaders, and once at a dinner in 2015 with a number of guests including prominent heads of state. In retrospect, the presence and credibility of such venerable people in different orbits led me to make assumptions about him that clouded my judgment in ways it shouldn’t have. I was not his doctor, though several times I answered general medical questions and recommended other providers to him. Shortly after we met, I asked him directly about his 2008 conviction. He characterized it as prostitution-related charges. In 2018, I came to learn this was grossly minimized (more on this below). I was incredibly naïve to believe him. I mistook his social acceptance in the eyes of the credible people I saw him with for acceptability, and that was a serious error in my judgment. To be clear, I never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw anyone who appeared underage in his presence. *** In November 2018 I read the Miami Herald investigative article. I was repulsed by what I learned. Nauseated. It marked a clear and irreversible line between what I knew before and what I understood afterward. At that point, I told him directly he needed to accept responsibility for what he did. Hoping to provide the victims from the Herald piece with support, I contacted a residential trauma facility to understand what funding comprehensive care for many victims would require. (Those communications were between me and the facility and were therefore not part of the document release.) I spoke with him and shared that information and insisted that he fund their care, beginning with residential treatment and followed by lifelong therapy. In hindsight, even attempting to facilitate accountability was a mistake and once again reflected just how naïve I was at the time. Once the full scope of his actions was clear, disengagement should have been the only appropriate response. My intent does not change that, and I regret not drawing that boundary immediately. *** Nothing in this letter is meant to minimize the harm suffered by the young women Epstein abused. Their trauma is permanent. I am not asking for a pass from you. I am not asking anyone to ignore the emails or pretend they aren’t ugly. They simply are. The man I am today, roughly ten years later, would not write them and would not associate with Epstein at all. Whatever growth I’ve had over the past decade does not erase the emails I wrote then. I recognize that my actions and words have consequences for the people I care deeply about, including all of you. I regret the cost this has placed on you, and I take responsibility for it. I won’t ask anyone to defend me or explain this on my behalf. If you have questions or concerns, I’ll address them directly with you, my team.

@MayorOliviaChow City still dod not remove the snow from the last snowfall. Epic fail.

Toronto has declared a Major Snow Storm and activated our Major Snow Event Response Plan. The City’s Emergency Operations Centre is coordinating our response across City divisions, emergency services, and the TTC. We have over 600 plows on roads and sidewalks. Over 1,300 city staff and contractors are mobilized to clear snow. Since last week’s storm, we’ve maintained surge capacity with redeployed city staff. City workers and contractors are plowing and will continue plowing non-stop. Please do not park in areas with “Snow Route” or “No Parking - Snow Removal” signs. 3-1-1 is equipped to help you with extreme cold and snow. Call 9-1-1 in an emergency. Check toronto.ca/winter for regular updates about City services impacted by the storm. Including impacts on city-run child care centres, recreation centres, libraries and more Thank you to everyone working around the clock to keep our city safe and moving.