Having an Average Weekend

Today, the day of the Met Gala, the unionized workers of the Met posted this image to their Instagram.

@fordnation This is a problem you created. You continue to fail Ontario every single day. #DougFordIsCorrupt

Ontario transit riders have had enough of dangerous, illegal and open drug use on our subways, buses and streetcars. We’re bringing in tough new rules to crack down on people using drugs on public transit so we can keep our communities safe.

Since 2018, homelessness in Ontario has grown from 54,664 people to 84,973 — a 55% increase. @fordnation has consistently underfunded social assistance and services at the scale required, failed on housing, and shut down safe consumption sites. He helped create the problem.

Fundamentally, this is a government that sees private profit as synonymous with the common good and believes that safeguarding the interests of corporate investors should be the preeminent concern of public policy.

We can’t afford hobbies. We can’t afford to go out with friends. We can’t afford to exist anywhere outside our homes. Then they call it a mental health crisis. It’s not. It’s an affordability crisis.

This is a slippery slope towards the privatisation of water in Ontario. Thank you to @joelbakan for this important research. Public ownership of this public asset is so important.

Incredibly important column by @althiaraj about Carney's devastating social spending cuts. And this is just the beginning. Do all those celebrating Carney's increased military spending have any idea what we're going to lose? thestar.com/politics/polit… #cdnpoli

Doug Ford gets a free degree in the U.S. while taking OSAP away from Ontario students.

The spring economic update was a missed opportunity to address the crushing cost of living crisis. In a country as rich as ours, there is no reason life has to be this hard.

Lesson 1 from Santa Marta? Hope is Contagious. And nine other takeaways from a week of landmark climate talks. theguardian.com/environment/20…

@psac_afpc Less than one percent while forcing full time return to office is really a -15% pay decrease

Here’s a story about how I was owed 219 records about the Greenbelt scandal when the Ford government’s FOI-weakening bill received Royal Assent on Friday.

DWatch will file constitutional challenge of PC Party Premier Doug Ford’s excessive secrecy changes to Ontario’s freedom of information (FOI) law that retroactively cover up Fords cellphone records & Cabinet communications with lobbyists. Details: bit.ly/4cIgJnh #onpoli

The fact we are going to have our first trillionaire before everyone has access to clean drinking water is proof our current system is not for the greater good but for the greedy.

The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price.

NEW: An advocacy group is planning to file a constitutional challenge to Ontario’s freedom of information clampdown, arguing it breaches the right of voters to be informed for a meaningful debate about public issues. globalnews.ca/news/11824648/… #onpoli

Norway uses public oil profits to build a $2T wealth fund for its citizens. PM @MarkJCarney wants to use your tax dollars to subsidize private projects for big oil and gas. This is just plain wrong. The Liberals are standing with corporations, not everyday Canadians. 🇨🇦

Climate change is already reshaping our energy systems, our health, and even the basic medicines we rely on. But progress continues, and we can help. ⚡ Good news: Global investment in clean energy hit a record $2.3 trillion last year, outpacing fossil fuel investment for the second year in a row. 🦠 Not-so-good news: New research suggests that warming temperatures and drought may be fueling antibiotic resistance in soil, making infections harder to treat. 🌿 What we can do: The Nature Conservancy's free guide offers simple ways to get outside, from bird-watching to planting for pollinators to my personal fav: finding new ways to “wander and wonder.” Pick one thing and give it a try this week! talkingclimate.ca/p/how-warming-…

OMG. Carney is planning to privatize our airports & other key infrastructure. That's not "nation-building;" it's capitulation to corporate interests. #Cdnpoli

3/ In other words, Norway uses industry profits to support the public good. Prime Minister Carney’s fund uses public money to support private profits. Half of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque. We need our government to step up and actually govern.