Tim Hamilton

(📣) The President of Brazil has issued a statement about Twitter: “The world isn’t obliged to put up with Elon Musk’s far-right free-for-all just because he is rich.” RETWEET if you agree. theguardian.com/world/article/…

Pure gaslighting from @Fordnation as they try to bury their own study that shows the 413 will do nothing for traffic. Put the trucks from the 401 on the 407 now, reduce gridlock and save us $billions. toronto.citynews.ca/2024/08/23/rep… #stopthe413 #onpoli

@TheCinesthetic Bored to Death

What’s an HBO series (that’s not The Wire, The Sopranos or GOT) that y’all would recommend?

@breakfasttv No. It is an architecturally significant building and is in a neighborhood that needs the influx of visitors, and the reasons for moving it are purely corrupt.

Are YOU in favour of moving the Ontario Science Centre?

Mayor Olivia Chow insists she's not giving up a fight against shifting the Ontario Science Centre to a revamped Ontario Place. Chow says following through with the move would be a worst-comes-to-worst scenario. @sid_seixeiro, @meredithshaw and @citytammie share their thoughts ⬇️

@AlexDRMather As a homeowner, who stands to pay more money, I support Mayor Chow. She is right. The magical conservative thinking of Tory and Rob Ford has led us into potential disaster.

A mayor leveraging her remarkably high approval rating to deliver on the promises she made during her election campaign by beginning to unwind more than a decade of dishonest fiscal management is good, actually.

@davidfrum The only ones who take his words as permission to be antisemitic were antisemitic from the get go. And those people couldn't give a shit what Trudeau says anyway. Jewish safety is important but what about the safety of Palestinian civilians?

Justin Trudeau's public reprimand of Israel tonight will have zero effect on the region. He must know that. In Canada, however, his words will be heard as permission by those harassing Jews. He should know that too. He is risking Jewish safety to cushion the drop in his polls.

@nestruck @ShopprsDrugMart These charities are a way for corporations to lower their tax burden, at OUR expense. So, they put less money back into the public coffers, and we pay to support charities that may or may not be valid. A double loss in my mind.

@jen_keesmaat On a side note, why is it that I keep reading about important local developments like this in The Guardian and not on any Canadian site? What does that say about our media system?

We mismanaged the relationship between nature and the city; after decades of grassroots advocacy and now a $1 billion investment, the Don River, once declared dead, is roaring back to life. Doing so is foundational to our continuing urban project… theguardian.com/world/2023/may…

@KingaSurmaMPP @am640 This is a ridiculous plan that smells of corruption. Ontario Place is public land, not a playground for the rich, to be paid for by the average person. The Science Center is an important part of the community it exists in already. This is about appeasing developers. Period.

Get ready for more at Ontario Place! This week, I was on @am640 to discuss our government’s plan to bring Ontario Place back to life. We will be building more public realm space, expanded waterfront access, year round attractions, and a new Ontario Science Centre.

@CNN Great. Now Jupiter's other moons are all upset. "What. We're not 'intriguing' enough?"

The European Space Agency is about to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons cnn.it/43BDWAH

@BenSpurr Ironically, one has to question the integrity of this Integrity Commissioner. Matlow was doing his job, and doing it well.

Integrity commissioner has found Coun. Josh Matlow violated council's code of conduct by criticizing staff in social media posts, and is recommending council suspend his pay for 10 days secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…

@globeandmail Next week: "DeSantis reintroduces stone tools."

DeSantis to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law to all grades theglobeandmail.com/world/us-polit…

Autocorrect just changed Toshiro Mifune to Tostito Mifune. I have finally found my punk rock name.

@JoshMatlow This is great news Josh. You are the candidate that Toronto needs.

My letter to Torontonians: I’m running to be your Mayor, for a city that works.

@NKossovan Well, people I speak to are looking forward to it. But, I get that I'm a minority. I'm not just concerned with the mayoral powers but the Eglinton / Yonge LRT fiasco, a lack of city maintenance, harassment of the homeless, being in Ford's pocket etc.

@NKossovan Ha! Good point. But I hope that at least some candidates run on removing the powers. But, yes, that is a worry.

@NKossovan Who says we don't want another election? Tory's egregious anti-democratic move of taking on more mayoral powers happened after the election to the surprise of all. This is a useful opportunity in my books.

@BobRae48 Agreed that Twitter is a steward of the public good. But frankly we shouldn't have to rely on the possibility of decent billionaires to do us the favour of protecting the public good. And, frankly, it's a possibility that seems slim.

@globalnewsto @JoshMatlow @JohnTory @Candace_Global Thank you @JoshMatlow for taking this very important stand. What @JohnTory is doing is egregious, full stop.

Toronto City Councillor @JoshMatlow is challenging @JohnTory over his adoption of strong mayor powers. Today, Matlow joins @Candace_Global to expand on his thoughts and explain why he believes the expanded powers threaten civic democracy.