John Doe 🍁

Just sitting here staring at the words "21 week break"

"I want to build housing" ok, then why haven't you done anything to facilitate that in *this* term? Did Toronto just start having a housing crisis recently?

With "progressives" like this, who needs conservatives Utterly disappointing mayor. An absolute coward. Saying you need "consensus" to do something is the same as saying you will never do anything. Leadership is doing the right thing whether people agree or not

Weird how no one ever asks the conservatives "where are you getting this money from"

Doug Ford's Ontario www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

When Doug Ford rips out bike lanes, defunds & sabotages transit, this is the outcome. Every single car injury/death is a choice that he (and we) make on a daily basis. It's not inevitable

Potentially the most incredible dummymander of all time

I see the "they owe me for feeding/clothing them" everywhere Like.... Imagine having a transactional relationship with your actual child You owe your kids a lot! You are obligated to provide for them, that's what you sign up for when you have a kid. They aren't obligated to do anything for you!

Crime is so bad in Toronto, dozens of cops are available to stand and watch construction.

Speaking about Doug Ford plainly makes you sound like an insane person but literally his three favorite things are drunk driving (beer sales at gas stations), killing cyclists, and gambling www.thestar.com/news/investi...

Not the point, but seeing this reinforces how much conservatives are treated with fucking kids gloves A bunch of belligerent truckers shut down capital for weeks, and there's nothing the police can do. A Paralympian in a chair protests a bike lane removal, and they're dragged away immediately

Endless resources. Endless.

Another thing is drivers in this town & province didn’t have to lift a finger of protest to get the bike lanes removed. The other side must expend endless time & money & their bodies in the streets.

The thing about car drivers is that many of them genuinely want to injure and kill people on bikes, it really is that simple

My @thestar.com column: despite pouring a TON of money into policing and giving the cops darn near everything they asked for over the last three years, Olivia Chow is letting her opponent run as the tough-on-crime candidate. It’s a weird choice. www.thestar.com/opinion/oliv...

“Get home safe” is an inspired choice for a protest chant.

Most delays being caused by a "disorderly person" The fact that the TTC has become the de facto homeless & mental health shelter is horrible. The TTC isn't equipped to handle any of that, but the city and province have failed for decades on addressing it correctly www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The performance of virtue is valuable, even if you don’t always perfectly live up to your stated principles!

Currently, I have no idea how I could ever be convinced to go back to America again It doesn't even matter who ends up in charge. 30% of the population wants this

Why, did something happen

Americans think that the second trump is gone, we're going to flock back We aren't. Even the "good" ones don't respect us

Once you realize that we treat people like pollution a lot of municipal politics makes sense

Conservatives are the biggest gatekeepers when it comes to housing supply and affordability in Canada, as I wrote three years ago. Danielle Smith and the UCP just proved my point, again. www.nationalobserver.com/2023/06/12/o...

gutting to realize that any good decision that is made by a city can immediately be repealed by some chud premier who wants to use cities as culture war wedges It's actually so fucking embarrassing if you voted for either Ford or Smith, no other word for it

Small government conservatism, same as it always was

I'm unable to put in words how much I despise the people/politicians of Toronto who insist that the city is "full" Most of the city is emptying out. We're stuffing all the population growth onto 3 roads

Wow thank goodness they didn't vote in a premier who is explicitly trying to hold back economic diversification and investment in new tech and... hang on I'm receiving some news

44%

The thing about cars is that no matter how much space you give them, it is never enough Give them the bike lanes, the parking, tear down buildings to build highways. It doesn't matter, they're still going to take our parks. They'd drive over their mother if it meant they could park 6 feet closer

See the thing is if she didn't know, she needs to resign immediately If she did know and didn't stop it, she needs to resign immediately Resignation is the light position. People need to be thrown in jail nationalnewswatch.com/2026/10/05/a...

First past the post is a damn travesty Also see: QC

Thank God there are rules like this or else you would never be able to see the sun in a massive city that gets.... Like 320 sunny days per year

I spent years in an affordable unit, that I did not want to live in, because I just didnt want to have to bid against 20 other people for a """luxury""" rental unit at a place I actually wanted There are tons of people who make over 100k and live in units that could be occupied by those who make 50

All those Toronto drivers who shouted about bike lanes' [non-existent] effect on emergency vehicles will no doubt throw their support behind congestion pricing. Right?

Firmly in hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby territory Jesus CHRIST

Easily my biggest criticism of Chow. The bar *started* in hell regarding transit, and it's still managed to get worse during her tenure, with no plan to improve. More and more slow zones every day

Broke: subway to Mississauga Woke: subway to Hamilton Bespoke: high-speed subway from Windsor to Quebec City

Oh yeah the guy who is systematically dismantling the GO system is definitely going to fund the world's most expensive subway extension

The thing about homeownership as a primary investment strategy is that you can only do it for 1 (one) generation before creating a more or less permanent dual-class structure

Doug Ford's legacy Tripling down on legacy manufacturers, pulling out bike lanes, defunding transit, building multibillion $ highways in the middle of nowhere. Right when gas is near all time highs, american car companies are on the downhill, and while we have a trade war

Literally the reason I wasn't worried about Carney fast tracking this. Never gonna be built anyway