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I keep seeing stories about the Ontario government vowing to move forward with Billy Bishop airport expansion and none say whether they can do that.
Toronto StarBlasting the federal government for listening to “a small fringe group in Toronto,” provincial Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria insists the Billy Bishop expansion is not dead.
Ford government won’t return Billy Bishop Airport land to City of Toronto
Ford government won’t return Billy Bishop Airport land to City of Toronto‘If this is how they’re going to treat bigger projects, I don’t think you’ll get much built,’ says Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkariadlvr.it
"should we replace a parking lot—" me: yes, next question "okay but should we replace a *money-losing* parking lot—" me: did I stutter? "should we replace a money-losing parking lot with a shelter for Indigenous women & children?" me: ...am I having a stroke right now? Is this what that feels like?
Why exactly is this airport valuable? How exactly does it contribute to the local economy while carrying 4% of passengers? No one can ever say. It’s vibes upon vibes. The airport itself can’t even cook up a plausible economic impact statement. www.thestar.com/business/tor...
Toronto business community 'disappointed' Billy Bishop jet expansion isn't moving forwardBusiness groups call Ottawa decision to halt expansion for jets a missed opportunity that could leave the downtown airport on 'borrowed time.'www.thestar.com
Highways are for the little people. "Between the beginning of March and mid-April, Ford flew in and out of Windsor, Kingston, North Bay and Ottawa each in a single day." Ford's whole folksy political schema is being undone. #OnPoli
Isaac CallanNEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford flew to Kingston, Ottawa, North Bay and Windsor in the space of a month and a half this spring, skipping the highway commute as civil servants rushed to finish purchasing a private jet for him to use. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1197340...
Statistics Canada reports food prices rose 6.2% *just in 2025* 😬
John Gramlich"Buying food to eat at home has gotten 33% more expensive in U.S. cities since the beginning of 2019, according to government figures. In the 7.5 years before that, prices rose 6.4%." (via @apnews.com) apnews.com/article/groc...
Since we’ve been talking about Shopify bro this weekend - somebody sent me this screenshot of him advocating for more votes the richer you are. Total democracy perverts. His group Build Canada has the ear of the prime minister.
David MoscropJust a quick reminder for when you’re thinking about who should vote in a democracy: the masses won us self-government and rights while billionaires gave us pervert glasses and personal-data harvesting.
It’s a similar playbook used by the tobacco industry at the time, and in some cases the same lobbyists moved between industries
Mother JonesAbout half of Americans think natural gas—a methane-based, planet-warming fuel—is a “clean” energy source, according to a recent poll. And a long-running fossil fuel industry marketing campaign might be to blame.
So cops were stationed outside the consulate 24/7 but this still happened and the perpetrators fled the scene. Explain to me again, Brad Bradford, how 1,000 more cops are going to make the city safer. Cops don’t prevent crime.
Unofficial CP24 MirrorShots fired outside U.S. Consulate, heavy police presence in area
Would assume everyone knows it by now, but just in case "First the traitors, then the invaders" is an explicit reference to The Turner Diaries, where a white supremacist revolution overruns "The System" and kills all their enemy during the evocatively named "Day of the Rope".
The Turner Diaries - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgSunder Katwala (sundersays)X owner Elon Musk indicates he would prioritise political violence (assassination of pro-migration politicians is the common sense meaning) over violence against "invaders" (refugees, asylum seekers, maybe ethnic minorities generally) while endorsing call for violence (killing) against both groups
we are un-inventing the supermarket
Dayna Lynn NuckollsAt the Walmart in an all Black part of New Orleans a worker sits with a cart full of plastic cases. She opens the locked cabinet of deodorant, takes out your choice, and puts it in another locked container you put into your cart. The cashier unlocks that container after you pay for it. 😑
This Matt Bracken fellow who Musk is agreeing with not only posts memes that reference The Turner Diaries, he’s also the sort of supple and sophisticated free thinker who understands that “the lizard people” who control the world are not ALL Jews, just disproportionately Jewish.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)X owner Elon Musk indicates he would prioritise political violence (assassination of pro-migration politicians is the common sense meaning) over violence against "invaders" (refugees, asylum seekers, maybe ethnic minorities generally) while endorsing call for violence (killing) against both groups
This is part of what makes Olivia Rodrigo's choice to feature Robert Smith as her modern rock collaborator extremely interesting. The Robert Smith/Morrissey beef is like as old as I am (I'm late 40s) and Smith has always had Morrissey's number on this and other matters.
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧My beef with Morrissey runs all the way back to 1986 when he said this about Black artists. Nineteen Eighty Six, while the Smiths were still active. It’s not a “later phenomenon” don’t try and lie to me www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
really something to see tech YouTuber types calmly discussing the latest Tesla or SpaceX business news without once mentioning Elon’s 50 Day of the Rope posts per day or his murdering 700,000+ people
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)X owner Elon Musk indicates he would prioritise political violence (assassination of pro-migration politicians is the common sense meaning) over violence against "invaders" (refugees, asylum seekers, maybe ethnic minorities generally) while endorsing call for violence (killing) against both groups
