Fact-checking the new anti-Oli...
"The Ontario prov. govt is quietly setting the stage for something really big – or possibly really tall – beside Toronto's Rogers Centre.
Buried deep in the 2026 Ontario Budget … is a plan to cancel the longstanding SkyDome Act, which … required a huge chunk of land to be available for bus parking …
in conjunction with another lot to the south, it preserves a rare, clean shot of the dome on the skyline when viewed from the harbour & Toronto Islands."
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/03/ontario-plan-redevelop-plot-land-rogers-centre/
#Toronto #TOpoli
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@avilewis 's ideas are catching on, and he's not even federal #NDP leader yet.
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That Frances Nunziata was installed as Council Speaker says a lot about Olivia Chow's lack of political acumen.
#Toronto needs a Mayor who is a Progressive AND a Leader.
Chow doesn't have it.
ugh. the "civil discourse" movement shows up everybloodywhere. it basically means "if you can't speak politely then STFU" which is a garbage principle for deciding what's worthy to talk about and what's not.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bill-9-vote-questioned-9.7140525

Ontario is running out of time to beef up rules that would crack down on negligent and misbehaving municipal politicians ahead of the next civic election, some experts and opposition critics warn.
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Hostile Architecture.
What Stephen Holyday is referring to is Hostile Architecture.
There's a Wikipedia page for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture