Honoured to join the Ethiopian Association of Canada to celebrate introducing the Ethiopian Heritage Month Act in Ontario! Proud to co-sponsor Doly Begum's bill and excited to continue passing this Bill when Queen’s Park resumes! #OnPoli #Ontario #Toronto #ToPoli #NDP #OntarioNDP #TorCen #TorontoCentre
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In favour of removal:
78% of PC voters
16% of NDP voters
30% of Liberal voters
51% against.
"It's close, but most Torontonians oppose the Ford govt's plan to tear out 3 major bike lanes—blaming congestion woes more on construction & a preponderance of cars than cyclists." #BikeTo #OnPoli #ToPoli
Most Torontonians for building...
The Trillium · Most Torontonians for building protected bike lanes: poll
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Environment Canada has warned that 'Canadians should be prepared for more extreme weather events, such as #wildfires and hurricanes, triggered by human-caused climate change.'
'Toronto was the second-most polluted major city in the world as of 8 a.m. on Monday'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/extreme-heat-humidity-gta-monday-environment-canada-1.7584221
CBCAir quality in Toronto among worst in the world Monday, as Environment Canada issues heat warning | CBC NewsParts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are under an air quality warning on Monday alongside an ongoing heat warning in the region, Environment Canada says.
Both Doug Ford and Mark Carney are giving to the private sector, while draining the public services we rely on. #canpoli #onpoli
https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/privatization-will-not-save-us/
rabble.ca · Privatization will not save usBoth Doug Ford and Mark Carney are pursuing privatization, while draining the public services we all rely on.
I like this call for regulation around maximum temperatures allowed in rental units - it's the landlord's property, and it should be their problem. Couple that with some, you know, actual enforcement of the Landlord Tenant Act and getting back to some real rent control and we'd be on our way to creating some actual livable conditions in this province.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/maximum-heat-law-1.7583816
CBCOttawa MPP calls for maximum heat law | CBC NewsOntario's infrastructure critic Catherine McKenney says they're planning on proposing a maximum heat law when Queen's Park returns in the fall. Currently, landlords don't have to provide air conditioning or allow their tenants to bring their own.
#BC #NDP are just like the Cons in #Ontario and everywhere else in #Canada - rolling over #IndigenousRights and title, #humanRights, #water protection, #environmentalAssessment, #ecosystems stewardship.... . https://watershedsentinel.ca/article/ebys-trump-card/
Watershed SentinelEby's Trump Card | Watershed SentinelNew provincial legislation will disempower and destabilize local governments and First Nations while granting the provincial cabinet unilateral power over infrastructure projects.
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Kinda hard to push back on US politicians complaining we are doing enough about wildfires when...we aren't.
"The forests of Canada are being turned to ash at a rate of a million hectares a month.
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"Ontario Premier Ford didn't buy Water-bomber aircraft as he said, he lied."
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Federal governments aren't where the rubber hits the road with our cities, and when we conflate "cities" with "Canada" it skirts the real issues we've created.
Sprawl. Verticality that's priced out of reach for most people. NIMBYism. Tax policy. Development fees. Gentrification. Privatization. Luxury condo towers sitting partially or mostly empty while unhoused people sit on the street. A complete retreat from public housing. Poorly-incentivized public transit.
The Canadian cities we built were built on smarter decisions than we've made for 50 years and media is not helping us understand why it is the way it is.
The Line should be doing a better job of untangling these issues. It seems like something Matt and Jen are passionate about, and should invest more time in calling out the policy decisions that have led us here and identifying policy solutions that could lead us out.
Left, right, or centre, Canadians can form a clear coalition around building a better environment in our cities. But we have to name the problems and the solutions, or all we've got is people complaining that the band's playing too loud and the deck's not level. The Titanic is still sinking.
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In my city, I can point to a dozen centrist and small-c conservative (and small-c corruption) reasons why we are in the state we are. Sprawl, artificially low property tax rates, 7 years of Doug Ford's neglect and interference, and a decade of alternating Liberal investment and ambivalence before that.
I worry that when we talk about "the state of Canadian cities" we leave out the fact that cities are creatures of the provinces, and city councils are where many of the decisions get made. Maybe The Line's listernership just knows this inherently. I do, but I still wanted some engagement with the topic beyond "man, everything is kind of fucked, and we need to make better policy decisions in order to reverse it and build environments, infrastructure, and services that will serve us and last like the way they do in Europe."
There's going to be a not-insubstantial portion of The Line's listenership that comes away saying "Canadian cities are a mess! It's all that Trudeau's fault!" and not engage at all with the conservative provincial and city council decisions that led us here. And maybe Matt and Jen don't see that as part of the job, but they aren't afraid to name names when it comes to bad policy choices - *including* conservative ones. (I see you, Canadian lefties chomping at the bit to call Jen Gerson a fascist. She's not, you've lost the plot. Kindly get fucked and reflect on why the Canadian left can't build a coalition to save its life.)
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Quick Sunday AM Canadian politics while I have a respite from parenting.
I am more left-leaning than Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson at https://www.readtheline.ca/ but I listen to their show and read their columns because they are what I think my parents and their parents are: principled small-c conservatives who love Canada and want the best for it. They pay attention to things I don't.
I just listened to their latest podcast, "Partisans, pancakes, and pathos," and really liked it right up until it ended. (I still hate some of their sponsors and wish they'd revisit some of those decisions, but oh well.)
The last section is about the absolute state of most Canadian cities compared to even modest European cities. I was nodding along to the observations about personal wealth on display next to crumbling public infrastructure, people in need of mental health supports and housing not getting the help they need, a lack of sense of history, not building for the future, etc.
And then, the show just... ended.
Wait, what? Where's the rest of the point you're making, Matt?
www.readtheline.caThe Line | Line Editor | SubstackCommentary for Canadians. Click to read The Line, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
An Ontario MPP 
, Catherine McKenney, wants to introduce a motion to cap apartment temperatures at 26°
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/maximum-heat-law-1.7583816
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Une députée provinciale de l’Ontario , Catherine McKenney, veut introduire une motion pour limiter les températures dans les appartements à 26°
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CBCOttawa MPP calls for maximum heat law | CBC NewsOntario's infrastructure critic Catherine McKenney says they're planning on proposing a maximum heat law when Queen's Park returns in the fall. Currently, landlords don't have to provide air conditioning or allow their tenants to bring their own.
My teen was taking #ViaRail home from Ottawa yesterday. Thinking about the heat and the possibility of the train breaking down, I told him make sure to bring water.
The train didn't break down. But the A/C in his car stopped working.
I said that must have been so horrible. His response: "Not as bad as a TDSB classroom!"
Oof
Opposition calls Ontario school board takeover 'power grab,' as trustees say they've received little direction | CBC News
CBCToronto trustees say they've received little communication since Ontario took over school boards | CBC NewsTDSB trustees say they've received little communication from new provincial supervisor, and opposition critics are calling the takeover a 'power grab,' saying parents are losing their voice in the classroom.
Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford’s fiscal time bomb is devastating Ontario’s colleges
The root of the crisis in higher education lies with the fiscal time bomb planted by Doug Ford’s provincial government when it came to power seven full years ago this month.
Toronto StarMartin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford’s fiscal time bomb is devastating Ontario’s collegesThe root of the crisis in higher education lies with the fiscal time bomb planted by Doug Ford’s provincial government when it came to power seven full years ago this
Ontario environment minister apologizes for 'confusion' over clean water bill letter | CBC News
CBCOntario environment minister apologizes for 'confusion' over clean water bill letter | CBC NewsOntario's environment minister has apologized to First Nation chiefs for any "confusion" his letter caused when he asked the federal government to not reintroduce a bill that would enshrine clean drinking water rights in law. But many First Nations are not accepting the apology.
The crisis at Ontario's Tribunals is ongoing. I wrote to the Ontario Ombudsman about serious new concerns that have come to my attention thanks to Tribunal Watch Ontario's work. Read my letters at https://www.kristynwongtam.ca/ombudsman-tribunal-letters #OnPoli #Ontario #Toronto #ToPoli #NDP #OntarioNDP #TorCen #TorontoCentre
"Now more than ever, we need the federal government to work around the clock to secure a deal that is right for Canada and eliminates all American tariffs,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office said in a statement. And then he left early to beat the cottage traffic...
#CanPoli #OnPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/trump-says-the-friends-have-been-worse-than-the-foes-trade-war-live-updates-here/
CTVNews · Trump says ‘the friends have been worse than the foes.’ Trade war live updates here.
Toronto's homeless population has doubled, my upcoming virtual townhall about the TDSB takeover, and more in this week's community newsletter! Check it out at https://www.kristynwongtam.ca/july_11_2025_newsletter #OnPoli #Ontario #Toronto #ToPoli #NDP #OntarioNDP #TorCen #TorontoCentre