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ALT Photo of water rushing out of a dam with the text "Sucked into the swamp" above it in green.
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If you're a billionaire, this budget is Christmas come early.
Canadians are struggling with the cost of everything — groceries, rent, medication, and everything in between. But this budget only makes it easier for the same corporations fuelling the crisis to profit even more.
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It's time for nation-building projects for the people.
Ahead of the 2026 Budget, we're calling on the Liberals to prioritize three big projects that will lower costs and make life better for millions of families, paid for by a wealth tax on the 1%.
• Make a down payment to build a network of 50 public grocery stores.
• Triple the federal government's community housing investment to build one million non-market homes for people.
• Make a nation-building investment in health care, including funding pharmacare from coast to coast to coast.
Read my full letter to Prime Minister Carney.
ALT Letter from NDP Avi Lewis to Prime Minister Carney outlining three NDP priorities for Budget 2026: 1. A down payment on a network of public grocery stores from coast to coast. $350 million for initial infrastructure, $290 million ongoing to build 50 stores. 2. Triple the federal government's investment in community housing over 10 years to $18 billion, to build a million new non-market homes. 3. A nation-building investment in health care, guaranteeing an increase of at least 6% per year to the Canada Health Transfer, costing $12 billion over 5 years. Additionally, conclude and fund pharmacare deals with the remaining provinces and territories. To fund these investments, we are calling for a wealth tax starting at 1% on fortunes exceeding $10 million and escalating to 3% on the largest fortunes, which could generate up to $40 billion a year, and $500 billion over ten years.
ALT Letter from NDP Avi Lewis to Prime Minister Carney outlining three NDP priorities for Budget 2026: 1. A down payment on a network of public grocery stores from coast to coast. $350 million for initial infrastructure, $290 million ongoing to build 50 stores. 2. Triple the federal government's investment in community housing over 10 years to $18 billion, to build a million new non-market homes. 3. A nation-building investment in health care, guaranteeing an increase of at least 6% per year to the Canada Health Transfer, costing $12 billion over 5 years. Additionally, conclude and fund pharmacare deals with the remaining provinces and territories. To fund these investments, we are calling for a wealth tax starting at 1% on fortunes exceeding $10 million and escalating to 3% on the largest fortunes, which could generate up to $40 billion a year, and $500 billion over ten years.
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Read the full Who's Hungry 2026 report examining poverty and food insecurity in Toronto dailybread.ca/research-and-a…
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The Who’s Hungry latest report from @DailyBreadTO Food Bank shows that more than 8 in 10 food bank clients live in unaffordable housing.
Take action: dailybread.ca/get-involved/
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Canadians can’t afford rent. Food bank use is at a record high. Wages are stagnant while the rich are getting richer than ever before.
Of all the people who could use this kind of federal support right now, venture capitalists are at the bottom of that list.
Ottawa kicks off process to give $1.75-billion boost to venture capital sector
theglobeandmail.com/business…
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If the first Toronto mayor to seriously fix the city's finances is also the first incumbent to lose reelection, this city will be doomed to austerity and crumbling infrastructure for decades.
A new poll finds Brad Bradford has taken a narrow lead over Olivia Chow in the Toronto mayoral race, with less than a week to go until election day.
toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/…
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Brad Bradford wants to hand over our drinking water to Doug Ford — so it can be privatized.
This isn’t for you, it’s for Brad’s investor friends.
This will drive up your water bill and make our drinking water less safe.
I will never privatize our water.
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TENT was mentioned in today's article on the TorDan race in the Star! We're using this election to start building power in the East End. If you're an East Ender in TorDan, BEY or SSW, join our mailing list to hear more: torontoeastneighbours.ca/
A surprise retirement turned Toronto-Danforth into the city’s most-contested council race with 18 candidates. Inside the progressive stronghold. thestar.com/news/gta/city-ha…
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Toronto needs mass transit and active transit, not waymo
Who could look at the world now and think "let's integrate local transit with a US conglomerate"??
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According to Ontario's Financial Accountability Office, Doug Ford's plan to put alcohol sales into stores cost taxpayers $612 million for the early rollout alone, and up to $1.4 billion in total by 2030!!
$47M for health care!
Let that sink in!
Our government is fighting to cut emergency room wait times so people can get the emergency care they need faster.
Today, Ontario launched our Emergency Department Action Team with a $47 million investment and a mandate to identify and tackle common delays, improve patient flow and apply these lessons to lower wait times across the province.
Find out more: news.ontario.ca/en/release/1…
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My @TorontoStar column: Brad Bradford and Chris Alexander talk about Toronto's budget like it's some mystery we need outside experts to solve.
But the mayor's spending record is all public, and tells a simple story of priorities. No mystery. Just math. thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
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The number’s don’t lie: Doug Ford’s privatisation scheme is a failure.
Patients are waiting longer for cancer surgeries, MRIs, and more — while over $600M goes to private for profit clinics every year.
This isn't how things are supposed to be in Ontario. Your bank account balance should never determine what kind of care you get. We need to put that funding into our public hospitals, and get everyone the care they need, when they need it.
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o…
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This is a very interesting policy idea: As he campaigns for re-election, Brazil's President Lula da Silva has offered a debt relief program for low-income families.
The idea is that the government will buy defaulted debts of up to 10,000 reais (c. $1900 USD) of working-class families.
Banks know they probably won't get back most of this debt, because it's in default, so the government will buy it for big discounts of 90+%.
Some cynical critics are portraying this as a supposed bailout of banks, but that's not true at all. The government will not pay the face value of the debt, which is of course what the bank would want. (This is what the US government often does in its bailouts, which benefit creditors, not debtors.)
Instead, in this proposal, the Brazilian government will hold auctions where creditors sell the defaulted debt with a huge haircut of 90+%. Then, after buying the debt, the Brazilian government will forgive it.
At the same time, Lula has also proposed a ban on online gambling websites, which aims to further reduce the growing levels of debt among working-class families.
EL PLAN DE LULA PARA LOS MOROSOS: BRASIL LES COMPRARÁ A LOS BANCOS DEUDAS DE LAS FAMILIAS CON DESCUENTOS DE HASTA 90%
Lectura rápida
El Gobierno de Brasil planea destinar 15.000 millones de reales, unos US$2.800 millones, para comprar hasta 150.000 millones de reales en deudas morosas de personas físicas. El objetivo es aliviar la carga financiera de los hogares y luego refinanciar esas obligaciones directamente con los consumidores.
Subasta y descuentos
Según explicó el ministro de Planificación, Bruno Moretti, la subasta se realizaría en noviembre e incluiría deudas de hasta 10.000 reales, unos US$1.866, con una antigüedad de entre dos años y cuatro años y medio. Las carteras podrían adquirirse con descuentos de hasta 90% o más, que serían trasladados a las familias.
El volumen en mora
El stock total de deudas en mora ronda los 300.000 millones de reales, unos US$56.000 millones, y está compuesto principalmente por tarjetas de crédito y préstamos personales. El plan prevé que los bancos compitan ofreciendo mayores quitas y que la operación sea ejecutada por el Tesoro o por una entidad estatal como Banco do Brasil o Caixa.
(+) en Clarín: clar.in/4rAaDLh
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Migrants have the right to protest without fear.
Today we are joining 250+ orgs to defend it.
Join us: MigrantRights.ca/RighttoProt…
#DefendRightToProtest
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I spoke to CTV News, alongside Roman and his brother, about his case: ctvnews.ca/toronto/video/202…
please sign the petition to stop his removal and write to the minister shorturl.at/OMoZE
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Riding from my home in the ravine up the big hill each day to my office in the hydro corridor.
Toronto already has the space to build a connected cycling network, through our ravines and hydro corridors.
Let's build it and maintain it year-round. So we can give our residents bike lanes that work and less congestion for drivers.
Agree? Sign here: bradford26.ca/petitions/cong…
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Bradford’s mayoral run is just a contest for most embarrassing political flip flop award against himself spacing.ca/toronto/2020/06/0…
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Wow, we've jumped to $43,610! The $5K in matching funds was raised in the last four days, meaning it unlocked another $5K. Thank you!
It's now the final stretch to $50,000. If you haven't donated to our legal defence yet, now's the time.
Head to: thegrindmag.ca/support-the-g…
Just passed $40K!
There's still $1,500 left of matching funding. So if you make a donation before Sunday at midnight, it'll get doubled. $1,500 in new donations would actually turn into $3K and would jump us to $43K.
Can you help make it happen? thegrindmag.ca/support-the-g…
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The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting.
We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto.
See the full announcement for more info. thegrindmag.ca/the-grind-is-…
