Deepening my attachment to this place, Toronto/Tkaronto. Exploring the rivers of our landscape & our history. Volunteer @EtobicokeCA, @PIA1257, @OntarioGreens
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Brian MacLean retweeted
John Tory on Brad’s water scheme:
“you do lose a degree of control when you send it off to one of these even publicly owned corporations…if it ain't broke don't fix it. I mean you know - if the water turns on, it’s clean, it's safe, it's among the best in North America."
Brian MacLean retweeted
On October 26, 15 young Canadians will gather in Vancouver to take the federal government to trial over climate change. This is the first youth-led federal climate case in Canada to reach full trial.
forourkids.ca/how_to_support…
Brian MacLean retweeted
The Mayor's closing argument should be this:
Conservative Mayors supported by Conservative Councillors like Bradskie here ruled for 14 years.
They dismantled David Miller's plans and in so doing broke our infrastructure and blew up sustainable affordable housing to favour the ultra rich.
They were also administratively incompetent. The mess they left us, the damage they did, can't be fixed overnight.
But we're making a start of it working closely with our partners.
Don't let them turn the clock back let's keep going, forward.
#topoli
Brad Bradford says Olivia Chow’s dismissal of his plan to conduct a third-party line-by-line audit of city finances is “the same can’t do attitude we hear time and time again from this mayor.”
“Our own auditor general found that the city spent $11 million on Microsoft Office licenses for people who retired, it spent $5 million on stickers on recycling bins to tell you we don’t pick up the recycling,” he says. “There is lots of things that we can save.”
Brian MacLean retweeted
🚨 #BREAKING: MPP @tylerwatt just exposed the real reason Doug Ford gutted OSAP.
Introducing Doug Ford's $1B OSAP scandal:
How Ford let one-fifth of Ontario's student grants go to just SEVEN private career colleges, ignored years of warnings, then cut grants for EVERY student.
We've asked the Auditor General for a full audit.
#onpoli
Brian MacLean retweeted
So France's national government allows its largest city to do this? Don't they want Paris to be more like Toronto?
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping.
momentummag.com/paris-cyclin…
Brian MacLean retweeted
"Do you support or oppose the Government of Canada imposing a temporary moratorium on the development of new, more powerful AI systems until adequate safeguards can be developed?"
Support: 68%
Neutral: 15%
Oppose: 14%
EKOS / Oct 1, 2026
Brian MacLean retweeted
Mark Carney just fast-tracked a new oil pipeline to the West Coast as Canada’s first “project of national interest,” one day after saying “we owe them action” on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
First Nations from the oil sands to the coast are responding. Some reject it outright and are preparing for court. Others are open to development but say they were not properly consulted, and that an ownership stake is not consent. Even chiefs who left their meeting with Carney encouraged say they will hold him to his promises.
The message across Treaty 8 and B.C. is the same: nothing gets built on our lands without us.
A trade war is no excuse to override Indigenous rights.
New on Indigenous Insider: indigenousinsider.substack.c…
Brian MacLean retweeted
“Why did the Ministry of Health pay $2.09 million dollar to McKinsey, the American consulting firm that charges hefty fees to tell executives how to cut costs, often at the workers’ expense?” asked interim Liberal leader John Fraser.
#onpoli @JohnFraserOS
Brian MacLean retweeted
The results are in: TEA’s election survey results show a stark divide between top Mayoral candidates.
TEA asked the top 3 Mayoral candidates where they stood on 5 key environmental issues. Get the full list of questions and all the details here: bit.ly/2026MayorSurvey #topoli
ALT Chart showing the results of a survey sent to the top 3 candidates running for Mayor in the city of Toronto (Chris Alexander, Brad Bradford, & Olivia Chow) do they support 5 key environmental acts to green our city. The acts listed are as follows: 1. Extreme heat protection. 2. Funding trees and shade. 3. Reducing waste from single-use disposables. 4. Pausing and assessing AI data centres. 5. Green buildings. The results indicate that Alexander and Bradford didn't respond at all and Chow responded 'YES' to all. Text reads: Learn more about this survey at: https://bit.ly/2026MayorSurvey
Brian MacLean retweeted
I'm a driver and ER doc. Premier Ford's removal of bike lanes won't ease congestion. Bike lanes don't impede ambulances. Biking is good for your health. Premier Ford wins this culture war but will own the injuries and deaths.
thestar.com/news/gta/health-…
Brian MacLean retweeted
Brad's house-of-cards debt scheme doesn't stand up to scrutiny. He'll say anything.
Janice Baker, former city manger in Mississauga and CAO of Peel Region, has some questions 👇👇
Brian MacLean retweeted
We've released the results of our transit policy survey! We asked all mayoral & council candidates about their commitments to improving transit.
Of the leading mayoral candidates, only Olivia Chow completed our survey; Chris Alexander made a platform commitment to hike fares
Brian MacLean retweeted
Unpopular opinion: AI companies are pushing society to accept an unacceptable level of risk for a non-essential technology.
Brian MacLean retweeted
Could we please stop framing climate action as a left/right issue. It’s just a big issue that all politicians need to grapple with. Both a massive cost/risk & huge economic opportunity with clean energy transition (with big risk of stranded fossil fuel assets).
Brian MacLean retweeted
Thrilled that both Chow and Alexander correctly said tonight that RapidTO lanes have reduced delays.
Bradford on the other hand is skeptical. Says lanes could be good where needed.
Like Dufferin? The street identified as the top priority by the city? The one he voted against?
Brian MacLean retweeted
Raise taxes or cut services?
Those are the choices Doug Ford is forcing on small towns in Ontario. Greens are calling for a new deal for municipalities, one that increases funding while maintaining local control.
Brian MacLean retweeted
The Ford government is preparing to make deep cuts to Ontario’s public health care system.
The Health Minister is warning of a coming “fiscal cliff.” Thousands of nurses and health care workers are already being laid off. And now we’ve learned the government spent $2.1 million on McKinsey & Company to look for health care "savings".
This government has spent years expanding privatization. Now the warning signs of what could come next are impossible to ignore. #onpoli