Andrew McAllister (he/him)

audio tech + web designer • queer dad • proud @iatse58 member • settler living on unceded & occupied land

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

Paying $13M for the repairs necessary to keep the Ontario Science Centre open through to 2034 would have been the equivalent of reducing the $200 pre-election handout cheques to $199.19.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

The only effective way to reduce traffic congestion in a rapidly densifying region is to invest in more transit, particularly regional transit. High-speed regional rail is essential, as our city streets are already clogged with cars, leaving no room for further expansion.

Building more highways or tunnels only serves as a to create a funnel, concentrating traffic and creating gridlock at the destination.

This is precisely the problem Toronto faces today: more cars lead to persistent gridlock. To alleviate traffic, we must prioritize efficient, high-capacity transit options, not highways, not tunnels.

[Toronto Public Health @TOPublicHealth]

Toronto continues to be in the midst of a drug toxicity crisis.

Naloxone is a safe medication that reverses an opioid overdose. Get free online overdose prevention & response training: https://t.co/hAdfWJLmqa

Get free naloxone kits near you: https://t.co/QjIjaC0Rzj

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones went against two government reports that recommended keeping existing drug consumption sites open, increasing funding to help stabilize staffing, and hiring permanent security guards. #onpoli https://t.co/5xYK0Ug9Lh

[How-Sen @HowSenChong]

If you live in a hot rental unit, you can now call @311Toronto to report excessive heat in your unit.

If enough people call, we could be on our way to getting a maximum temperature bylaw that would limit indoor temperatures across Toronto.

[Avis Favaro @Avis_Favaro]

The majority of Ontario #hospitals are running deficits. ERs close for lack of staff. This report details the how provincial government spent $1.3 billion less on healthcare than budgeted. https://t.co/1RasyzwSwD

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

This week, @TorontoStar released the results of a poll commissioned by @fordnation & his gov't — confirming the public is behind us. More than half the province backs @LCBO workers on strike: workers have made their fight front & centre in the minds & hearts of Ontarians. #OnPoli

[How-Sen @HowSenChong]

This is much needed.

Right now, the TTC has a fine of $425 for non payment.

In comparison, speeding 40km/h over the limit, which literally threatens lives, comes with a fine of just $280.

[RWDSU @RWDSU]

Unskilled labor is a myth used to justify poverty wages. ALL labor has value.

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Instead of using Ford’s map that undermines striking workers and public services, use this map to show your solidarity.

Join a picket line.

Help us fight to keep LCBO public.

https://t.co/8WaqXRcWYv

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

Finding beer is easier than finding a family doctor in Ontario because we accept it. We vote for it. We settle for it. We look the other way.

[sue goldstein - Mercury justice for #GrassyNarrows @radioragazza]

#Solidarity with LCBO workers on the picket lines right now who fight for all of us. @fordnation's privatization schemes are despicable at best. #SupportLCBOWorkers

[Stacked Librarian @StckedLibrarian]

Reminder that HR is not on your side.

[How-Sen @HowSenChong]

The proposed property tax increase in Toronto: $35 more per month.

Average Toronto rent for one-bedroom is $2600. The province allows for a default 2.5% increase in rent this year, which is $65 more per month.

50% of Torontonians are renters.

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

A reminder that @marksaunders_TO was paid $700 a day for a maximum of 245 days, or $171,500 a year, to produce absolutely nothing. The entire MO of @fordnation is to clean out the public purse to line the pockets of friends and insiders — this is definitive corruption.

[Fae Johnstone 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @FaeJohnstone]

The Conservative Party just passed this policy at their convention in Quebec City today. If enacted under a CPC government, it would ban trans women from women’s bathrooms, shelters, etc.

This is the CPC, as a party, voicing its opposition to 2SLGBTQ+ rights. This is terrifying.

[Nora Loreto @NoLore]

When your country allows the rich to gamble on housing but everyone acts like it's all normal and inevitable.

[Ahmar Khan @AhmarSKhan]

The Ontario NDP has launched a website called https://t.co/mr9I3DYsyv and uploaded a video of Steve Clark previously advocating for Ministers embroiled in scandals to resign.

[Ahmar Khan @AhmarSKhan]

BREAKING: Developers in Ontario had direct influence over the province’s decision to extract lands from the Greenbelt and received “preferential treatment."

- Directives came from Doug Ford's office
- Owners of the now 15 parcels of land - value will go up $8.3B
- Of the 7,400 acres extracted, 6,700 — or 92 per cent — was removed as a direct result of developer access to the chief of staff.
- 3 weeks to identify 22 parcels of land for sale

(via @isaaccallan and @ColinDMello)
https://t.co/Wvyiz9bGtP

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

For each $1 stolen in shoplifting, there's at least $5 in wage theft and $100 in tax evasion. Have you ever heard about a wage theft or tax evasion "crime wave"? What do you think this tells you about how reporters determine what is "news" and what is ignored, and who benefits?