Amanda Buchanan

I'm tongue in cheek, and deadly serious. She/her.

[First Evening Star @OnaagoshinAnang]

I thought carefully if I was going to write share anything today. Recently, I’ve had discussions with friends and community members on how our relationship with this day has changed.
#OrangeShirtDay #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation
📷 : @/morning.star.designs (Alana Jewell)

[Corruptario @corruptario]

The Science Centre is coming down as soon as possible because DeGasperis already has demolition machinery and crews on site, because his company (Aspen Ridge) is building a "community" adjacent to the Science Centre.

Red is already owned by DeGasperis. Yellow is Science Centre.

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

And Doug Ford announced the plan to have the Ontario Line run to this intersection a couple of weeks after De Gasperis purchased the property:

[Oasis @oasis]

We have noticed people attempting to sell tickets on the secondary market since the start of the pre-sale. Please note, tickets can ONLY be resold, at face value, via @Ticketmaster and @Twickets. Tickets sold in breach of the terms and conditions will be canceled by the promoters.

[Save OSC 🇨🇦 @SaveOSC]

Doug Ford has left #Ontario without a Science Centre.

He Lied. He Cheated. He Stole.
He Stole from Kids. He Stole for Developers.

Call the Premier's Office today: 416-325-1941
Sign the Letter: https://t.co/b9wFFdun2t

[Adam Bunch @TODreamsProject]

There are some people in this city who will break our hearts so they can sell the pieces for scrap.

Save the Revue Cinema: https://t.co/DxDmQFLzmA
Save the Ontario Science Centre: https://t.co/acFOwDi4oi
Save Ontario Place: https://t.co/xnlbYcG7GN

[John Bowker @bowker_john]

The Ford government falsely claimed that the engineering report left them no options but to close the Ontario Science Centre. In fact, the report listed multiple options to keep it open while repairs were made https://t.co/JfgkWqvr2v #onpoli

[Canadian Architect @CdnArch]

Ontario Science Centre doesn’t require full closure: A close reading of the engineers’ report @ONPlace4All @alexbozikovic @CBCNews @CBC @globalnews
https://t.co/hLWwz2Xke2
https://t.co/hLWwz2Xke2

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Ontario Science Centre doesn’t require full closure: after a close reading of the engineers’ report, @CdnArch
discovered that the building’s key exhibition areas could continue to operate safely for years to come—even if the Ontario government chooses not to invest in any structural roof repairs this year.

Only 2.5% of the roof needs to be immediately replaced - and this is not above the exhibition space.

https://t.co/AAqmhsaFKh

[Secret Drug Addict @ScrtDrugAddict]

The best revenge is no revenge. Move on. Be happy.

Find inner peace.

Flourish.

[Amanda Buchanan @MsAmandaLouise]

@Torontounion @Metrolinx @NHL how can you support celebration of violence? This is offensive. Please shut it down. How are commuters who are victims of violence meant to feel? https://t.co/ynl2b6Oz6C

[Amanda Buchanan @MsAmandaLouise]

This entitlement to a violent legacy has to stop. @Torontounion @Metrolinx @TTChelps

[Amanda Buchanan @MsAmandaLouise]

@Torontounion @Metrolinx @NHL how can you support celebration of violence? This is offensive. Please shut it down. How are commuters who are victims of violence meant to feel? https://t.co/ynl2b6Oz6C

[Amanda Buchanan @MsAmandaLouise]

@Torontounion @Metrolinx @NHL how can you support celebration of violence? This is offensive. Please shut it down. How are commuters who are victims of violence meant to feel? https://t.co/ynl2b6Oz6C

[Amanda Buchanan @MsAmandaLouise]

@SylviaJonesMPP What? Can you please focus on delivering convenience with health care, like open ERs and short wait times for life-saving care? Anyone reading this, call 519-941-7751 and write [email protected] and your MPP to formally object to her shameful priorities.

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

I don’t know who needs to hear this - nurses are continuing to work short-staffed to the point of burnout but Doug Ford is busy privatizing publicly funded healthcare.
- ERs are overcrowded with sick patients waiting countless hours in the hallway.
- We have several empty beds and equipment collecting dust in surgical wards while Doug and his crew fund OHIP-covered surgeries via private clinics.

How could anyone trust a government that’s under criminal investigation with the health and wellbeing of millions of Ontarians?

#onpoli

[Amanda Buchanan @MsAmandaLouise]

@RichmondRCMP Nope. Perfectly safe pedestrian, totally at fault distracted driver. Delete this. Do better.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

One of the coolest stories you will see this week:

Prescriptive housing from the University Health Network.

The Hospital network is building 51 modular housing units that can be prescribed to homeless individuals who are highly dependent on emergency rooms.

(Thread)

#ONpoli

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

10,000 retweets and this definitely happens

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

An informed public is the foundation of a functioning democracy.

My tweets have gotten longer as the #Greenbelt scandal has come to light, mostly because there is so much to talk about.

But also because I have always seen this platform, even in its changing form, as a mechanism to provide a window into good urbanism, municipal policy and governance, and the foundations of a liveable future (yes all of that usually leads to a lot of tweeting about bikes and affordable housing).

I’ve spent over 25 years advocating for the greenbelt, involved in research and policy development, and touting it on the world stage as foundational to our sustainable future. As Chief Planner I played a role in expanding it significantly through the inclusion of Urban River Valleys. The Greenbelt has made us the envy of the world. It’s something we’ve gotten right. We’ve linked it to policies focused on building housing in existing built up areas, intensification, transit expansion, access to nature, a safe and sustainable food and water supply, and creating complete communities.

The idea that a reckless, self-interested government can destroy it in a term or two is beyond comprehension to me. That they have done this using “deception” - the Integrity Commissioners words, is beyond the pale. That they have hid behind our truly devastating housing crisis, despite the Auditor General making it clear that “a shortage of land is not driving the housing crisis” is also beyond the pale.

But this is happening. And we need to get real about the fact that it is happening. Because the damage to our farmland, our regional centres, the impact on our commutes as a result of another layer of regional sprawl, and the distraction from building housing that we desperately need - it might just take us to our breaking point.