Dr Beth Parton

Just sitting here writing apocalypses...

[Dr Beth Parton @beth_doc]

@Mikel_Jollett Much of my academic life was centred on the study of cult development (and the propaganda that accompanied the growth of NRMs). This is most definitely a cult gathering.

[TheTrillium.ca @Thetrilliumca]

Ford government seeking public input on granting MZO for controversial mega-development on Lake Erie https://t.co/Vl1DpU2LYb

[Petrichor ❤🇨🇦❤ 💙💛 @Chasingharmony1]

This is why every single Ontarian should be absolutely outraged about Ford killing our right to FOI!
A government that insists on operating in darkness and secrecy does not have the public interests at heart. These crooks are meant to work for us!
Protect Ontario my ass!!!

[TheTrillium.ca @Thetrilliumca]

When GO trains break ‘cardinal rules,’ Ontario keeps investigations secret https://t.co/vQrkKOzFko

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's @TorontoStar

[Dr Beth Parton @beth_doc]

@juliedabrusin - still waiting for a returned phone call and for your response to this.

[Adam ⚾️ @GradyTripp00]

Doug Ford & his corrupt @OntarioPCParty are going to spend $5+ billion taxpayer dollars to clear cut the Toronto Islands & pave them over at the behest of an American investment bank.

@CanadianPM @MarkJCarney and the @liberal_party gov’t must end their complicity in this madness

[scha·den·freu·de  @BlisterPearl]

"Trickle down economics doesn't work, so let's try piñata economics. That's the one where we beat the billionaires until the hoarded wealth falls out."

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

So let me get this straight.

Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.

Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.

Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.

Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.

And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?”

Please.

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

#ONpoli

Doug Ford sits at the cottage for months at a time an then only shows up to the legislature when he needs to ram through a budget and change the FOI laws to hide his phone records.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

The NDP calls the Ford government "morally and financially bankrupt," that's trying to "dress up" the half-a-trillion-dollar debt as fiscal prudence.

"The interest on this debt alone is costing the people of Ontario $16 billion a year," Stiles said.

#onpoli

[Jessica Smith Cross @jessiecatherine]

Access denied: Billy Bishop expansion records shielded from public view

The Ford government’s freedom of information restrictions quashed a @torontotodayca request on how the plan came to be
https://t.co/9Dm94Uvksr by @AidanChamandy

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

#ONpoli

Doug Ford took a 4 month break and came back just long enough to ram through legislation to hide his phone records and take over the Toronto Islands before hiding for another 5 months.

[Aidan Chamandy @AidanChamandy]

We tried to get access to all briefing notes, emails and text messages in the Premier's office regarding the Billy Bishop expansion and expropriation plans, but the new FOI restrictions made that impossible. Read it for free here ⬇️

https://t.co/eE1x38u0Rj

[TheTrillium.ca @Thetrilliumca]

Access denied: Billy Bishop expansion records shielded from public view https://t.co/rpEqYhgFyl

[John Bowker @bowker_john]

JP Morgan-controlled Nieuport Aviation hired Doug Ford's former deputy chief of staff to lobby the premier on "legislative options" related to Billy Bishop airport #onpoli

[Chris Glover @chrisglover]

Is Mark Carney working for us or working for JP Morgan?

#ONpoli #Cdnpoli #ElbowsUp

[LACont @LCptbo]

The federal Liberals had better show their cards with this issue. @liberal_party . Because if @MarkJCarney sells Toronto’s livability and natural areas on the waterfront to American bankers he’s toast. Done. 23 seats gone next election. Toronto is not for sale to the USA!

[Mark Evans @markevans]

If Mark Carney is as politically savvy as we like to think, slamming the door on Billy Bishop is a no-brainer. To approve a US-backed entity is so offside.

[Josh Matlow @JoshMatlow]

The Toronto Port Authority is holding their AGM on June 11th. I read their Financial Statements - and they raise big red flags about their hasty support of Doug Ford’s plan to bring jets to Billy Bishop Airport:

1) Ridership is down at Billy Bishop
2) Billy Bishop is relying on higher operating fees to prop up revenue
3) Based on current revenue, they’d have to forego any profit for between 80-300 years to pay for the expansion
4) Based on their 2017 Environmental Assessment, the decision was made against introducing jets, and those conditions have gotten worse - not better

Here’s my letter to the Toronto Port Authority. The public deserves answers to the following questions:

[Richard Warnica @richardwarnica]

I spent some time looking at the company behind a massive lobbying push to have Toronto's island airport expanded. What I found was a deep tangle of corporate and PR webs that all obscured a relatively simple truth.
https://t.co/gOexIUSwbx

[Richard Warnica @richardwarnica]

TLDR: A U.S. investment bank behind a massive lobbying push to expand the island airport appears to be violating Canadian lobbying rules. https://t.co/gOexIUSwbx