Seems Toronto police are putting out misleading info re hate crimes. Deputy Chief Rob Johnson is quoted today saying "Since October 7th, 2023, we have made 174 arrests and laid 433 charges in relation to hate crimes."
The actual number of "hate crime" charges is much lower. 1/
Toronto City Council meets tomorrow and will discuss their response to Bill 212, the provincial legislation that will remove bike lanes on Bloor, University and Yonge.
If the Mayor and Council are still working on their strategy, we’ve got some ideas.
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@joshuahind My read is that their stated goal was to stop Furey. This was presumably what each of the volunteers who delivered flyers wanted. They achieved their goal, so sure, celebrate. Sometimes they endorse candidates, this specific election they did not.
@CityPlanTO have really leaned into the idea of POPS. This one is a reminder that private landowners may not do the right thing unless they are aggressively supervised
The Annex has fewer residents today than in 1971. The towers of Crescent Town have far more. @simonlewsen on how the uneven, illogical densification pattern of the last 50 years created today’s Toronto. https://t.co/AOSmsHTIF0
"The trouble isn’t that there are too many people or too few houses, the trouble is who owns the houses and why."
Why the housing crisis is not an immigration problem: https://t.co/LXkP6EhO7N
OPINION: As Gaza burns, the Trudeau Liberals play politics, using the most delicate language to describe the murder of children and civilians. This government's silence, as Gaza starves, feels like a sick joke. But it's not a joke. It's who they've become
https://t.co/wAIAvFOPLZ
I have a semi regular bike ride along Broadview north and today for the first time I had the new bike lanes. Suddenly that part of the trip felt safe rather than terrifying! #bikeTO
Interesting that @hank_idsinga, the detective who was widely accused of fumbling the Bruce McArthur case (whose victims were predominantly middle-eastern) has been spending his retirement boosting rabidly pro-genocide content of Israel's lead propagandists abroad