Perry Hoffman

Tweets about cleantech, the communications sector and other major industries contributing to a better Canada. All views are my own.

[Stephanie Bowman @stephaniebowman]

Today’s FAO report shows the Ford Conservative govt cut planned spending on the childcare program by nearly $400 million. Instead of supporting parents & growing the economy, Ford is wasting $1 billion of our taxes to get booze in stores a year early. Mixed-up priorities. #onpoli

[Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 he/him @pothen]

🧵@FordNation blames everything from immigrants to high interest rates for the fact housing starts here are DECLINING rather than rising to meet demand.

But it's Ontario governments' OWN policies that've been making it impossible to end the shortage.

https://t.co/R4QUBoei4N

[Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 he/him @pothen]

Why isn't #onpoli's housing supply keeping up with housing need?

New expert report commissioned by my @EnviroDefence team:

Ontario governments' restrictions on mid-rise apartment buildings have been making it impossible to end the housing shortage.🧵👇

https://t.co/Bo1SopMCQ7

[wendy whittleton Government Funded @wendywh30338921]

Conservatives wanting power will use Republican tactics to misrepresent the state of our economy! They are not to be trusted!

Why Canada's Economy Is Just Fine https://t.co/FvNGoc0DpP

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Reminder—50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, international study says
https://t.co/DvO2LZAVbo

[Larry Hubich 🇨🇦 @LHubich]

I couldn’t wait. The intensity and colours tonight were like something I’ve never seen before. 1/3

[Mark Bourrie @MarkBourrie]

Reading John Ivison’s piece from last Saturday on Britain’s decline, which he claims applies to Canada. No mention of Brexit. Nothing about the appalling UK Tory governments. Mentions in passing that Brit GDP per capita was higher than ours but is now lower

[Stephen Best @BestStephenD]

A longtime friend of mine has develop a serious, age-related, debilitating, prostate medical condition, one suffered by almost 1/3 of older men. @fordnation’s OHIP doesn’t cover the recommended treatment. Older men, however, can now buy beer at our Zehrs stores.

Doug “Tunnel Vision” Ford’s Ontario: lousy access to medical care, great access to beer.

Governing is about priorities.

[G McThink @redsnoopy69]

It's amazing that Doug Ford thinks he can find $150 billion dollars to dig a tunnel but can't find enough to repair a roof at the Ontario Science Centre?

[Brittlestar @brittlestar]

401 TUNNEL ANNOUNCEMENT

[Dean from Winnipeg @Dean_Winnipeg]

Just so I’m clear - the guy who went snowmobiling while a convoy and border blockades raged in his province wants someone to get off their ass and work?

The same guy that refused to give evidence to the emergencies act inquiry?

Do I have this correct?

[NBC Sports Philadelphia @NBCSPhilly]

"I called him and I wanted to know if he wanted to come out." 🤍

[David Brown 🇨🇦💪 @OrbitStudios]

When Liberal parties spend, we have mass outrage in the streets. Again, here is Ford basically lighting money on fire and… silence.

The hypocrisy is deafening though.

[John Fraser @JohnFraserOS]

It’s bad enough @fordnation wasted $1B getting booze in the corner store one year earlier.

Now he is spending millions advertising his new website to help us find the booze.

It’s not booze that we need to find…

It’s a family doctor for the 2.5 million Ontarians that need one.

[Ontario Nurses' Association @ontarionurses]

The conservative government has intentionally underfunded of our public system for so long that hallway healthcare is reaching the worst levels we've ever seen in Ontario.

Thanks, @Fordnation.

#onpoli #onhealth @Thetrilliumca
https://t.co/63RfYqIWDL

[Peter Ratcliffe, forever Canadian 🇨🇦 @PeterHRatcliffe]

Every plan to mitigate and solve the climate crisis will be expensive and inconvenient.

But, doing nothing and having no plan will make our future far more expensive and deadly.

Killing a plan without fully presenting your new and better plan is just irresponsible politics,

[Stephen Barlow @SteB777]

We had the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and the Space Age. Now we are current living in the Lying Age. Where our political leaders, are trying to gaslight us, with lies and dishonest denial, and are trying to normalize this.
https://t.co/iTLp5Bm6QT

[Dave Sawyer @enviroeconomics]

We took a deep dive into the PBO's carbon pricing modeling, and found: overestimated impacts, conflation of consumer and industrial pricing, and missed opportunities for clarity. A 🧵:
@Samhharrison @JothamPeters @ClimateInstit @NaviusResearch

https://t.co/FzynYHO1NE

[Stephen Maher @stphnmaher]

Like it or not, bringing down global emissions requires a very difficult global effort. It is really easy to say other people should do it.

[David McLaughlin @DavidMcLA]

A common misconception of how global GHGs cause climate change. Emissions have no flags to the atmosphere. It is the cumulative impact of emissions from around the globe that is causing climate change. We choose as Canadians to join the global cause or not. It's simple as that.