Robbie McQuillan

Urban Planner + Communicator | MPl @TMUSURP | BCom @McMasterU 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🚊🚲🏙

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

Coexisting.

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

@AmazingZoltan This is a complete lie

[Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) 🇨🇦🚀 @EricDLombardi]

I may have been too cynical earlier.

@cafreeland’s geopolitical credentials are basically unmatched.

@MarkJCarney’s economic legitimacy too.

The Liberals have a lot to answer for. Freeland in particular will need to define herself apart from her record with Trudeau.

And the Liberals have to prove to Canadians that this leadership delay was worth the risk.

The right in Canada is angry. But 90%+ of Canadians aren’t the vocal right. We are in a substantially insecure position.

Many may conclude that Freeland is better prepared to manage a geopolitically uncertain world than Poilievre, particularly when it comes to championing Canada’s interests and identity.

With Trudeau stepping down and a potential refresh for the Liberals underway, Canadians may be far more open to hearing these candidates out, particularly given how much of a competitive spectacle the leadership race is about to be.

[Chrystia Freeland @cafreeland]

At a time when President Donald Trump is threatening our country, it’s time to fight for Canada.

Read my latest op-ed in the Toronto Star.

https://t.co/QqJiHsOb50

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

You cannot have both: a livable city with vibrant, walkable streets and a region dominated by low-density sprawl that floods urban areas with cars. The suburbs and the city are deeply interconnected, and the constant influx of vehicles from sprawling suburbs is what undermines urban quality of life.

This is what’s happening in Toronto today: highways funnel traffic into the city, choking streets with congestion, pollution, and noise, and eroding urban life.

The solution is to connect sprawling suburbs to the city through state-of-the-art regional transit systems, and to continue adding density and high quality public spaces to the core of the city so that visitors can walk and take transit when they arrive. Cities thrive when they prioritize walking, cycling and transit. There just isn’t enough room for everyone from the surrounding suburbs to arrive in a car.

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

@observinthecity @g_meslin @fordnation @PrabSarkaria Facts are very inconvenient for the Premier and his Transportation Minister.

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

@EricDLombardi Nurse Practitioners should be further integrated into the primary care system to alleviate the shortage of care providers. This would require more space in NP programs and better/more flexible remuneration, among other things.

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

@fordnation Based on falsehoods and culture war propaganda. This is truly disgraceful. Constituents will be disappointed when they realize removing bike lanes will have no long term measurable impact on reducing construction, but will instead create more congestion over time. Shame.

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

@PrabSarkaria Propaganda.

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

@CHogarthPC How on earth will this make our streets safer? In what world?

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

@CHogarthPC This is not a big win.

[Jane Philpott @janephilpott]

Nice article by @DorisGrinspun & @LhamoDolkar2023 on the role of NPs to ensure that 100% of ppl in Ontario have ongoing attachment to a primary care clinician working in a publicly funded interdisciplinary team & have timely access to comprehensive care https://t.co/vSEzw0gzTH

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

LAUNCHED TODAY: Climate Action Guide For Urban Planners.

“The guide illustrates the importance of urban planning as a solution to rising climate challenges, with urban planners’ decisions defining cities’ capacities to meet climate goals and enhance quality of life for all residents, both now and into the future.” Via @c40cities #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction
https://t.co/NrO7JUlOjx

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

@observinthecity We need more collaboration on the left to beat Doug Ford. That should be the goal rather than trivial partisanship that does not serve the public good.

[Oh The Urbanity! @OhUrbanity]

There’s a reason they’re unwilling to actually name the side street alternatives for routes like Yonge and Bloor.

It’s because they don’t exist, at least not over any substantial distance.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

THIS IS IMPORTANT!

Public consultation on the Doug Ford Govt’s SENSELESS BIKE-LANE LEGISLATION is open until Nov 20. Please read my thread below, and then FLOOD THEM WITH YOUR COMMENTS!

Hint: The title is lying. It won’t reduce gridlock or save time.
https://t.co/37I7vSkfi4

[Robbie McQuillan @robsmcq_]

We showed up at Queen’s Park to remind @fordnation & his government that bicycle infrastructure is vital for road safety, efficient mobility, the transition away from fossil fuels, the quality of urban space & equity. Read the data. Listen to the experts. Stay in your lane.

[🏭🏘🏢Sean Galbraith🗻❄️🥏 @PlannerSean]

YOU DONT SAY

[Progress Toronto @progresstoronto]

And, of course, Furey doesn’t even live in Don Valley West. This by-election is his opportunity to get on City Council and come one step closer to his ultimate goal: to be elected as mayor in the 2026 election.

Volunteer: https://t.co/pEZQIkJVb7
Donate: https://t.co/uBovQFJD7Y

[Alex Mather @AlexDRMather]

Numbers 1 through 4 you are literally guaranteed to see every single day; number 5 you will most likely see.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

To put the bike lane debate in Toronto in perspective, more people commute by bike each day in Toronto than the entire population that lives in Barrie, Ontario. Or Kingston. Or Guelph. Or Sudbury.

It's pretty rich that the Province wants to tell us how to get around our own city. If they don't like sitting in traffic when they get here, they should go fix regional transit. That is their mess - and the true culprit for congestion in the city.

Anyone who understands physics knows that cyclists are part of the solution.