A Friday night blow to Premier Doug Ford’s Billy Bishop plans: the federal government has rejected Ontario’s proposal to expand the island airport.
87,000 people weighed in during public consultations and raised a “range of issues” including transportation, economics, environmental protection, noise, housing & quality of life.
NEW: As Ontario barrels through what is projected to be its worst wildfire season on record, the union representing wildland firefighters says the province is 34 crews short of its approved wildfire crew complement.
The Ford government disputes the claim, saying there is no crew target to meet.
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Lmao, this is hilarious.
Far, far below the staggeringly deceptive description of this survey, the infamously homophobic and transphobic "LGB Alliance" begrudgingly admits in the small print that they actually screened out anyone who was not one of their own supporters.
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In Short, Places in Mexico (and other Latin American countries) are having their water privatized by Israel—presumably for AI data centers—which terribly affects the citizens of Mexico (and other Latin Americans)
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No charges. No public updates. No end in sight.
The RCMP's Greenbelt investigation has reached the 1,000-day mark, and remains "ongoing."
Opposition is accusing the Ford government of "learning nothing" & continuing "backroom deals" as probe drags on.
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So they're forcing in gutting parts of Section 230 into a must pass spending bill - the NDAA. This is how the Tiktok ban passed too, btw.
How insidious!! They call these horrific bills these kinds of names so no one sounds like an asshole when they speak against them.
Reminder it's been stopped MULTIPLE TIMES because of *major* pushback.
Yes we should do more but until one of yall organize and come up with something, calling reps in mass numbers is the best thing. We have the numbers but aren't utilizing them.
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Doug Ford spent 112 MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS on self-congratulatory ads.
WHAT THEY COULD HAVE BOUGHT:
· Support for 15,000 SENIORS for a YEAR
· 125 MRI scanners
· FINANCIAL AID for 31,000 Ontario students
https://t.co/HQcjt4bzfU via @torontostar
Premier Ford justifies spending millions of taxpayers dollars on ‘Protect Ontario’ ads: “if we don’t inform people, the only choice they have is to listen to the media.”
Watch the exchange here:
New: the Ford government is defending its decision to award the contract for its $750 classroom supplies portal to a single vendor, arguing that consolidating purchases will drive down prices through bulk buying.
Teachers said a single supplier could limit choice & make it harder to obtain specialized materials. https://t.co/lsbLCwumRh
NEW: I asked Premier Ford if he will correct or retract his “fake poll” claim after Angus Reid Institute sent him a legal letter demanding he “correct the public record.”
The survey ranked Ford as Canada’s least popular premier, with his approval at 21%.