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City Builder @ City of Toronto / @CivicActionGTHA Fellow
For some Jews "never forget" means never forget we have a moral responsibility to do what we can to stop what happened to us from ever happening to anyone again. For others, I guess it means never forget that our suffering was incomparable, unique and sacrosanct...
Breaking: Justice Belobaba finds #bill5 breaches s.2(b) of the Charter, and has not been justified under s.1. Declared of no force and effect effective immediately. October 22nd election will proceed as scheduled but with 47 wards, not 25.
Also: this only targets Toronto? Ottawa has 23 city councillors for a city of less than a million people. Toronto gets 25 for a city almost three times bigger? Nothing makes annnnnny sense.
Uber and Lyft are increasing congestion and undermining transit in cities.
60% of trips would otherwise have been avoided, or done by foot, bike, bus or train, a new study shows. https://t.co/tuWJ5ej9rV
Family with four cars complains about lack of parking spaces in neighbourhood. Councillor suggests they clean out their garage. Family says they are using the garbage to store an antique car. https://t.co/S8MoGwKPrn
The life of #Toronto experiencing significant change plays out at 4 Community Councils - the last meetings of this term are today as over 400 items from trees to towers are considered / for @CityPlanTO, with over 130 items on the agendas, this represents an unprecedented effort
@devonzuegel Once it becomes affordable in the game, you can just rely on subways for everything and abandon roads.
Disappointed you couldn't separate out land value from property taxes though.
Fun fact: SimCity was forced to pretend that all parking lots were underground, because the game would be “really boring if it was proportional in terms of parking lots” https://t.co/MiVMM9S1yk
Rajah Park has officially been renamed Elijah Park, an emotional tribute to a little boy who touch the hearts of so many across this city, and across this country. More on this story tonight on @CityNews at 11. #Toronto
If I was asked to design an election process that would guarantee low levels of participation, I would include ten simple elements. First, I'd hold the election in the middle of the work week, unlike the dozens of countries that hold elections on a weekend or holiday. #Onelxn
If uploaded, how much would it cost the province to maintain Toronto’s subway system? About $420 million per year, says @SwanBoatSteve. The PCs have said it would cost them just $160 million annually. Whoops. https://t.co/Cjj64YtpyV
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