Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

How Ford’s freedom of information changes could hide details of private jet purchase | Globalnews.ca The province took possession of a second-hand plane last week but was forced into a reversal by Sunday morning due to sustained public backlash.

Hamilton MPPs Donna Skelly, Neil Lumsden, and Monica Ciriello all want to slash your right to know how their government is spending public funds.
Here's an example of how the changes they champion could hide details about the Gravy Plane.
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Solicitor general’s office notified when inmates are improperly released in Ontario | Globalnews.ca Jails run by the Ford government have released more than 150 inmates by mistake in the past five years, something the solicitor general vowed to 'get to the bottom' of.

NEW: The accidental release of inmates triggers a notification to the Ontario's Ministry of the Solicitor General, according to an official, raising questions over why the government is only now pledging to “get to the bottom” of the issue. #onpoli
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Ford government spending $28.9M on private jet for premier | Globalnews.ca The Premier's Office confirmed the government is buying a pre-owned Challenger 650 to enable 'certain, flexible, secure and confidential travel' to destinations across the country.

NEW: The Ford government has purchased a second-hand private jet for the premier.

Critics are calling it the gravy plane. #OnPoli
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Suburban expansion costs increase to $465 per person per year in Ottawa | CBC News Infill development is known to be much cheaper for cities than adding new subdivisions, and City of Ottawa staff have shared estimates for how much the municipality saves — and spends — depending on w...

It costs the City of Ottawa $465/person each year to serve new low-density homes, over & above what it receives from property taxes/fees.

On the other hand, high-density infill such as apartment buildings pays for itself plus an extra $606/person each year.

Sprawl costs, infill saves. #UrbanTruth

Usual caveats about correlation and causation but that sure looks like y = f(x) to me

Figure 3 from linked report, titled “Route Average Speed by Average Stop Spacing - TTC Streetcars and Peer Cities."

Notable chart included in a new TTC Board report about improving streetcar speeds, comparing stop distance and average speeds on Toronto routes versus surface rail routes in other cities. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

ANALYSIS: Is Doug Ford waging a war on cars? | TVO Today Soaring gas prices. Worsening congestion. Fewer options. Are drivers better off than eight years ago?

New from me at TVO, on Doug Ford's war on the car. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

A court ordered Doug Ford to release his phone records.
 
So he's changing the law to make sure he never has to.
 
Wondering what he's covering up? It starts with a leaked video.
 
Watch the full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7esZ...

Sincere question: does or could Canada ship LNG out of Churchill MB into Atlantic via Hudson Bay instead of piping all the way to the Maritimes?
If not: why?

This is an absolutely shocking proposal that would disrupt the very foundations of democratic accountability in Ontario #Onpoli #cdnfoi

Ontario Science Centre’s new home is smaller, worse and probably pricier None of the Ford government’s main claims about this new facility at Ontario Place appear to be true

Forget the drawings. This is a flawed project being sold with false claims. My column: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Ford government spends further $1.7M advertising its plans for Ontario Place | Globalnews.ca The campaign ran during the second half of 2025. It follows a previous set of commercials budgeted at $2 million and designed to combat 'negative sentiment' about Ontario Place.

NEW: A recent provincial advertising campaign to “let people know” about the redevelopment of Ontario Place cost more than $1.7 million, money one critic says the Ford government is “flushing down the drain.” #Onpoli
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Hey, you know that terrible Doug Ford idea that will definitely lead to a lot of people dying unnecessarily, all for cheap politics?

No, not that one.

The one about banning speed cameras that are proven to save lives and reduce damage and injuries.

Turns out it’s terrible for other reasons too.

Weetabix no longer made in Canada in 2026 😢

A big part of the hostility to AI is that these people consistently say things that reveal a deep contempt for the dignity and value of their fellow humans.

This is the mindset of somebody who sees everyone else as NPCs, and those people kill NPCs when they play video games.

Map from Ontario Storm Watch showing AQI scores in red in the 140-150 mark across Southern Ontario with a score of 174 in Michigan visible, all of which are deemed dangerously high AQI

Via a photo I saw on Instagram, someone who lives in the 51st floor of their condo takes a photo of the downtown Toronto skyline which is mostly invisible due to fog with just the tips of a few towers lime the TD and CIBC buildings peeking out

The lower Great Lakes region has super bad air quality today, and one of the big causes is, surprisingly, melting snow.

The warm snap is melting the snow banks, releasing all the car exhaust & toxins & rotting debris in the snow. Which,coupled with lack of wind and rain, sits in the air as smog

Listen to the voicemail that Doug Ford left for an Ontario public servant after they texted the premier with concerns about the return to office mandate.

Ford relays some advice from his mother: "you don't like it, go get another job."

My latest w @ericwickham.ca @pressprogress.ca

Pure sugar

OPP investigating another group given millions by Ford government Ontario cut funding to Jake’s House after ‘years’ of managing ‘issues and risks,’ including related to the disability charity’s ‘governance … and fiscal responsibility’

Another group given millions of tax dollars by the Ford government, including from its controversial Skills Development Fund, is being investigated by the police, the province has confirmed. #onpoli

From The Trillium
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Hospitals warn ‘no easy choices’ if Ontario doesn’t substantially increase funding | Globalnews.ca The Ontario Hospital Association warned that several provincial hospitals are grappling with 'significant challenges' stemming from patient-related pressure.

NEW: Another Ontario sector warning the government it can't survive under current funding plans.

Hospitals telling the finance minister they'll have to make impossible choices if they don't receive new money. #OnPoli
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Ontario saw double digit housing dip in 2025, housing minister promises more measures to come | Globalnews.ca The slump in housing starts – 62,561 in 2025 – is also an all-time low since the Ford government promised to build 1.5 million homes during the 2022 provincial election

NEW: The stats for 2025 are in - and Ontario had the worst housing construction rate in the country.

The province saw just 62,561 housing starts last year. Its target was 150,000 for this year and next year that will rise to 175,000. #OnPoli
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pointing spiderman meme. spiderman 1 is the TTC spiderman 2 is Metrolinx spiderman 3 is Mosaic (private consortium)

Current service outlook on the TTC, showing normal service on all the lines except Line 6, where there is an outage between Duncanwoods and Norfinch Oakdale

Line 6 seemingly doesn't work in the snow!

While Metrolinx, the TTC, and the private consortium of companies point fingers at each other over issues with Line 6, riders are left with unreliable and broken transit.

We need a public inquiry into Line 6 and other provincial P3 transit projects!

ANALYSIS: Let’s pump the brakes on talk of ‘subways, subways, subways’ in Toronto | TVO Today Now that the Finch West LRT is open, various people have decided to relitigate the decision to build light rail. Can we please put this discourse to rest already?

New from me at TVO, refusing to grant the premise that this city's subway-mongers of the 2010s were right. amp.tvo.org/article/analysis-lets-pump-the-brakes-on-talk-of-subways-subways-subways-in-toronto

Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.

What lovely people and what profound kindness

Merry Christmas

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The Epstein Files, everybody!

Canadian Packaged Bread Class Actions Settlement This website has been established to provide general information related to the proposed settlement of the case referred to as Canadian Packaged Bread Class Actions Settlement.

Today is the last day to submit your claim for the Loblaws Bread Settlement Class Action. If you bought bread and are Canadian, you're eligible, no receipts needed. Get your $25 (max) for a few minutes of your time.

www.canadianbreadsettlement.ca

Thousands of traffic charges dropped in Ontario annually | Watch News Videos Online Watch Thousands of traffic charges dropped in Ontario annually Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

338,000 of traffic charges dropped in Ontario this year compared to 57,000 in 2019. Our court system is in shambles. Justice denied to seriously injured road users. Dangerous driving left undeterred and prolific. globalnews.ca/video/115724...

It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in Canada's system of government.