Mark McQueen: Why Billy Bishop airport is destined for expansion My advice for the airport’s perennial opponents is simple: stale arguments won’t defeat Ford’s dream. Voters won’t be galvanized by specious arguments about an airport that’s been in operation since

These pro-airport people have no real arguments. Asinine culture-war garbage from top to bottom.

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It's a good thing we have an economic genius like Mark Carney in power so that we can use fiscal tools to encourage people to buy more of a good which is in shortage.

SCOOP: The firing CityNews won’t explain Gone from air, and gone from the web.

Breaking from @policornerca.bsky.social: CityNews has cut ties with Queen’s Park reporter Tina Yazdani, while at least two of her stories about the Ford government have quietly vanished from the web without explanation. www.policorner.ca/p/scoop-the-... #topoli #onpoli

The Church Street Pedestrianization project I’ve been working on the past year is finally public!

I would love if u could sign the petition, do the survey, & speak to council (dm me if u are) (1/3)

Info & Survey: torontocentreprojects.ca/en/projects/...

Petition: win.newmode.net/campaigns/ex...

Mark Carney has been in power for a year. His government's stated policy is to minimize regulation on AI. He rushed an AI consultation that privileged business interests, not Canadian values. Experts in its social effects were sidelined into a consultation that was summarized by AI.

The rat race used to be working too hard to buy a boat or a cottage. Now it's trying to afford enough bedrooms on a quiet side street.

Housing really and truly is fraying the social fabric in a way longtime homeowners can't grasp.

many replies taking this as an argument for wider stop spacing, but Melbourne teams manages to go twice as fast with very similar stop spacing. so much room for improvement!

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For the first time ever, heat pumps outsold gas boilers in Germany in 2025.

48% of all new heating systems installed last year were heat pumps. Gas fell to just 39%. A decade ago, heat pumps had a 7% market share. The transformation has been remarkable.

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much to question

because it’s centre-running? or because it doubles back on itself? or the weird jog at utsc? or the spur to reach malvern?

I know we've heard a lot about Austin in the housing space but seeing it summarized it's still such a great example.

Okay so my editor gave me some space to write the thing. New from me at TVO. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

We've a mainstream north american/western culture that has completely vilianized righteous protest.

Doug Ford’s government won’t hand over bike lane emails. Why critics say it’s a sign of things to come As Premier Doug Ford prepares to reduce records available for public scrutiny, FOI advocates say the provincial officials are already helping keep documents secret by dragging their heels for months o...

I wrote how the Ford government, which claims to be transparent, drags its feet replying to some sensitive FOI requests - in my case a November 2024 request for transportation ministry bike lane records. Seventeen months later, I have nothing www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

Just a reminder that THIS is what we were supposed to get. Now staff are watering down an already watered down plan

No ambition, no courage, and not even listening to the thousands of people who’ve asked for pedestrianized spaces in the city. Instead, Yonge will be car-choked.

We will raise hell.

my god, just do a pilot during FIFA and ban cars off a stretch of yonge, and activate it.

our city lacks any of the public space that has existed in every other first-rate canadian city. this is being watered down into a mere sidewalk expansion that we'll be lucky to even get in the next 3-4 years

YongeTOmorrow was supposed to be fully pedestrian in the centre, approved 2021 and finished 2025.

What a complete waste of time.

ANALYSIS: Carney wants fast trains. He should call Kathleen Wynne | TVO Today The federal Liberals are learning the same lesson as their provincial counterparts: high-speed rail is a necessary project — and a political headache

New from me at TVO, on watching high-speed rail history repeat itself. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts. City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social

Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”

Canadians Support High-Speed Rail. It’s Time to Build It. Rail Fans Canada supports the development of high-speed rail in the Toronto to Québec corridor. That position is not speculative or aspirational. It reflects where public opinion in Canada already sta...

Canadians support high-speed rail.

A March 2026 survey from Abacus Data found 62% support for building it, versus 18% opposition.

Even a survey commissioned by opponents still shows majority support.

Read more:
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Bold choice to say no to HSR while the world teeters on the edge of a full blown oil supply crisis.

🚨A STREETCAR with a PRESERVED surface right of way is costing MORE per kilometre than the MOST COMPLEX railway projects in the WORLD. 🚨

We’re getting so little value for money in the English-speaking world that soon even the simplest of projects will be too expensive!

Matt Elliott: Upgrading GO train service should be a no-brainer. So why has it gone off the rails so badly? There’s no bigger bang for the buck than upgrading GO train routes from limited-schedule commuter rail to fast-and-frequent rapid transit.

My @thestar.com column: There’s lots of disagreement about Toronto transit projects, but damn near everyone can agree about one thing: electrifying and increasing GO Train service is a great idea.

It’s a real shame Doug Ford’s government has screwed it up again.

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The bed areas of these two trucks are roughly the same, but the one on the right will kill more children.

first time in history anyone has included Owen Sound and Guangzhou in the same sentence 🤣

See also Ontario Place (only progressive position was "NO CONDOS", was otherwise left to rot) and corner store beer (an easy win that no progressive govt will reverse but none would implement either.)

As I understand it, the estimated impact is 2 million more passengers per year, so about 4% increase in the Toronto airport capacity. Roughly the same as 5% of GO trips or half of VIA trips on Quebec/Windsor. So not nothing but also... not that valuable.

Similar concerns are being raised by other homeowners, including Arden Conley, who has lived in Calgary’s Montgomery neighbourhood for decades and is facing a proposed eight-unit development next door. “I’d love to pass this onto a family, a young family and whatnot as a starter home,” Conley said. “I can’t do that now … nobody’s going to buy it.” He said he has already spent thousands trying to challenge the project. “I’ve got over $20,000 invested into this already to appeal this … $20,000 of my grandchildren’s inheritance,” he said.

Some wildly poor economics from Calgary's blanket rezoning.
1. If no one will buy it, you've priced it too high and it's not a starter home.
2. If no one buys such houses, no rowhome conversions.
3. Ask your grandkids if you should spend $20k to block their friends without inheritances from homes.