Oh fantastic they are lucky to have a smarty pants like you! 👏👏😘

Oh look! Gretzky found his Canadian flag lapel pin!

Does PM Carney not have any female friends he can appoint to things? I’m sure Wiseman is solid but it’s always ‘an old buddy’ getting the call.

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Everything else aside, a veteran politician wrote a whole op-ed about how the failures of city policies he identifies are the fault of the people who, unlike him, vote against those policies.

Thank you so much for that Toon! Really appreciate it. It’s amazing how fury can motivate one to focus some thoughts. It was the oped following on the heels of 1 million for private security in the market!!

Every single thing about this thoughtful thread from @lucyvanolden.bsky.social is bang on. Thank you.

Tim’s opinion piece angered me in so many ways, so baseless and wrong, his “head in the sand” approach doesn’t deserve another moments thought. What concerns me more is Tim is positioned 1/

I live in Somerset Ward and I see the crisis growing in our neighbourhood. The status quo just isn't cutting it. 21/FIN

Instead of reflexively defending the status quo and doubling down on failed approaches, Councillor Tierney should start addressing the crises his own article refuses to even acknowledge. 20/21

His claim that not supporting ever-expanding police budgets equals not supporting community safety is false. What undermines safety is pouring more money into the same old tactics while refusing to address the real emergencies driving instability. 19/

Once again, his own argument collapses under the weight of its logic. 18/21

And here’s the kicker: Tierney’s vote, the mayor’s vote, and all the like-minded councillors always have the numbers. They win. Every time.
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/

Likewise, my MPP Catherine McKenney has shown what real leadership looks like: thinking broadly, strategically, and compassionately—not through the narrow, myopic spectacles Tierney seems to have had glued to his face for years. 16/

on our streets. To label them “chronic no-voters” is so mind-boggling in its facile logic that I honestly don’t know where to begin. Troster and Leiper are among the few councillors actually offering solutions. 15/21

Tierney’s baseless attacks erase the tireless work of my city councillor Ariel Troster and the councillor in the ward next door, Jeff Leiper. They’ve both been dogged in pushing for evidence-based solutions, better housing policy, and a humane, effective response to the crises 14

This is not hypothetical. This is not ideological. This is documented operational success that frees police to focus on actual crime. 13/21

-Police themselves reported they are now responding to fewer overdose calls than the year before.
-Frontline officers have stated openly that ANCHOR is a relief: “We got to a call and realized this wasn’t a crime — now we have someone who can take this on.” 12/

According to the official ANCHOR Year One Update:
ANCHOR responded to 4,464 calls in its first year.

-Over 92% of people in crisis contacted ANCHOR directly, not police.
-92.47% of dispatched ANCHOR calls did not require police involvement. 11/

police shouldn’t be tied up responding to mental health crises. But don’t take my word for it, look at the stats: 10/21

But ANCHOR is working. We’ve seen it. They regularly deliver calm, trauma-informed support which then frees up police time. If Tierney genuinely wants officers available for criminal investigations, he should understand the simplest operational truth: 9/21

collapsing, and the toxic drug supply keeps killing people. Rising need reflects the scale of the emergency, not the failure of the response. By Tierney’s logic, policing itself “doesn’t work” every time crime rises. 8/

Then there’s his most simplistic piece of logic: the idea that because the city is facing more challenges, that somehow means programs like ANCHOR “don’t work.” No, Tim. The problems are getting worse because the housing crisis is worsening, mental health supports are 7/

homelessness, addiction, or mental illness. 6/21

These aren’t side issues, they are the root causes of the disorder and suffering we’re all witnessing. After all these years on Council, Tierney should understand that his ward is not the same as the inner-urban core, and that policing does not and cannot solve 5/

What’s most striking in his piece is what he doesn’t mention even once:
-our city’s housing emergency,
-the growing mental health crisis, and
-the poison drug epidemic devastating families and neighbourhoods. 4/21

And it certainly isn’t a politician with the guts needed to find real solutions. 3/21

Especially when it involves increasing police spending. For fifteen years he has consistently voted the way whichever mayor of the moment has told him to. That is not leadership. That is not independent judgment. 2/

Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday.
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21

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Journalists once legitimized Rebel news. We need to look in the mirror and be answerable for how we contributed to last night’s debate debacle. Read @caj defence of them. The Rebel and ilk were the same right wing agitators then as they are today.

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I thought the date was March 31! So the sites are closed now! I’m sorry I’ve been out of town. Have there been News stories on the final closing of this I must’ve missed them. Decisions have consequences and this neighbourhood is going to experience those consequences.