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This summer hundreds of thousands of football loving visitors will be descending on Toronto streets.

Cars don’t care about football!

Create spaces for people. Bring back #OpenStreetsTO

h/t @880cities.bsky.social @torontopublicspace.bsky.social @planningtoronto.bsky.social

Toronto can phase out its biggest polluter with renewables.

Toronto can phase out its biggest polluter with renewables.
⚡ Peak Perks
☀️ Rooftop + parking lot solar
🌊 Lake ON offshore wind
Now we need targets + timelines
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• The number of municipal elected officials in Simcoe (population 351,927) and Niagara (population 477,941) is significantly higher than many other comparable municipalities in the province. For instance, Niagara region has 126 local elected officials across its upper and lower-tier councils. By comparison, Toronto City Council has 26 members for a population of over three million

Look what the Ford Government uses to justify turfing elected officials in Simcoe and Niagara? Toronto City Council, which Ford cut in half in the middle of an election! news.ontario.ca/en/release/1... #topoli #onpoli

After having to wait on hold for a few months, I finally got to check out a copy of Life After Cars by @thewaroncars.bsky.social from my local library! Look forward to reading it. #BikeTO #BikeSky #WalkTO #TTC #TOpoli

A photograph of the Provincial Legislature Building in Queen's Park. The pathway leading up to the main entrance is lined with black lampposts hung with banners. A Canadian flag is raised high on the left and the Ontario flag is raised on the right. A small group of remaining protestors are still chatting together in front of the brown brick and stone building while others headed down the street to join the No Kings protest in front of the US Embassy.

20/20 See you all again soon!

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A protestor with a guitar and amp on a luggage trolley performs for the remaining protestors as the open mic portion of the afternoon. The crowd is listening behind him. Overcast clouds and glass buildings of downtown Toronto in the background.

19/🧵🎶"Dooooug Ford, Dooooug Ford, Who are you working for?"🎶 (Reprise)

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A recent graduate speaks to the crowd about the effects of Doug Ford's cuts, corruption, and misplaced priorities.

A protestor in a red coat talks to the group about having once lived in an openly authoritarian country and recognising the signs of similar things happening here.

An animated protestor in a grey coat talking to the crowd about speaking up especially when the government isn't even remotely doing it for you.

A woman in a dark hood and coat with red gloves and a red back gestures as she talks about how the closure of the Science Centre under false pretenses is a theft from this province and particularly its children.

18/🧵

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A woman talks into the microphone while pointing to a green sign with stats about Doug Ford's salary increase.

A man holding a sign which reads "Defend democracy repealBill5.ca" talks into the mic to other protestors.

A visibly fed up with this crap young woman is talking into the mic as other protestors raise their signs behind her.

A woman in a red coat out with friends who wanted to come protest for her 69th birthday talks to the crowd. Others are gathered behind her including Green Party candidate for the University-Rosedale federal by-election, Andrew Massey (holding the tall sign with the green dot).

17/🧵

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A woman talks into a megaphone. An orange sign is hung around her neck on a long string and reads "Hands off Toronto DoFo". A drawing of a hand is in the lower right corner.

A protestor with long curly hair and a blue buffalo check jacket talks to the crowd via the megaphone.

A woman in a white knitted toque raises the megaphone high and she talks into it.

A man in a black toque and jacket with a white sign attached to his crossbody bag raises one hand out to the side while talking into a microphone. Other protestors with signs are listening behind him. His sign reads: "Greenbelt Corruption Ford should already be fired!"

16/🧵Protestors took turns at the mic and megaphone talking about what brought them out.

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A protestor with an acoustic guitar and an amp on a travel trolley. He's rocking out singing a song he wrote about Doug Ford. It is still stuck in my head.

Guitar protestor fist bumping another guy who stood behind him with a sign while he was performing. The all black sign with white chalk writing felt very much in tune with the punk rock protest vibe that guitar guy was laying down. The sign reads "Corrupt to his core" in a mix of capital and lower case letters and all grouped towards the top of the signboard. I'm pretty sure they did not previously know each other, but seemed to hit it off :)

15/🧵

🎶"Doooooug Ford, Doooooug Ford, who are you working for?"🎶

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A sign which is a mock up of a RCA Victor record Ad. "Doug's Greatest (s)Hits" is above a picture of Doug Ford's laughing head plus his shirt collar and part of a tie on top of a record. The rest of the sign below reads: Featuring classics like... Science Centre Shenanigans 401 Tunnel Pipedreams City Council Cut (25 Wards Remix) Greenbelt Gold Rush (Developer's Cut) Bike Lane Blues Skills Fund Shuffle TDSB in Trouble Notwithstanding Claus (Ho-Ho-Ho!) OSAP Cuts and Broken Promises My Toronto Obsession Hallway Healthcare Havoc Freedom of Information Fadeout ...and many more!

A protestor holds a sign with a happy cartoon guillotine holding a happy basket friend in their hand as they march excitedly. Text beneath reads "More Baskets". Context: In the midst of cuts to student loan availability Ford recently suggested students would clear their education debts faster if they stopped taking basket weaving courses.

A woman with seriously awesome wavy blue hair holds a sign with a caricature style drawing of Doug Ford with a gigantic head and small body. He's wearing a blue suit, brown shoes, holding two sacks with dollar signs on them, and something is on fire behind him. Text above the drawing reads "Liar Liar".

A young woman in a black cap stands with other protestors holding a sign with artistically drawn font. The all caps font is grey with a black shadow and a black outline. Green painters tape lines the edges of the sign. Text reads: "Public Losses, Private Gains".

14/🧵It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a photographer in possession of a good camera, must be in want of your signs.

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Protestors march through the east carriage way of the legislature building. A large black lantern hangs above the group. Through the archway the treed grounds and nearby modern glass buildings are visible as well as the CN Tower in the distance.

A photograph of a protestor marching past a highly decorative stone balustrade along the stairs of the east entrance to the legislature. She's wearing a purple toque, sunglasses, and camo pants. The sign she's holding looks to be spray painted with the white, pink, and blue of the trans pride flag first and then topped with black text. It reads: "Hey Doug, you sucked as a hash dealer too" A yellow sign in the background reads: "Ford Stop Selling Ontario"

13/🧵The carriage way of the Legislature looking south towards the CN Tower.

Oh, and also it's well established that our premier was a mid-level drug dealer in high school. Good times, eh?

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Protestors march along the grass in Queen's Park with buildings of downtown Toronto in the backgroun. The person at the front holds a sign which reads "Tax the Rich Release the Files" also "DOFO" circled and struck through in red. Another visible sign reads "Ontario Can't Af-Ford Doug's Choices.

A long line of protestors marches north along the sidewalk on the west side of Queen's Park.

A long line of protestors marches north along the west side of Queen's Park.

Protestors marching on the sidewalk and roadway on the west side of Queen's Park. The person at the front is carrying a cardboard sign which reads Ford (in blue) and Out (in red). A sign behind reads "Democracy demands our courage" with the "rage" in courage swapped to red marker from black.

12/🧵Protestors march around the perimeter of the Legislature end of Queen's Park.

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The seat and rear wheel of a bronze coloured bike. A bouquet of pink, yellow, and cream faux florals have been attached to the panier rack.

Two cyclists walking their bikes with signage attached to their read racks and seats. A white sign on the further bike reads "Doug Hates You". The bike closer to the photographer has a cardboard box sat on top of their panier rack. The side has an acrostic poem for "Ford": "Fascist in Ontario Replacing Democracy". The rear has a list "OSAP cuts, Taking over school Boards, Ontario Place destruction, Bike Lanes". A sign hung beneath is curved obscuring the words somewhat but seems to read "Still Alone in your car? Change"

11/🧵Among the many things Doug Ford hates: Bikes.

Their riders tend to not think much of him either.

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A person in all black holds a sign which is blocking their face. The sign reads: "FOI or GTFO". The FOI is in large black block letters, the GTFO is in large red block letters. The roadway of Queen's Park Circle, a lamp post, a yellow fire hydrant, and buildings for the University of Toronto are out of focus in the background.

A woman with her hair in a ponytail holds up a sign which reads "Cuts Kill" in black letters. Red blood is dripping from the letters of "kill". A black and white photo of Doug Ford has been cut out and added to the sign showing the bridge of his nose and above peeking over the main body of the sign. His blonde hair has been coloured with a bright primary yellow shade and red horns have been drawn on.

10/🧵*hums Les Mis's "Red and Black"*

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A basket on the back of a bicycle. It's holding a red bag and decorated with pink, red, and orange artificial flowers. A Pink sign with white letters is attached to the side of the basket and reads "Childcare workers are worth more!"

A person is holding a pink sheet of paper beside their legs. It has been written on with black marker: Dofo Attacks Women's Jobs Midwives, Nurses, Teachers Women's Wages PSWs, ECEs, Suppressed wages harm our families!

9/🧵Among the many ways misogyny hurts us all: when you don't value work disproportionately done by women a) they quit those jobs & b) the ones who remain are overworked, underpaid, & pissed off.

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A crowd of protestors gathered between two lamp posts lining the pathway through Queen's Park. The demonstrator wearing the inflatable frog suit is in the middle. Tall buildings along University Avenue are in the background and the blue sky is peeking out between bright fluffy clouds.

A photograph of federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May in a long burgundy coat and a green baseball cap smiling as she talks with a man in all black. Other representatives of the green party are nearby wearing green toques along with other protestors.

8/🧵Crowds surrounding two favourite green things: The inflatable frog suit person and federal Green Party leader @elizabethemay.bsky.social

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A photograph of a protestor holding up a sign with a red circle with a line struck through it next to a yellow crown. The text below reads "No Kings in Ontario!"

A protestor wearing black gloves holds up a sign with both hands. On the left is a picture of Doug Ford's head on a blue circular background with a red X drawn on top. White text curved along the blue circle reads "This is why Ontario Can't have nice things". Above are the words "Protect Ontario" and below "From this guy" with an arrow pointing to Ford. On the right is text written in black marker: Ontario is bitter than just TOronto. We are all better without you! No to jets on Billy Bishop No to a new convention centre No to 401 tunnel No to moving Science Centre

7/🧵Doug Ford really wanted to be mayor of Toronto after his little brother Rob (of international crack smoking mayor fame).

Toronto said, "no thanks".

He's still not over it.

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A photograph of a protestor raising their arms amidst the crowd. They are wearing an inflatable frog suit as popularised initially by demonstrators in Portland.

A woman with blonde hair, a brown toque, and sunglasses is holding a colourful flower covered stick (broom handle maybe?) supporting her sign while she talks with other protestors. The white sign has black outlined letters coloured in with what looks like highlighters. The words are split over four lines that are pink, orange, blue, and then yellow. It reads: "If Kamala was president we'd all be @ brunch". A No Kings protest was occurring simultaneously down the street in front of the US Embassy. That said, Trump's win and subsequent threats regarding Canadian sovereignty have had significant impact on Canadian politics. In Ontario's case, Doug Ford (previously a very vocal Trump supporter) was able to do a bunch of his highly performative tough guy routines about fighting back in combination with calling a snap election in the dead of winter. The poor turnout combined with lackluster campaigning from opposition parties, ongoing voter suppression measures, and a government that inappropriately spends taxpayer money advertising all year long and here we are.

6/🧵Ontarians inspired by & supportive of our friends in the US (and possibly headed down the street to the US embassy afterwards).

Without Harris's loss Ford's snap election call was unlikely.

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A photograph of two protest signs with a "Legislative Assembly of Ontario" banner out of focus in the background. The orange sign on the right: Ontario: "Mike Harris was the worst." Doug Ford: "Hold my Buck-a-Beer" The blue sign on the left, mounted on a Reebok hockey stick: Doug Ford is Corrupt The s in is has been replaced by a dollar sign

A person in a red toque and grey puffer jacket has a yellow sign slung over them with a long string like a purse/handbag. The sign reads "I have nothing to hide" - Doug Ford on the left side. On the right side is a drawing of a mobile phone with "Secrets Here" written on the screen.

5/🧵Many creative signs. In especially Canadian fashion, one of the protestors has mounted their sign on a hockey stick.

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A woman in a black hat and sunglasses stands in front of an evergreen tree holding out a yellow placard she has looped around her neck. Written on the sign in black marker: "What are you hiding, Doug?"

An elderly woman riding a mobility scooter speaks into a microphone. In her other hand she holds a yellow sign mounted on a stick. Her sign reads: "Ford = Fraud".

4/🧵And young at heart Ontarians.

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A baby with a penguin soother is buddled up in a stroller with a small cardboard sign. The sign reads "Vote this fucker out for my future. Political apathy is lame. Care about one another."

Two young women in furry bear ear hats, one white and one pink, hold a sign together. The white sign has bubble letters drawn and shaded with purple pen. It reads: "You Suck, Doug!!"

3/🧵Young Ontarians.

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A photograph of a cardboard protest sign with the Ontario Legislature buildings out of focus in the background. The sign reads "A Government that does not take duty to consult seriously is corrupt".

A photograph of protestors gathered in front of the Ontario Legislature. A woman on silts with her arms spread wide is draped in a white sheet with painted words. The visible words are "Our Waterfront is not Ford's", but her banner outfit in it's entirety read "Our Waterfront is not Doug Ford's Private Property. Another protestor holds a sign reading "Defend Democracy repealBill5.ca".

2/🧵

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A photograph of the brown brick and stone Ontario Legislature building in Queen's Park. A crowd of protestors holding signs like "Health Care Not Spas" and "Fire Ford" have gathered in front. A bronze sculpture of James Whitney (6th premier of Ontario) stands at the right.

1/🧵Photos from the "Fight Ford" protest on Saturday, March 28th, at Queen's Park.

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Poster: YES to adopting “echoes” the plan backed by 40+ HIV orgs to restore the aids memorial NO to councillor Chris Moise’s plan to fence off the park! Take 15 seconds tell the mayor, scan here [QR code] Theaidsmemorial.ca

The gentrification of Cawthra (Barbara Hall) park over the last 20yrs has already caused countless harms to the local community & homeless queer/trans people who live/d here, to prioritize the moneyed white gayze… Now they wanna fence off the park completely, locking us out!

Fuck this shit!
#topoli

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Presentation at Waterfront Emergency Town Hall, where I uncover info from the Island Airport Jet Environmental Assessment done by Toronto Port Authority, then buried. Frequency of jets and jet blasts are covered in this video. #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli #NoJetsTO

A Toronto cop mistook this man for a suspect. The violent encounter left him with broken ribs and ruptured spleen Det. Const. Christopher Merritt pleaded guilty to the 2024 assault and will serve no jail time — a sentence his victim feels is insufficient.

A Toronto cop mistook this man for a suspect. The violent encounter left him with broken ribs and ruptured spleen. www.thestar.com/news/crime/a... #TorontoPolice #TPS #TOpoli #VisionZero #VisionZeroTO #ZeroVision #ZeroVisionTO

Toronto can phase out its biggest polluter with renewables.

We just went to the moon, so surely we can do this!

Toronto can phase out its biggest polluter with renewables. ⚡ Peak Perks ☀️ Rooftop + parking lot solar 🌊 Lake ON offshore wind Now we need targets + timelines #torontonews #onpoli #energypolicy #topoli share.nwmd.social/s/uYBZdNsU

I don't know why his hashtags don't work... so here we go;
#Toronto #TOpoli #OliviaChow #Ontario #FrankDomenic @frankdomenic.bsky.social