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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 3d

I am becoming convinced that autonomous vehicles are designed to solve the problem of "I live in a wealthy suburb but have a horrible car commute and don't want to drive anymore but also hate trains and buses and refuse to ride a bike."

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 7d

The reason for this is that the MEng offered a short program to gain experience towards PEng. However, now they would be unlikely to get to stay to work, so they aren’t coming.

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 7d

Not sure if it varies by department, but my department says it still has excess allocation of PALs, so we have not hit any limit there. Students with offers are getting more scrutiny and more are denied. Our MEng program has disappeared due to lack of demand not due to lack of capacity.

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 7d

My understanding is that universities still have capacity to bring in international students, but the demand has evaporated. (Colleges are a different story). This seems to be because there is no longer a reasonable pathway to be able to stay and work in Canada after graduation.

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 7d

I mean… Ontario universities are in complete financial chaos due in large part to the inept provincial government. I don’t blame anyone for not wanting to come here if their role involves teaching in any way. Workload has exploded.

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 7d

Spoiler alert - the problem is cars!

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E-bike and e-scooter injuries are on the rise. St. Michael’s clinicians and researchers leading new study to improve care and road safety

E-bikes and scooters have become increasingly common modes of transportation in Toronto and worldwide because of their convenience and affordability. Clinicians and researchers at St.

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 10d

My 4-year-old just started a sentence with “Dad, I know how you like wine in a bag…” 🙃

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 11d

Good thing it wasn’t a modern truck. Those high front ends would have killed her.

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 11d

(If it’s me, avenge my death appropriately)

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 11d

Someone is doing to die after being hit by a driver of a vehicle at a location that used to have a speed camera. This will be on you, Doug.

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded to a letter from more than 20 Ontario mayors asking to save the province’s automated speed cameras, telling them “the answer is no.” #OnPoli
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‘The answer is no’: Ford rejects plea from mayors to save, alter Ontario’s speed cameras | Globalnews.ca

Replying to a letter sent last week asking for changes to how speed cameras operate instead of an all-out ban, Ford repeated his claim the program is a 'cash grab.'

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 17d

The Ford government is openly and blatantly corrupt. Is anyone going to do something about it? Apparently not.

CHCH News @chchnews.bsky.social · 17d

Doug Ford faces new corruption accusations following scathing spending reports from Auditor General.

Doug Ford faces new corruption accusations following scathing spending reports from Auditor General

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is facing new accusations of corruption after the Auditor General released a series of reports on government spending.

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 19d

If you go to Canadian Tire with your bags from another store, they usually insist on you leaving them at customer service. So it is kind of is illicit there. One time they made me leave a loaf of bread with them.

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · 26d

Speed bumps are trash. Larger vehicles (you know, the most dangerous ones) can simply ride over them at speed. Terrible solution.

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 26d

NEW: Premier Doug Ford says he will hand cities cash to replace automated cameras with speed bumps and lights as he looks to remove the enforcement tools across the province. #onpoli
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Ford pledges ‘a lot of money’ for cities to install speed bumps instead of cameras | Globalnews.ca

On Monday morning, Ford said he would give provincial funding to municipalities to make major road design changes he believes are a more effective way to reduce speeding.

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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · Sep 16

"So why the allergic reaction to accountability? The complaints are excuses. People don’t like getting caught breaking rules they want to break. The critics of cameras are the violators and why should we listen to the people who are making the roads less safe"
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As a former traffic cop, I see the evidence first-hand – speed cameras aren’t a tax grab, they make cities safer

When Ontario Premier Doug Ford called automated speed enforcement cameras a tax grab and said municipalities should get rid of them, I was shocked, write Sean Shapiro

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Chris DeGroot @chrisdegroot.ca · Sep 12

I think my “junk mail” filter is broken since all of my most urgent and important emails are going there…