@brianbswizzle.bsky.social
Saxe isn't an idiot. She's hearing from her constituents that have seen their property values absolutely crater over the last year. Between this and the heritage zoning in the Annex, she's trying to pull her constituents out from underwater.
Saxe pushes back against Chow saying that people in Rosedale can afford this increased land transfer tax. She says not everyone in Rosedale is wealthy. She asks Chow to apologizing for painting the neighbourhood with a "broad brush."
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Saxe isn't an idiot. She's hearing from her constituents that have seen their property values absolutely crater over the last year. Between this and the heritage zoning in the Annex, she's trying to pull her constituents out from underwater.
I keep banging on this drum that the worst car congestion is actually in Toronto's outer suburbs but for some reason the relentless focus is on the 5 or 6 guys that drive to their reserved parking spot in Brookfield Place.
Very few 905ers actually drive into Toronto's Financial District (which is where all the traffic jam hysteria focus is for some reason), most of that opposition actually comes from the same Torontonians who got the Jarvis bike lanes removed.
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I keep banging on this drum that the worst car congestion is actually in Toronto's outer suburbs but for some reason the relentless focus is on the 5 or 6 guys that drive to their reserved parking spot in Brookfield Place.
Just a blatant lie lol
Councillor Myers asks Traffic Services why better signal priority wasn't in place prior to the Finch West LRT opening. Staff say this is a Metrolinx project, and the city "did not have the purview to intervene on the contract and make changes to the design" until service started operating.
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Just a blatant lie lol
Once again begging Toronto business owners to acknowledge the existence of Green P parking lots. Just because you're stupid enough to park on Ossington yourself doesn't mean your customers should be too
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Once again begging Toronto business owners to acknowledge the existence of Green P parking lots. Just because you're stupid enough to park on Ossington yourself doesn't mean your customers should be too
Another article trying to convince Torontonians that the city exists east of the Don Valley. No one's falling for it. Nice try.
For the love of god, not being able to drive easily downtown ≠ ”the east end has been systematically disconnected from the rest of Toronto”
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
Why east enders are feeling ‘cut off’ from the rest of Toronto. And the Gardiner ramp closure is only the beginning
East end residents feels they’ve been ignored by city hall after a cluster of overlapping construction projects has cut them off from the rest of Toronto.
www.thestar.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Another article trying to convince Torontonians that the city exists east of the Don Valley. No one's falling for it. Nice try.
From a broader perspective, I think the city got too spoiled with downtown residents switching from streetcars to bikeshare, Uber, walking etc., and applied those standards to Line 6. They did not anticipate that those options are less available in that part of the city.
The TTC Board discussed the Finch LRT opening and problems at its meeting today, Dec. 10. My comments: stevemunro.ca/2025/12/10/t...
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
From a broader perspective, I think the city got too spoiled with downtown residents switching from streetcars to bikeshare, Uber, walking etc., and applied those standards to Line 6. They did not anticipate that those options are less available in that part of the city.
She's had at least three times now where staff have done the, “what you're actually seeing with your own eyes here is not the case”. They said that sidewalks were plowed last year, and then had to admit they lied. How many times is Chow going to get the fell for it again award? Start. Firing. Staff.
Mayor Chow must pay closer attention to the details. Her insistence on being the Macro Mayor sets the table for an empty-suit populist to win the election next year. Someone, preferably at the top, must speak for the people who need this city to function well. www.thestar.com/news/gta/may...
Mayor Olivia Chow vows to speed up new $3.5B Finch West LRT after rider complaints
Mayor Olivia Chow promised to introduce a motion at council next week proposing better frequency, faster speeds and better priority through intersections for the new Line 6.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
She's had at least three times now where staff have done the, “what you're actually seeing with your own eyes here is not the case”. They said that sidewalks were plowed last year, and then had to admit they lied. How many times is Chow going to get the fell for it again award? Start. Firing. Staff.
Maybe the city will learn from this and activate more aggressive transit signal priority for the Eglinton crosstown?
*Checks who the councillors are for the street running sections*
Oh, nevermind.
*Checks who the councillors are for the street running sections*
Oh, nevermind.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Maybe the city will learn from this and activate more aggressive transit signal priority for the Eglinton crosstown?
*Checks who the councillors are for the street running sections*
Oh, nevermind.
*Checks who the councillors are for the street running sections*
Oh, nevermind.
One positive thing I'll say is that it's still better than the Spadina streetcar which I regularly outwalk.
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
One positive thing I'll say is that it's still better than the Spadina streetcar which I regularly outwalk.
Reposted
Shuttle buses ordered on day 1.
December 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Shuttle buses ordered on day 1.
Oh I have thoughts on this (am one of those nerds)
Hey transportation nerds, our latest City of a Toronto Lane width guidelines, first released in 2014, were released a few weeks ago, fill yer boots:
www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...
www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oh I have thoughts on this (am one of those nerds)
Councillor Cheng pretending to delay this when we know that the province is just going to amend the secondary plan anyways like they did with Yonge and Eglinton.
This item was basically a request to endorse the directions in the report and move forward to the next stage of engagement. It looks like Committee will defer at Councillor Cheng's request. This would be a deferral on the proposed community engagement until more community engagement is done.
If you're interested in making this spine a little chunkier, the latest on the North York Secondary Plan should be at Planning and Housing Committee on December 3rd. No new details available yet but opposition from the low-rise Neighbourhood is expected.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Councillor Cheng pretending to delay this when we know that the province is just going to amend the secondary plan anyways like they did with Yonge and Eglinton.
Reposted
This item was basically a request to endorse the directions in the report and move forward to the next stage of engagement. It looks like Committee will defer at Councillor Cheng's request. This would be a deferral on the proposed community engagement until more community engagement is done.
If you're interested in making this spine a little chunkier, the latest on the North York Secondary Plan should be at Planning and Housing Committee on December 3rd. No new details available yet but opposition from the low-rise Neighbourhood is expected.
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This item was basically a request to endorse the directions in the report and move forward to the next stage of engagement. It looks like Committee will defer at Councillor Cheng's request. This would be a deferral on the proposed community engagement until more community engagement is done.
Should politicians be held responsible for decisions they make that result in people getting injured or killed? Hard to say. Don't wanna make things too personal.
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Should politicians be held responsible for decisions they make that result in people getting injured or killed? Hard to say. Don't wanna make things too personal.
Love having my tax dollars lit on fire. Just amazing.
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Love having my tax dollars lit on fire. Just amazing.
We're at year 16 and city council has now decided to ask what the heck is even going on with the John Street Cultural Corridor lol secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
secure.toronto.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We're at year 16 and city council has now decided to ask what the heck is even going on with the John Street Cultural Corridor lol secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
I'm not worried at all about Daniel Tate because he's going to flame out and move to Chilliwack or something. Voters don't like whiners. Councillors that associate with him do so at their own peril.
IntegrityTO has faced blowback for its graphic online posts. Is it showing the ‘stark reality’ of Toronto or making local politics toxic? www.thestar.com/news/gta/int...
IntegrityTO has faced blowback for its graphic online posts. Is it showing the ‘stark reality’ of Toronto or making local politics toxic?
On Tuesday, IntegrityTO’s Daniel Tate plans to mark the group’s arrival on the political scene with a launch event at the Mod Club, which will be attended by at least two sitting councillors.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm not worried at all about Daniel Tate because he's going to flame out and move to Chilliwack or something. Voters don't like whiners. Councillors that associate with him do so at their own peril.
Whatever happened to Curtis Waters?
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Whatever happened to Curtis Waters?
Toronto dog owners basically have the same social status as people who vape now.
No. Arguably the real problem is that most cities don't have enough public garbage cans. But their absence doesn't mean the nearest private can becomes a public receptacle. Also, it's just weird to imply that the alternatives to dumping are littering or not picking up
www.thestar.com/life/can-you...
www.thestar.com/life/can-you...
Can you throw dog doo-doo in someone else’s garbage bin? The debate over the ‘politics of poop’
City bylaws. Vigilante justice. It’s an age-old debate that gets neighbours up in arms. “The politics of poop,” one dog owner said, “are intense.”
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Toronto dog owners basically have the same social status as people who vape now.
Reposted
In the Star, @shawnmicallef.bsky.social writes about underused parking lots and cites a small one at Playter & Danforth. Not far away is larger lot east of Broadview Station that was supposed to be partly repurposed to expand the TTC loop. But the BIA intervened and the loop proposal died.
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
In the Star, @shawnmicallef.bsky.social writes about underused parking lots and cites a small one at Playter & Danforth. Not far away is larger lot east of Broadview Station that was supposed to be partly repurposed to expand the TTC loop. But the BIA intervened and the loop proposal died.
Found an update on the Jane Street RapidTO project. Project is cancelled south of the 401 in Nunziata's ward. Taken from Maple Leaf/Rustic Road street plan consultation notes: cc @ttcriders.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Found an update on the Jane Street RapidTO project. Project is cancelled south of the 401 in Nunziata's ward. Taken from Maple Leaf/Rustic Road street plan consultation notes: cc @ttcriders.bsky.social
Unacceptable. We need to protect our mom and pop landlords.
"These kinds of changes will make hard-working families less able to defend themselves against large real estate investors. And we have seen one investor taking over and now owns 54,000 units of housing across Toronto," says Chow.
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Unacceptable. We need to protect our mom and pop landlords.
The angel on my shoulder says Marco is probably right, but the devil on my other shoulder says HSR should get an equal amount of consultation as Ontario's Highway 413 (none).
I've done something that I don't do very often. I wrote a short, quick polemic post. It was prompted by a discussion in here.
It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Why I’m still skeptical about ALTO’s HSR project
A reality check and a plea for transparency.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The angel on my shoulder says Marco is probably right, but the devil on my other shoulder says HSR should get an equal amount of consultation as Ontario's Highway 413 (none).
Shuttered Canadian coffee chain, Coffee Time, lives on in Himeji, Japan in all its indoor smoke filled glory.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Shuttered Canadian coffee chain, Coffee Time, lives on in Himeji, Japan in all its indoor smoke filled glory.
We simply cannot stand for this Chicagoification of our subway service.
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We simply cannot stand for this Chicagoification of our subway service.