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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · 26d

>4,000 refugees are in Toronto's shelter system, yet Fed Gov’t plans to CUT supportive IHAP funding.

This would result in mass homelessness and the elimination of shelter space.

Org’s/individuals working in and adjacent to the housing/refugee rights space, SIGN HERE:

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Sign on: Ensuring Federal Funding for Refugees

The federal government is severely reducing funding for refugee shelter in the City of Toronto. If this funding is cut, it would mean the loss of shelter space and thousands of refugees on the street ...

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Sep 17

I signed…

“To pass the Consent Awareness Week Act, 2025 to declare the third week of September as Consent Awareness Week and facilitate expanded consent awareness education, programming and initiatives in Ontario schools, workplaces and across the province.”
www.alexagilmour.ca/establish-co...

Establish Consent Awareness Week

www.alexagilmour.ca

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join to honour the past, present and future victories of the Labour Movement at this year’s annual Labour Day Parade!

Sept 1 at 9:30 a.m. Parade route: University Avenue → Queen Street → Dufferin Street → CNE Grounds

www.labourcouncil.ca/labour-day-p...

Poster with background image of a large crowd of protesters. Text overlay reads:

Labour Day Parade
A Canada for Workers

Made Here
Paid Here

Monday Sept 2025
9:30am Departure
University Av @ Queen St W

Toronto & York Region Labour Council

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · Aug 18

Federal #publicsectorworkers will soon be on the frontlines of the fight against #Carney's austerity agenda. They will be fighting for all of us.
www.readthemaple.com/chretien-era...

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Aug 18

Oh look! 💁🏼‍♀️ The Fed Labour Board just added fuel to the fire!

(✊🏻 #Solidarity with #AirCanada CUPE component workers!)

#OnLab #CdnPoli #unfaircanada @oflabour.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Federal labour board deems Air Canada flight attendants' strike 'unlawful' | CBC News

The independent tribunal that administers Canada's labour laws has deemed the strike by Air Canada's some 10,000 flight attendants illegal and is ordering workers back to the skies.

www.cbc.ca

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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · Aug 17

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... "To legislate us back to work 12 hours after we started? I'm sorry, snowstorms have shut down Air Canada for longer than we were allowed to strike."

Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union | CBC News

Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Emplo...

www.cbc.ca

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Aug 16

They tend to your comfort and safety while soaring 600km/hr 10,000 meters above the Earth.

Trampling their Charter-protected right to strike after years of underpay & forced free labour is — at the very least — a *bad* idea.

✊🏻Solidarity with Air Canada Flight Attendants

@oflabour.bsky.social

Screenshot of tweet by Ontario Federal Labour that reads:

🚨 URGENT CALL TO ALL WORKERS: DEFEND AIR CANADA CUPE COMPONENT WORKERS’ RIGHT TO STRIKE 🚨

Where: Toronto Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1
When: 9:00 AM, Tomorrow - August 17

The federal government is moving to trample the Charter-protected right to strike forcing binding arbitration and back-to-work orders that strip workers of free and fair collective bargaining.
This is unconstitutional government overreach. If they get away with it here, this sets a dangerous precedent.

✊🏾Join the labour movement at Toronto Pearson. Solidarity with Air Canada flight attendants. Defend the right to strike.

Digital poster endorsed by the Ontario Federation of Labour that reads:

URGENT CALL TO ALL WORKERS:
DEFEND AIR CANADA CUPE COMPONENT WORKERS' RIGHT TO STRIKE

WHEN:
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 - FROM 9:00 AM
WHERE:
TORONTO PEARSON INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TERMINAL 1

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Jul 31

I lived in here briefly while it was still under construction. Its target market was students & it placed tenants in shared units w/others.

I recall informing mgmt that they were obligated to deliver the cleaning services *that were included* in lease agreements 🫠

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Ottawa lawyer says eviction plan for Little Italy apartment building sidesteps tenants’ rights

An Ottawa lawyer says a proposed mass eviction at a Little Italy apartment building sidesteps the legal protections Ontario tenants are entitled to and is being brought before the wrong court.

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Jul 30

👏
Another great quote from the Judge’s overview of the reasons for judgement (re: “fear of opening the floodgate” argument):

“Rights claims are not denied because others may make a similar claim or because it is administratively inconvenient to comply with the Charter.”

Albert Koehl @albertkoehl.bsky.social · Jul 30

"The advice provided to the govt, both before + after Bill212 was passed, was that removal of the target bike lanes to restore a lane of motor vehicle traffic will not achieve the asserted goal of the law, as it will not reduce congestion" -Justice Schabas #biketo

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News

An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. A spokesperson for Ontario's transportation minister said the government will appeal.

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Jul 30

A groundbreaking new report has just revealed a pipeline of hundreds of ongoing arms shipments from Canada to Israel and the government's web of lies over the last 21 months. Read it and act now - we can’t let a single MP off the hook. #ArmsEmbargoNow armsembargonow.ca/report

Arms Embargo Now!

Canada’s secret arms trade with Israel, exposed: This hard-hitting report exposes the damning data—hundreds of shipments, hundreds of thousands of bullets—and the Canadian government’s web of lies tha...

armsembargonow.ca

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Jul 29

I just wrote a letter: Report reveals Canada's Lies + Complicity: Demand an Arms Embargo. Write one here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/ar...

Report Reveals Canada's Lies + Complicity - Leadnow

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Geordie @geordiedent.bsky.social · Jul 24

Can’t believe it finally passed. We tried this year ago and if not for some of the same opposition, it could have lowered rents across the board and forced millions in repairs during both COVID and now

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · Jul 24

Councillor Matlow's motion to establish a colour-coded sign rating system for apartment buildings based on inspections, similar to DineSafe, CARRIES 20-3. Interesting trio here. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · Jun 26

thecradle.co/articles-id/... ‘The report was written by Israeli professor Yaakov Garb, who used data-driven analysis and spatial mapping to show how the Israeli army’s siege of Gaza and indiscriminate attacks on civilians in the enclave have led to a serious drop in its population.’

Harvard-linked study finds Israel ‘disappeared’ nearly 400,000 Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children: Report

The study by a Ben Gurion University professor uses data-driven analysis and spatial mapping to highlight a severe decline in Gaza’s population since October 2023

thecradle.co

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · Jun 17

I just wrote to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social‬ Ministers Anandasangaree & Diab demanding that Bill C-2 be rescinded. This law gives dangerous unchecked powers to the government to deport people, including permanent residents and attacks refugees. Add your name:

migrantrights.ca/take-action/...

Stop Bill C-2 - Migrant Rights Network

Send an Email Now! Bill C-2 is a cruel and violent law that aims to create a mass deportation machine: One-Year Refugee Deadline: Bill C-2 blocks anyone in Canada over one year from claiming refugee s...

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Livmore High Park Tenants’ Association @lhpta.bsky.social · Jun 4

How Canada’s ‘Condo Class’ Has Disrupted Political Organizing www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...

By @emmapaling.bsky.social 👏

How Canada’s ‘Condo Class’ Has Disrupted Political Organizing

The rise of condos is making door-to-door political campaigning obsolete.

www.readthemaple.com

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Alexa Gilmour @alexagilmour.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thrilled to join the Annual Community BBQ in the High Park buildings!

It’s always heartening to see neighbours come together and build community over great food & conversations.

Thank you Livmore High Park Tenants' Association for hosting, and for your continued advocacy & community leadership!

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Livmore High Park Tenants’ Association @lhpta.bsky.social · Jun 15

We were thrilled to have
@alexagilmour.bsky.social attend our Annual Community BBQ last weekend!

Thank you, Alexa, for speaking in support of rent control ✊

Alexa Gilmour @alexagilmour.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thrilled to join the Annual Community BBQ in the High Park buildings!

It’s always heartening to see neighbours come together and build community over great food & conversations.

Thank you Livmore High Park Tenants' Association for hosting, and for your continued advocacy & community leadership!

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Livmore High Park Tenants’ Association @lhpta.bsky.social · Jun 15

A home…a home…a home is with the fight!

No more greedy landlords.
Housing justice NOW.
@230fightback.bsky.social @nodemovictions.bsky.social @springmagca.bsky.social @demsocialistsca.bsky.social

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · May 29

F*ck Bill 5 ✊🏻

Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · May 29

I’m at Queen’s Park tonight fighting Bill 5 — the PC government's dangerous power grab that lets them override laws at will.

We’re filibustering to stop it. All night if we have to.

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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · May 27

This is unbelievable. The government is silencing debate and skipping public hearings to push through their plan to politicize Ontario’s courts.

First Bill 5. Now this. How far are they willing to go?

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · May 22

“We must see this as an opportunity to break the grip of the developers and speculators and defeat the established political orthodoxy that holds that housing provision requires the incentivization of these parasitic interests.”

👏💯

John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · May 19

The bubble of speculative greed is bursting and the developers are in trouble. At the same time, those who desperately need #housing face increased hardship. My column this month for @canadiandimension.bsky.social.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Two housing crises in one city

We often speak of a “housing crisis” and it is certainly true that profit-driven housing provision means rapidly intensifying hardship for hundreds of thousands of people. However, the beneficiaries o...

canadiandimension.com

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · May 22

Research by @uwaterloo.ca on #Toronto rents:

“GWL (insurance company Great West Life), which charged a 45% (or $841) premium to neighbourhood rents, was the first Canadian firm to adopt YieldStar software.”

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Financialization, housing rents, and affordability in Toronto - Martine August, Cloé St-Hilaire, 2025

This article examines the links between financialization, rent increases, and spatial inequality in Toronto, Canada. By drawing on qualitative data from the gre...

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · May 22

Research by @uwaterloo.ca on #Toronto rents:

“Dream was one of top rent increasers in our study, raising rents by 13% ($204) per quarter across its Toronto-based properties (equivalent to 52% or $816 per year).”

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Financialization, housing rents, and affordability in Toronto - Martine August, Cloé St-Hilaire, 2025

This article examines the links between financialization, rent increases, and spatial inequality in Toronto, Canada. By drawing on qualitative data from the gre...

journals.sagepub.com

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · May 22

🎯 “…financial firms are more aggressive in pursuing rent increases because they say that they are: the firm themselves state that their growth is driven by raising rents, and that they pursue more aggressive increases...”

👏 Fantastic research by @uwaterloo.ca

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Financialization, housing rents, and affordability in Toronto - Martine August, Cloé St-Hilaire, 2025

This article examines the links between financialization, rent increases, and spatial inequality in Toronto, Canada. By drawing on qualitative data from the gre...

journals.sagepub.com

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Cynthia Black (she/her) @cynthiablack.bsky.social · May 21

“Most notable of these is the erosion of rent control. After all, even if the REITs were to control 100 percent of the market their capacity to exploit renters could be curtailed by effective rent control legislation.”

#RentControlNow

@canadiandimension.bsky.social