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Ariel Troster
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City Councillor for #SomersetWard in Ottawa. Queer Jew. A better city is possible. Let’s build it together. 🏳️‍🌈
I wish I had a tool to make him go faster!
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Correct!
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
These numbers remind us that food insecurity is not just an individual or personal failure — it’s a systemic issue, and it touches every corner of our city.

You can read the full report here: www.ottawafoodbank.ca/2025-ottawa-...
2025 Ottawa Hunger Report - Ottawa Food Bank
Ottawa is facing a food insecurity emergency – not rooted in scarcity, but in broken systems. Food insecurity is a symptom of the broken systems that families are facing in […]
www.ottawafoodbank.ca
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It’s frustrating to see public health decisions kiboshed by reactionary politics. Safe supply half-measures have made things worse and led to a tonne of drug dealing in Centretown and Chinatown. PROPER safe supply (injectable treatment) would solve this problem and stop many overdose deaths.
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Prescribing Dilaudid for a Fentanyl addiction has led to a serious diversion/drug dealing problem because it ends up serving as currency for people to buy street drugs. Access to injectable opioid agonist treatment is the answer. But this is incredibly hard to access and not covered by OHIP.
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The weather shifted so fast and so has my mood
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Oh, Zohran has been sparking joy for weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I went deep into this cult story when the podcast and the documentaries came out. There were zero good men! The entire cult was based on misogyny. And Keith was so creepy and gross, I cannot imagine not having the instinct to run away immediately. Also: coercive midnight volleyball?’!?
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
OMG yes, this occurred to me too.
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM