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#onpoli Doug Ford's government is changing the OHIP rules so each person is limited to a lifetime maximum of 48 treatments at pain clinics. This is lifesaving treatment for so many people suffering from chronic pain, and it's absolutely obscene that they're doing this. https://savepainclinics.ca/ Such cruelty.

Take out a speed camera because Doug Ford can’t handle the idea of car drivers following the law, and the result? Someone took out a 15-year-old and put them in the hospital. Ford, and his MPPs, and his voters, should be ashamed. They won’t be. Cars always win. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/mount-dennis-residents-say-school-zone-where-boy-was-struck-former-speed-camera-site-needs-safety-improvements/article_9552bc8a-faab-4647-a366-2e8b76e639b7.html #ONPoli #TOPoli

It's election day here in Ottawa! If you're in Ottawa and you're eligible to vote, please please do! And FYI if you're on the side of the humans, Jeff Lieper seems like he would make a great mayor 👍 #onpoli

Connecting Doug Ford dots. 🤔 Eliminate bike lanes so self driving cars can be trained on Toronto's winter roads? Am I crazy for thinking this? ⚠️ Cyclists Beware! "Waymo is coming to Toronto. But the road to get there will be an often snow-covered one — and experts say that will take time and training data to overcome." #Toronto #Onpoli #Canada#BikeTooter

You may say it's a conspiracy theory but Waymo is arriving in Toronto and we have this master plan to dismantle our bike lanes happening at the same time Waymo has issues with San Francisco bike lanes https://futurism.com/future-society/waymo-bike-lanes-traffic We start removing our bike lanes in #toronto the same day Waymo puts their first cars in the streets for testing (plan to rollout by 2028) Yes I am suspicious AF #waymo #ontario #biketooter #onpoli

Looking for #canadian #trans, #lgbtq and/or #disabled people to be friends with! A boost would be much appreciated 💝 #canada #cndpoli #onpoli #ontario #intro #introduction #newhere

an organizing win: direct action in Toronto prevented bike lanes from starting to be removed last night!!! There's a new challenge hopefully heading to the Supreme Court of Canada to prevent the bike lanes from being removed, but that didn't happen in time to stop the removal trucks from coming in. But lots of people showing up on bikes to stand in the way did!! https://bsky.app/profile/tomflood.bsky.social/post/3mxsaazoou22x #BikeTooter #onpoli

Tonight, on day one of #DougFord 's planned removal of #Toronto bike lanes, protesters successfully blocked their removal. Toronto folks would rather that $50 million be spent on keeping small town hospital ER's open or getting school roofs fixed. #Ontario #onpoli #topoli #cycling

For those of you following #DougFord 's efforts to rip out the bicycle lanes in #Toronto, this is an interesting article indeed about #Ontario's RFP for the project. EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought By John Lorinc #topoli #onpoli #cycling

some pretty bleak numbers here: Canada's wealthiest demographic receives the largest proportion of government assistance.

"It’s not just that they typically have no dependents, live in paid-off homes and carry little debt, though all of that helps. Their well-being is also untethered from Canada’s anemic wage growth. People 55 and older make up less than one-third of the population but, as of 2023, they owned 49 per cent of the country’s real estate by value, 62 per cent of bank deposits, 72 per cent of mutual funds and other investments and 75 per cent of stocks. The value of all those assets has soared."

"Many do not feel rich. They consider themselves middle class, because they own the things middle-class Canadians once took for granted: a home, a car, perhaps a cottage or a boat. But those once-ordinary markers of stability are now available only to a privileged minority."

https://macleans.ca/longforms/the-great-generational-rip-off #Canada #canpoli #onpoli

The Ontario legislature had 130 seats until 1999, when it dropped to 103 and aligned with the federal riding boundaries. There are now 124 ridings. They no longer align with the federal boundaries, and they're based on population data from 2011, with no indication that they'll be redistributed. #Ontario #Onpoli

Ford’s gift to landlords (at the expense of tenants) has come into force. The Cons claim the changes are aimed at restoring balance and confidence in Ontario’s rental market. I call BS. #ONpoli #housing

@nev@flipping.rocks @TVOntario@flipboard.com I would also like to add, while most disabled people are not able to work, we are a walking economic stimulus package. Do you have any idea how many people I would employ if given enough resources to take care of myself? Pharmacists, food services, physical therapists, psychologists, home supports, transportation.... A high tide floats all boats. Support disabled people and lift the whole fekkin economy up too. #disabilityJustice #ONpoli #CDNpoli #CANpoli

@TVOntario@flipboard.com ☝️ “I think about the connections between health and housing… I think at some of the work that Dr. Andrew Boozary has led that looks at those who are really high users of the health system, and making sure that we can connect them with housing. Look at the difference it makes in their wellbeing, but also look at the difference it also makes to other parts of health care and other social supports.” #CDNpoli #ONpoli #disabilityJustice

Science Centre's 'hazardous' roof still fine while new TTC station next door rains indoors #Ontario #OntarioPolitics #onpoli #DougFord #Toronto #OntarioScienceCentre

Why is the Trump administration calling bike lanes ‘DEI’? | Dave Schilling | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/trump-administration-bike-lanes-dei

The government apparently has an issue with paths for cyclists. Take it from someone who can’t ride a bike: this makes no sense

And Ontario's Doug Ford is the same.

He's only anti-Trump in wanting himself to be in charge, not Trump

#NeverVoteConservative #ONpoli

I dedicated my latest column to talking about Pow Wow and how important and meaningful these events are for our communities. #indigenous #firstnations #onpoli #canPoli #powwow #nishnawbe #mushkegowuk

One of the many upsetting things about the Ford government's attack on bike lanes: Prabmeet Sarkaria is the minister of transportation. He keeps saying that the bike lanes are unused and cause congestion. He is also the first turban-wearing Sikh to be appointed to cabinet. Any casual user of Toronto's bike lanes immediately notices that the most frequent year-round uses of the bike lanes are delivery drivers, many of whom are of Punjabi origins, just like Sarkaria. If Sarkaria doesn't want to hear "downtown activists", maybe he should hear from his own community. The people who will be most harmed by the bike lane removal are the delivery drivers. When a Punjabi delivery driver is killed in a car accident because he was cycling in a car lane, his blood will be is on Sarkaria's hands. I haven't seen cycling activists trying to organize Punjabi delivery guys. Probably has to do with race and class. #TOpoli #ONpoli

This is brutal, and it's the 2nd time it happened in a week. Thank goodness nobody was seriously hurt. (The removal of speed cameras and the impending removal of bike lanes also get mentions.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECgM7TvBqNo #Toronto #TOPoli #ONtario #Onpoli

Came across this crash scene. Someone hit several inches of sand at the bottom of the Runymede underpass between St. Clair and Dundas. They got injured. It was not marked with any pylons, nor cleaned up after the storm. A parking enforcement officer briefly stopped and I was shocked that they did not try to put some yellow tape or pylons. Ive seen random trees in parks encircled with yellow tape, but not here where it would have mattered. I'd like to thank the person that was warning people at the top of the underpass. I went and found some pylons strewn about and tried to block the bike lane off. City staff should be taught cycling, so they could intuitively understand and address such dangers. This sand washout from the railbridge has repeatedly happened. Why was it not properly fixed months before? #topoli #onpoli #toronto #bike #biking #ontario #cycling