Last-minute deal: surprised.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-education-worker-negotiations-1.6658097
― clemenza, Monday, 21 November 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link
Amazing!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-mayor-john-tory-statement-1.6745144
(No posts in two months? Was Canada shut down?)
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 February 2023 02:35 (one year ago) link
"Tory will also be remembered as a mayor on the move." lol.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 11 February 2023 02:43 (one year ago) link
The scandal no one could have predicted.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 February 2023 15:43 (one year ago) link
Except for maybe the Beaverton; who fucking slayed me with this headline: “John Tory’s career inevitably cut short by his raw, unstoppable sexual magnetism”
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 February 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
I hope our next sober, asexual mayor gives an ounce of a shit about the unhoused
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 11 February 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
Couldn't believe the picture they had of Tory on the front page of the Star today. He looked like he'd aged 40 years--he looked like a corpse.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 February 2023 04:29 (one year ago) link
Is there any reason to believe that this clears the way for a more progressive mayor? I wouldn't be surprised if we get another Ford (maybe literally).
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 13 February 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
read a few rumours this weekend that Doug is stepping down as premier to run for mayor (unlikely) and that Michael is running (more likely)
― Murgatroid, Monday, 13 February 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
Ford must be reveling in this. Tory, on his radio show, was (correctly, I'd say) really hard on both Fords when the crack story broke. Whatever public front they've put up the past few years, pretty sure they despise each other.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 February 2023 17:13 (one year ago) link
about time that michael york was suitably honoured
https://i.imgur.com/BPWIn7D.jpg
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 May 2023 02:23 (ten months ago) link
any other Torontonians paying attention to the mayoral by-election? are there even any Torontonians here other than Simon (does he count if he doesn't post anymore) and I?
anyway I'm volunteering for the Josh Matlow campaign though I can't wait until all of this is over
― Murgatroid, Monday, 8 May 2023 04:38 (ten months ago) link
what do people in the city think of Chow?
― symsymsym, Monday, 8 May 2023 04:50 (ten months ago) link
can't speak for anyone else but she seems to be doing well in the polls (which lol are like a thousand or less respondents each, fuck polling seriously) so she's coasting by on name recognition basically since she's put out like two policy positions while Matlow's put out like 10+ costed, detailed positions
it's a bit annoying
at any other time, ofc I'd be voting Chow and she'd still be better than the last how many years of conservative mayors but still, it's a bit depressing that Matlow's not doing better in the whatever polls are being made public (even though it's still early)
― Murgatroid, Monday, 8 May 2023 05:05 (ten months ago) link
and yes, I know Matlow "plagiarized" his platform (i.e. his policy writer came from last year's Penalosa campaign and basically reused it) who fucking cares except a few people on Twitter who ended up being used by Nick Kouvalis and Ana Bailao good job y'all
― Murgatroid, Monday, 8 May 2023 05:07 (ten months ago) link
Matlow and Chow both seem fine and clearly several orders of magnitude better than my councillor, Bradford. Rest of the field seem like they’ll just roll over for Dougie. Or worse.
― KPH, Monday, 8 May 2023 05:39 (ten months ago) link
oh god, Bradford Bradford (that's his actual name, look it up), what a fucking clown, never seen a guy so transparently craven
― Murgatroid, Monday, 8 May 2023 05:42 (ten months ago) link
Saunders might be worse than Rob Ford and Tory combined, truly nightmare scenario mayor
― Murgatroid, Monday, 8 May 2023 05:44 (ten months ago) link
until tonight (when I just saw a video of Danielle Smith comparing the vaccinated to those following Hitler's orders), the video Saunders posted about naloxone might have been the most evil video I've seen in Canadian politics
sorry, so many thoughts about Toronto politics
― Murgatroid, Monday, 8 May 2023 05:47 (ten months ago) link
Vancouver mayors are pretty crap, but they'd be a lot worse if the entire Lower Mainland voted
― symsymsym, Monday, 8 May 2023 14:58 (ten months ago) link
Alberta election day is tomorrow; please send us sane vibes.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 29 May 2023 04:52 (nine months ago) link
As someone who moved out of AB years ago and who still has family and friends there, wishing you all the best but honestly expecting the worst from years of conditioning (living in AB)
― Murgatroid, Monday, 29 May 2023 05:51 (nine months ago) link
it's just so great that it can get worse than Jason Kenney.
sending good vibes from BC
― symsymsym, Monday, 29 May 2023 05:54 (nine months ago) link
Rachel Notley did threaten to cut off all our gas once, but y'know, bygones
― symsymsym, Monday, 29 May 2023 06:07 (nine months ago) link
tbh I can barely muster up the enthusiasm to tell my family and friends to vote for the NDP - I know D. Smith is evil and blah blah blah etc but it's such a bummer to see how centrist the ANDP have gotten, I realize they have to pander to the O&G folks to win but most of them aren't going to vote for y'all anyway and you're alienating a large part of your core with your pipeline-fucking bullshit
― Murgatroid, Monday, 29 May 2023 14:52 (nine months ago) link
why is it so slow
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 04:41 (nine months ago) link
I think Elections Alberta is using new tabulating technology and at some point, only 72 or something out of 250 machines were working
Or so I heard
Anyway lol lmao
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 04:58 (nine months ago) link
As someone who moved out of AB years ago
As someone also in this position - 15+ years gone and no plans to move back - I'm surprised how annoyed I am at the result. Like, it shouldn't be much of my business by now, but I still care, I guess on behalf of friends and family who are still there.
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 17:09 (nine months ago) link
TO by-election lawn sign report: Biked from the Beaches to Port Credit and back this evening. Mostly Chow signs along with a hilarious amount of Gongs. Not too surprised to see Bradford signs south of Queen here as it’s his ward and all but also saw a goodly amount of Chow and a few Matlows (huzzah!). No Saunders anywhere, guessing he is focused elsewhere.
― KPH, Sunday, 11 June 2023 03:41 (nine months ago) link
I was in North York a lot this past week cause my parents were in town and they decided to stay in that area (I was born and raised there), sorry for sounding like the typical downtown Torontonian but shit, that area might as well be a different city/country
barely any frontrunner signs except a few Bailao signs, mostly Gong and Heather He (who? and who????) signs
― Murgatroid, Sunday, 11 June 2023 03:44 (nine months ago) link
Not our dude but I’m relieved when Bailao had the early lead, etc.
― KPH, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 01:27 (nine months ago) link
Was closer than I expected.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 04:53 (nine months ago) link
I'm gone, but glad to hear it.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 10:36 (nine months ago) link
Gong's 11th place finish (he must have had more signs on the streets than votes) leads me to wonder if he was running to increase general name recognition, perhaps business related.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 14:37 (nine months ago) link
I have nothing to say about this but: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-gregoire-separation-1.6925254
― rob, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:42 (seven months ago) link
absolutely HUGE news. Every single political party in Canada admits that Indian state was involved in POLITICAL ASSASSINATION of Canadian-Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar this summer. Let that sink in, comrades. https://t.co/brMdtpBJj0— Harsha Walia (@HarshaWalia) September 18, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 08:49 (six months ago) link
reminding myself who Anthony Rota is: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-jagmeet-singh-rota-racist-therrien-1.5616661
― rob, Monday, 25 September 2023 13:47 (six months ago) link
Canada right now: pic.twitter.com/HP10CKST7k— The Leninist Lawyer ☭📕 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 (@MarxistLaw) September 25, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:04 (six months ago) link
what's up Manitoba
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 02:49 (five months ago) link
Wab Kinew will become the first First Nations premier to lead a Canadian province!A historic win for the Manitoba New Democratic Party! pic.twitter.com/TxIwTZODVe— Khelsilem (@Khelsilem) October 4, 2023
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 04:22 (five months ago) link
Ontario lefties: I think I'm just done with electoral politics period after the ONDP kicked Sarah Jama out of caucus, absolutely livid at these spineless fucks
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 18:51 (five months ago) link
I thought I maybe posted about this on this thread, but I guess not. Not sure where to put it--not politics, but a huge national story. They got a verdict today in the London hate-killing case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-attack-guilty-verdict-1.7029754
― clemenza, Friday, 17 November 2023 02:50 (four months ago) link