#HamOnt: oh no we can't build 60 units of affordable housing on an underused parking lot and ensure 12 units will go to veterans and that they'll be accessible to people priced out of the housing market won't somebody think of the defenceless cars waaahhhhhhhhhh New York:

Are they giving Stoney Creek voters false hope? open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

The Battle of Stoney Creek 2.0

The affordable housing planned for the parking lot on Lake Ave. in Stoney Creek has hit the news again, just in time for the silly season of a municipal election

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I have such incredible anger at this decision. Campaigns are being given advice that leads them to violate #HamOnt city policies that the IC themselves said are confusing. This is outrageous. I'm absolutely livid.

Joey Coleman@joeycoleman.ca · 4w ago

Integrity Commissioner overrules City Clerk regarding Council Code of Conduct and elections Finds Ward 2 Clr Cameron Kroetsch violated Code of Conduct -by reposting his ward office newsletter onto his campaign social media pages -identifying his role as BoH Chair in campaign material #yhmcc (1/2)

ChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’

"Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me."

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If the #HamOnt councillor/mayoral candidate doesn't want "buildings to languish", then he should support proven solutions: stronger regulation, tough penalties for absentee/corporate speculators + land profiteers, more municipal investment in heritage, & expropriation. Actions > populist signaling.

Joey Coleman@joeycoleman.ca · 4w ago

Ward 8 Clr Rob Cooper says he does not want the building to languish like the buildings at 455, 457–459 King Street East. Ward 3 Clr Nrinder Nann says something off microphone to Cooper objecting to him making reference to this Ward 3 property. Photo of 455, 457–459 King Street East below. #yhmcc

Provincial Conservatives: We’re expanding the airport and destroying the island & waterfront whether you like it or not. Just like we destroyed the Science Centre & Ontario Place. Fuck you. Federal Liberals: Yasss sissy that landing 🏳️‍🌈💨🛬🏙️ we’ll paint the runway rainbow to replace Hanlans Beach 😍😍

Alex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Public consultation” on Billy Bishop expansion. These survey questions suggest to me that this is a done deal. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

#HamOnt is *raging* about the proposed AI Data Centre at Burlington+Gage, but here's a little Municipal 101 for context: • Proposal is at the Committee of Adjustment (CoA) • CoA *IS NOT* City Council • CoA *IS* a 7-member quasi-judicial citizen tribunal • CoA will discuss proposal June 4 at 9:30 AM

Ward 2 Hamilton@ward2hamilton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Appreciate the leadership of Councillor Nann on this. Her message is clear and I agree with her. Council cannot comment on an application that is still actively before the Committee of Adjustment, a tribunal legally established by the Planning Act (the Province) and independent from Council. #HamOnt

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

Let's see if I've got this: A right-wing #HamOnt mayoral candidate gets *multiple* profiles in the local paper AND a 1,100 word write up in the National Post where his inaccurate claims earn NO pushback... ...but no one asks questions during the campaign launch for the candidate leading the polls?

Joey Coleman@joeycoleman.ca · 3mo ago

Shout out to the CHCH camera operator who asked questions this morning. I found myself alone asking questions at City Hall at Keanin Loomis' campaign launch. It was a bit awkward, and the camera op jumped in to save me from trying to ask all the questions on my own.

wow yeah maybe somebody should spend six years writing a dissertation on political parties at the local level in Canada www.tvo.org/article/anal...

ANALYSIS: Toronto needs political parties | TVO Today

We already have them in all but name. It’s time we quit lying to ourselves.

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Today's long-anticipated "school board overhaul" legislation shows that community pushback works. Ontarians said loud and clear that they did not want to lose elected school board trustees and we *won*. Our democracy might be in trouble, but it persists ✊ #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario capping number of school trustees per board, creating new oversight roles | CBC News

Education Minister Paul Calandra is planning sweeping changes to the province's English school systems, including capping the number of elected trustees for boards and creating oversight roles centred...

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Headlight survey! Survey on headlights! Questions on car light too bright! Car make too light much bright car light! Sorry, got excited. Transport Canada is collecting opinions on road user experiences with headlights that are too bright. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

Editorial: Here’s why Avi Lewis is the wrong choice to lead the NDP – by a centrist Liberal

Editorial: Here's why Avi Lewis is the wrong choice to lead the NDP - by a centrist Liberal

By Martin Kearns, man who has never voted NDP once in his life This weekend the NDP chose Avi Lewis as their leader. And as much as it pains me, a Liberal commentator who loves Mark Carney and would n...

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Imagine what it would be like to have a Premier who cared as much about all of Ontario as Ford does about the 0.06% of the province's landmass that is part of the City of Toronto? #onpoli

CHCH News@chchnews.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is prepared to declare Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport the first special economic zone with the aim to take over city-owned land.

A trio of Canadian fascists paid Nigel Farage (far-right Brexit leader & possibly the UK's next PM) to film a video trying to goad #HamOnt Mayor Andrea Horwath into attending a racist comedy show. We have to tackle hate in Hamilton, even when it's this stupid. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans

Exclusive: Analysis of more than 4,000 of Reform UK leader’s paid-for Cameo videos also shows they contain misogynistic remarks and antisemitic conspiracies

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I've been around Ontario long enough to know that whenever they dangle booze in front of the voters like keys in front of a baby they're about to do something *unbelievably* corrupt. At THIS level of "Drinks Some Beer, Losers", I have to imagine Algonquin Park is becoming a chemical weapons plant

The amount of work the next government will need to do to reverse the illogical, irresponsible, irrational actions of the Ford Government will be immense and can't start soon enough. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1172382...

Ford government confirms 75% reduction in number of conservation authorities | Globalnews.ca

The province announced the changes at an event on Tuesday, marking a minor shift from a previous plan to reduce the number of conservation authorities down to just seven.

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Hamilton! Join me March 9 for an evening of movement-building. This campaign is about returning the NDP to its roots as the party of the 99%, standing with workers and empowering the grassroots. Bring a friend! Reserve your spot now: https://avilewis.link/hamilton

It's 2029. Potholes on Barton swallow three more cars today as kids & racoons fight in the crumbled ruins of rec centres. From the ghost town of #HamOnt City Hall, Councillor Whitehead's mic is cut when he calls Mayor Cooper's 2.5% tax increase "basically communism". www.thespec.com/news/council...

Rob Cooper joining race for Hamilton mayor

Ward 8 councillor says affordability is the top issue

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Keanin Loomis is running for mayor of Hamilton #HamOnt #YHMvotes2026

Ontario is being run into the ground by a premier who thinks boomerisms are a substitute for policy smfh

ATTN: Ward 3 & Main St neighbours. Councillors who live no where near you are trying to stop Main St safety & complete streets interventions this budget. I know families who lost loved one or experienced critical injuries and will continue to fight for you. Pls email ward3@hamilton.ca to connect.

Canadian friends: today is *the very last day* to buy a membership in the NDP and have a say in who the party's next leader will be. Only members can vote in March. On climate and economic justice, we need a strong third party. Don't sit it out! act.lewisforleader.ca/become-an-nd...

I’ve been away from Substack, and other social media platforms for almost three months. Here’s why. open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

For CBC Arts, I wrote about why I think Canada needs to revel in the beauty of its weirdest impulses www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...

OPINION | Canadian TV needs to get weird again | CBC Arts

In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. Writer Niko Stratis argues that we need to back to that

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From a Canadian military publication: hybrid warfare includes "cyber warfare, economic coercion/blackmail...disinformation campaigns & psychological warfare" When will our federal gov't show the courage to recognize the imminent threat we face and take steps to isolate the rogue state to our south?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States

Today on The Incline → David Lewis's early political campaigns in #HamOnt, Avi Lewis's run for the leadership of the #NDP, and politics in this messy moment. theincline.email/p/a-sea-of-c...

A sea of change

David Lewis in Hamilton, Avi Lewis in the race, and politics in this messy moment

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Under my leadership, the next time the NDP holds the balance of power in parliament, we’ll have one demand: proportional representation. Sous ma direction, la prochaine fois que le NPD détiendra la balance du pouvoir au Parlement, nous n'aurons qu'une exigence : la représentation proportionnelle.

Today on The Incline → When it comes to crime in #HamOnt, it's a case of feelings vs. facts. And with #YHMvotes2026 on the horizon, some on the city's political right are going all-in on feelings. theincline.email/p/crime-story

Crime Story

In an election year, some are hoping feelings beat facts about crime.

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Co-sign. Given this & the long-standing neglect of Canada’s post-secondary system, it’s hard not to think that spending billions to attract foreign researchers is more about assuaging Canada’s epic inferiority complex (look how many real scholars we got!) than advancing the Canadian research sector.

Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦@michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As this ramps up and we are asked to cheerlead for it, I remain genuinely shocked that Canada, once again, under the banner of a **nation-building**, has created a funding program that excludes Canadian students and researchers based on presence in Canada. /1 universityaffairs.ca/news/feds-la...