"Twice as many Ontarians want to keep elected school board trustees (49 per cent) as want to eliminate elected trustees (24 per cent). Support for elected trustees climbs to 59 per cent among parents with school-aged children."
“The province’s recent sidelining of trustees at four boards is not about improved governance. It is about erasure. Erasing local democratic governance severs the link between schools & communities & undermines accountability to the public.” www.thetrillium.ca/opinion/opin...#onted#onpoli#topoli
everything that Ford's done has been to diminish or divert the political organizing capacity of cities (that have typically served as a base for the progressive parties).
somehow I don't think muni level parties will be on his slate
If you're around on October 25 or 26, consider a lovely autumn walk that will showcase local businesses and the residential communities that they are a part of.
A Jane's Walk so nice, we had to run it twice! And now...quadrice?
I'm retreading the steps I took with the folks from @moreneighboursto.bsky.social, but with a stronger emphasis on retail. This topic is being revisited by Council; we're going to win.
the author has apparently never read the fun bits in mythology that deal with flatulence and other silly bodily functions by the gods, of which there are legion
"The construction will take out an existing concrete median to make space for two lanes of vehicle traffic in each direction, as well as [keep] the bike lanes on both sides of the road."
anyone with current pictures of that stretch of Bloor between Resurrection & Clissold? Streetview is from 2023.
