Downtown Guelph
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DGBA: Downtown #Guelph Bigotry Association
@guelph.ca should do the same. For a city that loves to call itself progressive, there needs to be more solidarity towards victims of genocide +their families. Market square was blue and white in support of Israel and @camguthrie.bsky.social posed with an Israeli flag on social media. #freepalestine
Toronto city hall agrees to fly Palestinian flag this month for the first time
The move by the city comes in the wake of Canada’s recognition of Palestine in September.
www.thestar.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
@guelph.ca should do the same. For a city that loves to call itself progressive, there needs to be more solidarity towards victims of genocide +their families. Market square was blue and white in support of Israel and @camguthrie.bsky.social posed with an Israeli flag on social media. #freepalestine
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Doug Ford’s new housing bill has been sold as efficiency reform, yet it prioritizes landlords over tenants. Long-term renters will face faster evictions, fewer protections, and higher rents while corporate landlords consolidate even more control of an already deeply financialized market.
Landlords want your rent to go up. Doug Ford is making it happen
Ford may think that disappearing tenants and their unions from the LTB will disappear them from the city, but it won’t. Tenants and the growing tenant union movement in Ontario have been successfully ...
canadiandimension.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Doug Ford’s new housing bill has been sold as efficiency reform, yet it prioritizes landlords over tenants. Long-term renters will face faster evictions, fewer protections, and higher rents while corporate landlords consolidate even more control of an already deeply financialized market.
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“Doug Ford is making people homeless and making the rest of us deal with the consequences. Bill 60 should be called the ‘Create Encampments Faster’ Act,” said Encampment Justice Coalition organizer Diana Chan McNally. www.torontotoday.ca/local/politi...
Toronto housing advocates warn Ford government’s Bill 60 will expedite homelessness
Tenant and housing advocates say changes to the Residential Tenancies Act in Bill 60 will fuel evictions and ‘create encampments faster’
www.torontotoday.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“Doug Ford is making people homeless and making the rest of us deal with the consequences. Bill 60 should be called the ‘Create Encampments Faster’ Act,” said Encampment Justice Coalition organizer Diana Chan McNally. www.torontotoday.ca/local/politi...
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The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
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Thank you to all supporters of the #vacanthomestax and #Renoviction bylaws. Both passed unanimously by committee of the whole and are set to be implemented in 2026. We are pleased that the VHT was approved at 4%, as we had advocated for. Way to go #guelph!
#cityhall #guelphontario #guelphcityhall
#cityhall #guelphontario #guelphcityhall
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Thank you to all supporters of the #vacanthomestax and #Renoviction bylaws. Both passed unanimously by committee of the whole and are set to be implemented in 2026. We are pleased that the VHT was approved at 4%, as we had advocated for. Way to go #guelph!
#cityhall #guelphontario #guelphcityhall
#cityhall #guelphontario #guelphcityhall
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After a furious outcry, the Ontario government reversed course on the most controversial part of Bill 60.
But the policy makes six other changes to landlord-tenant law that overwhelmingly benefit landlords, @emmapaling.bsky.social reports.
www.thegrindmag.ca/despite-reve...
But the policy makes six other changes to landlord-tenant law that overwhelmingly benefit landlords, @emmapaling.bsky.social reports.
www.thegrindmag.ca/despite-reve...
Despite Reversal on Rent Control, Ford Government Still Plans to Make Evictions Easier
After a wave of furious backlash, the Ontario government backtracked on the most controversial part of its proposed Bill 60. But the housing bill will still make it faster and easier for landlords to…
www.thegrindmag.ca
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After a furious outcry, the Ontario government reversed course on the most controversial part of Bill 60.
But the policy makes six other changes to landlord-tenant law that overwhelmingly benefit landlords, @emmapaling.bsky.social reports.
www.thegrindmag.ca/despite-reve...
But the policy makes six other changes to landlord-tenant law that overwhelmingly benefit landlords, @emmapaling.bsky.social reports.
www.thegrindmag.ca/despite-reve...
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When introducing Bill 60, the Ontario government said the bill would unlock tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of new units but the numbers don't add up by @ricardo_tranjan www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The rationale for Ontario’s Bill 60 does not hold up - CCPA
Yesterday, the Ontario government introduced Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025, which contains many disconcerting, proposed changes to the Residential Tenancy Act.
www.policyalternatives.ca
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When introducing Bill 60, the Ontario government said the bill would unlock tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of new units but the numbers don't add up by @ricardo_tranjan www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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@breachmedia.ca on Ontario banning bike lanes "...more cyclists and pedestrians will be killed by cars, and more carbon emitted on our roads will intensify climate change. And traffic won’t even get better" breachmedia.ca/ontarios-plan-to-ban-bike-lanes-is-ripped-from-the-business-lobbys-wish-list/
Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach
Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists
breachmedia.ca
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@breachmedia.ca on Ontario banning bike lanes "...more cyclists and pedestrians will be killed by cars, and more carbon emitted on our roads will intensify climate change. And traffic won’t even get better" breachmedia.ca/ontarios-plan-to-ban-bike-lanes-is-ripped-from-the-business-lobbys-wish-list/
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The Court confirmed that people who call 9‑1‑1 during an overdose will not face arrest for simple drug possession — a critical clarification during Canada’s ongoing toxic drug crisis.
Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...
Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Court confirmed that people who call 9‑1‑1 during an overdose will not face arrest for simple drug possession — a critical clarification during Canada’s ongoing toxic drug crisis.
Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...
Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...
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Today, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a landmark ruling affirming that the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act must be interpreted to fulfill its life-saving purpose.
Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...
@aidq.bsky.social @hrna.bsky.social
Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...
@aidq.bsky.social @hrna.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a landmark ruling affirming that the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act must be interpreted to fulfill its life-saving purpose.
Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...
@aidq.bsky.social @hrna.bsky.social
Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...
@aidq.bsky.social @hrna.bsky.social
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Opinion: Ontario Government Set to Ban Bike Lanes Proving Stupid is as Stupid Does.
momentummag.com/opinion-onta...
momentummag.com/opinion-onta...
Opinion: Ontario Government Set to Ban Bike Lanes Proving Stupid is as Stupid Does
Ford’s government is once again trying to handcuff cities and erase years of progress on making roads safer and more livable.
momentummag.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Opinion: Ontario Government Set to Ban Bike Lanes Proving Stupid is as Stupid Does.
momentummag.com/opinion-onta...
momentummag.com/opinion-onta...
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It's obvious that Ford and Sakaria are using bike lanes to divide Ontarians & distract from some pretty monumental f-ups in Ontario. Instead of uniting us & using his mandate to build a better province, he's playing politics with peoples lives (of course not just people on bikes).
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's obvious that Ford and Sakaria are using bike lanes to divide Ontarians & distract from some pretty monumental f-ups in Ontario. Instead of uniting us & using his mandate to build a better province, he's playing politics with peoples lives (of course not just people on bikes).
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Doug Ford's conservative government is proposing the the biggest attack on Ontario renters and rental affordability in a generation.
Not only would landlords be able to evict tenants without cause, but rent control in units built before 2018 would effectively be over. (See last row in the image.)
Not only would landlords be able to evict tenants without cause, but rent control in units built before 2018 would effectively be over. (See last row in the image.)
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Doug Ford's conservative government is proposing the the biggest attack on Ontario renters and rental affordability in a generation.
Not only would landlords be able to evict tenants without cause, but rent control in units built before 2018 would effectively be over. (See last row in the image.)
Not only would landlords be able to evict tenants without cause, but rent control in units built before 2018 would effectively be over. (See last row in the image.)
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There's a lot to be said about Ford's proposal to allow no fault evictions, effectively ending rent control, but I just keep thinking about how I know *lawyers* who can only afford to live in Toronto because of the current RTA law. I don't know what kind of city we would become.
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There's a lot to be said about Ford's proposal to allow no fault evictions, effectively ending rent control, but I just keep thinking about how I know *lawyers* who can only afford to live in Toronto because of the current RTA law. I don't know what kind of city we would become.
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New proposed provincial legislation would strip away key tenant protections, fast-track evictions, and open the door to ending rent control as we know it in Ontario.
Tell Queen's Park: Don't end rent control
acorncanada.org/take_action/...
Tell Queen's Park: Don't end rent control
acorncanada.org/take_action/...
URGENT Message to Doug Ford: Don’t End Rent Control! - ACORN Canada
acorncanada.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New proposed provincial legislation would strip away key tenant protections, fast-track evictions, and open the door to ending rent control as we know it in Ontario.
Tell Queen's Park: Don't end rent control
acorncanada.org/take_action/...
Tell Queen's Park: Don't end rent control
acorncanada.org/take_action/...
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Doug Ford is trying to pass a bill which would allow landlords to arbitrarily end lease agreements due to “personal needs, business strategies, or market conditions.” How about the “personal needs” of tenants to remain housed in an already hellish rental market? This is terrifying. #ONpoli #housing
Ontario bill would look at ‘alternative options’ for ending residential leases, scrap Toronto green roof bylaw. Here are the highlights
The Ford government has tabled an omnibus bill that would make changes to a whole suite of laws and regulations, from green roofs to tenant evictions and driver’s licences.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Ontario cities are clearing homeless encampments. Where are people supposed to go?
Amidst a housing crisis with no end in sight, municipalities across the province have been cracking down on the unhoused:
pressprogress.ca/ontario-citi...
Amidst a housing crisis with no end in sight, municipalities across the province have been cracking down on the unhoused:
pressprogress.ca/ontario-citi...
Ontario Cities Are Clearing Homeless Encampments. Where Are People Supposed to Go?
Amidst a housing crisis with no end in sight, municipalities across the province have been cracking down on the unhoused
pressprogress.ca
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ontario cities are clearing homeless encampments. Where are people supposed to go?
Amidst a housing crisis with no end in sight, municipalities across the province have been cracking down on the unhoused:
pressprogress.ca/ontario-citi...
Amidst a housing crisis with no end in sight, municipalities across the province have been cracking down on the unhoused:
pressprogress.ca/ontario-citi...
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“Following clinic closures, this July saw a 160 per cent increase in overdoses at and around the Queen Street site”
EVERY ONE OF THOSE OVERDOSES IS GOING TO BE SOMEONE’S SON, DAUGHTER, MOTHER OR DAD
The latest from our October issue by Christian Malong
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/ever...
EVERY ONE OF THOSE OVERDOSES IS GOING TO BE SOMEONE’S SON, DAUGHTER, MOTHER OR DAD
The latest from our October issue by Christian Malong
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/ever...
“Every one of those overdoses is going to be someone’s son, daughter, mother or dad” — West End Phoenix
Supervised consumption sites have closed across the province, and the ones that remain are struggling to keep up.
www.westendphoenix.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Following clinic closures, this July saw a 160 per cent increase in overdoses at and around the Queen Street site”
EVERY ONE OF THOSE OVERDOSES IS GOING TO BE SOMEONE’S SON, DAUGHTER, MOTHER OR DAD
The latest from our October issue by Christian Malong
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/ever...
EVERY ONE OF THOSE OVERDOSES IS GOING TO BE SOMEONE’S SON, DAUGHTER, MOTHER OR DAD
The latest from our October issue by Christian Malong
www.westendphoenix.com/stories/ever...
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Canada vowed to end #poverty by 2030, yet progress has stalled. The government can’t wait any longer to deliver real solutions. By Jasmine Ramze Rezaee and Leila Sarangi @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Canada set a poverty reduction goal. We’re falling behind. - CCPA
Canada vowed to end poverty by 2030, yet progress has stalled. The government can’t wait any longer to deliver real solutions.
www.policyalternatives.ca
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Canada vowed to end #poverty by 2030, yet progress has stalled. The government can’t wait any longer to deliver real solutions. By Jasmine Ramze Rezaee and Leila Sarangi @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Saddened but not surprised to hear that Bill 28 was voted down by the PC-led provincial government at Queen’s Park today. Doug Ford is a scourge to society and is running this province into the ground. #onpoli #queenspark #housing
The Ford government has a chance to take meaningful action to end homelessness by passing @aislinnclancy.bsky.social and @lfairclough.bsky.social's bill today.
I encourage my fellow MPPs to read their powerful op-ed before we vote later today.
I encourage my fellow MPPs to read their powerful op-ed before we vote later today.
"Now is the time for bold action. Hard challenges require us to step away from partisanship and focus on the people we serve."
@lfairclough.bsky.social and I wrote about the housing crisis Ontario is in and why we worked across party lines to put forward a bill to end homelessness.
@lfairclough.bsky.social and I wrote about the housing crisis Ontario is in and why we worked across party lines to put forward a bill to end homelessness.
October 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Saddened but not surprised to hear that Bill 28 was voted down by the PC-led provincial government at Queen’s Park today. Doug Ford is a scourge to society and is running this province into the ground. #onpoli #queenspark #housing
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What happened to the bike lanes on Woodlawn in Guelph @guelph.ca ? There's no construction notice on the city website but all the lines were removed this morning.
@guelphontwowheels.bsky.social @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social
@guelphontwowheels.bsky.social @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What happened to the bike lanes on Woodlawn in Guelph @guelph.ca ? There's no construction notice on the city website but all the lines were removed this morning.
@guelphontwowheels.bsky.social @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social
@guelphontwowheels.bsky.social @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social
A VHT along with the renoviction bylaw coming before council in November could be a tangible step towards holding predatory landlords and property hoarders accountable. Tell your councillors to support these motions for a more affordable housing market ✊ #guelph #onpoli @gwlc.bsky.social @guelph.ca
Contact your City Councillor and let them know you want to see a Vacant Homes Tax implemented in Guelph. Council are currently reviewing a report on the VHT prepared by city staff and it comes before council on Nov 4. Have your say! Find out who your city councillors are at guelph.ca/city-hall/ma...
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A VHT along with the renoviction bylaw coming before council in November could be a tangible step towards holding predatory landlords and property hoarders accountable. Tell your councillors to support these motions for a more affordable housing market ✊ #guelph #onpoli @gwlc.bsky.social @guelph.ca