Jeff Gray
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Queen's Park reporter for @theglobeandmail.com. E-mail: [email protected].
Scoop: Days before a possible Crosstown launch, the TTC told Metrolinx it had an issue with the cars' emergency brakes. But the LRT could still start Feb. 8, with the Shuffle Demons -- remember Spadina Bus? -- approached to play at the opening #TOPoli #Onpoli
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Emergency brake issue adds to uncertainty over Eglinton LRT opening
TTC recently identified the problem as a potential safety issue, sources say
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January 30, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Scoop: Days before a possible Crosstown launch, the TTC told Metrolinx it had an issue with the cars' emergency brakes. But the LRT could still start Feb. 8, with the Shuffle Demons -- remember Spadina Bus? -- approached to play at the opening #TOPoli #Onpoli
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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
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“Middle powers” with the middle finger.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“Middle powers” with the middle finger.
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Bessent: "I'd encourage Carney to do what he thinks is best for Canadians, not his own virtue signaling. We do have a USMCA negotiation coming up. He rose to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump message. That's not a great place to be when you're negotiating w/ an economy multiples larger than you"
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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I have an unfinished but long-germinating essay on this about like …. the myth of Grown-Ups, and the point at which you realize they don’t really exist, and that no one is coming to save us but us, with all our hesitation and inexperience and inadequacy to meet a moment we were not prepared for
Need less ‘the call to heroism has inspired me to be who i was always meant to be!” narratives and more “this fucking sucks and I don’t want to be here but someone has to do it and goddamnit it looks like that’s me” narratives imo.
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I have an unfinished but long-germinating essay on this about like …. the myth of Grown-Ups, and the point at which you realize they don’t really exist, and that no one is coming to save us but us, with all our hesitation and inexperience and inadequacy to meet a moment we were not prepared for
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i’m here again to point out that Doug Ford thinks it’s fantastic that we’re equipping ICE
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
i’m here again to point out that Doug Ford thinks it’s fantastic that we’re equipping ICE
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I think our constitutional order collapsed the day the supreme court handed down their execrable, lawless immunity opinion. What we're seeing now is just the logical working out of the violent authoritarian state that the supreme court legalized.
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I think our constitutional order collapsed the day the supreme court handed down their execrable, lawless immunity opinion. What we're seeing now is just the logical working out of the violent authoritarian state that the supreme court legalized.
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Trump insists on forced subservience. There’s no other way to view this
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Trump insists on forced subservience. There’s no other way to view this
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There is literally nothing we can do to placate this, and I hope we remember that the next time we consider trying concessions like how we dropped the DST and played along with their delusions that we're a nefarious fentanyl supplier.
“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”
January 24, 2026 at 2:45 PM
There is literally nothing we can do to placate this, and I hope we remember that the next time we consider trying concessions like how we dropped the DST and played along with their delusions that we're a nefarious fentanyl supplier.
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Most Finch West LRT delays are due to equipment failures Metrolinx & its P3 contractor are responsible for: “There are a lot of issues there and some of them seem more fundamental than just, ‘Oh we haven’t quite got a few of the kinks worked out yet’” www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor... #onpoli #TOpoli
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Most Finch West LRT delays are due to equipment failures Metrolinx & its P3 contractor are responsible for: “There are a lot of issues there and some of them seem more fundamental than just, ‘Oh we haven’t quite got a few of the kinks worked out yet’” www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor... #onpoli #TOpoli
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Beyond the insanity of this interaction, we should talk more about how ICE vests all say “police” on them — when they are VERY much NOT police and don’t have actual police powers.
They are federal immigration officers, with highly limited authority.
They are federal immigration officers, with highly limited authority.
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Beyond the insanity of this interaction, we should talk more about how ICE vests all say “police” on them — when they are VERY much NOT police and don’t have actual police powers.
They are federal immigration officers, with highly limited authority.
They are federal immigration officers, with highly limited authority.
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To add one more layer to this. About 10 years ago my formidable former Globe and Mail colleague Renata D'Aliesio took on a mission to document suicide following the Afghanistan mission. In some initial reporting she found 54 Canadian soldiers and veterans had died from suicide. +
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
To add one more layer to this. About 10 years ago my formidable former Globe and Mail colleague Renata D'Aliesio took on a mission to document suicide following the Afghanistan mission. In some initial reporting she found 54 Canadian soldiers and veterans had died from suicide. +
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A lot of Americans like fascism and Clinton, Obama, and Harris were pilloried for actually saying versions of this
40% of our country is in a cult, idk how else you can explain this shit
January 22, 2026 at 12:51 PM
A lot of Americans like fascism and Clinton, Obama, and Harris were pilloried for actually saying versions of this
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TTC has published the delay data for 6 Finch for December 2025. Overwhelmingly the problems lie with equipment and infrastructure failures, not with TTC operations. stevemunro.ca/2026/01/21/6...
January 21, 2026 at 10:35 PM
TTC has published the delay data for 6 Finch for December 2025. Overwhelmingly the problems lie with equipment and infrastructure failures, not with TTC operations. stevemunro.ca/2026/01/21/6...
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Another proud day for America.
January 21, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Another proud day for America.
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Trump on Canada: They should be grateful also, but they’re not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada lives because of the U.S. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.
January 21, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Trump on Canada: They should be grateful also, but they’re not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada lives because of the U.S. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.
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His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
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We have always been at war with Iceland.
In the President's big speech at Davos, he keeps referring to America's need for Iceland. He came here to ask for Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We have always been at war with Iceland.
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Let’s be clear — if Trump doesn’t end up invading Greenland, or doesn’t end up doing any other of his seemingly unlimited batshit insane, illegal and corrupt crimes, it WON’T be “evidence that we were overreacting.” It will ONLY be BECAUSE WE DIDN’T UNDER-REACT.
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Let’s be clear — if Trump doesn’t end up invading Greenland, or doesn’t end up doing any other of his seemingly unlimited batshit insane, illegal and corrupt crimes, it WON’T be “evidence that we were overreacting.” It will ONLY be BECAUSE WE DIDN’T UNDER-REACT.
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In case you want to watch for yourself.
He gets confused after calling Greenland « a sheet of ice » and starts talking about acquiring *Iceland*.
He also issues a warning/threat that Canada only exists by the grace of the US, admonishing Carney to recall that the next time he makes a speech.
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He gets confused after calling Greenland « a sheet of ice » and starts talking about acquiring *Iceland*.
He also issues a warning/threat that Canada only exists by the grace of the US, admonishing Carney to recall that the next time he makes a speech.
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LIVE: Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum
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LIVE: Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum
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January 21, 2026 at 3:25 PM
In case you want to watch for yourself.
He gets confused after calling Greenland « a sheet of ice » and starts talking about acquiring *Iceland*.
He also issues a warning/threat that Canada only exists by the grace of the US, admonishing Carney to recall that the next time he makes a speech.
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He gets confused after calling Greenland « a sheet of ice » and starts talking about acquiring *Iceland*.
He also issues a warning/threat that Canada only exists by the grace of the US, admonishing Carney to recall that the next time he makes a speech.
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I worry this ‘ad hoc, pragmatic, issues-based coalition’ approach to international relations, plus declaring the rules-based international order dead, is a serious blow to the United Nations and to agreed norms and modalities we use to conduct ourselves
January 20, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I worry this ‘ad hoc, pragmatic, issues-based coalition’ approach to international relations, plus declaring the rules-based international order dead, is a serious blow to the United Nations and to agreed norms and modalities we use to conduct ourselves
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I browsed some previous Canadian PM speeches at Davos and found one by Stephen Harper in 2010 that really struck me -- it makes a bookend of the last 15 years next to the Carney speech. I'll excerpt some in a thread. Not making any partisan arguments here in any direction, just struck by history. +
January 20, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I browsed some previous Canadian PM speeches at Davos and found one by Stephen Harper in 2010 that really struck me -- it makes a bookend of the last 15 years next to the Carney speech. I'll excerpt some in a thread. Not making any partisan arguments here in any direction, just struck by history. +