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Fighting the Ontarian mediocrity culture that keeps our city ugly and poor | @cnliberalism.org Chapter | Led by @RamseyK.bsky.social | (Unaffiliated with any Liberal Party)
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Strange scenes at Planning and Housing Committee yesterday: a heritage listing of a 1930s 4plex in Leaside was upheld over objections of residents and neighbours. The residents clearly know what's up, even as the City sticks to canned lines that listing is no big deal, doesn't impede development.
September 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Strange scenes at Planning and Housing Committee yesterday: a heritage listing of a 1930s 4plex in Leaside was upheld over objections of residents and neighbours. The residents clearly know what's up, even as the City sticks to canned lines that listing is no big deal, doesn't impede development.
Thank you to everyone who came out!
September 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out!
Our next social will be September 23rd! Come with us to Baroness to grab some bubble tea, find community, and chat policy and politics.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Our next social will be September 23rd! Come with us to Baroness to grab some bubble tea, find community, and chat policy and politics.
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> whenever you suggest Olivia Chow should use her strong mayor powers to enact citywide zoning reforms to end the housing crisis
August 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
> whenever you suggest Olivia Chow should use her strong mayor powers to enact citywide zoning reforms to end the housing crisis
Our next social will be August 19th! Come with us to Baroness to grab some bubble tea, find community, and chat policy and politics.
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August 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Our next social will be August 19th! Come with us to Baroness to grab some bubble tea, find community, and chat policy and politics.
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Great outdoor walk today in the Don Valley with the @tonewlibs.bsky.social!
July 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Great outdoor walk today in the Don Valley with the @tonewlibs.bsky.social!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our hike on Saturday! It was so great to be out in the sun, enjoying Toronto's greenspaces and having great conversations.
July 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out to our hike on Saturday! It was so great to be out in the sun, enjoying Toronto's greenspaces and having great conversations.
Our next meetup is July 19! Join us on a guided hike in the heart of the Don Valley! Put on a pair of hiking shoes, grab a water bottle and a snack, and join your fellow New Liberals as we enjoy the nature in the city!
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July 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Our next meetup is July 19! Join us on a guided hike in the heart of the Don Valley! Put on a pair of hiking shoes, grab a water bottle and a snack, and join your fellow New Liberals as we enjoy the nature in the city!
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Industrialization, specialization, and trade is the worst form of human social organization, except all the other ones
if you’ve ever wondered why “escaping small scale subsistence farming” has been humanity’s primary group project for the majority of our known existence, it’s because small scale subsistence farming sucks real bad
July 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Industrialization, specialization, and trade is the worst form of human social organization, except all the other ones
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I am hearing word that supporters of sixplexes on Council do not think the vote will get 50% to legalize them.
But here is the thing, @MayorOliviaChow has every ability to invoke Strong Mayor powers to move it along with 1/3 of council support.
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But here is the thing, @MayorOliviaChow has every ability to invoke Strong Mayor powers to move it along with 1/3 of council support.
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Tomorrow, Mayor Olivia Chow and City Council have an opportunity to legalize sixplexes in Toronto.
In today’s @thestar.com I encourage councillors to ignore the NIMBY hysteria and vote in favour. In fact, we will need to go further eventually.
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In today’s @thestar.com I encourage councillors to ignore the NIMBY hysteria and vote in favour. In fact, we will need to go further eventually.
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City council is debating legalizing small apartment buildings on residential streets. This is why it must allow them
Toronto city council is debating sixplexes in residential neighbourhoods. Allowing them is vital, writes Eric Lombardi.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I am hearing word that supporters of sixplexes on Council do not think the vote will get 50% to legalize them.
But here is the thing, @MayorOliviaChow has every ability to invoke Strong Mayor powers to move it along with 1/3 of council support.
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But here is the thing, @MayorOliviaChow has every ability to invoke Strong Mayor powers to move it along with 1/3 of council support.
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The power may have gone out, but we got our bubble tea anyway! Thanks to everyone who came out tonight!
June 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The power may have gone out, but we got our bubble tea anyway! Thanks to everyone who came out tonight!
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Just one more study bro!
Maybe if we break up the policy review phase 2 into 3 stages, and then break it up further into different study areas, it'll work better! 😀😀😀😀
Maybe if we break up the policy review phase 2 into 3 stages, and then break it up further into different study areas, it'll work better! 😀😀😀😀
May 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Just one more study bro!
Maybe if we break up the policy review phase 2 into 3 stages, and then break it up further into different study areas, it'll work better! 😀😀😀😀
Maybe if we break up the policy review phase 2 into 3 stages, and then break it up further into different study areas, it'll work better! 😀😀😀😀
Our next Toronto social will be June 24th! Come with us to Baroness to grab some bubble tea, find community, and chat policy and politics.
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May 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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i think it’s cool that the furthest left people who have any relevance in american politics reverse engineered “ban renters from rich neighborhoods” from first principles.
So I was looking at a few DSA candidate platforms, and a lot of them called for ending companies buying up single family housing. It seems like an easy boogeyman to attack, but is there any evidence that this is actually causing housing prices to go up?
May 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
i think it’s cool that the furthest left people who have any relevance in american politics reverse engineered “ban renters from rich neighborhoods” from first principles.
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I useful reminder, when folks insist without any evidence that the 'neo-liberal' world order has obviously failed or whatever, that this is the global poverty trend graph since 1820:
I suppose you can argue these trends are *unrelated* but it's hard to argue liberalism ruined everything.
I suppose you can argue these trends are *unrelated* but it's hard to argue liberalism ruined everything.
May 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I useful reminder, when folks insist without any evidence that the 'neo-liberal' world order has obviously failed or whatever, that this is the global poverty trend graph since 1820:
I suppose you can argue these trends are *unrelated* but it's hard to argue liberalism ruined everything.
I suppose you can argue these trends are *unrelated* but it's hard to argue liberalism ruined everything.
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I hear this myth all the time and it’s bizarre. Rich people hire property management companies to handle all the logistics for them and still get 90% of the rent each month. The idea that landlords are forgoing free money en masse makes no sense.
the strangest common idea on the left is that you can make more money by buying real estate and leaving it empty than by renting it out
May 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I hear this myth all the time and it’s bizarre. Rich people hire property management companies to handle all the logistics for them and still get 90% of the rent each month. The idea that landlords are forgoing free money en masse makes no sense.
keeping this for later
May 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
keeping this for later
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This dynamic has been around since the 19th century, it's basically the central insight of Leninism, that you need a Vanguard Party of professional revolutionaries because the actual proletariat is usually too interested in wages and working conditions to commit the cause properly.
May 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This dynamic has been around since the 19th century, it's basically the central insight of Leninism, that you need a Vanguard Party of professional revolutionaries because the actual proletariat is usually too interested in wages and working conditions to commit the cause properly.
I see it is up to us to be too pro-technocrat, then.
Not to be too pro technocrat, but it is astounding how much this country depended on the selflessness of like a few hundred thousand highly educated public servants who, for peanuts, made sure our food and medicine and environment etc were safe. And in return these servants were demonized.
“When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.”
— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.
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— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.
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May 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I see it is up to us to be too pro-technocrat, then.
literally a party of NPCs
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
literally a party of NPCs
Thank you to everyone who came out last night to our monthly social
I was impressed by some of our members who made New Liberal bracelets! I personally took a "Neoliberal" one, I love being a contrarian. If you want one and to hang with the community, hopefully we'll see you next month!
I was impressed by some of our members who made New Liberal bracelets! I personally took a "Neoliberal" one, I love being a contrarian. If you want one and to hang with the community, hopefully we'll see you next month!
April 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Thank you to everyone who came out last night to our monthly social
I was impressed by some of our members who made New Liberal bracelets! I personally took a "Neoliberal" one, I love being a contrarian. If you want one and to hang with the community, hopefully we'll see you next month!
I was impressed by some of our members who made New Liberal bracelets! I personally took a "Neoliberal" one, I love being a contrarian. If you want one and to hang with the community, hopefully we'll see you next month!
My local Shoppers shilling for global free market capitalism.
We love to see it, thank you Galen Weston.
We love to see it, thank you Galen Weston.
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My local Shoppers shilling for global free market capitalism.
We love to see it, thank you Galen Weston.
We love to see it, thank you Galen Weston.
critical geographers really won't stop until they ruin the one last affordable first-world metropolis
March 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
critical geographers really won't stop until they ruin the one last affordable first-world metropolis
Our next social will be April 1st! Come with us to Baroness to grab some bubble tea, find community, and chat policy and politics.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Our next social will be April 1st! Come with us to Baroness to grab some bubble tea, find community, and chat policy and politics.
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Amazing, the city is moving to actually zone for the housing they want. Removing layers of discretion is essential for Vancouver planning and development to become more predictable and transparent.
Rezoning: City proposes zoning changes along Broadway and Cambie Corridor, allowing 4-22 storey multi-family buildings near transit https://engagevancouver.ca.engagementhq.com/zoning-changes-broadway-cambie-plans
March 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Amazing, the city is moving to actually zone for the housing they want. Removing layers of discretion is essential for Vancouver planning and development to become more predictable and transparent.