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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 1d

TWELVE TIMES?! No wonder Ford wants to stop cities from easily enforcing speed limits. globalnews-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/globalne...

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 4d

Using tear gas is banned under the Geneva Protocol of 1925. So, if Trump wants to characterize this as a "war from within", he's essentially conceding that the administration is committing war crimes, no?

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Reposted by Alex Colangelo

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 5d

This makes me feel crazy. Being aware of the speed limit is like step 1 for driving! "Stealing is illegal, sure, but how are people supposed to know which stores they can steal from without getting caught if the camera ones don't have giant 'NO STEALING' signs??"

www.thestar.com/news/gta/20-...

Chow is pushing for larger signage and changing Toronto’s program so that once a driver is fined for speeding the first time, they cannot be fined again for seven days. It gives drivers an opportunity to receive their fine in the mail and become aware of the camera’s location.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 5d

In order to convince the "law and order" premier to allow enforcement of the law, cities are promising to go easy on lawbreakers and give them a weeklong all-you-can-break pass? OK. www.thestar.com/news/gta/20-...

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 9d

Well that was an entertaining game.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 11d

Honestly, what questions do you need to ask the speed cameras in cross-examination? What kind of gotcha moment are we expecting here?

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 11d

Fourth, it would be intolerable to post a police officer every three feet because you'd be constantly stopped. Speed cameras don't impede you in that way. Also, speed cameras don't require the same salary as police officers.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 11d

Third, speed cameras only take your picture if you have broken the law. And even then the photographs aren't kept forever.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 11d

Second, the law is the law. If the speed limit is 40 km/hr, but we don't believe tickets should be given unless drivers are going 50, we should follow the democratic process to change the speed limit. We shouldn't just refuse to enforce.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 11d

A couple of notes on this @acoyne.bsky.social column. First, speeding is an absolute liability offence. Intention/explanations aren't relevant. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 11d

What's the conservative media version of the TACO trade?

Reuters @reuters.com · 12d

BREAKING: Sinclair Broadcasting said it will end its preemption of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' and the show will return in the evening on its nearly 40 ABC-affiliated stations reut.rs/4mCc9bJ

Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

The speed cameras are placed in Community Safety Zones. The frontages of all schools within Toronto are designated as CSZs.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

@robertbenzie.bsky.social any idea what Ford is referring to here?

Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

Right, but there's no amendment being considered here.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

How does he think Ontario and Quebec could block a court decision that limits use of the Notwithstanding Clause?

Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

What is Ford talking about? Does he think the feds are trying to push a constitutional amendment through Parliament? www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

I can't even tell if these are real anymore

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12d

So unfair! Aren't short kitchen cabinets also important for national security?

Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

It worked out so well for Rupert Murdoch when he bought MySpace, so this should be fine.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13d

Trump advanced plans for American investors to buy TikTok’s US operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance, with officials setting a potential value of $14 billion

Trump Signs TikTok Order With US App’s Value Put at $14 Billion

President Donald Trump advanced plans for American investors to buy TikTok’s US operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd., with officials setting a potential value of $14 billion and outlining measures to ensure security of the new venture.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

So we index the fines based on income or type of car.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 12d

The cameras are spread across the city and are only placed in community safety zones (adjacent to schools)

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 13d

I believe that part of the post was satire, as I don't see anything in the announcement that suggests use of s.33. At least, I hope it was satire.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 13d

I've emailed/called the Premier's office and the Minister of Transportation. They keep track of public response, so it's worth a shot.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 13d

Mayor Olivia Chow is asking for changes to Toronto’s speed cameras as a part of a last-minute effort to get Premier Doug Ford to reconsider scrapping them altogether.

Olivia Chow asks for changes to Toronto’s speed cameras ahead of Doug Ford announcement

The mayor is expected to ask a council committee on Friday to change the city’s speed camera program.

www.thestar.com

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 13d

Speed cameras are more efficient than police. A TMU/Sick Kids study showed they decreased the number of speeding drivers by 45%. And, the alternative to using fines to pay for speed bumps is making everyone pay for speed bumps. Bad for safety and an attack on taxpayers (to use Ford's rhetoric).

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 13d

I agree that our taxes should fund these things. I'm happy for my tax dollars to go to fund safety measures. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't fine those that speed and use the fines to pay for safety measures.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 13d

Not to mention they seem to veer toward socialism when it comes to the free use and abuse of roads. Where are their personal responsibility and user-pay principles here?