Caleb Ratzlaff
@calebratzlaff.bsky.social
City Councillor for Ward 4-St. Patrick's in St. Catharines. Proud resident of the Fitzgerald neighbourhood (he/him)
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Pushing back on car culture to nurture play culture. @tomflood.bsky.social, “the expense” in Montréal.
February 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Pushing back on car culture to nurture play culture. @tomflood.bsky.social, “the expense” in Montréal.
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Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.
February 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.
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Parking minimums for bars is such a spectacular failure of car dependency
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Parking minimums for bars is such a spectacular failure of car dependency
"On election day, was I happy [Trump] won? One hundred percent I was." - Doug Ford
NEW: Doug Ford's hot mic moment. Caught saying he wanted Donald Trump to beat Kamala Harris:
"On election day, was I happy this guy won? One hundred per cent I was. Then the guy pulled out the knife and f—-ing yanked it in me."
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
"On election day, was I happy this guy won? One hundred per cent I was. Then the guy pulled out the knife and f—-ing yanked it in me."
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford overheard saying he was happy Donald Trump became president — ‘then the guy pulled out the knife’
PC leader Doug Ford, who last week triggered the Feb. 27 Ontario vote 15 months early, emphasized he is still able to do the job during the election campaign.
www.thestar.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"On election day, was I happy [Trump] won? One hundred percent I was." - Doug Ford
Wild.
New: Private investigators have been poking around two Toronto supervised consumption sites of late. Staff worried they were hired by the Ford government to bolster its arguments against the sites.
They were right.
#onpoli #topoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/social-...
They were right.
#onpoli #topoli
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Ontario hires PI firm to survey supervised consumption site neighbours
Facing a lawsuit over its planned closure of the sites, the government has hired investigators 'to gather additional evidence': health minister's office
www.thetrillium.ca
January 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Wild.
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St. Catharines Councillor @calebratzlaff.bsky.social and I will be hosting a webinar this Thursday, January 23. We'll share our experiences of entering politics and talk about what it's like to represent downtown communities. Register at brocku.ca/alumni/webin.... #HamOnt
January 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
St. Catharines Councillor @calebratzlaff.bsky.social and I will be hosting a webinar this Thursday, January 23. We'll share our experiences of entering politics and talk about what it's like to represent downtown communities. Register at brocku.ca/alumni/webin.... #HamOnt
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IMPORTANT: If you live in the United States or Canada, you’ve probably heard Trump‘s constant claim that the United States is “subsidizing” Canada. It’s wrong of course, but here’s the best explanation I’ve seen about how & why it’s wrong. PLEASE WATCH & SHARE IT A LOT. Kudos to Andrew Chang & CBC.
Is Trump right about the U.S. 'subsidizing' Canada? | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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January 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
IMPORTANT: If you live in the United States or Canada, you’ve probably heard Trump‘s constant claim that the United States is “subsidizing” Canada. It’s wrong of course, but here’s the best explanation I’ve seen about how & why it’s wrong. PLEASE WATCH & SHARE IT A LOT. Kudos to Andrew Chang & CBC.
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It would go a long way in addressing the climate crisis, the affordability crisis, the public health crisis, & the equity crisis.
It would improve traffic, save lives, reduce pollution & noise, improve livability & save public money.
Never let anyone tell you the solutions we need are too complex.
It would improve traffic, save lives, reduce pollution & noise, improve livability & save public money.
Never let anyone tell you the solutions we need are too complex.
I think we can change the world by having protected bike lanes and secure bike parking everywhere.
January 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It would go a long way in addressing the climate crisis, the affordability crisis, the public health crisis, & the equity crisis.
It would improve traffic, save lives, reduce pollution & noise, improve livability & save public money.
Never let anyone tell you the solutions we need are too complex.
It would improve traffic, save lives, reduce pollution & noise, improve livability & save public money.
Never let anyone tell you the solutions we need are too complex.
The cost of solving chronic homelessness is the same as building Highway 413. People shouldn’t have to sleep on the streets so we can save 10 seconds on a commute. It’s time to put housing ahead of highways. #PeopleOverPavement
www.amo.on.ca/policy/healt...
www.amo.on.ca/policy/healt...
Reports on Ontario’s Homelessness Crisis, Water and Wastewater Utility Feasibility | AMO
AMO released a comprehensive report titled “Municipalities Under Pressure: The Growing Human and Financial Cost of Ontario’s Homelessness Crisis”
www.amo.on.ca
January 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The cost of solving chronic homelessness is the same as building Highway 413. People shouldn’t have to sleep on the streets so we can save 10 seconds on a commute. It’s time to put housing ahead of highways. #PeopleOverPavement
www.amo.on.ca/policy/healt...
www.amo.on.ca/policy/healt...
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We'd have a whole lot more trees if the conservation movement ~50 years ago dedicated itself to stopping sprawl *and* creating the necessary conditions to build urban infill housing at scale. These people should chew on that.
December 6, 2024 at 1:31 AM
We'd have a whole lot more trees if the conservation movement ~50 years ago dedicated itself to stopping sprawl *and* creating the necessary conditions to build urban infill housing at scale. These people should chew on that.
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In terms of mobility, e-bikes are selling faster & having bigger effects on emissions than EVs, much less self-driving EVs. And yet they get vastly, vastly less attention.
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...
Why 2023 was the year of the e-bike and not the self-driving car
E-bikes and self-driving cars both entered the year with momentum. Only one maintained it.
www.fastcompany.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:58 PM
In terms of mobility, e-bikes are selling faster & having bigger effects on emissions than EVs, much less self-driving EVs. And yet they get vastly, vastly less attention.
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...
www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...
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NEW: The provincial cost of redeveloping Ontario Place has now grown to $2.2B:
$700M: Science Centre
$500M: public realm
$280M: parking
$346M: increase in site servicing cost
Phase 2 not yet costed.
globalnews.ca/news/1089883...
#onpoli
$700M: Science Centre
$500M: public realm
$280M: parking
$346M: increase in site servicing cost
Phase 2 not yet costed.
globalnews.ca/news/1089883...
#onpoli
Bombshell AG report says Ontario Place redevelopment ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’ | Globalnews.ca
Ontario's auditor general is set to release her annual report, with sections on Ontario Place and on the province's opioid strategy likely to garner a lot of attention.
globalnews.ca
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
NEW: The provincial cost of redeveloping Ontario Place has now grown to $2.2B:
$700M: Science Centre
$500M: public realm
$280M: parking
$346M: increase in site servicing cost
Phase 2 not yet costed.
globalnews.ca/news/1089883...
#onpoli
$700M: Science Centre
$500M: public realm
$280M: parking
$346M: increase in site servicing cost
Phase 2 not yet costed.
globalnews.ca/news/1089883...
#onpoli