Edison Stewart
@edison53.bsky.social
Non-partisan. Former ADM of public affairs at Department of National Defence. Former public servant with Citizenship and Immigration, Health Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat. Former reporter with The Toronto Star and the Canadian Press.
There has been an unusual number of problems the last few weeks. Anyone heard from the transit committee? Paging @glengower.ca please pick up the white courtesy phone.
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There has been an unusual number of problems the last few weeks. Anyone heard from the transit committee? Paging @glengower.ca please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Odds of the transit committee giving a damn?
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Odds of the transit committee giving a damn?
How about a reliable GPS system? At least if riders know their bus is late/not coming they don’t have to stand outside at -30.
December 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How about a reliable GPS system? At least if riders know their bus is late/not coming they don’t have to stand outside at -30.
Never said that. To use your metaphor, all I said was that Ford didn’t need to use allegedly dubious charts to find a huge market for its trucks, including your neighbors.
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Never said that. To use your metaphor, all I said was that Ford didn’t need to use allegedly dubious charts to find a huge market for its trucks, including your neighbors.
Whatever its flaws, a quick Google search shows the F-35 has been ordered by dozens of countries around the world. They can’t all be victim of a DND chart.
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Whatever its flaws, a quick Google search shows the F-35 has been ordered by dozens of countries around the world. They can’t all be victim of a DND chart.
So, three this week? I am sure the transit committee will get on it.
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
So, three this week? I am sure the transit committee will get on it.
Bus lanes on 174 to be removed once LRT running. Which means that, on days the LRT is down or out of service, there will be no lane for replacement buses. 🤷♂️
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Bus lanes on 174 to be removed once LRT running. Which means that, on days the LRT is down or out of service, there will be no lane for replacement buses. 🤷♂️
And yet, each time they have missed a target, we get OCT happy talk about how much progress is being made. No one ever says hey, we’re now behind schedule, and here’s why.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And yet, each time they have missed a target, we get OCT happy talk about how much progress is being made. No one ever says hey, we’re now behind schedule, and here’s why.
If there is so much left to do, why the hell isn’t the site an absolute hive of activity? Most days you can drive by and there isn’t anyone working!
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If there is so much left to do, why the hell isn’t the site an absolute hive of activity? Most days you can drive by and there isn’t anyone working!
Apparently it’s ok again to talk about the internal affairs of another country. See comments by JD Vance on Canada’s ills. So have at it!
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Apparently it’s ok again to talk about the internal affairs of another country. See comments by JD Vance on Canada’s ills. So have at it!
Going from daily to several times a day?
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Going from daily to several times a day?
Surely the transit committee that meets next week will delve into these issues, right? And up date us on the
axles? And explain why the east is so late? 🤣
axles? And explain why the east is so late? 🤣
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Surely the transit committee that meets next week will delve into these issues, right? And up date us on the
axles? And explain why the east is so late? 🤣
axles? And explain why the east is so late? 🤣
Car 54, where are you? 🤣 (you have to be a certain age to get this)
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Car 54, where are you? 🤣 (you have to be a certain age to get this)
I could have sworn @marksutcliffe.bsky.social ran on fixing this.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I could have sworn @marksutcliffe.bsky.social ran on fixing this.
Former RCAF cmdr Blondin wrote in Globe yestdy that F-35 may not be used without tacit US ok, reducing Canada’s freedom to operate outside North America. (But he favors the F-35)
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Former RCAF cmdr Blondin wrote in Globe yestdy that F-35 may not be used without tacit US ok, reducing Canada’s freedom to operate outside North America. (But he favors the F-35)