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Scott Piatkowski
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WRDSB Trustee (2018-2026). Board Chair (2021-2022). Affordable housing champion. Opinions are my own. He/Him.
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Perhaps Canada should be the one demanding compensation.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve," Trump wrote in the post on Monday. CBC News has asked the White House for further clarification. The $6.4 billion cost of the Gordie Howe bridge has been entirely funded by Canada's federal government.
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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If we don't know about it, it doesn't exist.
Doug Ford at the lectern, behind a sign reading "Ending Hallway Healthcare".
February 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Student and Family Support Offices are not a replacement for elected trustees, writes disability advocate David Lepofsky.

www.newhamburgindependent.ca/life/provinc...

#OntEd
Last June, Education Minister Paul Calandra seized five school boards — including Toronto, and Ottawa-Carleton — dismissing elected trustees and appointing supervisors who report to him. Since then, he’s taken over the Near North, Peel District and York Catholic boards. Last November, disability advocates held a news conference criticizing the ousting of trustees. Advocates had argued trustees were the final recourse for families seeking disability accommodations, prompting the ministry to create a new avenue for dispute resolution. Just days later, Calandra ordered all boards to establish a student and family support office. Calandra ordered a swift timeline to respond to complaints but provided no new funding for these offices. Remember, Ford seized boards like Toronto’s because they had budget deficits. With no new provincial funding, Calandra’s orders could swell those deficits.
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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The only D-E-I initiative that deserves to be cancelled.
DEI: Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Um, that's kind of how separation works. 🙄
One woman said she had already signed the independence petition. Another said she had been to see Rath speak previously, but wondered whether separation would reduce the Conservatives’ seat count — the party currently has 34 Alberta MPs — and permanently install the Liberals in the prime minister’s office.
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Downward momentum still counts as momentum, right?
February 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Trump is going after the condition of someone else's skin?
January 31, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Based on this, he should lose the leadership review vote. He won't.
January 30, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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How did I not know that Catherine Fife's nickname was "The Wall"?
Catherine Fife, NDP MPP for Waterloo Main sport: Water polo Achievements: Member of Carleton University’s varsity water polo team from 1987 to 1991. Earned the title of MVP in the 1988-89 season and as the team’s goalie she was given the nickname “The Wall.” Part of the Carleton team that become Ontario champions in 1990-91. Origin story: Fife began her athletic career as a competitive swimmer and said it was a natural transition to water polo, where she found a love of the camaraderie of team competition and defending the net. Watching the Olympics: Fife said she watches athletes compete in the Olympics with “complete admiration.” “The sacrifices that that level of athlete has had to make — and their families — is absolutely inspirational,” she said. “There’s something very pure about the Olympics, because it’s still amateur athletes. Winning a gold medal and representing your country is more important than a lucrative contract.” Applying an athletic career to politics: A big lesson learned from competitive water polo is that when you have a good team, you can defend a tough net, Fife said. “Having hard projectiles whipped at you at fast speeds prepared me well for politics,” she said.
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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With ALT text.
Donald Trump looks longingly at Washington Monument and makes plans to rename it the Trump Washington Monument.
January 29, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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From the Auschwitz exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum (which closed last September 1).
"More unnerving was the disappearance of a number of quite harmless people who had in one way or another been part of daily life. One did not know whether they were dead, incarcerated, or had gone abroad. They were just missing." Raimund Pretzel (aka Sebastian Haffner), 1938 German author writing from exile in Britain
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Two days of listening, learning and networking.

#TrusteeLife
Public Education Symposium 2026. January 23 and 24. Toronto. What Matters Most: Supporting Students.
January 23, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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"Well, there it goes again... and we just sit here without opposable thumbs."
January 21, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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He'll be buying donuts for the invading forces.
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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That wasn't an aberration. This is the letter he wrote to his local paper:

www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the...
Speak Out! E-mail us at: Editor@surfsantamonica.com Political Correctness out of Control By Stephen Miller My name is Stephen Miller. I am a sixteen year-old junior at Santa Monica High School, and I was recently a guest on the Larry Elder Show to discuss the rampant political correctness that has consumed Santa Monica High School and the entire Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District. When I entered Santa Monica High School in ninth grade, I noticed a number of students lacked basic English skills. There are usually very few, if any, Hispanic students in my honors classes, despite the large number of Hispanic students that attend our school. Even so, pursuant to district policy, all announcements are written in both Spanish and English. By providing a crutch now, we are preventing Spanish speakers from standing on their own. As politically correct as this may be, it demeans the immigrant population as incompetent, and makes a mockery of the American ideal of personal accomplishment. And while we are on the subject of personal accomplishment, should any student accomplish the opportunity to have sex, our school is happy to help. As district policy says: "Condoms are available to students in grades 9-12 in a manner which promotes greatest accessibility." Problem here? Legally speaking, sex between minors is statutory rape. Not to mention 14-year olds are a little young to be having sex regardless of the law. And just in case your son or daughter decides at their tender age that they are gay, we have a club on campus that will gladly help foster their homosexuality. Do they notify parents if their teenagers have chosen an alternate lifestyle? Of course not. Santa Monica High School doesn't always obey district policy though. For instance, despite district policy, our school refused to say the pledge of allegiance in classrooms for years. In other words, they only adhere to the liberal guidelines. It took months of effort to get the School to stop resistin…
January 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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He doesn't know who he is, or anything about him... 🙄
January 19, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Update 👇

Legitimately surprised that they did anything. As disgusting as the post was, it actually seems pretty consistent with the editorial standards and values of the Toronto Sun.
Postmedia statement regarding social media conduct / Statement from Adrienne Batra, Editor-in-Chief, Toronto Sun: We are aware of a recent social media post made by one of our journalists on X that has since been deleted. The views expressed in the post were regrettable and insensitive and do not align with the editorial standards or values of the Toronto Sun. We take our readers' concerns seriously and have removed this journalist from active duty while we deal with the matter internally.
January 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Here's Bernie Sanders, famously non-woke, being arrested at a civil rights protest in 1963.
January 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
January 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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They have a strong feeling that Asylum Records is in on it too.
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Curious.

#OntEd
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Why are the daycares locked?
December 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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www.factcheck.org/2024/07/fact...
She referred to Project 2025 — a conservative plan for deeply cutting and overhauling the federal government — as Trump’s “extreme Project 2025 agenda.” Trump has disavowed the project, which he described as “seriously extreme.”
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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My Evening Headlines e-mail from today (but it could be any day).
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Packed room in Kitchener tonight to hear from NDP Leadership candidate @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM