Tay (they/them)
@taycaton.bsky.social
Visitor and settler to Guelph, Ontario.
Advocate for affordable housing, COVID consciousness, human rights, harm reduction, disability justice, walkable/bikeable cities, the environment, & other stuff that matters.
Queer & AuDHD. Sober. ACAB.
Advocate for affordable housing, COVID consciousness, human rights, harm reduction, disability justice, walkable/bikeable cities, the environment, & other stuff that matters.
Queer & AuDHD. Sober. ACAB.
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Motion fails 6-7.
Gibson, Richardson, Guthrie, Billings, Chew, Busutill, Hauser vote against.
Gibson, Richardson, Guthrie, Billings, Chew, Busutill, Hauser vote against.
Welp, get ready for cyclists to take the full lane this winter. An awful decision which impacts the accessibility and transportation needs for people who rely on bike lanes to get where they need to go. @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social @activeguelph.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social #guelph
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Yup, heard about this from friends in Guelph. Very upsetting. You spend money on infra and encourage people to use it, but then cut funding to keep it safe an useable all year? What a waste or resources and potential hazard. If anyone is injured as a result, they should call us.
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yup, heard about this from friends in Guelph. Very upsetting. You spend money on infra and encourage people to use it, but then cut funding to keep it safe an useable all year? What a waste or resources and potential hazard. If anyone is injured as a result, they should call us.
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Bill 33 has passed, but our fight for strong public schools is not over. #repealbill33 #onted #onpoli
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Bill 33 has passed, but our fight for strong public schools is not over. #repealbill33 #onted #onpoli
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So taking away access to jobs and revenue in terms of economic spin offs isn't worth the investment? Make it make sense!
Gibson says he doesn't think it's justified yet. It will be one day, but not today.
Goller asks about the difference between $800k in the original budget. Clack-Bush says it's because they'll start in Nov instead of Sept.
Goller asks about the difference between $800k in the original budget. Clack-Bush says it's because they'll start in Nov instead of Sept.
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So taking away access to jobs and revenue in terms of economic spin offs isn't worth the investment? Make it make sense!
Welp, get ready for cyclists to take the full lane this winter. An awful decision which impacts the accessibility and transportation needs for people who rely on bike lanes to get where they need to go. @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social @activeguelph.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social #guelph
Motion fails 6-7.
Gibson, Richardson, Guthrie, Billings, Chew, Busutill, Hauser vote against.
Gibson, Richardson, Guthrie, Billings, Chew, Busutill, Hauser vote against.
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Welp, get ready for cyclists to take the full lane this winter. An awful decision which impacts the accessibility and transportation needs for people who rely on bike lanes to get where they need to go. @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social @activeguelph.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social #guelph
This is an attack on both labour and tenant unions which are among our protected rights as outlined in the Charter, Section 2(d). The cause for alarm surrounding Ford’s destructive premiership somehow gets louder every day. #onpoli @cupescfp.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social
‘So-called charitable organizations:’ Ford claims groups ‘funnel’ money to ‘left-wing radical groups’ - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will audit groups receiving funds from the province, claiming that some of them “funnel it quietly to these left-wing radical groups.”
‘So-called charitable organizations:’ Ford claims groups ‘funnel’ money to ‘left-wing radical groups’
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will audit groups receiving funds from the province, claiming that some of them “funnel it quietly to these left-wing radical groups.”
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November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This is an attack on both labour and tenant unions which are among our protected rights as outlined in the Charter, Section 2(d). The cause for alarm surrounding Ford’s destructive premiership somehow gets louder every day. #onpoli @cupescfp.bsky.social @acornunion.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social
This daytime shelter is a necessary resource for unhoused or precariously housed people of #Guelph. The city received a fantastic application from RCM and Stepping Stone, and to deny this opportunity would be a reckless and costly mistake.
Email [email protected] to show support for funding the daytime shelter. We can’t afford not to. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfPZDn...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This daytime shelter is a necessary resource for unhoused or precariously housed people of #Guelph. The city received a fantastic application from RCM and Stepping Stone, and to deny this opportunity would be a reckless and costly mistake.
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While this Bill has passed, we cannot stop the pressure and organizing we can built now. We will defend our communities and fight back.
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
While this Bill has passed, we cannot stop the pressure and organizing we can built now. We will defend our communities and fight back.
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📣JOIN US📣
Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother.
Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema.
Register now: shorturl.at/mavNU
Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother.
Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema.
Register now: shorturl.at/mavNU
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📣JOIN US📣
Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother.
Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema.
Register now: shorturl.at/mavNU
Join us for the launch of our new podcast, "There is a List," tackling the surveillance of pro-Palestine voices in the age of Big Brother.
Moderated by Sonya Fatah, w/ @smohyeddin.bsky.social, Yara Shoufani, @yipengge.bsky.social & Zahra Khozema.
Register now: shorturl.at/mavNU
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Canada new blitzkrieg against nature puts them on the same side as Trump ricochet.media/climate/doug...
Doug Ford’s 'common-sense conservation' is a fast track to extinction, experts warn
With Bill 5, the Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species and wetlands, dismantling decades of work to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development
ricochet.media
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Canada new blitzkrieg against nature puts them on the same side as Trump ricochet.media/climate/doug...
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How much worse will housing accessibility, accomodations, and security for disabled tenants be when landlords are further advantaged with faster eviction mechanisms and more opportunity for retaliation against us?
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
How much worse will housing accessibility, accomodations, and security for disabled tenants be when landlords are further advantaged with faster eviction mechanisms and more opportunity for retaliation against us?
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We’re proud to support the Canadian Council for Refugees's new national campaign to strengthen Canada’s support for immigrants and refugees.
In Canada, we reject division and choose care, community, and compassion. We’re better off together.
➡️ bettertogethercanada.ca
In Canada, we reject division and choose care, community, and compassion. We’re better off together.
➡️ bettertogethercanada.ca
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We’re proud to support the Canadian Council for Refugees's new national campaign to strengthen Canada’s support for immigrants and refugees.
In Canada, we reject division and choose care, community, and compassion. We’re better off together.
➡️ bettertogethercanada.ca
In Canada, we reject division and choose care, community, and compassion. We’re better off together.
➡️ bettertogethercanada.ca
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There’s a lot of benefit to being 33. My remaining looks are limited-time-only. I can legally drive a car. Things like that.
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
There’s a lot of benefit to being 33. My remaining looks are limited-time-only. I can legally drive a car. Things like that.
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Doug Ford’s war on tenants: Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back.
New from @colewebber.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli
New from @colewebber.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli
Doug Ford's war on tenants
Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back
ricochet.media
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Doug Ford’s war on tenants: Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back.
New from @colewebber.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli
New from @colewebber.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
#HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli
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Canadians skipping bills to afford groceries: Nanos - One in five Canadians say they’ve skipped paying a bill to afford groceries in the past year, according to new polling by Nanos Research for CTV News.
Canadians skipping bills to afford groceries: Nanos
One in five Canadians say they’ve skipped paying a bill to afford groceries in the past year, according to new polling by Nanos Research for CTV News.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Canadians skipping bills to afford groceries: Nanos - One in five Canadians say they’ve skipped paying a bill to afford groceries in the past year, according to new polling by Nanos Research for CTV News.
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Pesky e-bike riders delivering food to people should be ticketed... @tps.ca there appears to be a double standard here because stopping in for some Jerk King, although delicious is not actively responding to an emergency.
The use of the lights here, while clever, is certainly inappropriate.
The use of the lights here, while clever, is certainly inappropriate.
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Pesky e-bike riders delivering food to people should be ticketed... @tps.ca there appears to be a double standard here because stopping in for some Jerk King, although delicious is not actively responding to an emergency.
The use of the lights here, while clever, is certainly inappropriate.
The use of the lights here, while clever, is certainly inappropriate.
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You've got 18ish days to comment on Bill 60, Ford's latest anti bike lane laws! Read our blog on taking action, the importance of identifying intersections w other communities affected & what your local cycling advocacy groups are doing to fight back!
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
Bill 60: Cyclists, Bike & More
Premier Ford has fired another shot in the war on bikes. Read about how Bill 60 will limit bike lanes and harm cyclists.
www.thebikinglawyer.ca
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You've got 18ish days to comment on Bill 60, Ford's latest anti bike lane laws! Read our blog on taking action, the importance of identifying intersections w other communities affected & what your local cycling advocacy groups are doing to fight back!
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...
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I wrote about how the proposed changes to Ontario's eviction rules are a state response to rent strikes in Toronto that undermine tenant organizing
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
Doug Ford's war on tenants
Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back
ricochet.media
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I wrote about how the proposed changes to Ontario's eviction rules are a state response to rent strikes in Toronto that undermine tenant organizing
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
ricochet.media/justice/hous...
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9.1 million dollars could pay the salary of many educational assistants to keep students safe and open up access to equitable education.
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
Ontario awards $9.1M contract to study Hwy. 401 tunnel concept | Globalnews.ca
Internal studies into the concept at the Ministry of Transportation were paused in 2021 and found there was a 'potential for roadway collapse.'
globalnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
9.1 million dollars could pay the salary of many educational assistants to keep students safe and open up access to equitable education.
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
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Doug Ford is trying to ram through dangerous legislation that will harm endangered species. Take action now: davidsuzuki.org/expert-artic...
Ontario’s nature is drowning in deregulation. Grab a paddle.
Ontario’s Unleashing the Economy Act would gut species protections and open the door to lawless development.
davidsuzuki.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Doug Ford is trying to ram through dangerous legislation that will harm endangered species. Take action now: davidsuzuki.org/expert-artic...
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Tell City Hall to restore parkland zoning to former Kortright Waterfowl Park lands
The current update of the Official Plan is a perfect opportunity.
Learn more and contact #guelphcityhall at: getinvolvedguelph.ca/actions/save... #guelph #parkland
The current update of the Official Plan is a perfect opportunity.
Learn more and contact #guelphcityhall at: getinvolvedguelph.ca/actions/save... #guelph #parkland
Tell City Hall to restore parkland zoning to former Kortright Waterfowl Park lands – Get Involved! Guelph
UGDSB School Board Trustees: Pass a resolution to eliminate fossil fuels for heating in all new and retrofitted board facilities by 2030.
getinvolvedguelph.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Tell City Hall to restore parkland zoning to former Kortright Waterfowl Park lands
The current update of the Official Plan is a perfect opportunity.
Learn more and contact #guelphcityhall at: getinvolvedguelph.ca/actions/save... #guelph #parkland
The current update of the Official Plan is a perfect opportunity.
Learn more and contact #guelphcityhall at: getinvolvedguelph.ca/actions/save... #guelph #parkland
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New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Guelph committee moving forward with potential vacant home tax and renoviction bylaw
Guelph committee moving forward with potential vacant home tax and renoviction bylaw
City councillors in Guelph, Ont. is considering more options to tackle housing issues.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Guelph committee moving forward with potential vacant home tax and renoviction bylaw
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Congratulations to Guelph City Council for unanimously voting to move forward on a Renoviction By-law. This move will protect our affordable housing stock and ensure our neighbours feel secure in their homes
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Congratulations to Guelph City Council for unanimously voting to move forward on a Renoviction By-law. This move will protect our affordable housing stock and ensure our neighbours feel secure in their homes
Here is my delegation from yesterday’s council meeting supporting the urgency of a Guelph Renoviction Bylaw. Thank you @ricardotranjan.bsky.social and Paulina Vargatoth for your valuable @policyalternatives.ca report covering vacancy decontrol, and the skyrocketing rents upon unit turnover. #housing
Renoviction delegation | Nov 4 2025
This is "Renoviction delegation | Nov 4 2025" by Tay C. on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Here is my delegation from yesterday’s council meeting supporting the urgency of a Guelph Renoviction Bylaw. Thank you @ricardotranjan.bsky.social and Paulina Vargatoth for your valuable @policyalternatives.ca report covering vacancy decontrol, and the skyrocketing rents upon unit turnover. #housing