Real Life Robotics
Cycle WR VP
KW Famous Chief Hype Officer
Past Chair of Active Transportation
#science
& shielding themselves with a draconian indemnification provision.
"A surprise amendment Thursday protects the government from lawsuits if cyclists are injured or killed on streets that used to have bike lanes."
#ONpoli
Applicants will have to disclose if they used a lobbyist.
Of course, the Minister of Labour can just ask his wife, the lobbyist.
#ONpoli #FirePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Applicants will have to disclose if they used a lobbyist.
Of course, the Minister of Labour can just ask his wife, the lobbyist.
#ONpoli #FirePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
▶️$111.9 Million on partisan ads ahead of February election
▶️$400-$600 Million in potentially suspect healthcare billings
▶️$1.4 Billion on a stockpile of masks and PPE that are being thrown out
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1155560...
▶️$111.9 Million on partisan ads ahead of February election
▶️$400-$600 Million in potentially suspect healthcare billings
▶️$1.4 Billion on a stockpile of masks and PPE that are being thrown out
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1155560...
Today's passenger?
Ford's family dentist:
▶️$20,000 donation to Conservatives
💰gets $2 million taxpayer dollars from Skills Development Fund
▶️Return on Investment 9,900%
#onpoli
Today's passenger?
Ford's family dentist:
▶️$20,000 donation to Conservatives
💰gets $2 million taxpayer dollars from Skills Development Fund
▶️Return on Investment 9,900%
#onpoli
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
Let's recap another week in Ontario politics.
#ONpoli
#ONpoli
#ONpoli
Don't worry taxpayers, Ford's Minister of Labour says he takes his ethical requirements "very seriously."
#onpoli
Don't worry taxpayers, Ford's Minister of Labour says he takes his ethical requirements "very seriously."
#onpoli
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
🚨Feed Ontario report:
1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits to food banks last year—up 87% since 2020
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
By law, Ontarians have the right to view government documents.
FOI requests exposed the Greenbelt & Ontario Place scandals.
Ford's government is now refusing to comply with FOI orders.
What other scandals is he hiding?
#onpoli
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
By law, Ontarians have the right to view government documents.
FOI requests exposed the Greenbelt & Ontario Place scandals.
Ford's government is now refusing to comply with FOI orders.
What other scandals is he hiding?
#onpoli
Today's stop:
Ford's Minister gave Keel Digital Solutions (now under OPP investigation) $4.79 million tax dollars in spite of staff warning the company could "use the money to buy its own software" & "directly profit the company.”
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Today's stop:
Ford's Minister gave Keel Digital Solutions (now under OPP investigation) $4.79 million tax dollars in spite of staff warning the company could "use the money to buy its own software" & "directly profit the company.”
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
SDM pressures pharmacists to make unnecessary "medscheck" calls to customers at $75 each.
Total cost to taxpayers?
$225 million since 2020
*Pharmacists have launched a lawsuit against this unethical practice
#onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
SDM pressures pharmacists to make unnecessary "medscheck" calls to customers at $75 each.
Total cost to taxpayers?
$225 million since 2020
*Pharmacists have launched a lawsuit against this unethical practice
#onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
He says it's to access water & power lines for the Therme spa.
But the water company doesn't take ownership of your property when it needs to access pipes on your land.
#FordIsCorrupt
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
Donate $6,208 to the Conservative party, get appointed to the Council overseeing College of Early Childhood Educators.
No need to know what an ECE is.
My colleague Alexa Gilmour questions the appointee in the Legislative committee.
#ONpoli #OntEd
Of course, it may never get built
5 years after signing the contract, Therme still does not have an investor to build the spa at Ontario Place
Not surprising, they lied about their financing to get the 95 year-lease on our parkland.
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
Of course, it may never get built
5 years after signing the contract, Therme still does not have an investor to build the spa at Ontario Place
Not surprising, they lied about their financing to get the 95 year-lease on our parkland.
www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news...
Want to build a nightclub in a residential area?
“They would simply have to claim they intend to use the bar to train service staff." -Rick Green, chair of the Federation of South Toronto Residents’ Associations
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Want to build a nightclub in a residential area?
“They would simply have to claim they intend to use the bar to train service staff." -Rick Green, chair of the Federation of South Toronto Residents’ Associations
#ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Lowest scoring applicants got the highest taxpayer payouts.
#ONpoli #firePiccini
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Lowest scoring applicants got the highest taxpayer payouts.
#ONpoli #firePiccini
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
Did Ford's Minister of Labour give $8.5M tax dollars to Get A-Head?
A routine audit revealed "irregularities” with Get A-Head, a business owned by Keel Digital Solutions.
#ONpoli
Did Ford's Minister of Labour give $8.5M tax dollars to Get A-Head?
A routine audit revealed "irregularities” with Get A-Head, a business owned by Keel Digital Solutions.
#ONpoli
Now he’s handing a $9.1 million contract to a company that’s being sued by the City of Toronto.
Doug Ford: ”We are the only party that's fiscally responsible."
#ONpoli
Now, it is refusing to release the study - after paying a company $9.1M to do it again. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1151718...
Now he’s handing a $9.1 million contract to a company that’s being sued by the City of Toronto.
Doug Ford: ”We are the only party that's fiscally responsible."
#ONpoli
Hire a lobbyist.
Proportion of successful applicants using a lobbyist is up 60%
Lobbyists include Labour Minister's wife, Doug Ford's Campaign Manager, Conservative Party President.
#PaytoPlay #ONpoli
Hire a lobbyist.
Proportion of successful applicants using a lobbyist is up 60%
Lobbyists include Labour Minister's wife, Doug Ford's Campaign Manager, Conservative Party President.
#PaytoPlay #ONpoli
💰 that pays for schools, healthcare, infrastructure
Canceling beer store contract early cost $225 million
▶️Cost to Ontarians of privatizing alcohol sales:
$300 M + $225 M = $525 million
#ONpoli #FordMath
That's something workers at the Crown corporation warned could happen after alcohol liberalization was introduced. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151446...
▶️May 2021- Z. Starkovski hires Ford's Campaign Manager as a lobbyist
▶️March 2022- Conservative party paid Starkovski $31,947 for hosting fundraisers
#ONpoli #Strippergate
▶️May 2021- Z. Starkovski hires Ford's Campaign Manager as a lobbyist
▶️March 2022- Conservative party paid Starkovski $31,947 for hosting fundraisers
#ONpoli #Strippergate
▶️May 2021- Z. Starkovski hires Ford's Campaign Manager as a lobbyist
▶️March 2022- Starkovski receives $251,998 from the Skills Development Fund
Starkovski's company has received $10 million from the SDF to date.
#ONpoli #Strippergate
▶️May 2021- Z. Starkovski hires Ford's Campaign Manager as a lobbyist
▶️March 2022- Starkovski receives $251,998 from the Skills Development Fund
Starkovski's company has received $10 million from the SDF to date.
#ONpoli #Strippergate
▶️Cost $50–$100 billion
▶️That's $9000-$18000 per Ontario Household
▶️Add just 1 lane each way
▶️Snarl traffic for 10+ years with construction
▶️Cost $50–$100 billion
▶️That's $9000-$18000 per Ontario Household
▶️Add just 1 lane each way
▶️Snarl traffic for 10+ years with construction