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Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁<p>“Premier Wab Kinew says whisky drinkers must remember that Crown Royal is made in Canada.</p><p>‘Crown Royal employs a ton of people in Gimli, Manitoba,’ Kinew said Wednesday as he pushed back against Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who poured out a bottle at a news conference after the company announced it will close a bottling plant in his province.”</p><p><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/09/03/kinew-sticks-up-for-crown-royals-manitoba-jobs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">winnipegfreepress.com/breaking</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/09/03/kinew-sticks-up-for-crown-royals-manitoba-jobs</span></a> (freewall)</p><p>“Kinew called the whisky distilled in Manitoba ‘the pride of Gimli’ and a product ‘that Canadians should support.’</p><p>‘If you buy Crown Royal, you’re supporting Manitoba jobs,’ said the premier.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/mbpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mbpoli</span></a></p>
Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁<p>Another piece of Doug Ford performance politics:</p><p>“‘… I think everyone else should do the same thing,’ Ford said as the amber liquid [Crown Royal] slowly emptied out of the bottle. ‘Start supporting companies that make whisky here in Ontario, people. That’s what we need to do, is support each other.’”</p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/this-is-what-i-think-of-crown-royal-doug-ford-dumps-out-bottle-of-whisky-in-show-of-anger-over-distillers-job-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/qu</span><span class="invisible">eens-park/article/this-is-what-i-think-of-crown-royal-doug-ford-dumps-out-bottle-of-whisky-in-show-of-anger-over-distillers-job-cuts/</span></a></p><p>Mr Team Canada apparently doesn’t care about the Manitoba workers in Gimili that distill Crown Royal or the Quebec workers in Valleyfield that bottle it for the Canadian market. </p><p>In case he forgot, the last budget introduced tax cuts for local distilleries which may account for why Diageo decided to cut costs in Ontario.</p><p><a href="https://money.ca/news/ontario-slashing-alcohol-taxes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">money.ca/news/ontario-slashing</span><span class="invisible">-alcohol-taxes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a></p>
Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁<p>“Ford said he is ‘proud’ of Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe for bringing employees back to the office five days a week, and renewed his call for the federal government to have employees back in the workplace full-time.</p><p>‘Now, the federal government – you need to follow suit and all other regions across Ontario,’ Ford told reporters in Inglewood, Ont.</p><p>‘It’s time to bring people back to work so that they can be mentored, they can collaborate. It’s a lot easier looking at somebody in the eye instead of sitting over a telephone or a computer screen.’”</p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ontario-premier-calls-on-federal-government-to-bring-workers-back-to-office-5-days-a-week/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/onta</span><span class="invisible">rio-premier-calls-on-federal-government-to-bring-workers-back-to-office-5-days-a-week/</span></a></p><p>There’s lots of federal government teams with members spread across the country that somehow manage to function via telephone or computer screen. But DoFo’s tiny brain can’t get his head around the concept, except to understand his developer donors need more city centre rental money. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NeverVoteConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverVoteConservative</span></a></p>
Guelph On Two Wheels :yesbike:<p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/doug-ford-government-appeals-bike-lane-ruling/article_6d6efc29-5e88-4a79-b01b-18772eee6098.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/gta/doug-ford</span><span class="invisible">-government-appeals-bike-lane-ruling/article_6d6efc29-5e88-4a79-b01b-18772eee6098.html</span></a></p><p>Doug Ford every. damn. time.</p><p><a href="https://guelph.social/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://guelph.social/tags/dougford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dougford</span></a> <a href="https://guelph.social/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://guelph.social/tags/cycleto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycleto</span></a> <a href="https://guelph.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://guelph.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a></p>
Ev Delen<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OntarioPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OntarioPlace</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandal</span></a> is getting worse and worse.</p><p>From ever more rocky finances to Doug's "Stress Test" where Therme had to prove it was worth 1/4 of the value of their proposal - yup, one quarter, a $100mil stress test on a $400mil project - every week we learn more about how the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ThermeGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThermeGroup</span></a> got the red carpet treatment from Doug's <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/financial-records-shed-new-light-on-the-ontario-place-spa-firm-s-net-worth-raising/article_3238f826-0f75-451b-a55c-ba0e63008b02.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/investigation</span><span class="invisible">s/financial-records-shed-new-light-on-the-ontario-place-spa-firm-s-net-worth-raising/article_3238f826-0f75-451b-a55c-ba0e63008b02.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TOPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TOCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOCouncil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OntarioPlace4All" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OntarioPlace4All</span></a></p>
Global News Barrie<p>Ford government formally appeals ruling deeming Toronto bike lane removal unconstitutional<br>Premier Doug Ford's government has formally filed a notice of appeal challenging a court ruling deeming its plan to tear out dedicated bike lanes in Toronto unconstitutional.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/cityplanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cityplanning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a><br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11345770/toronto-bike-lane-ruling-appeal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11345770/to</span><span class="invisible">ronto-bike-lane-ruling-appeal/</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>Ford was serious about solving the doctor shortage: Denley<br><a href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/doug-ford-doctor-shortage?itm_source=index" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalpost.com/opinion/doug-</span><span class="invisible">ford-doctor-shortage?itm_source=index</span></a></p><p>"The response has been surprisingly robust. In June, the government announced that it had approved 130 proposals for [clinic] expansion, enough to meet its first-year target of serving 300,000 additional patients."</p><p>Does anyone know how <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/JanePhilpott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JanePhilpott</span></a>'s plans for reforming the <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> health system are coming along?</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NationalPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPost</span></a></p>
Calamitous ORTBO :mstdn:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kim_harding</span></a></span> <br>I know this is for Aussies, but it's applicable everywhere. <br>Someone send to our f-wit Conservative Premier <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> who wants to rip out existing bike lanes, here in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ontario</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bikelanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikelanes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/biketooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biketooter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cyclingInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyclingInfrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/urbanplanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanplanning</span></a></p>
Ev Delen<p>John Lorinc really could have gone much further in this article:</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/we-should-all-be-demanding-to-find-out-whats-driving-doug-fords-tunnel-dreams/article_9bdb6511-b252-45d2-96f4-28dfd0eb4a8e.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/opinion/contributo</span><span class="invisible">rs/we-should-all-be-demanding-to-find-out-whats-driving-doug-fords-tunnel-dreams/article_9bdb6511-b252-45d2-96f4-28dfd0eb4a8e.html</span></a></p><p>1. No engineer in their right mind would recommend a tunnel beneath the 401. This is obviously coming from MBA wielding C-Suite morons in "leadership" roles in the companies that, unsolicited, came up with this plan, and who are merely after gouging the taxpayer.</p><p>2. Missed opportunity to remind everyone that the 2025 Provincial election was not scheduled but a politically motivated snap-election in the interests of grabbing power while people were distracted by Trump.</p><p>3. "Peculiar psychology" assumes that this is a bug, not a feature of the plans. Projects like this are about transferring public money to private hands!</p><p>Remember, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> &amp;most <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> only do things that profit them personally!</p><p>Just like how Ford indemnified private care facilities devastated by COVID because they had fmr Con Premier Mike Harris on the board, Aecon also has Con's on the Board: Rod Phillips.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a></p>
Mike. 🩼🇨🇦<p>If <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> can mutiny the school boards, can the feds just take over <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CanadaPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaPost</span></a> and end this ridiculous nonsense??</p><p>PS: it's the company not allowing this anymore, not the workers</p><p>"Canada Post no longer raising flag to indicate mail in rural areas"</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/canada-post-no-longer-raising-flag-to-indicate-mail-in-rural-areas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/cana</span><span class="invisible">da-post-no-longer-raising-flag-to-indicate-mail-in-rural-areas/</span></a></p>
Ev Delen<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> administration has had no real capital improvement/investment plan for the Province since at least 2019, instead relying on LOBBYISTS, who are only interested in profits, to give them ideas via an online portal where they can submit unsolicited plans to siphon away your tax dollars!</p><p><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11315431/highway-401-tunnel-sparked-private-bids/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11315431/hi</span><span class="invisible">ghway-401-tunnel-sparked-private-bids/</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> Doug Ford admin just wants power for powers sake, they don't have any intention of bettering the lives of Ontarian's!</p><p>Doug wants to spend billions of dollars to build a tunnel beneath the 401, already the widest highway in North America! If adding more lanes worked the 401 wouldn't be clogged!</p><p>Just because the US is economically burning we cannot let our leaders run amok!</p><p>Like Mike Harris before him, Doug Ford is inflicting damage on our province that will take multiple generations to fix! We still bear the scars of Harris! He must be stopped!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waste</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a></p>
Third spruce tree on the left<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hci.social/@cbecker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cbecker</span></a></span> ooooooh i Love this... and I love how much it must be making <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> absolutely FURIOUS. </p><p>No _serious_ Ontarian/Torontonian has any issue with bike lanes. If the bulk of your commute is along Bloor/Yonge/University then why are you even taking a car dude, like there's something wrong with you.</p>
SnowyCA :vivaldi_red:<p>How Doug Ford Plans to Dismantle Ontario’s Most Popular Provincial Park</p><p>More than half of the Wasaga Beach shoreline could be opened to development</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-plans-to-dismantle-wasaga-beach-provincial-park/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-pla</span><span class="invisible">ns-to-dismantle-wasaga-beach-provincial-park/</span></a></p>
Ev Delen<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> was a pioneer of recycling, something that <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> has long derided as unnecessary (what're landfills for?).</p><p>When his brother was mayor he privatized part of the garbage and recycling collection, a move both costly and resulting in worse service.</p><p>Then, as Premier, he's continuing the idiocy by privatizing the entire institution of recycling, a move which has already proven to be inefficient and corrupt.</p><p>As the privatization of recycling continues we'll see diversion rates drop precipitously as the private firms encourage more unsorted collection - which they'll find harder to sort - and will continue to have no incentive to encourage reuse - disposable packaging can be leveraged by marketing after all!</p><p>What's needed is a well organized public system, similar to what's done in Nordic countries where sorting is easy &amp; reuse encouraged.</p><p>What we'll get is more garbage thanks to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> Doug Ford.</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/torontos-blue-box-program-will-be-privatized-in-less-than-six-months-heres-whats-going/article_b6801dd6-7eb4-4b65-885e-1f249cac1ce6.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/business/torontos-</span><span class="invisible">blue-box-program-will-be-privatized-in-less-than-six-months-heres-whats-going/article_b6801dd6-7eb4-4b65-885e-1f249cac1ce6.html</span></a></p><p>Paywall Free: <a href="https://archive.ph/OHHCS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/OHHCS</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TOPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TOCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOCouncil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a></p>
SnowyCA :vivaldi_red:<p>⚠️ Landlords will love this! An Excuse for Zero privacy for tenants. </p><p>One landlord used his key and walked into my bathroom while I was in the tub; another time I woke up and he was standing at the foot of my bed. </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GreatWorkOntarioVoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatWorkOntarioVoters</span></a> ☹️ <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bill-10-landlord-drug-liability-1.7588576" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bil</span><span class="invisible">l-10-landlord-drug-liability-1.7588576</span></a></p>
Ev Delen<p>Who would have guessed that the changes <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> made to the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> recycling system would result in corruption, loopholes, unfair business practices?</p><p>I'm sure in time we'll find out that some of these companies are owned by or have Conservative donors in their leadership teams, because that's how this always goes!</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/business/major-tire-companies-settle-for-7-44-million-after-missing-2023-recycling-targets-in-ontario/article_9aec79c1-d486-4049-8639-e84bf4789c12.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/business/major-tir</span><span class="invisible">e-companies-settle-for-7-44-million-after-missing-2023-recycling-targets-in-ontario/article_9aec79c1-d486-4049-8639-e84bf4789c12.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a></p>
Ev Delen<p>Save a penny by under funding Children's Aid Societies, spend a buck warehousing children in hotels.</p><p>That's the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> way!</p><p>He's a "business man" after all, never actually started a business, and drove his fathers business in to the ground, but yeah, Doug Ford is a "business man"!</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/this-confidential-report-reveals-ontario-is-spending-millions-to-warehouse-kids-under-childrens-aid-care/article_d2ab01fb-d8b4-4293-8e0a-f71695dc93c7.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/investigation</span><span class="invisible">s/this-confidential-report-reveals-ontario-is-spending-millions-to-warehouse-kids-under-childrens-aid-care/article_d2ab01fb-d8b4-4293-8e0a-f71695dc93c7.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a></p>
🏳️‍🌈 Bri 🚴📦💨✨<p>I feel burnt out on the dismal diversion rates for household waste, and empties return is one of our limited recycling successes 😭</p><p>Ontario is still taking comments on its proposal to relax diversion rate requirements for household waste. Please leave a comment and tell him prostrating ourselves to corporate whining is no way to govern 🤬</p><p><a href="https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0536" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0536</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a></p>
🏳️‍🌈 Bri 🚴📦💨✨<p><a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/ontarios-best-recycling-program-is-already-falling-apart-what-comes-next" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tvo.org/article/ontarios-best-</span><span class="invisible">recycling-program-is-already-falling-apart-what-comes-next</span></a></p><p>The empties return program has been very successful. It's so successful in part because some folks subsist on or at least supplement their income with retrieving empties from trash and recycling bins for return.</p><p>We could easily make it relevent for higher income folk by increasing the deposit. Doug Ford would rather prioritize grocery conglomerates' retail space over effective recycling programs, though.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-deposit-return-refund-non-alcoholic-cans-bottles-1.7260731" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont</span><span class="invisible">ario-deposit-return-refund-non-alcoholic-cans-bottles-1.7260731</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a></p>
🏳️‍🌈 Bri 🚴📦💨✨<p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/beer-store-closures-september-1.7585256" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bee</span><span class="invisible">r-store-closures-september-1.7585256</span></a></p><p>Reminder that under Ontario law, grocery stores and convenience stores are allowed to sell alcohol if and only if they process returned empties. That requirement has been suspended until next year, and many stores say they'd rather ditch alcohol sales than accept returns.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/grocery-alcohol-requirements-1.7364062" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/gro</span><span class="invisible">cery-alcohol-requirements-1.7364062</span></a></p><p>Watch for Doug Ford to cite the closure of 80-120 Beer Stores as why we have to retire empties returns, and please fight it!</p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a></p>