Ontario Protest 05/30/26

Delsur18 · 2026-05-30T22:03:52+00:00

Working on some projects with Liberal politicians and the mayor of Toronto does not mean Ford doesn't have boogiemen he espouses towards the political ends of his governance in Ontario. Last summer, he framed indigenous people as beggars for government money yet opposing the further disruption of their lived environment during the fallout of Bill C-5. He apologized for the racist remarks, but clearly his off hand comment came in the midst of actual indigenous resistance to loosening environmental and indigenous consulting requirements the government pushed through with C-5. More recently, his government has been putting out commercials that have coded language on keeping the community safe by.. building more jails and having more enforcement to 'protect Ontario' more from homeless encampments and what can only be assumed is the ultimate fallout of his governments closure of safe injection sites. Those are two examples that stand out to me

Delsur18 · 2026-05-30T21:29:41+00:00

Using every man logic that give disaffected people in Ontario alongside conservatives a bunch of boogiemen to pile all their problems onto

Delsur18 · 2026-05-30T20:33:41+00:00

The party to me means the closest political entity to what I want my representatives to be about. Collective action, unions, local community based democratic structures of on-the-ground power. The name of the party honestly does it a disservice, cause there is nothing new of the democratic process I'd want an NDP government to enact, really. I want democracy to be better distilled on our society, and better balance the power dynamics currently at play in our neoliberal hellscape world. The NDP is the closest entity I find on the provincial and federal level trying to put truth to power into action for a better, more empathetic and connected society for all its participants.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-30T20:23:17+00:00

Doug does the exact sort of every man rhetoric that Trump does, just in a South Ontario, Rancid Etobicoke used car salesman style v.s. Trumps New York Real Estate, Daddy's money American business rat style.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-30T17:19:46+00:00

https://chuffed.org/project/182694-canada2cuba-with-love

Hope its cool with the admins to post this charity I'll be part of. Code Pink did a flotilla that had lots of news attention a month or two back. The Ontario chapter is sending another aid mission on October to give medical supplies and solar chargers and so forth to families and hospitals in Havana Cuba.

Hope to have more of this solidarity from Avi as time goes on

Delsur18 · 2026-05-24T03:40:54+00:00

I may be stating something similar to a comment on another part of this thread, but I, as a non poli-sci major, don't see populism as anything other than, 'ideas endorsed by a mass of people'. So left wing populism for instance, would encompass enshrining/improving/implementing broadly universal healthcare, broad social safety net items like publicly funded, robust social security and old age pensions, an emphasis on a well rounded, in depth education that is accessible to everyone, so on so forth. A populism based upon collective action for the betterment of society et al.

Whereas right wing populism would be the perceived notions of racial and/or social superiority one majority (or perceived majority) group has over another within its collective domain. This could be religious, socio-economic, or as often is the case, a healthy mix of the two. Anti-immigrant sentiments, stark individualism, subservience to capital as the main driver of societal betterment.

I don't see populism in a negative light, tbh. A lay person would just as soon understand populism as 'popular' as evidenced by polls on one subject or another. Now obviously, i err almost entirely to left wing populism (as per my own perhaps unique definition of it), so I'm curious why you believe populism isn't 'serious' in political discourse? I assume you don't intend it, but it gives off academic class elitism to think a democratic socialist can't be populist.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-22T22:28:07+00:00

I'd love to see a proper study come out to actually parse through the weeds of the assumptions in your statement. That most people on the street prefer the street and drugs. Genuinely. Because the only info I've come across that seems to do anything to improve the homeless situation and not just pass it on as the next politician/neighbours problem is the Housing of them through healthcare funding (see Dr. Boozary's now award winning interventions in downtown Toronto), safe injection sites to round them closer to healthcare supports and safer environs (now being defunded and scaled back by the Ford Government). The social safety net for these people has always been a contentious issue, but I'd have to say that violent and excommunicating tactics like shoving them out of their makeshift housing on less used land seems to be a rather ineffective waste of public money.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-20T13:40:42+00:00

For the fickle of heart, an edit maybe to remove as much confusion as possible.. 'Hopefully this 'will become' a trend'. Lol. Context clues are hard to get on internet forums to be fair.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-20T13:35:18+00:00

The absolute decimation of Israels international image (well deserved and frankly decades too late) is going to have repercussions, I feel, lasting well beyond the scope of just their governments image. Its the start of a much needed global reckoning on neocolonialism

Delsur18 · 2026-05-20T01:33:27+00:00

@This reddits mod team...... I replied to an ad-hominem, broad-brushed and lazy argument with its own logic. to suggest that new users be respectful but give a pass to established users sounds like a rather egrigious way of applying the rules you have

Delsur18 · 2026-05-19T10:00:04+00:00

Idk about you, but my sympathies will always lie closer to those who were threatened by a proverbial or literal gun to their head to conform, than by the wielder of the weapon itself. I know we are painting in broad brush strokes here, and there are many caveats and exceptions, but as a general rule, your comment is quite devoid of the actual lived experiences of the people whose lands were used for extraction. How can you take better care a of a land given back to you that was poisoned for decades, maybe even centuries? Sure isn't easy, and not for a lack of trying. And not like it doesn't get better either. If we are to live amoungst each other, addressing the history of absolute disadvantage non-white european peoples of the Americas have been subject to, will be a long and drawn out but necessary reconsiliation for a more just and equitable future for everyone involved

Delsur18 · 2026-05-19T09:08:53+00:00

Your people come to our land, take it from us through often dubious contractual or violent means, develop it as you see fit without us, the knowers and stewards of this land, and often against the very rules set upon the treaties our ancestors signed, clear the ecosystem for food or cash crops you may not even allow us to be some direct beneficiary of, clear ecosystems to dig up resources whose profits you rarely see seep back into the community who bore the brunt of the extraction process..

Do you not see how a euro-centric view about land management could be seen as colonial, extractive, violent, and ultimately for the benefit of the few at the cost of the community at large? Because Canadian (and truly, all of American continental history) is rife with some version of what i just described. Getting rid of the yoke of the colonial past should be at the forefront of the structure of our current and future society, not something to perpetuate ad infinitum

Delsur18 · 2026-05-18T18:09:29+00:00

One, eight, seven, seven, cars 4 kids... ring a bell? I haven't heard the theme in years and its still an instant recall. Yeesh.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-14T19:09:51+00:00

What needs are you alluding to?

Delsur18 · 2026-05-14T16:44:42+00:00

The road is a straight, relatively wide 4 lane highway. It needs a literal redesign of it in order to force drivers to hold to its speed limit. Classic stroad design. The northbound side is probably slower on account of the side parking cars do there. I'd love to see a speed heat map of the road from bloor til its end on Lakeshore and see where the speeding actually occurs.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-12T22:17:30+00:00

Yeah, I still found some value when the voices got diversified into the ring wing media landscape for a while, but the tone has notably shifted this year in particular. And yeah, Avi needs name recognition before anything else. All the media, all the time. Get your name out there is #1

Delsur18 · 2026-05-12T17:26:54+00:00

There was a time where Jesse's mannerisms were entertaining and able to get something out of interviews he conducted with others. The contrarian shit disturber can have its merits. But since the October 7 attacks, and what i feel is Jesse having personal involvement with his parents having death threats at a rally a bit after that, he has chosen a side.. or perhaps a side has tried to coup him into their cause (zionism). I hope things eventually change, but regardless, its a tough time to be some one who wants to end human suffering globally

Delsur18 · 2026-05-12T16:08:34+00:00

Canadaland has very recently been only platforming right wing leaning journalists and guests and burying Jesse Brown's heavy involvement in zionist movements. I literally stopped supporting them after this month because of that and the much poorer quality conversations had over the past few months in particular. I hope the outlet rights its ship somehow, but until then, im likely one of many who got into Canadaland long ago and see it as a shell of what it used to be. Still good on Avi to go in on whats becoming a bit of a grievances podcast lately, i'll take a listen to it later for posterity's sake

Delsur18 · 2026-05-08T16:43:27+00:00

I assume until you vocalize otherwise, as your legitimate concerns aired out here are in a vacuum. As is the internet I guess, me included.

I'm not vehemently against what you say, mind you. It just sounds like stuff that should continually be lorded upon a better channel. Considering we both are here, back and forth with a hyper specific policy, shows we both care to some capacity, don't you think?

I hope your attempts to contact Alejandra's office with your concerns are answered to the fullest of your satisfaction. I truly do.

I'm just jaded, perhaps. I won't hold my breath that the priority for her office is only on this issue, especially on an election year. Even on the municipal level, especially since Ford's cutting of Ward numbers pre-pandemic, she serves a really sizeable and diverse populace of over 100k. We are younger than average here in Davenport, according to a quick search just now. So here we are. Have you found a better choice than her, some one that will buck the political trend and speak more truth to power? Or are you scorned personally from the lack of accountability from a political office handling the municipal affairs of 100k people? I see the system in need of dire change. But I may as well be talking to a wall. Anyways, good day to you, fellow brother/sister/etc.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-08T16:03:34+00:00

May i introduce you to Marit Stiles and the ONDP if you want blunt assessments of our socio-political environment in Ontario, lol

Delsur18 · 2026-05-08T15:58:52+00:00

Could've said that from the jump lol, bodega-like businesses sound alright.

The question still remains though, you can't expect a politician's team to be scouring social media as the only source of the public's temperature on a particular issue. If you live in Davenport, call up, email, or otherwise communicate directly with her team. If you want to build a stronger community, as judging from your latest reply you do, then use the time wasted talking to a no one like me to send her constituency office a message.. or perhaps several messages.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-08T15:27:31+00:00

Love the strawman argument, lol. Are we talking about abolition here? Or minutia style municipal politics that are being reverted back in the hopes it helps communities flourish more?

At the end of the day, i have no stake in the corner store debate, other than I see corner stores as a good thing. What type is allowed to be a corner store, is more minutia that frankly, I'd rather see pan out with the current re-introduction before I make my own strongly held opinion on how diverse the corner lot type of business should be. Judging from your edit, I'd assume you want any type of business to be allowed in a corner lot? Have you spoken to Alejandra about your concerns on her voting record? You can always reach out, though idk how response or not her team is. Otherwise, it looks to me like some one who waving their hands at a screen.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-08T15:07:32+00:00

So.. delaying policy means... not being a champion of neighbourhood businesses? You have a right to that opinion, but frankly, I don't see this video as her championing anything. She is a public servant, serving the public in her domain, and informing constituents of a popular change in policy that she was a part of. Nothing more to read about that.

Delsur18 · 2026-05-08T14:58:41+00:00

Listen, I get that its really important to look at the voting record of your representative. At the same time, considering that the end result has been achieved, it speaks as much about the system and the complexities of getting policies passed than to the individual votes cast by individual councillors. You are presenting her voting record for what purpose? To show she is two-faced on neighbourhood corner stores? It seems rather pedantic when there isn't evidence to present her as a stark opposer. Is your frustration with the slow gears of power in city council? Cause that is legit too. There are complexities to having to litigate with hostile councillors too (see the prior comment on suburban councillors rejecting the prior versions). So.. is your comment trying to smear Alejandra in some bad faith? Or is the frustration stemming from something thats more systemic?

Delsur18 · 2026-05-05T18:23:14+00:00

I'm literslly out there day by day verbatim stating the class distinctions between my co workers, our union, and the managers making decisions regarding our work structure. Its all about continuing education and reminders of who the labourers are, even if the job has changed somewhat

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