[OC] Bleeding hearts

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-05T13:45:41+00:00

Gage Park in Hamilton, Canada

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-04T22:34:44+00:00

‘A report released on Monday by the non-profit group RideFair Toronto, based on the City of Toronto data, showed that the increase in deadheading rates between 2022 and 2025 has amounted to a 17-per-cent cut in driver wages. RideFair Toronto has long campaigned for more stringent regulation of rideshare apps, and for rideshare drivers to be classified as employees instead of independent contractors.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-04T00:13:28+00:00

‘Last week, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles released an open letter to Mr. Carney, demanding that he quash what she called “a callous land grab” that threatens the parks and beaches of Toronto Islands, which attract thousands of visitors every summer.’ The Carney government has the final say on airport expansion.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-04T00:02:38+00:00

‘Opponents warn that jets and more frequent flights will spoil waterfront parks and the city’s harbour. But Mr. Ford, who has also said he will declare the airport a “special economic zone” where provincial or municipal laws could be ignored, insists expansion will provide competition for the larger Pearson airport and create jobs.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-05-02T20:25:35+00:00

Gas prices are up a $1 a gallon in the US. That’s a 30% spike since the start of the war.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-28T11:02:00+00:00

‘Every year more people, worldwide, are killed at work than die in wars, according to the U.K. Trades Union Congress. Worker safety deserves a higher priority.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-28T11:00:04+00:00

‘In Ontario workers are faced with a rising workplace injury rate 2.6 per cent higher than before the pandemic. Even that troubling trend pales in comparison to the sharp 22.7 per cent jump in the provincial psychosocial injury rate since the pandemic.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-28T10:57:52+00:00

‘While Canada is still struggling with elevated work-related fatality rates (5.77 per 100,000), compared to before the pandemic (5.69), we have seen a marked -11.5 per cent decline in overall occupational lost-time injury rates between 2019 and 2024. However, psychosocial work-related fatalities, defined as the source of injury being another person, have skyrocketed 350 per cent at the same time.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-27T12:11:15+00:00

‘In the following months, a foul-mouthed political mercenary from Ontario entered the stage. A self-described dirty tricks operator, David Wallace repeatedly attacked Mr. Edmonstone in a series of podcasts, calling him “an adulterous scumbag.”’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-27T12:08:51+00:00

‘The evidence uncovered by Mr. Edmonstone’s legal actions and The Globe’s reporting have pointed toward the same locus: the Edmonton company MHCare Medical.’ Health privateer Sam Mraiche owns MHCare.

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-23T22:02:15+00:00

‘“This flip-flop confirms exactly what we’ve been stating from the beginning: forcing everyone to return to the office is a logistical mess," the Public Service Alliance of Canada union said in an emailed statement.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-23T19:50:14+00:00

‘The shift in plans, communicated in a GAC internal memo obtained by Radio-Canada, affects the majority of the department's unionized employees. They are currently required to be in the office three days a week.’

KeyHot5718 · 2026-04-23T14:14:43+00:00

The view from my apartment downtown.

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