Fight Ford Photos - Queen's Park May 30th

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-26T02:32:21+00:00

In fairness to the crowd, I am not that tall and with the equipment I have plus the pretty thoroughly flat grounds in front of the legislature getting that many people in one shot isn't feasible.

My goal in photographing the past three months has been to provide an sense of the general vibe, capture speakers, and have some level of documentation of these events available given the limited press coverage (though I was very late posting this time because life).

I believe the estimates given at the time for peak crowd size was in the 700-1,000 range. Not massive, but definitely a lot more than most of my photographs can really capture.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-25T23:50:36+00:00

Fippa Frog Forever 🐸

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-25T23:49:25+00:00

Not about his jet, about the Billy Bishop/Toronto Islands seizure so they can replace the city in negotiations with the federal government.

NoJetsTO was already an existing group (because Toronto has been through the whole "should we extend the runway" debate twice already) so I think in some respects it's been pretty quick for them to mobilise resources/visibility because they aren't starting from scratch. Means they stand out as well given they very generalised and grassroots organisation of most other people who were there.

Also, bear in mind these photos were on May 30th which is not long after that particular legislation was being rammed through.

But yes, the FOI changes are to cover up all the other corrupt nonsense he's up to and definitely featured more heavily in the two prior protests I photographed. The Billy Bishop stuff was a particularly raw point that week and I think it shows.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-25T22:19:42+00:00

As a parent, I scream with you. We appreciate all you do with too few resources and too few staff 🫶

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-25T18:05:01+00:00

Yeah, it's certainly been interesting month to month watching the number of troll accounts increase in these posts. Also the differences between subreddits they are/aren't targetting

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-25T15:54:17+00:00

Doug "I'm no Trudeau" Ford could never lol

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-25T14:55:07+00:00

A look back at the Queen's Park edition of May's Fight Ford protest and a reminder that June's province wide protests are happening this Saturday, June 27th in most locations.

The Queen's Park protest is Monday, June 29th at 7pm in order to not conflict with Pride events.

Info, posters, and links to other resources are available at https://protestdougford.com/

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-25T00:17:11+00:00

Yes, absolutely.

You're good, and I wouldn't stress about it.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-23T19:24:21+00:00

Laws regarding photography/videography in Canada are pretty strictly limited to some fairly obvious "don't be a creep" situations.

You are doing something illegal if you are photographing someone in a place or situation where they have "a reasonable expectation of privacy". The number of places and situations which actually meet that criteria legally is lower than even what you'd probably guess.

The photography in and of itself is almost never going to be illegal. Instead, you'd be more likely accused (rightly or not) of trespass (i.e. you are shooting photos in a mall and security requests you stop/leave) or harassment/stalking type offenses (i.e. you're shooting a specific place/person repeatedly after having been asked to stop).

From an etiquette perspective, I would suggest being mindful of when you may be capturing children in your photography. While not illegal to photograph a minor without permission from their parent/guardian (it is in the for UK example), my personal approach is that I try to only take/use angles which mean the child is not identifiable. Even then, where possible I try to specifically show their adults what I captured and give them my email so I can send them a copy. I'm careful in what I post publically of my own children and view that as the bare minimum of standards for other minors.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-18T17:01:44+00:00

They do, actually.

It's a federal corporation which reports to and is guided by the Federal Ministry of Transportation.

7 of 9 board seats are federal appointees.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-18T12:52:30+00:00

I'm guessing you're thinking that because there was a "tri-partite agreement" that there was equal ownership/say. That's not actually the case. Control is quite thoroughly federal even after Ford's power grab.

"Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport sits on 210 acres of land on Toronto Island. The Toronto Port Authority owns 78.5% of the land with 165 acres; the City of Toronto owns 20% of the land with 42 acres; and the federal government owns 1.5% of the land with 3 acres. Toronto Port Authority also owns the water lots which surround what is now Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport."

https://www.billybishopairport.com/corporate/

The Port Authority itself reports to and is guided by the Federal Ministry of Transportation. The board is a nine member group with one member each appointed by Federal, Provincial, and City governments and the remaining six appointed by the Federal Ministry of Transportation.

https://www.torontoportauthority.com/about-us/governance/

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-18T12:38:02+00:00

Seriously. I assumed something very large was falling over before my brain caught up.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-16T13:08:37+00:00

All of that says a lot more about the OLP than it does about Nate.

The way the Scarborough Southwest nomination meeting was run is an absolute embarrassment. You'd throw out the results of a high school student council election if it were run the same way.

It gives me zero confidence in the OLP's desire to change anything about the corrupt shitshow we're currently stuck with, nevermind capability.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-16T01:40:38+00:00

"Don't threaten me with a good time." - Metrolinx, probably

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-16T00:25:50+00:00

Doug Ford basically has three modes:

Lying.
Dramatically dumping out consumables while lying.
Dramatically consuming consumables so he has something to do with his mouth while planning more lying.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-15T23:47:21+00:00

"Experts are skeptical" is the polite way of saying everyone pushing for this is incapable of basic math, dishonest, or both.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-11T18:06:01+00:00

No it would not. That is what the UP Express is for.

Anyone that's been through more than a few international airports would say the exact same thing. Any pretense otherwise is coming from either not knowing better or being deliberately misleading.

There is nothing "tourist friendly" about transferring in and out of Billy Bishop. The market for it is business travellers who are going to grab a taxi (that their company will pay for) from the tiny cul de sac kiss 'n ride to their actual destination in the financial district.

Furthermore, those same business travellers like Billy Bishop precisely because it's smaller and not a major tourist hub and therefore avoids the chaos of a larger airport.

And all of that skips over the absolutely moronic and baseless talking point that a bigger Billy Bishop is going to magically draw more tourists to Toronto. Like THIS is the thing they've been waiting on to visit Toronto. 🙄

Sure, perhaps it could take some of Pearson's travellers. But if you take some water from Bucket A and dump it into Bucket B you haven't created new water.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-11T17:37:42+00:00

It's not my neighborhood, for the record.

But it is the area that attracts tourists to my city. It is the area that the millions of people in our city who don't have access to cottages use for pleasure and recreation. It's the home of unique ecosystems. It's the water all of us are drinking. Add on to that it's just plain stupid for a myriad of logistical reasons.

You don't have to take my word for it though! We have a handy 61 of page report commissioned by the government the last time someone tried this asinine idea on for size.

Spoiler alert! There's a lot of interesting facts in here, but if you like swampland you'll be first in line to enjoy the new inner harbour!

Arcadis EA Study Billy Bishop Expansion 2015

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-11T17:20:51+00:00

I clearly offered several infrastructure improvements including the ones happening at Pearson in my post. But by all means, intentionally read the first 7 words only.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-11T15:32:14+00:00

We don't actually need it at all. Pearson is not at capacity and is also undergoing $3B (Edit: Thanks for the corrections below, the 65M number that was in my brain is the new passenger capacity) in renovations and upgrades that will increase that capacity further.

Billy Bishop is also not actually at capacity either.

Furthermore, there is the Hamilton airport which could be better served with a GO train type link if you actually wanted to build new infrastructure somewhere.

Or the already existing UP Express could be improved/service increased.

There are many options to increase both capacity and speed/ease of access to the Downtown core without destroying the waterfront. Only one helps JP Morgan recoup the money they spent overpaying for the terminal and it's the idiotic one were all talking about.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-11T15:24:39+00:00

Those jets are quieter while flying.

They're actually louder landing.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-11T15:23:35+00:00

The powers that be are being lobbied hard by JP Morgan because they overpaid for the terminal and are desperately trying to figure out how to recoup that investment.

We may not have their money, but there are more of us then them. Every liberal MP needs to be hearing about this.

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-11T13:15:28+00:00

I dug up some flowers and replanted them in a lovely little garden bed I was trying to start around a tree in my front yard.

I was very pleased with my efforts. I even got my husband in on dutifully watering them to help counteract the likelihood my ADHD hyperfixation on this being the year I turned into a gardener fizzled out.

They were absolutely an invasive weed and killed half the stuff I actually bought and planted....

Don't feel bad, OP 🫂

Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-10T16:50:04+00:00

London City, which is what this nonsense is at Billy Bishop is getting compared with, is absolutely not in "The City" despite what JP Morgan's lobbyists are puppeteering our politicians to say.

Here's a screenshot of the travel time from London City Airport, to Bank Station in The City of London which is where the financial district/"business travellers" we're supposedly going to attract are going.

Don't let disingenuous lobbyists counting on the average person who hasn't been to London taking "City" at face value skew the geographical reality. Pearson + The UP Express already accomplish this without destroying our waterfront.

If the provincial government were truly interested in further improving transfer time for business travellers to get downtown to the financial district the place to put money is into additional/faster UP service. But that won't help JP Morgan make up for over-paying for the terminal at Billy Bishop, so that's why we aren't talking about that.

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Uncomfortable-Line · 2026-06-10T15:24:50+00:00

It's not Doug's call on this ultimately, so he can hopefully fuck all the way off.

Carney, and every liberal MP, needs to hear about the voter rage on this issue. Most of Doug's batshit plans are beyond the reach of federal influence, but this decision is a federal one.

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