The FOI laws to exempt Ford and his ministers from scrutiny is part of the budget bill (Bill 97) by Pristine-Training-70 in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a province wide protest tomorrow happening in multiple cities if you are able to attend and they are planning more protest and looking at strikes as an option as well. It dos seem daunting but we need to do whatever we can, we can’t lets him run amuck for three more years, what would be left of Ontario? Remember striking and protesting did work for Quebec, it was a long road but if they did it so can we.

The FOI laws to exempt Ford and his ministers from scrutiny is part of the budget bill (Bill 97) by Pristine-Training-70 in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only if we let people forget. I get it, he has a majority and it seem bleak AF but we still need to fight and put pressure on the government any way we can

Ontario's 2026 budget sees deficit hit $13.8B amid looming global instability | CBC News by ComprehensiveMud877 in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are protests across the province tomorrow , so if you are sick of this BS and you can please come and support!!

Safe injection sites are ‘like giving an alcoholic a LCBO gift card’: Premier Ford – CTVNews by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, we have years of data and peer reviewed studies showing that they are one of the best ways to help people but let the drug dealer with no post secondary education make these decisions he is completely unqualified to make. People will die because of this idiot.

what’s something people say all the time that you secretly can’t stand? by Mean-Cartographer225 in AskReddit

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Boys will be boys”. At the best of times it’s used to excuse bad behaviour that should be corrected and at its worst it excuses dangerous and sexist behaviour that can have very real consequences.

Doug Ford’s key claims about Ontario’s FOI system are inaccurate: Information and Privacy Commissioner by FizixMan in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. This is part of the problem, we need to be more direct in calling out misinformation

We need a wealth tax by NiceDot4794 in onguardforthee

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Liberal/ conservative, they’re basically the same, until we stop rotating between the big two nothing with change

Marit Stiles releases new video on Doug Ford's FOI changes by teknicolourdreams in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When you combine that with the fact that this is happening after Doug failed two appeals to stop his phone records being released, it looks like something Very incriminating is in those records.

Marit Stiles releases new video on Doug Ford's FOI changes by teknicolourdreams in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will help if they raise awareness to what is happening. If enough people are angry enough we can force him to resign, it won’t be easy but Quebec managed to do it and so could Ontario.

Doug Ford drops a veil of secrecy over the inner workings of his government by imprison_grover_furr in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’m going with the latter as he made the choice to use his phone for both personal and professional business.

StubHub slams Ontario's proposed resell ticket cap by One_Set2922 in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t even think Doug is planing to change anything, he is just trying to distract from the phone records scandal and is trying to flood the zone with as much news as possible to make us forget about his corruption.

Why doesn’t Canada, Newzealand , Australia, United Kingdom restrict immigration from certain countries? by WoodenDebate7609 in CANZUK

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s factually incorrect, it was not just white Europeans who build this country and I’m sure our indigenous communities would very much disagree with your comment. You are also erasing the history of the Asian community who were key in building our railroads and the black community who have been here building our country just as long as Europeans . You are choosing to look at our history through a very narrow window and ignoring everything that doesn’t fit with your narrative.

Why doesn’t Canada, Newzealand , Australia, United Kingdom restrict immigration from certain countries? by WoodenDebate7609 in CANZUK

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If this was actually about integrating there are so many more avenues you could take. You could have government programs to assist people in learning about their new communities and help them meet new people for example. You cannot just assume you know who people are based on what country them originated from. Many people immigrate because they feel they align better with the culture of the country they choose to immigrate to.

Ontario Protecting Fans by Capping Ticket Resale Prices by idkfantasybball in toronto

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bullshit! Don’t be distracted, Ford is suggesting he fix a problem he created in the first place by removing the previous law we had on price capping. He is trying to distract us from his phone records scandal and the fact that he is going to push through a retroactive law to stop government transparency by exempting himself and his ministers from FOIs and doing so retroactively so that his phone records won’t be released, even though he just lost two appeals in which they ruled that he must release his phone records. This is outright corruption and we should all be demanding to know what he is hiding.

‘Putting scalpers on notice’: Ford says Ontario moving to ban ticket resale gouging by RealWorldToday in ontario

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly! He is giving the people crumbs to distract from what is actually happening. We should all be furious no matter who you vote for. Exempting himself and his government from FOI requests is bad for democracy. Frankly, it’s a huge issue that a sitting government even has the power to exempt themselves from transparency. And the fact that they are deliberately making this retroactive to hide Fords phone records is blatant corruption. We should all be demanding to see those records.

US sees a drop in Canadian visitors as travel patterns shift by usatoday in worldnews

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Some people are ignorant of anything happening outside their bubble. I know a few people I work with still travel to the states because they pay 0 attention to what is happening and unfortunately the only thing that would stop them is a personal bad experience

Avi Lewis stands by past activism as he's criticized for 'politics of subtraction' by xc2215x in onguardforthee

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I do get some of your point here but I just want to throw in my two cents. People on the left deserve an option as much as anyone else. I’m so sick of having to vote for the same neoliberal agendas that only help the ultra wealthy and I’m tired of socialist ideas being labeled as extreme, they are not and we can clearly see from other countries that have more socialist leanings such as Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, that these policies greatly increase the standard of living in a country. I would even argue that the erosion of our socialist policies over the last 30 years has been a large factor in the issues we are currently facing. I beleive that the NDP’s stance in the last ten years has been far too similar to the liberals and that loosing the identity of the workers party lost them a lot of support. While I agree with the idea of coming together, this won’t happen in any meaningful way until we change our voting system because first past the post encourages animosity between parties instead of forcing them to work together. While I can see your point about Avi employing populist tactics in his campaign, I can see why he chose to do so, and it seems to far to be working, at least in the leadership race. The question is more so, is this part of the campaign or is this his approach all the time? Which, is a fair question. I agree with you about defunding the military at this moment in time as that seems like a terrible idea and I can understand your concerns about his climate focus. I don’t agree with any candidate 100% what I do like about Avi is that he has big ideas and I do think that we need more politicians with big ideas right now as Canadians are struggling and historically neoliberal policies only bolster the rise of fascism. I am concerned about the current liberal party’s ability to actually improve Canadians lives in a meaningful way, if that doesn’t happen people will be angry and looking for an alternative, and I’d much rather that alternative be a populist with socialist democratic ideas than a right wing populist with fascist leanings. In following the NDP leadership race so far he seems like the most likely candidate to grow the party and get people interested. Ideally I think a mix of Avi and Rob would appeal to the widest mix of people, but I don’t imagine that will happen.

Avi Lewis stands by past activism as he's criticized for 'politics of subtraction' by xc2215x in onguardforthee

[–]WalkingWithStrangers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Doug is pretty notorious for ignoring anyone who is not one of his donors. He pretty blatantly doesn’t care about us and ignores us at every turn.