Posts Tagged ‘doug ford’
[NEWS] Eighteen #cdnpoli and #exln43 links
- MacLean’s looks at how Justin Trudeau and the Liberals survived #elxn43, here.
- Ajay Parasram at The Conversation looks at the new complications faced by Justin Trudeau.
- Daily Xtra looks at the record of the Liberals on LGBTQ2 issues, here.
- Daily Xtra looks at the four out LGBTQ2 MPs elected to Parliament, here.
- Philippe Fournier at MacLean’s argues that 338Canada stands vindicated in its predictions, with some 90% of the people it predicted would be elected being elected.
- What will become of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer? The National Post considers.
- Strategic voting and Doug Ford, Mark Gollom notes, kept the Conservatives from making a breakthrough in Ontario.
- Robyn Urback at CBC notes that the narrow conservatism of Scheer kept the Conservatives from victory in a wary Canada.
- Stephen Maher at MacLean’s questions if the Bloc Québécois victory has much to do with separatism, per se.
- Voters in Québec seem to be fine with election results, with a strong Bloc presence to keep the Liberals on notice. CBC has it.
- Talk of separatism has taken off in Alberta following the #elxn43 results. Global News has it.
- The premier of Saskatchewan has also talked of his province’s alienation after #elxn43, here in the National Post.
- CBC’s As It Happens carries an interview with former Conservative MP Jay Hill, now an advocate for western Canadian separatism.
- Atlantic Canada may provide new members for the cabinet of Justin Trudeau. The Toronto Star reports.
- Jaime Battiste, Liberal, has been elected as the first Mi’kmaq MP from Nova Scotia. Global News has it.
- The Green Party did not make its hoped-for breakthrough on Vancouver Island, but it will struggle on. Global News has it.
- Did, as Politico suggested, Canada sleepwalk into the future with #elxn43?
- We should be glad, Scott Gilmore argues in MacLean’s, that given the global challenges to democracy #elxn43 in Canada was relatively boring.
Written by Randy McDonald
October 23, 2019 at 3:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Demographics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences
Tagged with alberta, andrew scheer, atlantic canada, bloc québécois, borders, british columbia, canada, clash of ideologies, conservatives, democracy, doug ford, elections, federalism, first nations, glbt issues, green party, justin trudeau, liberals, links, mi'kmaq, news, nova scotia, ontario, politics, québec, separatism, statistics, vancouver island
[NEWS] Five links about politics: pro-Bernier billboard, elx2019, Alberta, #mayorpete, Andrew Yang
- The way this pro-Maxine Bernier anti-immigrant billboard campaign ended up collapsing so completely pleases me. Global News reports.
- The CBC polls different experts to see if the unpopularity of Doug Ford in Ontario will undermine the Conservatives across Canada.
- I will be interested to see if separatism in Alberta will take off. The National Post reports.
- The proposal of Pete Buttigieg to get mental health care funded by insurance makes sense to me. VICE has it.
- Michael Kruse writes at POLITICO about the growing appeal of Andrew Yang to many voters in the US.
Written by Randy McDonald
August 26, 2019 at 11:55 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Economics, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences
Tagged with alberta, andrew yang, canada, clash of ideologies, democracy, doug ford, elections, futurology, guaranteed minimum income, health, links, maxine bernier, migration, ontario, pete buttigieg, politics, separatism, united states
[NEWS] Twelve LGBTQ links (#lgbtq, #queer)
- Daily Xtra looks at 50 years of fighting for LGBTQ rights in Canada, here.
- Them links to a variety of classic documentaries about LGBTQ life before Stonewall, here.
- Atlas Obscura explains why lesbians and potluck dinners are so closely associated with each other, here.
- Them looks at the controversies surrounding the construction of monuments to LGBTQ heroes of the past, here.
- VICE explains how venerable magazine Out was nearly ended by poor management, here.
- Wired looks at queer history in TV movies, here.
- Connor Garel at NOW Toronto writes, inspired by Paris Is Burning and the drag scene, about the importance of maintaining queer spaces, here.
- Enzo DiMatteo writes at NOW Toronto about the long history of homophobia of Doug Ford, here.
- Claire Provost writes at Open Democracy about the frighteningly well-coordinated global campaign by groups on the right against LGBTQ superheroes, here.
- Michael Waters at Daily Xtra explains the key role of young users of social media in keeping even obscure corners of LGBTQ history alive, here.
Written by Randy McDonald
June 15, 2019 at 10:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences
Tagged with canada, comics, doug ford, food, glbt issues, human rights, internet, journalism, lesbians, links, mass media, news, nightclubbing, ontario, popular culture, potlucks, public art, social networking, television
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: buses, 592 Sherbourne, Parkdale, planning, Doug Ford
- Transit Toronto reports on the first electric bus in the TTC, now running the 35 Jane route.
- Toronto Life takes a look at the history of 592 Sherbourne Street, now the restaurant Maison Selby.
- NOW Toronto interviews people in Parkdale protesting against the cuts of Doug Ford.
- John Lorinc at Spacing looks at the many problems with the Doug Ford alteration of city and provincial planning.
- blogTO observes that this year’s iteration of Ford Fest is going, inevitably, to be very political.
Written by Randy McDonald
June 6, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, History, Popular Culture, Toronto, Urban Note
Tagged with 592 sherbourne street, doug ford, history, holidays, neighbourhoods, ontario, parkdale, politics, sherbourne street, technology, toronto, ttc, Urban Note, yonge and eglinton
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC fare, Bathurst Street, express buses, murder, #FordNation
- The TTC would like to increase fares by 10 cents a ride in the coming year, to help finance basic repairs and services. CityNews reports.
- Facing public furor, Metrolinx has decided not to try to close off Bathurst Street at Eglinton for seven months to try to speed Eglinton Crosstown construction. Global News reports.
- Steve Munro is critical of the TTC’s new express buses running on many major arteries, seeing them as mainly cosmetic in effect.
- Wendy Gillis at the Toronto Star writes about the reactions, one year later, to the murders committed by the Church and Wellesley killer.
- Richard Florida at CityLab summarizes the factors leading to the success of populist Ford Nation, first in Toronto and then in Ontario.
Written by Randy McDonald
January 18, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Economics, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
Tagged with bathurst street, bruce mcarthur, buses, church and wellesley, crime, doug ford, eglinton avenue, Eglinton Crosstown, express buses, ford nation, glbt issues, mass transit, ontario, politics, rob ford, toronto, ttc, Urban Note
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Doug Ford, Ontario Place, rent control, 650 Parliament, cannabis
- This Toronto Life profile examines how Doug Ford managed to get elected premier of Ontario.
- blogTO looks at how the province of Ontario has just taken over Ontario Place, preparing to redevelop this waterfront site in what we fear will be a bad direction.
- blogTO notes how the scrapping of rent control for new units risks making housing still more unaffordable in Toronto.
- Refugees from the 650 Parliament Street disasters are now being billed for their hotel stays, Global News reports.
- NOW Toronto has this first-person essay from Pete Young talking how his cannabis business took him to the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Written by Randy McDonald
November 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Economics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
Tagged with 650 parliament street, cabbagetown, doug ford, economics, marijuana, ontario, ontario place, parliament street, politics, three torontos, toronto, Urban Note
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: John Tory, planetarium, condos, Liberty Village, Edward VIII
- Toronto has been unified around John Tory, May Warren argues at the Toronto Star, largely because of Doug Ford.
- Urban Toronto notes an exciting University of Toronto proposal for a new planetarium downtown. I would definitely go for that!
- Urban Toronto notes</u. that excavation has begun for Panda Condominiums, at the former site of the World’s Biggest Book Store.
- blgoTO notes a Liberty Village intersection with massive new projects on every corner.
- Jamie Bradburn looks at the scant traces of King Edward VIII in Toronto, at Yonge and Eglinton and at Exhibition Place.
Written by Randy McDonald
October 30, 2018 at 5:00 pm
Posted in Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Toronto, Urban Note
Tagged with astronomy, condos, doug ford, edward viii, exhibition place, history, john tory, liberty village, neighbourhoods, ontario, panda condominiums, planetarium, politics, space science, toronto, university of toronto, Urban Note, world's biggest bookstore, yonge and eglinton