I'm at the @haaretzcom.bsky.social conference in Toronto today to hear about Israel, Gaza, and what happens next. You can follow along online. www.haaretz.com/peace/2025-0...

Every once in a while, Toronto gets something right.

ANALYSIS: Biidaasige Park shows what Toronto can do when it tries | TVO Today share.google/RGhNOHSxRLEw...

WOW! Big news in the Toronto bike lanes legal challenge story. Hopefully, this will be the end of it, but I expect the Province will appeal, wasting yet more of our money.

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The Ford government's attempts to kill Toronto's green standard, cheered on by RESCON, are not a good look and won't age well. It should be more than evident by now that we can't solve the housing crisis while ignoring the climate crisis. www.thestar.com/news/gta/wit...

Tell Stantec to do the right thing and tear up their ill-advised contract with Doug Ford's government to remove bike lanes in Toronto. If you hold Stantec stock, be sure to mention that.

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"...it’s hard to justify the decision to build a bridge by looking at the number of people swimming across a river." (@thekeenanwire.bsky.social quoting @brenttoderian.bsky.social)

Good planning requires envisioning a future that departs from our present. Otherwise you're reacting, not planning.

One can legitimately disagree with the concept of 15 minute cities, but when baseless accusations are hurled in public forums by those leaning deep into bonkers conspiracy theories, don't be surprised if urban planners push back.

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Setting aside my strong feelings about nuclear, like @mikeschreiner.bsky.social I can't help thinking that renewables should be a much bigger part of Ontario's energy future.

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Lots to digest here. While we've been pulling a lot of land use policy levers in Ontario to try to spur housing construction, there's more we could do and some of that will require addressing the costs of development, including development charges.

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This is one of the better pieces I've seen lately on development charges in Ontario. They do have their place but should be used to help shape the growth of our communities, not penalize young homebuyers while rewarding longtime residents with artificially low property taxes.

I'm surprised but thrilled to be included on this list of people working at the intersection of climate and urban issues. Many thanks to @brenttoderian.bsky.social and @katharinehayhoe.com. I just recently arrived from that other place but am already so glad to be part of this new community.