@sbuchananto.bsky.social
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TEA's Sarah Buchanan spoke to @nowtoronto.bsky.social about the damage caused by Ford's attack on Toronto's green roof bylaw ➡️ nowtoronto.com/news/this-ex... #topoli
‘It’s anti-science,’ This expert is sounding the alarm on climate change effects after Ford government scraps Toronto’s Green Roof Bylaw - NOW Toronto
The Ontario government ended a policy that required new buildings in the city to have a green roof, and one expert warns of consequences.
nowtoronto.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
TEA's Sarah Buchanan spoke to @nowtoronto.bsky.social about the damage caused by Ford's attack on Toronto's green roof bylaw ➡️ nowtoronto.com/news/this-ex... #topoli
Wait are the feds now greenwashing their own greenwashing rules
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Wait are the feds now greenwashing their own greenwashing rules
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The public wants buildings that are climate-safe, well-built, efficient & affordable to operate. Check out our new poll showing strong local support in Toronto for green building requirements. https://loom.ly/MeYNQkk
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The public wants buildings that are climate-safe, well-built, efficient & affordable to operate. Check out our new poll showing strong local support in Toronto for green building requirements. https://loom.ly/MeYNQkk
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Summer should be a time to enjoy being outside, not feel anxiety & isolation under smoky skies.
It's ok to feel like this isn't normal. These #wildfires are fueled by tinder dry forests from a warming planet. To fight them, we must stop burning climate-heating fossil fuels.
But you're not alone!
It's ok to feel like this isn't normal. These #wildfires are fueled by tinder dry forests from a warming planet. To fight them, we must stop burning climate-heating fossil fuels.
But you're not alone!
August 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Summer should be a time to enjoy being outside, not feel anxiety & isolation under smoky skies.
It's ok to feel like this isn't normal. These #wildfires are fueled by tinder dry forests from a warming planet. To fight them, we must stop burning climate-heating fossil fuels.
But you're not alone!
It's ok to feel like this isn't normal. These #wildfires are fueled by tinder dry forests from a warming planet. To fight them, we must stop burning climate-heating fossil fuels.
But you're not alone!
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If you are one of the 75,000 people who take the TTC on Dufferin & Bathurst every day, you know this view: stuck in traffic.
We urge Council to support these vital transit lanes today including plans from @MayorOliviaChow & @BravoDavenport to get moving on lanes north of Bloor.
We urge Council to support these vital transit lanes today including plans from @MayorOliviaChow & @BravoDavenport to get moving on lanes north of Bloor.
July 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you are one of the 75,000 people who take the TTC on Dufferin & Bathurst every day, you know this view: stuck in traffic.
We urge Council to support these vital transit lanes today including plans from @MayorOliviaChow & @BravoDavenport to get moving on lanes north of Bloor.
We urge Council to support these vital transit lanes today including plans from @MayorOliviaChow & @BravoDavenport to get moving on lanes north of Bloor.
In which @graphicmatt.com calls the case for bus lanes on Dufferin ‘just an absolute backboard-shattering slam dunk.’
Check your inbox: it’s City Hall Watcher #341!
Your complete July 2025 Council meeting preview, which will feature debates on transit, shelters, rats, coyotes, and snow.
Plus: a thrilling look at land transfer tax revenue projections.
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/council-si...
Your complete July 2025 Council meeting preview, which will feature debates on transit, shelters, rats, coyotes, and snow.
Plus: a thrilling look at land transfer tax revenue projections.
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/council-si...
Council sits for summer for debates on transit, shelters, and snowfall
City Hall Watcher #341: Your complete preview of the July 2025 meeting of Toronto Council, featuring Bathurst & Dufferin transit lanes, rats, coyotes, snow and shelters
toronto.cityhallwatcher.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In which @graphicmatt.com calls the case for bus lanes on Dufferin ‘just an absolute backboard-shattering slam dunk.’
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Council votes Wednesday on these important bus and streetcar lanes,. Make sure to have your voice heard before then!
Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes
Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes
July 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Council votes Wednesday on these important bus and streetcar lanes,. Make sure to have your voice heard before then!
Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes
Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes
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Toronto needs more dedicated transit lanes to move more people. Toronto Region Board of Trade just endorsed both Bathurst & Dufferin #RapidTO lanes up to Eglinton.
Their message?
These lanes are good for business because they are proven to reduce congestion. We need these lanes! #topoli
Their message?
These lanes are good for business because they are proven to reduce congestion. We need these lanes! #topoli
July 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Congrats to @mayoroliviachow.ca & @alejandrabravo.bsky.social on sparking an overhaul of TO's Heat Relief Strategy, including checking on vulnerable populations, funding more water, & considering return of 24/7 cooling centres. Long overdue & needed!
Agenda item: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Agenda item: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Agenda Item History 2025.MM31.21
Agenda Item History 2025.MM31.21
secure.toronto.ca
June 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Congrats to @mayoroliviachow.ca & @alejandrabravo.bsky.social on sparking an overhaul of TO's Heat Relief Strategy, including checking on vulnerable populations, funding more water, & considering return of 24/7 cooling centres. Long overdue & needed!
Agenda item: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Agenda item: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
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We're happy to see the City's heat relief strategy getting a rethink, & hopefully stronger measures to protect Torontonians from heatwaves like this one. Protecting peoples means planning for a much hotter future. #topoli
June 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We're happy to see the City's heat relief strategy getting a rethink, & hopefully stronger measures to protect Torontonians from heatwaves like this one. Protecting peoples means planning for a much hotter future. #topoli
If you want to see faster transit on Bathurst or Dufferin, your voice is needed! Drop ins tonight and beyond.
Do you ride the bus or streetcar on Dufferin or Bathurst? The City needs to hear from you!
The City is looking to implement transit-only lanes on Dufferin & Bathurst south of Eglinton!
Join the public consultations happening until May 20
@ttcriders.bsky.social has more info tcriders.ca/lanes
The City is looking to implement transit-only lanes on Dufferin & Bathurst south of Eglinton!
Join the public consultations happening until May 20
@ttcriders.bsky.social has more info tcriders.ca/lanes
May 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you want to see faster transit on Bathurst or Dufferin, your voice is needed! Drop ins tonight and beyond.
Let’s fight tariffs by generating way more of our own local renewable energy in Toronto instead of buying crappy American gas! Speak up here before next week’s vote: www.torontoenvironment.org/green_soluti...
Tell City Hall: We want local green solutions to Trump tariffs
A Greener City for All
www.torontoenvironment.org
March 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Let’s fight tariffs by generating way more of our own local renewable energy in Toronto instead of buying crappy American gas! Speak up here before next week’s vote: www.torontoenvironment.org/green_soluti...
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This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
Any suggestions for best Canadian-made potato chips?
February 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Any suggestions for best Canadian-made potato chips?
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A developer lobby group is legally challenging local green building policies in Ontario that are meant to make new homes less polluting and more community-friendly.
January 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A developer lobby group is legally challenging local green building policies in Ontario that are meant to make new homes less polluting and more community-friendly.
Great point- this tool could bring in hundreds of millions to sustain big investments into TTC service, flood prevention, climate action….where is it hiding?
One of the most notable things in this budget is what's not in it: Last February, Chow's Executive Committee directed the CFO to report on a commercial parking levy prior to this budget process, but there's nothing (yet) about a parking levy in these documents. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Agenda Item History 2024.EX12.3
Agenda Item History 2024.EX12.3
secure.toronto.ca
January 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Great point- this tool could bring in hundreds of millions to sustain big investments into TTC service, flood prevention, climate action….where is it hiding?
I’ve seen many petitions floating around calling for oil & gas corps to pay for climate disaster damage. I invite ppl to post links to them as replies here so i can sign them all at once. Please also consider supporting the many great orgs pursuing legal action like @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’ve seen many petitions floating around calling for oil & gas corps to pay for climate disaster damage. I invite ppl to post links to them as replies here so i can sign them all at once. Please also consider supporting the many great orgs pursuing legal action like @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social
You know your kid has been inside too long when he starts up an imagination game called Outside World for the whole family
December 30, 2024 at 2:35 PM
You know your kid has been inside too long when he starts up an imagination game called Outside World for the whole family
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The Transportation Tomorrow Survey from 2022 that Minister Sarkaria and Doug Ford were hiding has been released. It shows cycling commute mode share is up 300% in Old Toronto since 2001. Now sitting at 11.3% in Old Toronto wards (4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14), 10x bigger than "1.2%"!
December 26, 2024 at 5:24 PM
The Transportation Tomorrow Survey from 2022 that Minister Sarkaria and Doug Ford were hiding has been released. It shows cycling commute mode share is up 300% in Old Toronto since 2001. Now sitting at 11.3% in Old Toronto wards (4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14), 10x bigger than "1.2%"!
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My @torontostar.bsky.social column: I don’t want to jinx it, but there are signs of surging TTC use in Toronto’s downtown
The TTC & City Hall should seize the opportunity to grow ridership more. Things like undercover fare inspectors won’t help. Better service will.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The TTC & City Hall should seize the opportunity to grow ridership more. Things like undercover fare inspectors won’t help. Better service will.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: TTC ridership downtown is surging. Here’s why I’m worried the transit agency is going to drop the ball
The TTC numbers point to a real opportunity to supercharge ridership — as long as the transit agency doesn’t mess it up.
www.thestar.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:33 PM
My @torontostar.bsky.social column: I don’t want to jinx it, but there are signs of surging TTC use in Toronto’s downtown
The TTC & City Hall should seize the opportunity to grow ridership more. Things like undercover fare inspectors won’t help. Better service will.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The TTC & City Hall should seize the opportunity to grow ridership more. Things like undercover fare inspectors won’t help. Better service will.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Is this really where we’re at? Tricking people into paying fines for a trip that probably took too long and arrived late? Better idea: let’s make transit free and avoid all this crap
TTCRIDERS STATEMENT on Plain Clothes Fare Inspectors:
"Does the #TTC really expect transit riders to hand over their credit and debit cards to strangers claiming to be fare inspectors?"
ttcriders.ca/plainclothes
"Does the #TTC really expect transit riders to hand over their credit and debit cards to strangers claiming to be fare inspectors?"
ttcriders.ca/plainclothes
December 5, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Is this really where we’re at? Tricking people into paying fines for a trip that probably took too long and arrived late? Better idea: let’s make transit free and avoid all this crap
Come say hi tomorrow night at TEA's annual fundraiser - we've got some awesome city-themed trivia in the works, plus the usual merriment and great people! www.torontoenvironment.org/celebration_...
TEA's 2024 Greener City Celebration
On Tuesday, December 3rd, join the Toronto Environmental Alliance for an evening of celebration.
www.torontoenvironment.org
December 2, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Come say hi tomorrow night at TEA's annual fundraiser - we've got some awesome city-themed trivia in the works, plus the usual merriment and great people! www.torontoenvironment.org/celebration_...
Lol "Sarkaria, a Brampton MPP, told reporters Thursday that removing the right to sue is a way to protect cyclists" - they are really scraping the bottom of the comms barrel here: www.thestar.com/news/gta/may...
Mayor Olivia Chow urges Doug Ford to protect cyclists — not his own government from lawsuits
At a press conference Friday, Toronto’s mayor spoke about her own experience of being injured while cycling on Bloor Street without a bike lane.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Lol "Sarkaria, a Brampton MPP, told reporters Thursday that removing the right to sue is a way to protect cyclists" - they are really scraping the bottom of the comms barrel here: www.thestar.com/news/gta/may...
Hi! Finally made the journey over here! What's the advice - do i leave a sad husk of a profile over on X or just bail completely
November 24, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Hi! Finally made the journey over here! What's the advice - do i leave a sad husk of a profile over on X or just bail completely