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Great Star story.
"the Carpenters council leaders praised Ford in Progressive Conservative campaign literature, endorsing the premier for re-election"
Despite a score of only 52% on the proposal, they got $14M.
Taxpayer-funded payback for friends of Ford and the PCs?
#OnPoli #GiftLink 🎁
"the Carpenters council leaders praised Ford in Progressive Conservative campaign literature, endorsing the premier for re-election"
Despite a score of only 52% on the proposal, they got $14M.
Taxpayer-funded payback for friends of Ford and the PCs?
#OnPoli #GiftLink 🎁
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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CEO of Keel Digital Solutions is Rob Godfrey, Paul Godfrey's son.
Godfrey is fmr prez and CEO of Postmedia, controlled by a NJ hedge fund of Trump's friends. They owned the National Enquirer, which ran catch and kill for Trump for decades.
Postmedia owns the vast majority of newspapers in Canada.
Godfrey is fmr prez and CEO of Postmedia, controlled by a NJ hedge fund of Trump's friends. They owned the National Enquirer, which ran catch and kill for Trump for decades.
Postmedia owns the vast majority of newspapers in Canada.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
CEO of Keel Digital Solutions is Rob Godfrey, Paul Godfrey's son.
Godfrey is fmr prez and CEO of Postmedia, controlled by a NJ hedge fund of Trump's friends. They owned the National Enquirer, which ran catch and kill for Trump for decades.
Postmedia owns the vast majority of newspapers in Canada.
Godfrey is fmr prez and CEO of Postmedia, controlled by a NJ hedge fund of Trump's friends. They owned the National Enquirer, which ran catch and kill for Trump for decades.
Postmedia owns the vast majority of newspapers in Canada.
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Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Lets work our way backwards. Shall we? Of note a donors list with a cuppla people one t who share the same surname. www.sootoday.com/local-news/b...
#Onpoli #StrongMayors
#Onpoli #StrongMayors
Big money backed Shoemaker in last year’s mayoral race
Matthew Shoemaker’s successful mayoral campaign had 32 big-money contributors of $1,000 or more
www.sootoday.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Lets work our way backwards. Shall we? Of note a donors list with a cuppla people one t who share the same surname. www.sootoday.com/local-news/b...
#Onpoli #StrongMayors
#Onpoli #StrongMayors
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"A government needs to know when to walk away, to break a promise even. Not only would a deal with Trump be subject to sudden dismantling, the cost of securing one — what Canada would have to give up — is unlikely to be worth the expected returns."
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
Will Canada get a good trade deal from Trump? No. Should we try for one anyway? I'm not so sure anymore.
Welcome to Deal or No Deal: No Deal Edition!
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/deal-or-no...
Welcome to Deal or No Deal: No Deal Edition!
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/deal-or-no...
Deal Or No Deal: No Deal Edition
Canada isn't going to get a fair and lasting deal from Donald Trump. As Lao Tzu said: You gotta know when to fold 'em.
www.davidmoscrop.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"A government needs to know when to walk away, to break a promise even. Not only would a deal with Trump be subject to sudden dismantling, the cost of securing one — what Canada would have to give up — is unlikely to be worth the expected returns."
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
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November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As for the husband so for the wife.
As for the father so for the son.
#Fordnation keeps the #skillsdevelopmentfunding in the family
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #ParisWedding #WillyNiceDay #Onpoli
As for the father so for the son.
#Fordnation keeps the #skillsdevelopmentfunding in the family
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #ParisWedding #WillyNiceDay #Onpoli
Another dental sector biz that got millions in Ontario labour funds had ties to then-minister’s wife
The company of a dentist-turned-businessman who worked with the ex-minister’s wife through another organization received $5.1 million of taxpayer funds
www.thetrillium.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As for the husband so for the wife.
As for the father so for the son.
#Fordnation keeps the #skillsdevelopmentfunding in the family
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #ParisWedding #WillyNiceDay #Onpoli
As for the father so for the son.
#Fordnation keeps the #skillsdevelopmentfunding in the family
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #ParisWedding #WillyNiceDay #Onpoli
ugh
SkyService is owned by InStar Asset Management.
Founder Gregory Smith was formerly managing partner of Brookfield Financial.
Helping Trump disappear people is probably pretty lucrative. #IDUPlaybook
Here's his LinkedIn profile.
www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-s...
Founder Gregory Smith was formerly managing partner of Brookfield Financial.
Helping Trump disappear people is probably pretty lucrative. #IDUPlaybook
Here's his LinkedIn profile.
www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-s...
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
ugh
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By the time this term is up Ford will have seized control of everything:
Ontario government threatens to assume control of real estate regulator
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
Ontario government threatens to assume control of real estate regulator
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
Ford government threatens RECO takeover, says regulator has 15 days to respond
The Ford government says it’s considering assuming control ‘to prevent serious harm to the public’ after an audit of the regulator’s handling of the iPro scandal.
www.thestar.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
By the time this term is up Ford will have seized control of everything:
Ontario government threatens to assume control of real estate regulator
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
Ontario government threatens to assume control of real estate regulator
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wow. Just wow. #onpoli
Last week, MPP Sol Mamakwa and I pressed the Ford government on why Ontario taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the legal fallout of their unconstitutional Bill 5. Ontarians shouldn’t pay for this government’s mistakes. #onpoli
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Wow. Just wow. #onpoli
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Last week, MPP Sol Mamakwa and I pressed the Ford government on why Ontario taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the legal fallout of their unconstitutional Bill 5. Ontarians shouldn’t pay for this government’s mistakes. #onpoli
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Last week, MPP Sol Mamakwa and I pressed the Ford government on why Ontario taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the legal fallout of their unconstitutional Bill 5. Ontarians shouldn’t pay for this government’s mistakes. #onpoli
So *irregularities* discovered via a two year old *forensic audit* have gone *directly* to the O.P.P who didn't want to touch the irregular Greenbelt stuff with a ten foot pole ....👀
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Ford government sends audit of company involved in Skills Development Fund controversy to OPP
The province says it sent police details of a ‘forensic audit’ of a company it’s paid $37M, and whose lobbyist’s Parisian wedding was recently attended by the labour minister
www.thetrillium.ca
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
So *irregularities* discovered via a two year old *forensic audit* have gone *directly* to the O.P.P who didn't want to touch the irregular Greenbelt stuff with a ten foot pole ....👀
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Ford government sends audit of company involved in Skills Development Fund controversy to OPP
The province says it sent police details of a ‘forensic audit’ of a company it’s paid $37M, and whose lobbyist’s Parisian wedding was recently attended by the labour minister
www.thetrillium.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So *irregularities* discovered via a two year old *forensic audit* have gone *directly* to the O.P.P who didn't want to touch the irregular Greenbelt stuff with a ten foot pole ....👀
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Hmmm...(cough) isn't this interesting? Formerly on the Board of the Ontario Arts Council. Currently holding appointments at The Law Society of Ontario and the Child and Family Services Review Board. And now another new and sparkly appointment from the Ford Government: www.ontario.ca/orders-in-co...
Order in Council 1334/2025
www.ontario.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hmmm...(cough) isn't this interesting? Formerly on the Board of the Ontario Arts Council. Currently holding appointments at The Law Society of Ontario and the Child and Family Services Review Board. And now another new and sparkly appointment from the Ford Government: www.ontario.ca/orders-in-co...
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Honestly if there's any job that can be done by an unthinking, unfeeling machine with an error rate of 60%, it's whatever soulless bullshit happens at private equity firms lol
Private equity firm to cut staff in favour of AI
Private equity firm to cut staff in favour of AI
Software-focused buyout shop will use technology to trim roles making investor presentations and aggregate data
www.irishtimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Honestly if there's any job that can be done by an unthinking, unfeeling machine with an error rate of 60%, it's whatever soulless bullshit happens at private equity firms lol
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RON SINGS "IT"S ONLY A DREAM" WRITTEN BY NEIL YOUNG
YouTube video by Rawnboy
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November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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See post following repost. (It has read corporate to me.)
"sugar daddy federalism":
"The Martin style ..... seems to have been brought over from the corporate world. It is the style not of public affairs but of private charity. The man of money decides what donations to make to causes he favours.'
"sugar daddy federalism":
"The Martin style ..... seems to have been brought over from the corporate world. It is the style not of public affairs but of private charity. The man of money decides what donations to make to causes he favours.'
Instead of emulating Pearson by revitalizing FMCs to deliberate collaboratively - and to some extent publicly - nation-building projects, Ottawa seems to prefer bilateral conversations after which new projects are announced.
This is reminiscent of what…
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
This is reminiscent of what…
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Next round of major projects getting government fast-track coming Thursday: Carney
The second round of major so-called nation-building projects will be announced this Thursday in Prince Rupert, B.C., Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
See post following repost. (It has read corporate to me.)
"sugar daddy federalism":
"The Martin style ..... seems to have been brought over from the corporate world. It is the style not of public affairs but of private charity. The man of money decides what donations to make to causes he favours.'
"sugar daddy federalism":
"The Martin style ..... seems to have been brought over from the corporate world. It is the style not of public affairs but of private charity. The man of money decides what donations to make to causes he favours.'
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As the "government designates resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to Canada’s intelligence service & law enforcement agencies. Critics worry this opens a door to corporate influence over surveillance of groups and individuals..."
The day pipeline security followed reporter @writermjs.bsky.social — and what he’s learned since about CSIS — has him asking a lot of questions. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
As the "government designates resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to Canada’s intelligence service & law enforcement agencies. Critics worry this opens a door to corporate influence over surveillance of groups and individuals..."
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Greenwashing rules to be scaled back.
The oil lobby group "Pathways" representing Canada's 6 biggest oil corps pulled its entire website after these rules were first implemented last year.
But now the Carney gov's own budget is also called Pathways".
The oil lobby group "Pathways" representing Canada's 6 biggest oil corps pulled its entire website after these rules were first implemented last year.
But now the Carney gov's own budget is also called Pathways".
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Greenwashing rules to be scaled back.
The oil lobby group "Pathways" representing Canada's 6 biggest oil corps pulled its entire website after these rules were first implemented last year.
But now the Carney gov's own budget is also called Pathways".
The oil lobby group "Pathways" representing Canada's 6 biggest oil corps pulled its entire website after these rules were first implemented last year.
But now the Carney gov's own budget is also called Pathways".
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of course it's LIUNA (least surprising thing ever) globalnews.ca/news/1152044...
Labour Minister tells Ford-friendly union it will be tapped to build Hwy. 401 tunnel | Globalnews.ca
In a video posted to social media, Labour Minister David Piccini told members of a private sector union they'd be tapped to build Hwy. 413 and the 401 tunnel.
globalnews.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
of course it's LIUNA (least surprising thing ever) globalnews.ca/news/1152044...