evan
@evanjohnston.bsky.social
housing worker. socialist. CUPE member.
you can’t be too mad at the local sports columnist for not understanding how taxes work
Toys for tickets is a great idea. Now expand it to our taxes
Toys for tickets is a great idea. Now expand it to our taxes
What if taxpayers could choose an issue they care about and then designate a portion of their taxes to it?
www.thespec.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
you can’t be too mad at the local sports columnist for not understanding how taxes work
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Now on TPR
This morning the City of Hamilton decided to not issue a compliance order for repairs at a rental building that's for sale as a 'solid investment property for repositioning to achieve market rents.'
Tenants are asking City Hall to enforce property standards, save their homes #yhmcc
This morning the City of Hamilton decided to not issue a compliance order for repairs at a rental building that's for sale as a 'solid investment property for repositioning to achieve market rents.'
Tenants are asking City Hall to enforce property standards, save their homes #yhmcc
City Grants Extension on 295 Melvin Ave Property Repairs Despite Tenants' Demands for Enforcement
Landlord marketing building for sale as 'investment property' while long-term tenants worry about potential displacement.
thepublicrecord.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Now on TPR
This morning the City of Hamilton decided to not issue a compliance order for repairs at a rental building that's for sale as a 'solid investment property for repositioning to achieve market rents.'
Tenants are asking City Hall to enforce property standards, save their homes #yhmcc
This morning the City of Hamilton decided to not issue a compliance order for repairs at a rental building that's for sale as a 'solid investment property for repositioning to achieve market rents.'
Tenants are asking City Hall to enforce property standards, save their homes #yhmcc
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A new report obtained exclusively by The Breach shows how Canada’s biggest landlords are profiting from racialized displacement—targeting Black and Arab neighbourhoods, evicting tenants, and driving up rents. breachmedia.ca/financialize...
Financialized landlords are targeting Black and Arab neighbourhoods across Canada ⋆ The Breach
New research reveals how Canada’s biggest landlords squeeze racialized neighbourhoods for profit—buying undervalued housing, evicting tenants, and raising rents
breachmedia.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A new report obtained exclusively by The Breach shows how Canada’s biggest landlords are profiting from racialized displacement—targeting Black and Arab neighbourhoods, evicting tenants, and driving up rents. breachmedia.ca/financialize...
Bill 60 is a generational gift to landlords & a devastating attack on the rights of tenants. Eliminating compensation for N12 evictions, evicting tenants faster for arrears, restricting tenants right to appeal LTB decisions, undermining security of tenure. It’s gasoline on a fire
October 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Bill 60 is a generational gift to landlords & a devastating attack on the rights of tenants. Eliminating compensation for N12 evictions, evicting tenants faster for arrears, restricting tenants right to appeal LTB decisions, undermining security of tenure. It’s gasoline on a fire
Incredible display of contrasts. I like when the consultant speaking in favour of “pragmatism” said the NDP shouldn’t demonize lobbyists and corporations.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Who can rebuild the NDP? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
It’s been about a month since the NDP leadership race began and two main contenders have emerged: longtime climate activist and former broadcaster Avi Lewis, and NDP MP for Edmonton-Strathcona, Heathe...
www.cbc.ca
September 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Incredible display of contrasts. I like when the consultant speaking in favour of “pragmatism” said the NDP shouldn’t demonize lobbyists and corporations.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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The deep spending cuts called for by PM Carney’s government yesterday will only weaken the programs that people depend on. This could result in thousands of public service job cuts impacting PSAC members, their families and communities across the country. 1/2
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Mark Carney’s cabinet told to present savings plans by the end of the summer
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, along with Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali, issued letters to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet on Monday, asking them to present plans by the end...
www.ctvnews.ca
July 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The deep spending cuts called for by PM Carney’s government yesterday will only weaken the programs that people depend on. This could result in thousands of public service job cuts impacting PSAC members, their families and communities across the country. 1/2
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
shoutout to our remote Mississauga MP for Hamilton Centre, Aslam Rana,who decided to litter the corner of a vacant property at the end of our street with these pointless signs for Canada Day
July 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
shoutout to our remote Mississauga MP for Hamilton Centre, Aslam Rana,who decided to litter the corner of a vacant property at the end of our street with these pointless signs for Canada Day
everybody who yaps about how unsafe downtown hamilton is has clearly never tried walking through the Centre Mall parking lot
June 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
everybody who yaps about how unsafe downtown hamilton is has clearly never tried walking through the Centre Mall parking lot
This is a highly inappropriate use of an N5 by Greenwin. It is simply anti-democratic and anti-free speech.
www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
Tenant faces eviction threat after trying to organize residents in downtown highrise
Landlord says neighbours complained about man delivering flyers in building
www.thespec.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is a highly inappropriate use of an N5 by Greenwin. It is simply anti-democratic and anti-free speech.
www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
In solidarity with striking IUOE Local 772 workers at Hamilton Water! ✊🚰
May 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In solidarity with striking IUOE Local 772 workers at Hamilton Water! ✊🚰
What Cohn can’t comprehend is that the NDP, for whatever its faults, is an organizational expression of the working classes’ need for independent political action. It’s only by organizing independently of the bosses parties that working people have ever made gains. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Martin Regg Cohn: There’s only one path to survival for the New Democrats
While Canada’s New Democrats were railing against Donald Trump on the campaign trial this past month, America’s Democrats were also targeting Trump with their own campaign of organized rallies across
www.thestar.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
What Cohn can’t comprehend is that the NDP, for whatever its faults, is an organizational expression of the working classes’ need for independent political action. It’s only by organizing independently of the bosses parties that working people have ever made gains. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
“The foundations of social democracy have been sapped for decades in Canada. The class basis for new radical ideas needs to be built anew from struggle. Ideas can change and there are real openings to advance a working-class alternative…“
@springmagca.bsky.social
springmag.ca/undercurrent...
@springmagca.bsky.social
springmag.ca/undercurrent...
Undercurrents of reaction: Carney wins, Cons surge, NDP crashes - Spring
Election night could be simply summed as thus: a collapsing NDP allowed the Liberals to hang onto a minority against a surging Conservative Party. While some breathe a sigh of relief at avoiding a Poi...
springmag.ca
May 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“The foundations of social democracy have been sapped for decades in Canada. The class basis for new radical ideas needs to be built anew from struggle. Ideas can change and there are real openings to advance a working-class alternative…“
@springmagca.bsky.social
springmag.ca/undercurrent...
@springmagca.bsky.social
springmag.ca/undercurrent...
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It is a sombre May Day as a new vector of attack on our communities is here with Bill 6—the new 'Safer' Municipalities Act—we have to remember this day is for all of the working class, no matter if we are judged as productive or criminalized by the state and the ruling class. 1/2
May 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It is a sombre May Day as a new vector of attack on our communities is here with Bill 6—the new 'Safer' Municipalities Act—we have to remember this day is for all of the working class, no matter if we are judged as productive or criminalized by the state and the ruling class. 1/2
waking up to my annual tradition of listening to the inimitable peter linebaugh tell the story of may day on @democracynow.org
m.youtube.com/watch?si=9rI...
m.youtube.com/watch?si=9rI...
Historian Peter Linebaugh on "The Incomplete, True, Authentic & Wonderful History of May Day"
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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May 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
waking up to my annual tradition of listening to the inimitable peter linebaugh tell the story of may day on @democracynow.org
m.youtube.com/watch?si=9rI...
m.youtube.com/watch?si=9rI...
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Over 200 CUPE 2073 members at Canadian Hearing Services are on strike after CHS refused to bargain fairly.
These workers deliver vital services to Deaf and hard of hearing Ontarians. They deserve respect and a fair contract.
Solidarity! ✊
These workers deliver vital services to Deaf and hard of hearing Ontarians. They deserve respect and a fair contract.
Solidarity! ✊
April 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Over 200 CUPE 2073 members at Canadian Hearing Services are on strike after CHS refused to bargain fairly.
These workers deliver vital services to Deaf and hard of hearing Ontarians. They deserve respect and a fair contract.
Solidarity! ✊
These workers deliver vital services to Deaf and hard of hearing Ontarians. They deserve respect and a fair contract.
Solidarity! ✊
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Hundreds of people are at Hamilton City Hall to mark the Day of Mourning
The recent workplace death of City of Hamilton worker Nabil El Ahmed is felt in the room. His family and friends shed tears as a co-worker spoke about his life. Ceremony will walk to Bay and Main for 630pm. Open to all #HamOnt
The recent workplace death of City of Hamilton worker Nabil El Ahmed is felt in the room. His family and friends shed tears as a co-worker spoke about his life. Ceremony will walk to Bay and Main for 630pm. Open to all #HamOnt
April 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Hundreds of people are at Hamilton City Hall to mark the Day of Mourning
The recent workplace death of City of Hamilton worker Nabil El Ahmed is felt in the room. His family and friends shed tears as a co-worker spoke about his life. Ceremony will walk to Bay and Main for 630pm. Open to all #HamOnt
The recent workplace death of City of Hamilton worker Nabil El Ahmed is felt in the room. His family and friends shed tears as a co-worker spoke about his life. Ceremony will walk to Bay and Main for 630pm. Open to all #HamOnt
Excellent summary of Trump’s use of tariffs by the late Fred Goldstein: “in a tariff war between the bosses, as in any war, the workers are the real casualties.”
March 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Excellent summary of Trump’s use of tariffs by the late Fred Goldstein: “in a tariff war between the bosses, as in any war, the workers are the real casualties.”
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For as long as this tariff circus plays out, the obscenely wealthy Canadian elite will mobilize maudlin patriotism to get you to buy their shit, even while they raise prices way beyond what they would 'need' to to cover their extra costs. YOU will pay for the trade war, Galen Weston will not.
February 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
For as long as this tariff circus plays out, the obscenely wealthy Canadian elite will mobilize maudlin patriotism to get you to buy their shit, even while they raise prices way beyond what they would 'need' to to cover their extra costs. YOU will pay for the trade war, Galen Weston will not.
very cool to get a phone call from
someone in Guelph to back their preferred candidate (also from Guelph) to be the NDP nominee in Hamilton Centre.
(no one should be seeking the ndp nomination for hamilton centre)
someone in Guelph to back their preferred candidate (also from Guelph) to be the NDP nominee in Hamilton Centre.
(no one should be seeking the ndp nomination for hamilton centre)
February 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
very cool to get a phone call from
someone in Guelph to back their preferred candidate (also from Guelph) to be the NDP nominee in Hamilton Centre.
(no one should be seeking the ndp nomination for hamilton centre)
someone in Guelph to back their preferred candidate (also from Guelph) to be the NDP nominee in Hamilton Centre.
(no one should be seeking the ndp nomination for hamilton centre)
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Meet Kojo Damptey, the Ontario NDP candidate for Hamilton Mountain for the upcoming provincial election.
#HamOnt #HamOntMtn #onpoli
#HamOnt #HamOntMtn #onpoli
February 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Meet Kojo Damptey, the Ontario NDP candidate for Hamilton Mountain for the upcoming provincial election.
#HamOnt #HamOntMtn #onpoli
#HamOnt #HamOntMtn #onpoli
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New from me:
A column on why Sarah Jama is likely to win in Hamilton Centre.
- Her independent riding association raised $34K in just one month in 2023
- They can spend reach the ~$110K campaign limit
- The other parties do not have local campaigns that can compete. #HamOnt #yhmvote
A column on why Sarah Jama is likely to win in Hamilton Centre.
- Her independent riding association raised $34K in just one month in 2023
- They can spend reach the ~$110K campaign limit
- The other parties do not have local campaigns that can compete. #HamOnt #yhmvote
COLEMAN: Why Sarah Jama Is Likely to Win Re-Election in Hamilton Centre
She has a strong independent riding association with money in the bank, committed and experienced volunteers, and highly motivated supporters. Plus, the other parties are not putting up a challenge.
www.thepublicrecord.ca
January 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM