James Wardlaw
@jameswardlaw.bsky.social
Reposted by James Wardlaw
Reposted by James Wardlaw
City Council is considering a bylaw that could limit our Charter-protected right to protest.
With Trump attacking Canada’s sovereignty and protest rights in the U.S., we must defend our Canadian rights and freedoms.
Tell your councillor and the Mayor: www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
With Trump attacking Canada’s sovereignty and protest rights in the U.S., we must defend our Canadian rights and freedoms.
Tell your councillor and the Mayor: www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
Petition: Protect Our Freedom to Picket & Protest — Progress Toronto
As Trump threatens our sovereignty, now more than ever we need to protect our Charter Rights and Freedoms. Sign our petition to tell city councillors and the mayor to defend your right to protest, str...
www.progresstoronto.ca
April 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
City Council is considering a bylaw that could limit our Charter-protected right to protest.
With Trump attacking Canada’s sovereignty and protest rights in the U.S., we must defend our Canadian rights and freedoms.
Tell your councillor and the Mayor: www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
With Trump attacking Canada’s sovereignty and protest rights in the U.S., we must defend our Canadian rights and freedoms.
Tell your councillor and the Mayor: www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro...
A lot of people worked hard for a long time to make this happen. Huge news for the labour movement and the college system.
opseu.org/news/after-2...
opseu.org/news/after-2...
After 20 year battle, over 16,000 part-time and sessional college faculty across Ontario join OPSEU/SEFPO in one of largest organizing drives in Canadian history
Toronto, ON – College faculty union leaders had much to celebrate around the historic table at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) today. After a long day sorting through thousands of ballots, w...
opseu.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A lot of people worked hard for a long time to make this happen. Huge news for the labour movement and the college system.
opseu.org/news/after-2...
opseu.org/news/after-2...
Pierre Poilievre used to work for Frank Stronach.
NEW: Canada Proud has launched attack ads linking Mark Carney to the ‘notorious pedophile’ Jeffrey Epstein
Pierre Poilievre’s office won’t say if it condones the conservative group’s ads juxtaposing Canada’s prime minister with a “global child sex trafficking ring”
Pierre Poilievre’s office won’t say if it condones the conservative group’s ads juxtaposing Canada’s prime minister with a “global child sex trafficking ring”
Canada Proud Launches Attack Ads Linking Mark Carney to ‘Notorious Pedophile’ Jeffrey Epstein
Pierre Poilievre’s office won’t say if it condones conservative group’s ads juxtaposing prime minister with a “global child sex trafficking ring”
pressprogress.ca
March 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Pierre Poilievre used to work for Frank Stronach.
Amazing news! Go @amapceo.bsky.social!
March 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Amazing news! Go @amapceo.bsky.social!
I’d love it if my (Toronto) city councillor offered updates like this, instead of going on TV to whine about the consequences of the low tax agenda he’s been advancing for years as if he’s not at all responsible for them.
Snow removal is happening tonight on Kent, Lyon, Sparks and Slater. I know that you are all very frustrated and that some side streets like Gilmour and MacLaren are absolute fortresses. We appreciate your patience and I will pass on more information when I have it.
February 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I’d love it if my (Toronto) city councillor offered updates like this, instead of going on TV to whine about the consequences of the low tax agenda he’s been advancing for years as if he’s not at all responsible for them.
Reposted by James Wardlaw
Ontario has the lowest levels of well-being of any Canadian province, according to new StatCan data. See below the analysis by my colleague @carolinaaragao.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
February 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ontario has the lowest levels of well-being of any Canadian province, according to new StatCan data. See below the analysis by my colleague @carolinaaragao.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Reposted by James Wardlaw
Doug Ford failed to build housing or check speculation, stoking housing prices to new highs until the market exploded, spreading economic damage
Ontario now has higher than national average unemployment, lower average wages and stalled retail sales
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
Ontario now has higher than national average unemployment, lower average wages and stalled retail sales
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
Doug Ford stoked housing prices, then crashed them, leaving economic destruction
The damage from Ford's housing failure can be seen in lower retail sales, higher unemployment and slumping average wage -- while other provinces prosper.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Doug Ford failed to build housing or check speculation, stoking housing prices to new highs until the market exploded, spreading economic damage
Ontario now has higher than national average unemployment, lower average wages and stalled retail sales
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
Ontario now has higher than national average unemployment, lower average wages and stalled retail sales
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
It was a much better service when they mailed you DVDs. Incredible selection. All kinds of things you couldn’t get at the video store
There were better shows on Netflix when it cost $10 a month
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It was a much better service when they mailed you DVDs. Incredible selection. All kinds of things you couldn’t get at the video store
Reposted by James Wardlaw
SCOOP: Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content"
www.usermag.co
January 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
SCOOP: Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
The number one movie at the box office on your 10th birthday is how 2025 will turn out for you.
Oh no.
Oh no.
January 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The number one movie at the box office on your 10th birthday is how 2025 will turn out for you.
Oh no.
Oh no.
Reposted by James Wardlaw
I know people love taking Ubers and have their food delivered.
Next time you do, I hope you think about this “atypical” (as Uber says) experience.
www.thestar.com/business/i-w...
Next time you do, I hope you think about this “atypical” (as Uber says) experience.
www.thestar.com/business/i-w...
I went undercover as an Uber Eats courier and made just $1.74 per hour online. Here’s what I learned about the troubling cost of convenience
For six weeks, I hustled for orders and made a shockingly low wage. Uber says my experience was 'atypical' — but workers I spoke to say differently.
www.thestar.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:19 PM
I know people love taking Ubers and have their food delivered.
Next time you do, I hope you think about this “atypical” (as Uber says) experience.
www.thestar.com/business/i-w...
Next time you do, I hope you think about this “atypical” (as Uber says) experience.
www.thestar.com/business/i-w...
Reposted by James Wardlaw
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2024 at 8:16 PM
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
Great news!
✊🎉WE HAVE A DEAL 🎉✊
We are thrilled to announce we have reached a tentative three-year agreement with @nytimes.com, pending ratification by our members. There’s so much to share but here are just a few highlights of the deal:
We are thrilled to announce we have reached a tentative three-year agreement with @nytimes.com, pending ratification by our members. There’s so much to share but here are just a few highlights of the deal:
December 12, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Great news!
I hope today you said the names of the women killed at Ecole Polytechnique 35 years ago.
If you’d like to think a little about the language that’s sometimes used when we talk about gendered violence, you might enjoy this from @radiolab.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2zhe...
If you’d like to think a little about the language that’s sometimes used when we talk about gendered violence, you might enjoy this from @radiolab.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2zhe...
How Stockholm Stuck
Radiolab · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:45 AM
I hope today you said the names of the women killed at Ecole Polytechnique 35 years ago.
If you’d like to think a little about the language that’s sometimes used when we talk about gendered violence, you might enjoy this from @radiolab.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2zhe...
If you’d like to think a little about the language that’s sometimes used when we talk about gendered violence, you might enjoy this from @radiolab.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2zhe...
They used MZOs to stop affordable housing from being built in communities that were asking for affordable housing
#Breaking: Ford government’s Ontario Place redevelopment was ‘not fair, transparent or accountable,’ auditor general finds in scathing report
Ford government’s Ontario Place redevelopment was ‘not fair, transparent or accountable,’ auditor general finds in scathing report
Ford's decision to close supervised drug consumption sites near schools and daycares was made "without proper planning," the AG said.
www.thestar.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:19 PM
They used MZOs to stop affordable housing from being built in communities that were asking for affordable housing
December 2, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Reposted by James Wardlaw
This is proof they know what they're doing will kill or injure people. This is a malevolent gov't. Treating it as rational is a pantomime of some fantasy benign and good faith politics of yesterlore that doesn't exist. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford government to ban lawsuits against province if cyclists are hurt or killed on streets where bike lanes were removed
Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria tells cyclists: for your own safety, stay off Bloor, Yonge and University when bike lanes are removed.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:40 AM
This is proof they know what they're doing will kill or injure people. This is a malevolent gov't. Treating it as rational is a pantomime of some fantasy benign and good faith politics of yesterlore that doesn't exist. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Reposted by James Wardlaw
This Day in Labor History: November 21, 1927. Colorado state police massacred six striking coal miners at the Columbine Mine in Serene, in what was just one of so many instances in American history of government using police forces as the private strikebreaking army of employers!
November 21, 2024 at 2:17 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 21, 1927. Colorado state police massacred six striking coal miners at the Columbine Mine in Serene, in what was just one of so many instances in American history of government using police forces as the private strikebreaking army of employers!
On December 31, 2019 I made two resolutions: to spend more time alone, and to learn how to make sourdough bread. I’m so sorry
I blame this fortune cookie that I got in May 2016, about 6 weeks before the Brexit vote.
November 19, 2024 at 12:56 AM
On December 31, 2019 I made two resolutions: to spend more time alone, and to learn how to make sourdough bread. I’m so sorry
Reposted by James Wardlaw
If you benefited from paid maternity leave in Canada (or parental leave), you must support CUPW postal workers on strike today.
History lesson from the Toronto & York Region Labour Council Labour 150 project: labour150.ca/maternity-le...
History lesson from the Toronto & York Region Labour Council Labour 150 project: labour150.ca/maternity-le...
Maternity Leave by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers
The struggle for maternity leave by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) serves as a particularly powerful lesson on how Canadians won key social benefits. The Treasury Board of Canada, with wh...
labour150.ca
November 15, 2024 at 7:35 PM
If you benefited from paid maternity leave in Canada (or parental leave), you must support CUPW postal workers on strike today.
History lesson from the Toronto & York Region Labour Council Labour 150 project: labour150.ca/maternity-le...
History lesson from the Toronto & York Region Labour Council Labour 150 project: labour150.ca/maternity-le...