@richvaughan.bsky.social
Lover of people, parks, bikes, musique québécoise, transit, abundant housing and all things good.
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With the budget out it is clear the feds are off tune on housing, again. No minister could play the LPC policy song book well, but Robertson is making ears bleed. If you're a Liberal this article should keep you up at night because the warnings it holds are hard to ignore.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
With the budget out it is clear the feds are off tune on housing, again. No minister could play the LPC policy song book well, but Robertson is making ears bleed. If you're a Liberal this article should keep you up at night because the warnings it holds are hard to ignore.
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Cyclists, don't forget to wear hi viz!
August 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Cyclists, don't forget to wear hi viz!
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In 2021, I read a high-speed rail analysis from Munk School's Global Economic Policy Lab suggesting HSR from Toronto-Montreal would cost ~$12 Billion, and in 2025 the gov received a cost estimate of $60-$90B (for a route 47% longer) and thought it was so cheap it might be impossible...
July 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In 2021, I read a high-speed rail analysis from Munk School's Global Economic Policy Lab suggesting HSR from Toronto-Montreal would cost ~$12 Billion, and in 2025 the gov received a cost estimate of $60-$90B (for a route 47% longer) and thought it was so cheap it might be impossible...
94% of Parisians live within a 5min walk of a bakery while Toronto's new plan to allow more neighbourhood retail wants to keep bakeries banned from most streets in city. Email your councillor and EHON@toronto.ca to remind them they represent the biggest city in Canada. #TOpoli
June 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
94% of Parisians live within a 5min walk of a bakery while Toronto's new plan to allow more neighbourhood retail wants to keep bakeries banned from most streets in city. Email your councillor and EHON@toronto.ca to remind them they represent the biggest city in Canada. #TOpoli
This is believable and another reason to end exclusionary zoning and reduce car-dependancy in North America. Car seat rules matter less when you can walk to daycare, school, and the grocery store.
May 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is believable and another reason to end exclusionary zoning and reduce car-dependancy in North America. Car seat rules matter less when you can walk to daycare, school, and the grocery store.
Was driving (not biking cause had gear & infant is too young for a bike seat) and Waze recommended taking Augusta. Kensington is full of cars even though no room for pedestrians and surveys show 95% of ppl want it pedestrianized. Toronto can't give the people 1 decent car-free street. 🤦♂️ #TOpoli
May 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Was driving (not biking cause had gear & infant is too young for a bike seat) and Waze recommended taking Augusta. Kensington is full of cars even though no room for pedestrians and surveys show 95% of ppl want it pedestrianized. Toronto can't give the people 1 decent car-free street. 🤦♂️ #TOpoli
Minority governments are better for Canada (regardlessof party). Forces parties to cooperate, compromise and spend less time undoing what the previous government put in place.
"What is the best outcome for Canada this election?"
Majority government: 53%
Minority government: 20%
Unsure: 27%
Ipsos / April 19, 2025 / n=1001 / Online
Majority government: 53%
Minority government: 20%
Unsure: 27%
Ipsos / April 19, 2025 / n=1001 / Online
April 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Minority governments are better for Canada (regardlessof party). Forces parties to cooperate, compromise and spend less time undoing what the previous government put in place.
I'm so excited for Demidov's game even though I expect it to be nothing compared to the great Ryan Poehling's debut game with hat trick and overtime winner. #gohabsgo
You know them, you love them, the new Habs bromance:
Ivan Demidov & Lane Hutson
Ivan Demidov & Lane Hutson
April 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'm so excited for Demidov's game even though I expect it to be nothing compared to the great Ryan Poehling's debut game with hat trick and overtime winner. #gohabsgo
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Stephen Holyday's views on the proper role of government.
March 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Stephen Holyday's views on the proper role of government.
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Good morning. So-called “inclusionary zoning” is a tax on new affordable housing that raises overall rents in exchange for a handful of means-tested units for literal lottery winners. It’s bad policy that hurts most of the people it’s supposed to help and we should stop doing it.
March 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Good morning. So-called “inclusionary zoning” is a tax on new affordable housing that raises overall rents in exchange for a handful of means-tested units for literal lottery winners. It’s bad policy that hurts most of the people it’s supposed to help and we should stop doing it.
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Canada should now do what many have suggested to hit back against the US with non-tariff measures: jailbreak all American tech and stop enforcing US copyright in Canada.
pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/b...
pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/b...
Pluralistic: Canada shouldn’t retaliate with US tariffs; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 6 – CONCLUSION) (15 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
March 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Canada should now do what many have suggested to hit back against the US with non-tariff measures: jailbreak all American tech and stop enforcing US copyright in Canada.
pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/b...
pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/b...
I hope no one is taking the king/dundas streetcars today. Several streetcars backed up cause someone opened a car door without looking while a streetcar was passing. Toronto needs to learn how to build subways at European prices. #TOpoli
February 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I hope no one is taking the king/dundas streetcars today. Several streetcars backed up cause someone opened a car door without looking while a streetcar was passing. Toronto needs to learn how to build subways at European prices. #TOpoli
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'please limit apartments to the dangerous roads'
if the city continues to prioritize the demands of privileged homeowners at the expense of everyone else, our housing crisis will only get worse.
if the city continues to prioritize the demands of privileged homeowners at the expense of everyone else, our housing crisis will only get worse.
December 26, 2024 at 10:55 PM
'please limit apartments to the dangerous roads'
if the city continues to prioritize the demands of privileged homeowners at the expense of everyone else, our housing crisis will only get worse.
if the city continues to prioritize the demands of privileged homeowners at the expense of everyone else, our housing crisis will only get worse.
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AI and automation are here. Its time for UBI.
December 12, 2024 at 9:00 AM
AI and automation are here. Its time for UBI.
Good! I will donate to this cause. Bill 212 attacks our safety, is not evidence-based and is a distraction to voters from Ford's failure and corruption. youtu.be/KgFCQ7jEZxI?...
December 12, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Good! I will donate to this cause. Bill 212 attacks our safety, is not evidence-based and is a distraction to voters from Ford's failure and corruption. youtu.be/KgFCQ7jEZxI?...
Some of the @niknanos.bsky.social questions sounded like: does any level of immigration put too much pressure on housing. Doubling immigration overnight puts too much pressure on housing, but in most years the issue is NIMBY premiers&mayors who prevent enough housing from being built.
December 9, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Some of the @niknanos.bsky.social questions sounded like: does any level of immigration put too much pressure on housing. Doubling immigration overnight puts too much pressure on housing, but in most years the issue is NIMBY premiers&mayors who prevent enough housing from being built.
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there's a housing crisis and we need more affordable housing and more housing now but not close to me and not that close together they should all be very large and very far apart and very far from me and there shouldn't be any more of it there should be less because it'll make my house worth more
December 6, 2024 at 3:12 AM
there's a housing crisis and we need more affordable housing and more housing now but not close to me and not that close together they should all be very large and very far apart and very far from me and there shouldn't be any more of it there should be less because it'll make my house worth more
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Can't recommend this new essay by @mbolotnikova on Thanksgiving highly enough:
"We will collectively eat more than 40 million [factory-farmed] turkeys... And we will do it all even though turkey meat is widely considered flavorless and unpalatable." www.vox.com/future-perfe...
"We will collectively eat more than 40 million [factory-farmed] turkeys... And we will do it all even though turkey meat is widely considered flavorless and unpalatable." www.vox.com/future-perfe...
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
www.vox.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Can't recommend this new essay by @mbolotnikova on Thanksgiving highly enough:
"We will collectively eat more than 40 million [factory-farmed] turkeys... And we will do it all even though turkey meat is widely considered flavorless and unpalatable." www.vox.com/future-perfe...
"We will collectively eat more than 40 million [factory-farmed] turkeys... And we will do it all even though turkey meat is widely considered flavorless and unpalatable." www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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The Ontario Conservatives have a rich history of transportation policy failures including:
-Filling in an under construction subway
-Selling a massive highway (now worth $30+B for $3B)
And now, tearing out one of the continents best bike networks.
-Filling in an under construction subway
-Selling a massive highway (now worth $30+B for $3B)
And now, tearing out one of the continents best bike networks.
November 26, 2024 at 12:42 AM
The Ontario Conservatives have a rich history of transportation policy failures including:
-Filling in an under construction subway
-Selling a massive highway (now worth $30+B for $3B)
And now, tearing out one of the continents best bike networks.
-Filling in an under construction subway
-Selling a massive highway (now worth $30+B for $3B)
And now, tearing out one of the continents best bike networks.
To all those also upset about Ford's plan to spend millions to endanger the lives of people on bikes, please consider emailing and calling the premier (premier@ontario.ca 416-325-1941) and submit a comment on #Bill212 before midnight tonight. #BikeTO ero.ontario.ca/comment/repl...
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November 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM
To all those also upset about Ford's plan to spend millions to endanger the lives of people on bikes, please consider emailing and calling the premier (premier@ontario.ca 416-325-1941) and submit a comment on #Bill212 before midnight tonight. #BikeTO ero.ontario.ca/comment/repl...
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An absolute banger from the Ontario Professional Planners Institute outlining how Bill 212 will make affect cities, including that it adds inefficiency, mucks with housing plans and isn't in line with the Planning Act (which was just updated). ontarioplanners.ca/inspiring-kn...
November 19, 2024 at 5:14 PM
An absolute banger from the Ontario Professional Planners Institute outlining how Bill 212 will make affect cities, including that it adds inefficiency, mucks with housing plans and isn't in line with the Planning Act (which was just updated). ontarioplanners.ca/inspiring-kn...
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Is it legit polling to frame responses this way..
Answer 1: here are some reasons bike lanes suck, do you want to remove them?
Answer 2: being given no positive info about bike lanes, do you want to keep them?
Answer 1: here are some reasons bike lanes suck, do you want to remove them?
Answer 2: being given no positive info about bike lanes, do you want to keep them?
November 18, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Is it legit polling to frame responses this way..
Answer 1: here are some reasons bike lanes suck, do you want to remove them?
Answer 2: being given no positive info about bike lanes, do you want to keep them?
Answer 1: here are some reasons bike lanes suck, do you want to remove them?
Answer 2: being given no positive info about bike lanes, do you want to keep them?