A coalition of cycling advocates has launched a court challenge against Ontario’s new provincial legislation mandating the removal of Toronto’s busiest protected bike lanes. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by Cycle Toronto and individual cyclists Eva Stanger-Ross and Narada Kiondo, argues the law violates Charter rights to life and security for cyclists and pedestrians.
Testify. I listen to the radio a lot and it’s been high volume election campaign-level advertising for so. fucking. long. Every commercial makes me think of Doug and Rob’s news1010 radio show “Ford Nation” and that slimy “Ontario News Now” invention he used to get around journalists. Insta-rage every time.
My neighbour’s an educator, and she was telling me all through June - August '22 that government reps were fucking with her union, not showing up for negotiating, or showing up insultingly late, staying long enough to say No and then leaving. Meanwhile the ads in August were “We pay Educators lots of money and they’re very happy! We’re putting your kids back in classrooms and giving them an education!” Now we know they were just busy constructing bill 28 which took away the union’s right to strike.
His ads were always annoying and insulting. But that whole production woke me up.