Alex Colangelo
@AlexColangelo
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Professor @humbercollege. Lawyer. Grad @westernulaw (LL.B.) and @uottawa (LL.M.). Originally from Niagara Falls, now in Toronto. Addicted to news and politics.
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Joined November 2009
Just got this in the mail. Thanks to @dharrison54 for letting me participate in this project and LexisNexis for all their help. Please note, I will likely be insufferable at holiday parties this year. Govern yourselves accordingly (but please still invite me to holiday parties).
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Where there's a jar, there's Joy (and me, staring over the office partition) https://t.co/ySCYB7BASW
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No @blogto, a guy who only appears in a few games does not necessarily get a World Series ring.
Former Toronto Blue Jay is getting his World Series ring no matter who wins https://t.co/TvDtyoqJT3
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I'm no employment lawyer, but is this legal? You can't not pay employees just because you call them "volunteers".
Volunteers wanted for 2026 FIFA World Cup in Toronto
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Governments are generally immune from liability for policy decisions (as opposed to liability for negligent implementation). I haven't seen the claim, but this sounds like a stretch
thestar.com
More than 40 businesses are suing the city of Toronto, its transportation manager and their local councillor over bike lanes that were installed in 2023 and 2024.
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Obviously it'll depend on the text of the amendments, but giving authors the right to a portion of resale would mean architects of Toronto houses could be in for a big payday
theglobeandmail.com
Among those who stand to benefit from the change are Inuit artists, whose works can achieve sums many times their original price years later at auction or galleries outside Nunavut
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Wow. Resigning as Finance Minister on the morning of a fiscal update while publicly lambasting your boss has got to be one of the most satisfying ways to quit a job.
See my letter to the Prime Minister below // Veuillez trouver ma lettre au Premier ministre ci-dessous
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Whatever you think of the International Criminal Court or its legitimacy, the fact remains that Canadian law makes it an indictable offence to obstruct its work. I guess Poilievre would revoke Canada's ratification of the Rome Statute? https://t.co/k8hgKXgKfg
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Governments are already immune from liability for policy decisions. An order to remove bike lanes would be a policy decision. So, I'm not sure how much of a difference this makes.
It says a lot about #Bill212 when the government has to immediately issue an amendment to clarify that they cannot be held liable when people are eventually injured or killed as a result of their legislation.
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Apparently, today is the 15th anniversary of me joining Twitter. Help me celebrate by joining me at Bluesky https://t.co/2xTKjgozOP
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Noticing that a number of people I follow are moving to Threads and/or Bluesky. If #TOPoli could settle on a single alternative, that would be great. Also, where's the menswear guy going?
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I don't see how this lawsuit is viable. Even if social media has harmed students, the social media companies don't owe school boards a duty of care. And how have the boards (as opposed to the students) been harmed?
thestar.com
Toronto public, Toronto Catholic, Peel public and Ottawa-Carleton public launched their cases last March, seeking a total of $4.5 billion.
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If Ontario's carbon emission targets have to comply with the Charter, why not government decisions on bike lane construction?
thestar.com
Toronto’s mayor says “it is my responsibility to stand up for the decision-making authority of city council” as she reviews options with staff.
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Bloor Street, Nov. 4, 8:45am. Where is the congestion that @fordnation @PrabSarkaria are making a provincial election issue?
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“It’s a mess.” Toronto’s plan for a new waterfront neighbourhood is a total failure of process and imagination. Tear it up and begin again. https://t.co/P2VOHMLPYp
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How can the CBC predict that the NDP will form government without knowing what the Greens will do if the NDP don't win a majority of the seats?
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What a story
After the Taliban takeover, many Afghans were left behind and vulnerable to reprisals. Here is the story of how volunteers, an embassy in Russia and smuggled passports got them out via @globeandmail
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That's the thing about removing the bike lane. It would just mean parked cars have a more spacious curb lane. You'd still only have one driving lane in each direction for 20 hours every day.
One lane for bikes. One lane for driving. And one lane for storing cars. Which is the most likely to cause greater traffic congestion?
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If you think Toronto city council lacks a mandate to build bike lanes because voter turnout for the last municipal election was below 50%, wait until you see what turnout was for the last provincial election.
@Lauraonthettc @AlexColangelo Apparently you didn't comprehend what you read. The issue I raised was politicians who interpret a voter turnout far below 50% as entitlement to impose their personal ideological agenda on an overwhelming majority who didn't give them that mandate.
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