Alex Mather
@AlexDRMather
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I build housing at Collecdev Markee. Formerly: progressive politics in #ONPoli, #TOPoli, and abroad @BSD and the Office of the Premier of Ontario.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined May 2011
Uninformed commentators: “no one who works in the Financial District bikes to work.”. People who work in the Financial District:
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". This week’s decision was about something both much simpler and far more important: the threshold a government needs to meet before it can cause harm to its citizens, and how many falsehoods it can tell in the process.". Poetry.
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"The only thing bike lanes and the Charter have in common is that they both protect cyclists, a fact which drives Ford, his cabinet, and the PC majority in the legislature to distraction. .
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RT @TheresaLubowitz: It's not a Charter protected right to bike lanes. It's a Charter protected right to not allow government to knowingly….
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RT @ChrisSpoke: Canadian elevators are too big, too expensive. This means that we build many more 3-4 storey buildings as walkups, limiting….
theglobeandmail.com
The high cost of elevators is a barrier to the development of affordable, accessible homes
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RT @MikePMoffatt: Spoiler for an upcoming piece, on the increase cost of newly built townhomes in the City of Toronto. Have to triple-check….
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RT @TristanToronto: It is good to see Mayor @oliviachow pushing on sixplex policy after the impass on city-wide adoption at Council last mo….
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Eggspectation, now the unofficial staging area for home builders with items at Planning & Housing Committee.
[Toronto, ON] Packed table for this morning’s “HNTO #AffordableHousing Community Networking Breakfast” before today’s PLANNING & HOUSING COMMITTEE meeting at Toronto City Hall. Connecting not-profits, advocacy organizations & private-sector partners to deliver new apartments…💚
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Shout it from the rooftops.
"I don’t care how much you love working people. They can’t afford a house because all the rules in your state make it prohibitive to build." @BarackObama .
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Just shy of a million rides on @BikeShareTO last month alone, and the Premier of the province is ripping out the bike lanes those people used.
WE. ARE. SPEECHLESS. 🤯. You absolutely smashed it, Toronto! This June, you took over 980,000 rides, making it our biggest month EVER. That's not just a new record—it's over 70,000 more rides than our last one!. The 1 million ride month is right around the corner. Let's make it
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RT @TheBikingLawyer: If @torontopolice @TPSMyronDemkiw spent a fraction of as much time protecting this city cash resource as they do haras….
toronto.citynews.ca
The Parkside Drive speed camera was installed after two seniors were killed in a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection on Oct. 12, 2021.
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RT @MikePMoffatt: Spoiler for tomorrow's piece. It should turn some heads. Unless governments act quickly, they will experience a massive d….
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RT @MarkLevineNYC: Congestion pricing by the #’s 6 months in:.* 67k fewer drivers entering the zone daily.* Delays in Holland tunnel down 6….
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RT @GraphicMatt: My @TorontoStar column: Data suggests 25% of license plates snapped by Toronto’s speed cameras are obstructed. Forget sil….
thestar.com
The recent debate around speed cameras has conjured the spectre of another problem.
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RT @itsahousingtrap: Ontario + BC should simply waive DCs for anything built in TO/Van for the next decade. Sorry, no “making municipalit….
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Bingo.
"This idea of having multiple different kinds of dwelling types in a single neighbourhood — some people have said we need to pilot it. Would it be fair to say we've piloted this in downtown Toronto for about 100 years?" asks Councillor Perks. Planning staff confirm this is true.
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Wait until he hears what he gave to Therme.
Doug Ford accuses First Nations of ‘coming hat in hand’ for government money, despite treating them ‘like gold’ #onpoli
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RT @AlexanderGlista: Torontonians took 44,000 bike trips yesterday, when @BikeShareTO was free. That’s potentially 44,000 people who didn’t….
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RT @econoadabsurdam: Buildings too tall, no setbacks, inadequate parking provision, overlooks neighbouring properties, retail generates exc….
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