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This frustration with Ford might be starting to take hold. The website listing on this banner, www.fordfraud.com, lists solutions like getting trucks onto the 407 instead of the 401. While I was shopping today I overheard people discussing this exact thing.

Never stop talking about Ford’s failures. #OnPoli

Better Question is why aren't men standing up and protesting?

"Why the Law Fails Victims of Violent Partners"

"Without systemic reform, more women and children will die"
"Intimate partner violence is clearly an epidemic. Women and children continue to die; thousands more flee their homes only to face poverty and a lack of affordable housing. Legal systems and the players in those systems that should protect survivors still don’t properly understand the prevalence and complexity of violence in families."

"In the months since the inquest ended, more women in Renfrew County and across Ontario have been killed by their partners or former partners. Between November 26, 2022, and November 25, 2023, according to the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses, sixty-two women were killed in Ontario in acts of femicide: nineteen women were killed by a partner or former partner, seven by an adult son, one by her grandson, and three by other male family members. In thirteen cases, the relationship between the killer and victim was unknown. In that same period of time, in two separate incidents, four children were killed by their fathers in the context of intimate partner violence."

#News #Crime #Women #Violence Canpoli #Onpoli

thewalrus.ca/why-the-law-fails

The Walrus · Why the Law Fails Victims of Violent Partners | The WalrusWithout systemic reform, more women and children will die

*The #Saugeen #FirstPeoples won their lawsuit 👏 Appeals court dismissed #Ontario government's appeal. Justice was finally served.*

Ontario's top court has upheld a lower court's ruling that a strip of #SaubleBeach, a popular Ontario tourist spot, has always belonged to a local #FirstNation.

In a 121-page decision on Monday, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed appeals brought by the Municipality of South #BrucePeninsula, the Ontario government, and several local families to the April 2023 ruling by Superior Court Justice Susan Vella.

"Justice was done today," said Saugeen First Nation Chief Conrad Ritchie in a statement, calling it a "powerful moment" for the Saugeen community.

In her 2023 decision, Vella ruled that "Chi-Cmiinh," a roughly two-kilometre strip of beach at the northern end of Saugeen Reserve No. 29, had always belonged to Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation, and that the federal government breached its treaty rights.

The Crown, Vella wrote, failed to protect and preserve the #treaty it signed in 1854, Treaty 72, in which the First Nation and neighbouring #Chippewas of Nawash surrendered Saugeen Peninsula, excluding five #Indigenous reserve territories. One would become #ReserveNo29.

cbc.ca/amp/1.7405601

CBC · Ontario's top court dismisses town's appeal over ruling that Sauble Beach belongs to First NationBy CBC News

I love when journalists pair a quote with some corresponding contradictory reality like this:

"We want to help people, we don't want to punish people," the premier said at a Queen's Park press conference where he announced an amendment to the Trespass to Property Act that would mean fines of up to $10,000 or up to six months in prison for repeat offenders.

thestar.com/politics/provincia

Toronto StarDoug Ford to crack down on homeless encampments with new law and funding. Here’s what’s in the legislationBy Robert Benzie
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@GottaLaff Ford trying to look tough in front of the camera: this is all about the early provincial election he wants to call in 2025, and he needs to deflect from the absolute shitshow his government has made of every single file in Ontario. #onpoli

"Operation Cycle Path (read it out loud)

Ontario passes bill allowing bike paths that lead to walls with tunnels painted on them

TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford’s government successfully passed a bill today allowing municipalities to create bike paths throughout the province so long as they lead to a wall with the image of a tunnel painted on it. The government has earmarked $250,000 for the project, primarily for paint supplies.

Premier Doug Ford said, “I was watching Looney Tunes, as I normally do when I’m looking for legislative inspiration, and I saw that coyote fellow try to run into a tunnel that he himself had painted on the wall. And it struck me; why can’t we do that here? Why can’t we send our cyclists straight into a brick wall?”

The program, dubbed “Project Cycle Path”, is scheduled to start in the spring of next year. It will be monitored to see if the program meets its goals, which remain shrouded in mystery.

“We know what the goals for this program are,” said Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation with a smirk, waggling his eyebrows, and pushing pins into a small plushy bicycle. “If you’ll excuse me, I have to refill the trail mix on a plate that I left in the middle of a road that leads to a cliff.”

The Ontario Cyclists organisation has vocally opposed the project since its proposal. Spokesperson Clark Kendall said, “We will continue to fight this measure even after its passing. As cyclists, we are constitutionally incapable of stopping for anything or anyone, regardless of the law.”

Ford claimed he is simply trying to nurture public art and murals while creating employment for many of the province’s lonely and sickly art students.

“I’m building new bike paths and extending the existing network. Really, I’m just giving the people what they want,” said Ford. “And I have been trying to contact the ACME company for weeks. We have plans for future expansion involving a rocket, a lasso, and a box propped up with a stick.”

#BikeTooter #Biking #Ontario #Onpoli #Canada #DougFord

thebeaverton.com/2024/12/ontar

The Beaverton · Ontario passes bill allowing bike paths that lead to walls with tunnels painted on themTORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government successfully passed a bill today allowing municipalities to create bike paths throughout the province so long as they lead to a wall with the image of a tunnel painted on it. The government has earmarked $250,000 for the project, primarily for paint supplies.

Passively listening to the #ottawa budget deliberations, and I feel like this city is ever closer to being “forced” into making significant changes from the leadership of this city. Elected and unelected leadership are going to have to change their behaviors when it comes to living in this city without a car. Mark will bitch and divert attention to operational funding so as to delay behavior change but it feels inevitable #onpoli #cdnpoli #ontario