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Uzbekistan doing things with railways Canada can’t even dream of…
NonstopEurotrip.com 🇺🇦@nonstopeurotripOct 23
The new face of #Uzbekistan Railways in 2026 - it's very modern & impressive 🚆🇺🇿 #NonstopEurotrip
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You know who *does* know that difference? People with millions, hundreds of millions, and billions of dollars who very much want Brad to win.
Gil Meslin@g_meslinOct 23
Replying to @g_meslin
A vulnerability in our politics is that most people only have experience dealing with hundreds or thousands of dollars, and are not easily able to conceptualize the difference between that and billions.
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This is Sherbourne and Dundas. Pick any of North America’s ten largest cities and I’ll show you a corner like this. You haven’t exposed Toronto. You’ve filmed people struggling and dressed it up as commentary.
Mr. Toronto Lawyer
@selwynpietersOct 21
This is the Toronto you would not see in the Travel Brochures.
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Rob Gillezeau@robgillezeauOct 21
I've generally avoided commenting on the municipal race in Toronto, but this claim touches a nerve. Bradford's approach is pretty much the opposite of financially reasonable, taking a tight budgetary situation and dramatically worsening it on both the expenditure & revenue sides.
Isaac Callan@isaaccallanOct 21
NEW: Brad Bradford is defending his plan to fund a range of ambitious projects through more debt, saying Wednesday that if he is elected, Toronto will “still be the most financially responsible and conservative government on the continent.” #ToPoli cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/b…

Bradford defends plan for debt, new water company as Toronto mayoral poll puts him ahead | CBC News

Mayoral candidate Brad Bradford is defending his plan to borrow more for the city budget and create a new water company — promises incumbent Olivia Chow's campaign team say are irresponsible — as the...

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I fucking hope so
Hillel Neuer
@HillelNeuerOct 17
Paris today. Your city tomorrow?
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Honestly if I didn't know that this video was posted by a Maple MAGA person, I would have assumed that this video was praising Toronto's subway system for being clean, quiet, spacious, orderly, used well, etc.
Lynne Brooks 🇨🇦
@LynneBr37562004Oct 15
TORONTO SUBWAY St Patrick to Osgoode Station 1pm Thursday October 15 2026
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It’s hard to top Toronto media framing on new projects, but to be fair, the Bay Area is the NIMBY GOAT
SFGATE
@SFGateOct 14
View from I-80 will be very different if controversial developer moves ahead sfgate.com/local/article/sf-…
View from I-80 will be very different if controversial developer moves ahead

ALT View from I-80 will be very different if controversial developer moves ahead

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Thanks for the bulletin, Jacob. Cool entry into a Toronto issue since Tent City (look it up) You may not be aware of this, but many of us fought during ten years of austerity budgets in Toronto for protection of unhoused ppl and increases to social services funding which did not happen until this Mayor, and while still not adequate, homelessness rates increased nearly everywhere else in Ontario in 2025, but they dropped significantly in Toronto.
Jacob Citron 🇨🇦
@accordingtocaOct 17
To potential supporters of @oliviachow: Today is the first chilly day of the year in Toronto. It is 7:45 AM and I’m on the TTC and there are three poor unhoused souls languishing on two separate cars on the trains. They need help. No one is helping them. People, (mostly marathon runners) plug their noses and move away. Whose job is it to help them? There are many, but chief among them is the CEO of the city. That’s the mayor. Olivia Chow hasn’t taken transit in three years. So it’s no wonder this goes on without end. We need change. Please vote for Brad Bradford @BradMBradford for mayor.
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John Bowker@bowker_johnOct 17
Internal docs show MTO staff warned against Ford govt’s bike lane removal: “No empirical evidence that ties bike lanes as the sole source of congestion, nor is there data that shows removing bike lanes help with better traffic flow” thestar.com/news/gta/doug-fo… #onpoli #bikeTO #TOpoli

Doug Ford’s bike lane battle sparked behind-the-scenes commotion, records reveal

Internal records show provincial bureaucrats refuted Doug Ford’s arguments before he ordered Toronto bike lanes removed.

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Vande Bharat Express Crossing World's Highest Rail Bridge, India 🇮🇳🔥
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Bob Chandler@leftylabourtechOct 14
If you live outside of Toronto, the Ontario government is blowing $50 million of you tax dollars on ripping bike lanes out of Toronto. This is money that could be spent on keeping your local hospital's ER open or fixing your local school's roof.
Prabmeet Sarkaria
@PrabSarkariaOct 14
Work to restore vehicle lanes on Bloor Street West was scheduled to begin tonight but was halted by protesters. Make no mistake: these bike lanes are coming out. We have a clear mandate and we will deliver.
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George Bell
@georgebellOct 14
Legends #biketo
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Your tax dollars hard at work making sure your tax dollars aren't blocked from being wasted
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Gil Meslin@g_meslinOct 14
Provincial Minister from Brampton, who ignored 19,000 comments received during consultation as well as internal advice against bike lane removals, ‘has a clear mandate’ to remove local bike lanes on city streets in a municipality where his government lost 15 of 25 ridings.
Prabmeet Sarkaria
@PrabSarkariaOct 14
Work to restore vehicle lanes on Bloor Street West was scheduled to begin tonight but was halted by protesters. Make no mistake: these bike lanes are coming out. We have a clear mandate and we will deliver.
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George Bell
@georgebellOct 14
Looks like the cyclists have won round one... #biketo Video from Tom Flood on bsky
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Construction trucks leaving Bloor and Islington area after being successfully deterred from starting work on removing bike lanes in Toronto by a large protest.
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Rob@robertguenetteOct 8
Again, Chow should black list any contractor working on it from city projects. She should buy advertising along the route blaming the ford government for the traffic motorists are stuck in. And when the work is done she should pedestrianize the entire right lane.
Richard Southern
@RichardCityNewsOct 8
#BREAKING - The Ford government says bike lane removal will begin on Tuesday starting with Bloor Street West.
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Railrider@RailNutterOct 8
Eurostar versus 70mph cars on the Medway Bridge (versus my camera focus, which was a bit erratic…)
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This is...*staggeringly* bad. Like truly, not even 'everyone-gets-an-award'-level bad, dude...
Brad Bradford
@BradMBradfordSep 25
What if your property taxes didn’t go up next year? After nearly 20% in property tax increases over three years, Torontonians deserve a break. I’ll freeze Toronto property taxes for one year. That's real change and real results. Vote for it on October 26.
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Gil Meslin@g_meslinSep 26
Those hikes were the necessary catch-up after more than a decade of unsustainable freezes and ‘at or below inflation’ increases under Ford and Tory. Now, after taking the hard medicine to improve fiscal position, you would go straight back to repeating the cycle.
Brad Bradford
@BradMBradfordSep 25
What if your property taxes didn’t go up next year? After nearly 20% in property tax increases over three years, Torontonians deserve a break. I’ll freeze Toronto property taxes for one year. That's real change and real results. Vote for it on October 26.
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