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Normally, I love pedestrian malls. Why is Ottawa's Sparks Street so uniquely bad?
My sincere praise to Ottawa, on their ability to ruin literally any good idea.
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Train Adventure - VIA Rail Corridor, Part One: All Roads Lead to Toronto.
Once again, Toronto is at the centre of the Canadian Universe.
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Lisa MacLeod targeted a school principal. Then his school experienced racist vandalism.
There is nothing "distressing" for us Jews about Arabic language or culture.
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Before the subway, Yonge Street had the streetcar. We should bring it back.
The best cities in the world make trams and metros work in harmony.
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America has voted to embrace fascism. Canada must prepare for the worst.
We are not prepared for the storm that is coming.
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The Maple Leaf train from Toronto to NYC is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, because I'll be damned if I ever ride it again.
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The Liberal Party has abandoned Capital Pride in Ottawa. I am enraged.
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I'm tired of Mark Sutcliffe whining that he's broke, and begging for more money.
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America has voted to embrace fascism. Canada must prepare for the worst.
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Danielle Smith's bigoted hate law will hurt trans kids. She's fully okay with that.
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Jake Landau is Getting Tired
Jake Landau is Getting Tired
Left-wing Liberal organizer, writing about all the things in Canada that make me exhausted and sad. Previously: National Post, 640 Toronto, CBC News Network, Ricochet Media

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Toronto's streetcars are struggling. I've got three ways to rev those trams up a bit.
Don't let our new LRTs distract us from fixing up our legacy tram network.
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Doug Ford is about to rip up Toronto's bike lanes. This will kill people.
People will get seriously hurt by this. Doug Ford knows, and does not care.
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Therme ravaged Ontario Place for greed. Make their collaborators pay the price.
We will not allow our city's loss to become their financial gain.
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Danielle Smith's bigoted hate law will hurt trans kids. She's fully okay with that.
Using the Notwithstanding Clause to force queer people back into the closet.
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I love the Carbon Tax so much, I want Trudeau to make it ten times higher!
If you go around polluting the Earth, you're gonna pay the price, bucko!
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Trump's blood libel against Haitians is inciting racist pogroms. Where is Biden?
Innocent people in Springfield are being terrorized by violent Nazi militias.
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I'm tired of Mark Sutcliffe whining that he's broke, and begging for more money.
Pay your own bills, Mark. I'm not giving you money.
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The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is trying to hide Canada's list of Nazi war criminals. CIJA CEO Shimon Fogel is covering for them.
One year later, the stain of the Hunka Affair still cannot be washed from our hands.
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The Liberal Party has abandoned Capital Pride in Ottawa. I am enraged.
They made this choice because they thought it will be politically convenient, and we must prove them wrong.
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An Ontario NDP staffer reported her boss for sexual harassment. Then her own party punished her for seeking justice.
On August 8th, a binding decision on the grievance filed by a former staffer against Ontario MPP Michael Mantha and the Ontario NDP Caucus was issued…
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What happens when your legacy is permanently tainted.
Canada Soccer has mortified the nation, and the stench will linger for years.
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There are three ways for the Prime Minister to put Mark Carney in Cabinet, and they would all go horribly.
Each of these gets progressively riskier, until we have to ask ourselves, why bother?
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