Toronto (and Canada as a whole) is going through a terrible housing crisis right now. Instead of dwelling on the problems, I asked housing and homelessness experts for their solutions to this crisis. Read their big ideas here:
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His answer: It will require all of us to take a stand and say, "we won't accept this status quo". It will take all of us putting pressure on policy makers and elected representatives until they can't ignore their moral failures a single day longer. (2/2)
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When I spoke to about his proposed solutions to end our #healthcarecrisis (you can read his powerful essay here: bit.ly/3dBRrLh), I asked him a tough question: what would it take to motivate the political will to make his proposed solutions a reality? (1/2)
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Remember when said he'd get rid of first-past-the-post to "make every vote count"? Still waiting six years later...
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BREAKING: Alek Minassian has been found guilty on all counts in the 2018 Toronto van attack. toronto.ctvnews.ca/alek-minassian
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Toronto’s vacancy rate on apartments built since 2005 have hit 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, a number it hasn’t seen in about 50 years, a market research firm has found.
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“Everyone is framing this issue as a homelessness problem, but what we’re actually dealing with is a housing crisis," says photographer Jeff Bierk. Here, a photo essay from the Moss Park encampment:
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Canada to receive one million COVID-19 vaccine doses a week starting in April: general | CBC News
“That oughta do it” says Ford after requiring Costco to close an hour early thebeaverton.com/2021/01/that-o via
Long-term care operators still paying out dividends while neglecting their residents. Sad to say this is what we should expect when profit-driven businesses are charged with caring for people.
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If the Bay on Queen can open all floors based on selling a bit of food in the basement, I want to allow every shuttered small firm to sell chips and chocolate and declare themselves as an essential retailer.
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NEW: Ontario's health minister says Ontario is expecting to receive 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and 800,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine between Jan and March.
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Since the pandemic started, more than 2,000 residents in Ontario’s seniors’ homes have been left to die alone and afraid. But the problem with our long-term care dates back more than 30 years. We should have seen this crisis coming:
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In 's review of #Interstellar, Ali and guest host Rob discuss Christopher Nolan's propensity for poorly written female characters, undeserved comparisons to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and whether or not love transcends space and time (gag):
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What a great story! I know from personal experience how much the gift of music can dramatically improve the life of seniors in long-term care homes:
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“In the second wave, it’s become a bit more challenging because many homes are keeping residents inside. I try to imagine they are dancing while I play":
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If being a teacher wasn't hard enough without a pandemic. We owe them more than what we're giving as a society:
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"Every day, more teachers seemed to be switching to virtual learning. It got me thinking, are they making a better decision than I am? Should I be leaving too?": A Toronto high school teacher shares what it's like to be back in the classroom
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For #FixThisFlick, Ali and special guest host Anis (his brother!) tackle #TheDarkKnightRises. The brothers discuss plot holes, bad dialogue, and the daring suggestion that Christopher Nolan should have split his final Batman foray into two films: bit.ly/3d19s1f
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What if ghosts are just homeless people who can't afford to pay rent in heaven? #writingprompt #randommusing
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Big reveal time! The movie I'll be fixing in the upcoming episode of #FixThisFlick will be...
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I feel guilty that I laughed at this:
“It wasn’t a fair project,” said Olivia. “I had to make four of them because all my grandparents are all alive, but Jack only had three to do since his grandfather in Florida died of Covid over the summer.”
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In our latest episode, we discuss the 2014 indie hit that will go down as the bloodiest jazz film of all time. Can #Whiplash sustain its over-the-top tempo? And can a film get away with basically repeating the same scene over and over again? Find out here! bit.ly/3jwe55C
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A great feature by talking to Toronto's leaders about a better post-Covid future. My favourites are the ones about making $10/month hi-speed internet accessible to all and how the pandemic has shown the need for universal basic income:
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Maybe this article intentionally picked people with weak counter arguments, but I'm not really seeing any major cons for creating more bike lanes in the city, or keeping the temporary ones that have been created.
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