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Pedro Marques | metromanTO
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· Apr 22
You know that feeling when you pick up on that the car dealer is trying to con you? You smile and walk off the lot. Tonight, PM Carney told conman Trump to go get F'd. 💪🏼🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong
August 22, 2026 at 4:55 AM
You know that feeling when you pick up on that the car dealer is trying to con you? You smile and walk off the lot. Tonight, PM Carney told conman Trump to go get F'd. 💪🏼🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong
Mark Carney vs Donald Trump.
Donald Trump can fake a lot of things but he can't fake competence. Canada is having the last laugh. 🍁 #CanadaStrong
Donald Trump can fake a lot of things but he can't fake competence. Canada is having the last laugh. 🍁 #CanadaStrong
August 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Mark Carney vs Donald Trump.
Donald Trump can fake a lot of things but he can't fake competence. Canada is having the last laugh. 🍁 #CanadaStrong
Donald Trump can fake a lot of things but he can't fake competence. Canada is having the last laugh. 🍁 #CanadaStrong
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Doug Ford’s reckless “plan” for Toronto’s waterfront isn’t a done deal yet.
We have a better plan - a balanced combination of healthy communities, recreational opportunities, amazing parks, economic development and a regional airport on the island that’s easy to deal with and works…
We have a better plan - a balanced combination of healthy communities, recreational opportunities, amazing parks, economic development and a regional airport on the island that’s easy to deal with and works…
July 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Doug Ford’s reckless “plan” for Toronto’s waterfront isn’t a done deal yet.
We have a better plan - a balanced combination of healthy communities, recreational opportunities, amazing parks, economic development and a regional airport on the island that’s easy to deal with and works…
We have a better plan - a balanced combination of healthy communities, recreational opportunities, amazing parks, economic development and a regional airport on the island that’s easy to deal with and works…
To my American friends. Hard work is hard. A thread.
I hear you saying you can’t stop going to work to hold the fascists accountable. They’ve kept you dependent.
You’ve been told Freedom was a “God given right” but Freedom isn’t free, you have to work for it.
I hear you saying you can’t stop going to work to hold the fascists accountable. They’ve kept you dependent.
You’ve been told Freedom was a “God given right” but Freedom isn’t free, you have to work for it.
July 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
To my American friends. Hard work is hard. A thread.
I hear you saying you can’t stop going to work to hold the fascists accountable. They’ve kept you dependent.
You’ve been told Freedom was a “God given right” but Freedom isn’t free, you have to work for it.
I hear you saying you can’t stop going to work to hold the fascists accountable. They’ve kept you dependent.
You’ve been told Freedom was a “God given right” but Freedom isn’t free, you have to work for it.
Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square is the unexpected gem of this #FIFAWorldCup. ⚽️
July 2, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square is the unexpected gem of this #FIFAWorldCup. ⚽️
#Ronaldo and the Portuguese Selecção arriving in #Toronto. 🇵🇹
I just happened to be walking out of my condo to walk my dog and my national team is driving by. What are the odds?! Oh carálho! #WorldCup2026
I just happened to be walking out of my condo to walk my dog and my national team is driving by. What are the odds?! Oh carálho! #WorldCup2026
July 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
#Ronaldo and the Portuguese Selecção arriving in #Toronto. 🇵🇹
I just happened to be walking out of my condo to walk my dog and my national team is driving by. What are the odds?! Oh carálho! #WorldCup2026
I just happened to be walking out of my condo to walk my dog and my national team is driving by. What are the odds?! Oh carálho! #WorldCup2026
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June 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM
It's 2 hours to midnight. They've been putting up the scaffolding all day, there's no way they're removing The Donald Trump letters in time to follow the court order. They're going to cover it up and claim the sign isn't visible to stall for time. #KennedyCenter
LIVE: www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...
LIVE: www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...
June 13, 2026 at 1:56 AM
It's 2 hours to midnight. They've been putting up the scaffolding all day, there's no way they're removing The Donald Trump letters in time to follow the court order. They're going to cover it up and claim the sign isn't visible to stall for time. #KennedyCenter
LIVE: www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...
LIVE: www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...
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Report to next week’s Planning & Housing Committee includes an analysis of the province’s airport expansion plan, with the caveat that a lot of details are TBD. City is working off basis that runway would be extended westwards.
Here’s how that would look. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Here’s how that would look. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
June 4, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Report to next week’s Planning & Housing Committee includes an analysis of the province’s airport expansion plan, with the caveat that a lot of details are TBD. City is working off basis that runway would be extended westwards.
Here’s how that would look. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Here’s how that would look. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
My Toronto Liberal MP @runchinguyenrun.bsky.social has gotten an earful from me on her disingenuous boilerpoint answer to her constituents angry about Doug Ford stealing our waterfront and stealing our voice so he can turn Billy Bishop into a major airport. #NoJetsTO
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 5, 2026 at 1:50 AM
My Toronto Liberal MP @runchinguyenrun.bsky.social has gotten an earful from me on her disingenuous boilerpoint answer to her constituents angry about Doug Ford stealing our waterfront and stealing our voice so he can turn Billy Bishop into a major airport. #NoJetsTO
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Not everything. It won't be called "BMO Field" for the World Cup. Repeatedly calling it "BMO" when the city scrubbed that name from tickets, maps, transit, signs, social, comms and the stadium itself, The Star missed a chance to inform people to avoid mistakes. It'll be called "Toronto Stadium".
May 31, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Not everything. It won't be called "BMO Field" for the World Cup. Repeatedly calling it "BMO" when the city scrubbed that name from tickets, maps, transit, signs, social, comms and the stadium itself, The Star missed a chance to inform people to avoid mistakes. It'll be called "Toronto Stadium".
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As a dog owner whose always leashed dog has repeatedly been attacked or threatened by off leash dogs, thank you for this column.
Beware: This pitbull is often off leash in front of Sick Kids Hospital (!!!) and the owner is exactly as you'd imagine him to be.
Beware: This pitbull is often off leash in front of Sick Kids Hospital (!!!) and the owner is exactly as you'd imagine him to be.
May 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
As a dog owner whose always leashed dog has repeatedly been attacked or threatened by off leash dogs, thank you for this column.
Beware: This pitbull is often off leash in front of Sick Kids Hospital (!!!) and the owner is exactly as you'd imagine him to be.
Beware: This pitbull is often off leash in front of Sick Kids Hospital (!!!) and the owner is exactly as you'd imagine him to be.
Colbert should just tour the country taking over local broadcasts showing voters in small towns who Trump really is. Fanta Führer and the Ellisons don’t know what they’ve just unleashed! #OnlyinMonroe
youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4
youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4
Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
May 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Colbert should just tour the country taking over local broadcasts showing voters in small towns who Trump really is. Fanta Führer and the Ellisons don’t know what they’ve just unleashed! #OnlyinMonroe
youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4
youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4
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On Toronto's island airport, only Carney can stop the madness. Where is the case for an expansion? And what else could this place be?
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Now is the time for a public reckoning on the costs of a Billy Bishop Airport expansion
A sophisticated federal government should enhance its most valuable asset: the city
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
On Toronto's island airport, only Carney can stop the madness. Where is the case for an expansion? And what else could this place be?
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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"We go through everyone she might be thinking of until it becomes clear: she’s getting Brad Bradford mixed up with Brad Bradford.” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
April 30, 2026 at 3:55 PM
"We go through everyone she might be thinking of until it becomes clear: she’s getting Brad Bradford mixed up with Brad Bradford.” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The look on the faces of Artemis II crew after traveling 695,081 miles through a literal vacuum, only to return to Earth and find themselves standing next to the only thing in the Universe with a lower density than deep space: the void inside Trump's head. ✨🧠💨
April 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The look on the faces of Artemis II crew after traveling 695,081 miles through a literal vacuum, only to return to Earth and find themselves standing next to the only thing in the Universe with a lower density than deep space: the void inside Trump's head. ✨🧠💨
If you had told someone 30 years ago that this is the American President in 2026, they wouldn't ask how he got elected, they'd ask how the United States lost the war and which country installed the dictator.
April 28, 2026 at 2:22 AM
If you had told someone 30 years ago that this is the American President in 2026, they wouldn't ask how he got elected, they'd ask how the United States lost the war and which country installed the dictator.
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Very big, powerful men came up to me with tears in their eyes and said “Mr. Premier, sir, you should have kept the private jet you bought with our money”
April 21, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Very big, powerful men came up to me with tears in their eyes and said “Mr. Premier, sir, you should have kept the private jet you bought with our money”
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Only a fallen society needs this sign
April 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Only a fallen society needs this sign
With #Toronto changing so rapidly, some of it unrecognizable, the CN Tower has remained the one constant that I can look up to and whisper to myself: “oh, there you are, Toronto.”
April 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
With #Toronto changing so rapidly, some of it unrecognizable, the CN Tower has remained the one constant that I can look up to and whisper to myself: “oh, there you are, Toronto.”
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One of the busiest parks in Toronto and as usual, it looks like trash. Staff destroying the landscapes they’re supposed to care for by driving full-size pickups through them. Incoherent design. Poor construction. Ugly fixtures. Somebody should lose their job over this.
April 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
One of the busiest parks in Toronto and as usual, it looks like trash. Staff destroying the landscapes they’re supposed to care for by driving full-size pickups through them. Incoherent design. Poor construction. Ugly fixtures. Somebody should lose their job over this.
Loud SPEAKERPHONE conversation on a packed Dufferin 29 bus (IYKYK). Unprompted, bus driver pulls over and stands there looking at her. Points at the door. She gets off, people clap. A #Toronto Heritage Moment®
I think I just found this hero on Reddit! @ttchelps.bsky.social give this man a raise!!!
I think I just found this hero on Reddit! @ttchelps.bsky.social give this man a raise!!!
April 17, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Loud SPEAKERPHONE conversation on a packed Dufferin 29 bus (IYKYK). Unprompted, bus driver pulls over and stands there looking at her. Points at the door. She gets off, people clap. A #Toronto Heritage Moment®
I think I just found this hero on Reddit! @ttchelps.bsky.social give this man a raise!!!
I think I just found this hero on Reddit! @ttchelps.bsky.social give this man a raise!!!