Downer agrees with that and she doesn't want to re-litigate anything specific. Not advocating the abolishment of the OLT, but this is asking ONgov to step back and look at the program itself.
September 16, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Downer agrees with that and she doesn't want to re-litigate anything specific. Not advocating the abolishment of the OLT, but this is asking ONgov to step back and look at the program itself.
Downer/Caton move the motions.
Downer says they tried to speed up the process, but it's still taking 8-10 months to get a decision and its still creating uncertainty. ONgov has to do a review anyway in 2027, so this puts them on notice. Current process discounts local work.
Downer says they tried to speed up the process, but it's still taking 8-10 months to get a decision and its still creating uncertainty. ONgov has to do a review anyway in 2027, so this puts them on notice. Current process discounts local work.
September 16, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Downer/Caton move the motions.
Downer says they tried to speed up the process, but it's still taking 8-10 months to get a decision and its still creating uncertainty. ONgov has to do a review anyway in 2027, so this puts them on notice. Current process discounts local work.
Downer says they tried to speed up the process, but it's still taking 8-10 months to get a decision and its still creating uncertainty. ONgov has to do a review anyway in 2027, so this puts them on notice. Current process discounts local work.
It's about looking at doing a review of the Ontario Land Tribunal, or asking the ONgov to do one. 10 municipalities have tagged in on this idea, starting in Whitby.
September 16, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It's about looking at doing a review of the Ontario Land Tribunal, or asking the ONgov to do one. 10 municipalities have tagged in on this idea, starting in Whitby.
Next up, Ryan Scott, Fusion Homes. He says they bought this land from the ONgov for residential development and a complete community. He says they're undertaking further study and his team says compatibility is achievable through draft plan conditions.
September 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Next up, Ryan Scott, Fusion Homes. He says they bought this land from the ONgov for residential development and a complete community. He says they're undertaking further study and his team says compatibility is achievable through draft plan conditions.
Gibson says municipalities are funding affordable housing by taking DCs off, so the City is funding affordable housing to the tune of millions of dollars per year. The ONgov is making them do it.
September 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Gibson says municipalities are funding affordable housing by taking DCs off, so the City is funding affordable housing to the tune of millions of dollars per year. The ONgov is making them do it.
Hauser asks about ONgov compensation for lost DCs. CAO Baker says this site is not unique given the "development charge situation", and this remains a risk to city financing. They're not aware of any grant opportunities in the near future that would make up that funding.
September 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Hauser asks about ONgov compensation for lost DCs. CAO Baker says this site is not unique given the "development charge situation", and this remains a risk to city financing. They're not aware of any grant opportunities in the near future that would make up that funding.
GM of Planning Walkey takes over. She says that she realizes that this is a tough call for council, but there was an alternative offered in the report including new drawings for the natural area, 33% demand for affordable housing according to City/ONgov definition and 14 storeys max.
September 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
GM of Planning Walkey takes over. She says that she realizes that this is a tough call for council, but there was an alternative offered in the report including new drawings for the natural area, 33% demand for affordable housing according to City/ONgov definition and 14 storeys max.
#ONgov must act now on the mental health, addictions & homelessness crisis:
✔️Recovery & treatment access
✔️Dedicated ministry
✔️Review of the Mental Health Act & Healthcare Consent Act
✔️Expanding addiction treatment & rehabilitation in correctional institutions
✔️State of emergency
solvethecrisis.ca
✔️Recovery & treatment access
✔️Dedicated ministry
✔️Review of the Mental Health Act & Healthcare Consent Act
✔️Expanding addiction treatment & rehabilitation in correctional institutions
✔️State of emergency
solvethecrisis.ca
September 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
#ONgov must act now on the mental health, addictions & homelessness crisis:
✔️Recovery & treatment access
✔️Dedicated ministry
✔️Review of the Mental Health Act & Healthcare Consent Act
✔️Expanding addiction treatment & rehabilitation in correctional institutions
✔️State of emergency
solvethecrisis.ca
✔️Recovery & treatment access
✔️Dedicated ministry
✔️Review of the Mental Health Act & Healthcare Consent Act
✔️Expanding addiction treatment & rehabilitation in correctional institutions
✔️State of emergency
solvethecrisis.ca
Epp asks how close to the deadline to de-register that the ONgov delayed in 2025. Mallon says he thinks it was at least six months out. Epp says she was just trying to see if there was any hope at all. 😶
September 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Epp asks how close to the deadline to de-register that the ONgov delayed in 2025. Mallon says he thinks it was at least six months out. Epp says she was just trying to see if there was any hope at all. 😶
(6/6) applying for, with this @bsky.app thread a more thorough response to the #Grok tweets time-stamped, EDT, 11.23 p.m. Friday (x.com/grok/status/...) and 12.54 a.m. Saturday (x.com/grok/status/...).
Grok (@grok) on X
@davidmeetupto @davwain1 @ChrisWo28505130 @fordnation @SCC_CSC @cityoftoronto @Bonesy90 @MarkJCarney @liberal_party @ONgov @Meetup @LinkedIn @Workopolis @SimplyHired @indeed @msexcel @ShortsYouTube @C...
x.com
August 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
(6/6) applying for, with this @bsky.app thread a more thorough response to the #Grok tweets time-stamped, EDT, 11.23 p.m. Friday (x.com/grok/status/...) and 12.54 a.m. Saturday (x.com/grok/status/...).
(4/) French-language posting of a WFH admin job offered by #Sobeys (x.com/davidmeetupt...), I would this afternoon EDT find English-language postings, of the same job, via #Workopolis (www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/vi...), #SimplyHired (www.simplyhired.ca/en-CA/job/8B...) and #Indeed
David (@davidmeetupto) on X
@grok @davwain1 @ChrisWo28505130 @fordnation @SCC_CSC @cityoftoronto @Bonesy90 @MarkJCarney @liberal_party @ONgov @Meetup @LinkedIn @Workopolis @SimplyHired @indeed @msexcel @ShortsYouTube @Centennial...
x.com
August 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
(4/) French-language posting of a WFH admin job offered by #Sobeys (x.com/davidmeetupt...), I would this afternoon EDT find English-language postings, of the same job, via #Workopolis (www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/vi...), #SimplyHired (www.simplyhired.ca/en-CA/job/8B...) and #Indeed
Question: How do we balance advocacy to ONgov without antagonizing them? Caron says she's got excellent relationship with both MPP Schreiner and MP O'Rourke, but they need a story to go along with the advocacy, Also need to be at events and at the table. Antagonist relationships are not productive.
August 25, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Question: How do we balance advocacy to ONgov without antagonizing them? Caron says she's got excellent relationship with both MPP Schreiner and MP O'Rourke, but they need a story to go along with the advocacy, Also need to be at events and at the table. Antagonist relationships are not productive.
(5/) accounting specialist job, offered by @roberthalf.bsky.social (x.com/davidmeetupt...), a bit earlier this month, no interview would come were #RobertHalf to not respond to my application at any point this month or in September.
This Monday:
- afternoon EDT featured searches I'd made via
This Monday:
- afternoon EDT featured searches I'd made via
David (@davidmeetupto) on X
@grok @davwain1 @ChrisWo28505130 @fordnation @SCC_CSC @cityoftoronto @Bonesy90 @MarkJCarney @liberal_party @ONgov @Meetup @LinkedIn @Workopolis @SimplyHired @indeed @msexcel @ShortsYouTube @Centennial...
x.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:47 PM
(5/) accounting specialist job, offered by @roberthalf.bsky.social (x.com/davidmeetupt...), a bit earlier this month, no interview would come were #RobertHalf to not respond to my application at any point this month or in September.
This Monday:
- afternoon EDT featured searches I'd made via
This Monday:
- afternoon EDT featured searches I'd made via
(4/) (x.com/grok/status/...) was in response to a tweet of mine via my #Meetup-themed Twitter account (x.com/davidmeetupt...). That #Grok tweet mentions a claim of its agreement with me the assumption that the coming EDT of October would likely mean, with my having applied to a #Mississauga-based
Grok (@grok) on X
@davidmeetupto @davwain1 @ChrisWo28505130 @fordnation @SCC_CSC @cityoftoronto @Bonesy90 @MarkJCarney @liberal_party @ONgov @Meetup @LinkedIn @Workopolis @SimplyHired @indeed @msexcel @ShortsYouTube @C...
x.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:47 PM
(4/) (x.com/grok/status/...) was in response to a tweet of mine via my #Meetup-themed Twitter account (x.com/davidmeetupt...). That #Grok tweet mentions a claim of its agreement with me the assumption that the coming EDT of October would likely mean, with my having applied to a #Mississauga-based
(7/) (x.com/davidmeetupt...), on a #mixedbag of a search for more paid work, followed by one (x.com/davidmeetupt...) of having by then found only one member of a #Meetup group of mine with whom to play #tennis during an event I'd planned to, later the same week, host.
My respective Sunday p.m.
My respective Sunday p.m.
David (@davidmeetupto) on X
@grok @davwain1 @ChrisWo28505130 @fordnation @SCC_CSC @cityoftoronto @Bonesy90 @MarkJCarney @liberal_party @ONgov @Meetup @LinkedIn @Workopolis @SimplyHired @indeed @msexcel @ShortsYouTube @Centennial...
x.com
August 17, 2026 at 7:20 AM
(7/) (x.com/davidmeetupt...), on a #mixedbag of a search for more paid work, followed by one (x.com/davidmeetupt...) of having by then found only one member of a #Meetup group of mine with whom to play #tennis during an event I'd planned to, later the same week, host.
My respective Sunday p.m.
My respective Sunday p.m.
OBCM is launching the next phase of our Solve the Crisis campaign. Municipalities across Ontario have done our part, but the mental health, addictions & homelessness crisis continues to grow. We're calling on #Ongov to act now. Let's move Ontario from reaction to recovery.
solvethecrisis.ca
solvethecrisis.ca
August 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
OBCM is launching the next phase of our Solve the Crisis campaign. Municipalities across Ontario have done our part, but the mental health, addictions & homelessness crisis continues to grow. We're calling on #Ongov to act now. Let's move Ontario from reaction to recovery.
solvethecrisis.ca
solvethecrisis.ca
Guthrie also says the three year sunset clause lights the fire, and then the ONgov and CDNgov will figure out what to do next. There's 100k jobs in the home building sector under threat b/c nothing is moving right now. This will help.
August 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Guthrie also says the three year sunset clause lights the fire, and then the ONgov and CDNgov will figure out what to do next. There's 100k jobs in the home building sector under threat b/c nothing is moving right now. This will help.
Sales notes that this is not meant to be a one-to-one replacement for DC revenue, and there are a number of risks.
These are the key considerations from ONgov.
These are the key considerations from ONgov.
August 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Sales notes that this is not meant to be a one-to-one replacement for DC revenue, and there are a number of risks.
These are the key considerations from ONgov.
These are the key considerations from ONgov.
Sales says that a very large staff team worked round the clock to get this submitted in time, and to their knowledge, there's only one point of intake, it's all or nothing. ONgov said the city should expect response by mid-July, but there's been no info about next steps.
August 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Sales says that a very large staff team worked round the clock to get this submitted in time, and to their knowledge, there's only one point of intake, it's all or nothing. ONgov said the city should expect response by mid-July, but there's been no info about next steps.
Guthrie says that there are a lot of municipalities jumping on this opportunity, and because of the timelines from CDNgov and ONgov, we had to have this summer meeting.
August 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Guthrie says that there are a lot of municipalities jumping on this opportunity, and because of the timelines from CDNgov and ONgov, we had to have this summer meeting.
(9/) time-stamped 10 August at 3.21 p.m. EDT (x.com/grok/status/...). I hope my next search for paid work in the accounting-bookkeeping field, whether that search happens this evening EDT or this Wednesday EDT, will result in at least one job worth applying for. Earlier this afternoon EDT I
Grok (@grok) on X
@davidmeetupto @davwain1 @KarlyKurls @CP24 @Meetup @bluesky @SimplyHired @indeed @LinkedIn @Workopolis @roberthalf @NOBLWheels @Intuit @QuickBooks @ONgov @fordnation @CBCVancouver @cbcnewsbc @coursera...
x.com
August 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
(9/) time-stamped 10 August at 3.21 p.m. EDT (x.com/grok/status/...). I hope my next search for paid work in the accounting-bookkeeping field, whether that search happens this evening EDT or this Wednesday EDT, will result in at least one job worth applying for. Earlier this afternoon EDT I
Not Another Panel, but a Chance to Build #CivicTechnology. Thoughts on a #startup to support government services using #AI www.govtech.com/artificial-i...
Not Another Panel, but a Chance to Build Civic Technology
OnGov, an AI startup supporting government service delivery solutions, hosted the first-ever 1776 Labs in Philadelphia. There, a variety of technologists developed civic tech solutions with AI.
www.govtech.com
August 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Not Another Panel, but a Chance to Build #CivicTechnology. Thoughts on a #startup to support government services using #AI www.govtech.com/artificial-i...
(3/) to a #Grok tweet on #wildfires in #BC's #Okanagan region (x.com/grok/status/...). While such wildfires continue to burn and to provide a potentially bleak future to the population of that region, I have continued to be thankful to never have needed to evacuate any place in which I've ever
Grok (@grok) on X
@davidmeetupto @davwain1 @KarlyKurls @CP24 @Meetup @bluesky @SimplyHired @indeed @LinkedIn @Workopolis @roberthalf @NOBLWheels @Intuit @QuickBooks @ONgov @fordnation @CBCVancouver @cbcnewsbc @coursera...
x.com
August 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
(3/) to a #Grok tweet on #wildfires in #BC's #Okanagan region (x.com/grok/status/...). While such wildfires continue to burn and to provide a potentially bleak future to the population of that region, I have continued to be thankful to never have needed to evacuate any place in which I've ever
August 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
(5/) tweets (x.com/grok/status/...). To Mr. Ford's claim of it having been simply a matter of looking "hard enough" to find paid work, I see that task as far from simple, with, via a late-Thursday EDT search for paid work via:
- #Workopolis, for part-time #workfromhome (WFH) jobs, having found no
- #Workopolis, for part-time #workfromhome (WFH) jobs, having found no
Grok (@grok) on X
@davwain1 @davidmeetupto @KarlyKurls @CP24 @Meetup @bluesky @SimplyHired @indeed @LinkedIn @Workopolis @roberthalf @NOBLWheels @Intuit @QuickBooks @ONgov @fordnation @CBCVancouver @cbcnewsbc @coursera...
x.com
July 31, 2026 at 4:26 AM
(5/) tweets (x.com/grok/status/...). To Mr. Ford's claim of it having been simply a matter of looking "hard enough" to find paid work, I see that task as far from simple, with, via a late-Thursday EDT search for paid work via:
- #Workopolis, for part-time #workfromhome (WFH) jobs, having found no
- #Workopolis, for part-time #workfromhome (WFH) jobs, having found no