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God save the Queen’s song (we mean it, man)

A monarchist ode grows in Ontario

Feb 25, 2020
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Twitter avatar for @PaulCalandraPaul Calandra @PaulCalandra
This morning, the Ontario Legislature sang God Save the Queen to begin the sitting day. This is a new tradition will happen on the first Monday of the month along with the national anthem. #GodSaveTheQueen
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February 24th 2020

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Ontario government house leader Paul Calandra considers it a show of respect for the Queen of Canada, but a group of Indigenous MPPs consider the singing of “God Save the Queen” an ode to colonialism—a position backed by NDP leader Andrea Horwath. There’s no evidence of the song being formally sung before at Queen’s Park.


Who made this Oost sign?

Twitter avatar for @OriginalGoove...call me Nighthawk @OriginalGoove
Let’s lay it all out on the table...(a thread...) 1. A sign appears at the Queen’s Park protest...perfectly framed in the shot...held by someone clearly intent on being photographed.
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February 23rd 2020

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A rally outside the weekend Ontario PC convention in Niagara Falls was followed by condemnation for a placard calling MPP Sam Oosterhoff “a problem an abortion could have solved.” Despite claims that a teachers’ union member held it up, a non-teacher claimed to have produced it himself for $20.


An anarchist group organized a rail blockade near Hamilton. GO Train service was suspended due to protesters claiming solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. Meanwhile, the rail disruptions by the Mohawks of Tyendinaga led to the arrest of 10 demonstrators near Belleville. (Via Rail is gradually resuming service wherever it can.)


Metrolinx money for something

A new advertising campaign by Ontario’s transit agency tries to relate its growing pains to an awkward teenage phase in asking the public for patience. But there’s less tolerance for Metrolinx after it was announced that its major Toronto project won’t be ready until “well into 2022,” to the chagrin of all the businesses along Eglinton:

Twitter avatar for @CBCTorontoCBC Toronto @CBCToronto
Metrolinx has no fund to compensate shop owners for lost business due to Crosstown construction, but it acknowledges the project has had an impact. "You cannot build massive projects through urbanized areas without causing pain," its spokesperson says.
‘No pool of money’ exists to compensate Eglinton businesses amid LRT construction: Metrolinx | CBC NewsMetrolinx says it has no fund to compensate shop owners for lost business due to construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.buff.ly

February 24th 2020

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Royal LePage report sees a surge in Toronto luxury condo prices. A revival of foreign buyers is cited among the reasons. And yet, Toronto-based Cresford Developments is experiencing “a cash crisis,” according to a wrongful dismissal claim from its former president. (Cresford says the issue is being exaggerated.)


One year of legal budtending

Cannabis storefronts don’t get opening-day lineups—let alone news media attention—like they used to when they opened in Ontario last April. The Hunny Pot, which was widely covered as Toronto’s first such retailer, is refuting an allegation that it sold product contaminated by flooding, which is just one of the claims made in this story:

Twitter avatar for @vicecanadaVICE Canada @vicecanada
Six former Hunny Pot employees who spoke to VICE described a chaotic and at times unsanitary environment, with racial microaggressions and payroll issues.
‘It Smelled Like Shit.’ Why These Workers Quit Toronto’s First Legal Weed ShopSewage floods, missing pay, and racial microaggressions all contributed to an unbearable work environment, according to six former Hunny Pot employees who spoke to VICE.bit.ly

February 25th 2020

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A second class action is filed against producers of Canadian reality TV. Insight Productions denies the claims made in a $35-million lawsuit in Ontario over allegedly unpaid wages, initiated by a former staffer on American Beauty Star. The same plaintiff was named in a similar lawsuit against Property Brothers producers Cineflix Media.


Finally, patron of Ontario Place

Bernie Sanders has brought some Canadian content to the U.S. presidential race by talking about medicare, compared to rival Democratic hopeful Amy Klobuchar getting praised for cross-border literacy, or Pete Buttigieg being asked about bread prices. But there’s video from 1988 of Sanders praising a Toronto park as a lovely initiative:

Twitter avatar for @DuffyErickaEricka Duffy @DuffyEricka
Bernie Sanders versed on Ontario Place, my favourite park in the world.
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February 25th 2020

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