audio tech + web designer • queer dad • proud @iatse58 member • settler living on unceded & occupied land
Toronto, Ontario
Joined July 2010
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Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
Paying $13M for the repairs necessary to keep the Ontario Science Centre open through to 2034 would have been the equivalent of reducing the $200 pre-election handout cheques to $199.19.
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
The only effective way to reduce traffic congestion in a rapidly densifying region is to invest in more transit, particularly regional transit. High-speed regional rail is essential, as our city streets are already clogged with cars, leaving no room for further expansion.
Building more highways or tunnels only serves as a to create a funnel, concentrating traffic and creating gridlock at the destination.
This is precisely the problem Toronto faces today: more cars lead to persistent gridlock. To alleviate traffic, we must prioritize efficient, high-capacity transit options, not highways, not tunnels.
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
Toronto continues to be in the midst of a drug toxicity crisis.
Naloxone is a safe medication that reverses an opioid overdose. Get free online overdose prevention & response training: toronto.ca/community-people/…
Get free naloxone kits near you: ontario.ca/page/get-naloxone…
ALT Infographic of five step overdose response
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones went against two government reports that recommended keeping existing drug consumption sites open, increasing funding to help stabilize staffing, and hiring permanent security guards. #onpoli tvo.org/article/ontario-heal…
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
If you live in a hot rental unit, you can now call @311Toronto to report excessive heat in your unit.
If enough people call, we could be on our way to getting a maximum temperature bylaw that would limit indoor temperatures across Toronto.
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
The majority of Ontario #hospitals are running deficits. ERs close for lack of staff. This report details the how provincial government spent $1.3 billion less on healthcare than budgeted. fao-on.org/en/Blog/Publicati…
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
This week, @TorontoStar released the results of a poll commissioned by @fordnation & his gov't — confirming the public is behind us. More than half the province backs @LCBO workers on strike: workers have made their fight front & centre in the minds & hearts of Ontarians. #OnPoli
ALT A photo of workers on LCBO workers on strike, picketing outside an LCBO store. Overlaid is a poll titled "polling the people - 'a majorty back the LCBO strikers.'" Green and yellow bar graphs indicated that over 90% of people polled are aware of the strike, over half support the strike, and a clear majority are NOT personally inconvenienced. Below, small text reads, "TORONTO STAR, July 16, 2024, Poll commissioned by Ford's Progressive Conservatives - obtained by Toronto Star."
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
This is much needed.
Right now, the TTC has a fine of $425 for non payment.
In comparison, speeding 40km/h over the limit, which literally threatens lives, comes with a fine of just $280.
#TTC Chair @JamaalMyersTO's motion passes - TTC staff will report back on developing a new system for fare enforcement that includes options to pay your fare first, a warning system, and starting with lower fines.
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
Instead of using Ford’s map that undermines striking workers and public services, use this map to show your solidarity.
Join a picket line.
Help us fight to keep LCBO public.
sofundme.ca/picketline-finde…
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
#Solidarity with LCBO workers on the picket lines right now who fight for all of us. @fordnation's privatization schemes are despicable at best. #SupportLCBOWorkers
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
The proposed property tax increase in Toronto: $35 more per month.
Average Toronto rent for one-bedroom is $2600. The province allows for a default 2.5% increase in rent this year, which is $65 more per month.
50% of Torontonians are renters.
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
A reminder that @marksaunders_TO was paid $700 a day for a maximum of 245 days, or $171,500 a year, to produce absolutely nothing. The entire MO of @fordnation is to clean out the public purse to line the pockets of friends and insiders — this is definitive corruption.
A FOI request from an NDP MPP found that there were no recommendations, reports or advice from Mark Saunders while he was a Special Advisor on Ontario Place development. @TinaYazdani toronto.citynews.ca/2023/10/…
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
The Conservative Party just passed this policy at their convention in Quebec City today. If enacted under a CPC government, it would ban trans women from women’s bathrooms, shelters, etc.
This is the CPC, as a party, voicing its opposition to 2SLGBTQ+ rights. This is terrifying.
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
When your country allows the rich to gamble on housing but everyone acts like it's all normal and inevitable.
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
The Ontario NDP has launched a website called hassteveclarkresignedyet.ca and uploaded a video of Steve Clark previously advocating for Ministers embroiled in scandals to resign.
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
BREAKING: Developers in Ontario had direct influence over the province’s decision to extract lands from the Greenbelt and received “preferential treatment."
- Directives came from Doug Ford's office
- Owners of the now 15 parcels of land - value will go up $8.3B
- Of the 7,400 acres extracted, 6,700 — or 92 per cent — was removed as a direct result of developer access to the chief of staff.
- 3 weeks to identify 22 parcels of land for sale
(via @isaaccallan and @ColinDMello)
globalnews.ca/news/9884252/o…
Andrew McAllister (he/him) retweeted
For each $1 stolen in shoplifting, there's at least $5 in wage theft and $100 in tax evasion. Have you ever heard about a wage theft or tax evasion "crime wave"? What do you think this tells you about how reporters determine what is "news" and what is ignored, and who benefits?