John Bowker retweeted
Olivia Chow has made Toronto electoral history, receiving more than 532,000 votes in Monday's municipal election — a record for a mayoral candidate in the city. torontotoday.ca:443/2026-mun…
Oligopoly update: Telus wants the CRTC to block consumer complaints unless there is “verifiable documentary evidence” the dispute was escalated to the provider’s “second-level” support (presumably after “first-level” support failed to resolve it) thestar.com/business/the-adv… #cdnpoli
After letting a few private career colleges rip off the OSAP system with impunity, the Ford govt used the scam as an excuse to cut OSAP grants for all students, accusing them of wasting money on “basket weaving courses” & “fancy watches & cologne” thestar.com/opinion/contribu… #onpoli
John Bowker retweeted
We don’t agree with Nick Kouvalis on much, but we do agree politicians need to have principles and that Brad Bradford has none.
Brad went from a progressive who voted to defund the police to courting MAGA supporters. Why should you trust his word?
Listen to Kouvalis yourself ⬇️
“In effect, Mr. Goncalves paid $2.5-billion to prevent Stelco exporting into the American market. Why, after all, allow more efficient Canadian steel to compete with Cleveland-Cliffs’s pricier American steel when it can just pay to restrict supply?” #cdnpoli
Opinion: Cleveland-Cliffs CEO’s Stelco stance is rife with contradictions theglobeandmail.com/business…
Oligopoly update #cdnpoli
CBC News : Rogers to charge new fee for bills paid by credit card, says practice is 'increasingly common'
cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-…
John Bowker retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: The day Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet approved the government’s ill-fated Greenbelt changes, several key figures rubbed shoulders in a private box at a Toronto Maple Leafs game.
It's detailed in a previously confidential Integrity Commissioner report on John Mutton.
Inside the Greenbelt scandal’s lost Leafs game thetrillium.ca:443/news/the-…
Earlier this year, @cwacanada1 asked the Carney government and the Competition Bureau to review the sale of BioWare's parent company EA to a private equity firm owned by the Saudi government and Donald Trump's son-in-law cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c… #cdnpoli
John Bowker retweeted
BioWare is owned by EA, which was bought by Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner, and like many in the video game industry, is cutting costs and jobs; EA has a special reputation for this kind of thing, as well. What a strange attack line
John Bowker retweeted
💰Ford government squandered $117 million to advertise itself, a new record.
💸Beating the record they set last year, by $5.1 million.
Meanwhile he's cutting special education kindergarten classes and nurses from hospitals, because there's no money.
#onpoli
Ford government spent all-time high on ads in 2025-26: records thetrillium.ca:443/news/gove…
John Bowker retweeted
This is private equity, this is what it does.
Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit.
The developers at BioWare know how to run the studio. They know how to make the games we all love. They should be given the first opportunity - and the federal support - to buy it and run it themselves.
And if we want to avoid the Mass Effect effect in Canada, we should be keeping private equity out, not welcoming it in.
pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/…
John Bowker retweeted
Bioware has shut down.
Founded in 1995 in Edmonton, it was the software studio behind iconic video game series such as Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
John Bowker retweeted
#NEW: A tense standoff unfolded in Etobicoke Tuesday night, as roughly 100 protesters gathered around construction equipment being used to remove the protected bike lanes along Bloor Street West. bit.ly/4z5Y3GE
John Bowker retweeted
I am honoured to be endorsed by the former mayor of Toronto, David Miller.
His experience in public service and advocacy are as deep as his skills in leadership and collaborating for positive change in society.
Thank you, @iamdavidmiller!
#TOpoli #yorksouthweston
“I see that Canadians are target No. 1. I think it's because law enforcement has made no real prosecutions of the scammers” #cdnpoli
If you're wondering who is behind those Jagmeet Singh duffel bag ads on here, know that it's part of a multi-billion dollar scam empire being run out of Eastern European call centers. It's an absolutely massive problem and Canada is a priority target.
cbc.ca/news/ukraine-call-cen…
John Bowker retweeted
Problem gambling jumps, suicides triple in Ontario after expansion of online casinos cbc.ca/news/investigates/pro…
SIEMIATYCKI: “Brute-force solutions like forcing projects through the planning and construction process at warp speed, conducting rushed Indigenous engagement, and outsourcing as much as possible to the private sector and contractors have failed” theglobeandmail.com/opinion/… #onpoli
John Bowker retweeted
God love the media for “following the money” on this story…it’s not over.
“The Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched a criminal investigation into the scandal in the fall of 2023. Its investigation is ongoing, the Mounties said earlier this month.” #onpoli #GreenbeltScandal
David Piccini’s assistant sent developer’s request to housing minister’s office before land was removed from Greenbelt thetrillium.ca:443/news/the-…
In which @althiaraj wonders whether the supposedly progressive Liberal MPs defending Bill C-39 have actually read the anti-labour, anti-environment bill thestar.com/politics/politic… #cdnpoli
Ford govt MPPs collected donations from shady private career college operators while the OSAP system was being ripped off under their noses. When the scam could no longer be ignored, they kept the donations but cut OSAP grants for all students thetrillium.ca/news/educatio… #onpoli
