Michael D'Costa

It is impressive the lengths the Ontario Government will go to fuck up spectacularly.

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Parents and non-profits are left scrambling to keep important programs running in the core 2/x www.change.org/p/keep-ottaw...

The cost to repair the Ottawa Gymnastics Centre was recently estimated at $1.8-million, representing about 0.5% of the city's budget to repair and maintain existing recreation facilities. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

It would be grand, then, if the Government of Canada would terminate any use of X/Twitter. And don't say, "Oh, we need it to get our messages out," because then you are "caught in a situation where we are reliant on one provider."

what drivers see when you're wearing hi-viz vs when you're not

I mean Mark's not wrong with this framing, he's just a little confused about which of these two people he is.

You’ve had 4 years and haven’t fixed transit; housing isn’t more affordable and safety isn’t any better (and may be worse). We can’t afford another 4 years of Mark.

An underrated feature of Lansdowne is that you can just park anywhere.

City Hall's architect Raymond Moriyama believed the bells would serve as a symbol for local democracy, creating a "joyful sound" that "celebrates the coming together of diverse people with diverse interests for the common good.” Closing the bells down instead of maintaining them is, well, symbolic.

For me, Sutcliffe isn't my choice because after 4 years his frequent answer is "I'll get feds or province to fund that." They mostly haven't. Other cities do stuff on their own. I want a mayor who believes the city has the ability to act on its own.

What the heck is happening on Ottawa's roads?!🚨 4 fatalities of vulnerable road users in 6 days. A driver rams into a bakery. 4 collisions involving serious injuries yesterday. And today, another pedestrian killed in Barrhaven. Am I the only candidate in this election talking about this? 1/

And if Mark had made infrastructure investment a priority, we might be able to withstand those storms better. Sure, some of this is legacy, but Marks push for 2.5% taxes is the same as predecessors like Watson and crew who undermined our future. Can we afford more of this?

urban street projections across the globe in Wellington, NZ including solidarity with Toronto. 🔥🔥 @axleryde.bsky.social

Look at what I just found. Of course, this was about Rob when he was mayor of Toronto, but it works just as well for his big, crime boss brother, Premier Doug.

Airport security: "You've been randomly selected for additional screening." Me: *barely suppresses laughter AC (angry): "Is something funny?" How do I explain that I *always* get selected "randomly" for additional screening? One time, I was "randomly" selected twice in the same line.

I will say the rank cynicism of Smith demanding more provincial control over immigration when she was one of the premiers who begged for higher immigration targets just over 2 years ago is a lot to take. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In the last 4 years: are your pool waiting times better? Is your library open longer hours? Is your commute better? Transit? How’s that working? These have all gotten worse in the last 4y; if you want that to stay the same, re-elect Mark.

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

An endorsement from a woman who has held the job and knows what it entails - thank you Peggy for your belief in me! #ErinCoffin #KanataSouth #Ward23 #OttawaVotes2026 #VoteOctober26 #YourVoiceYourChoice

Seconded. Many of these acts are quite minor in themselves, so drivers really don’t get why people (like me sometimes) react badly. What’s the big deal, right? When it’s the third time *today,* or something that happens two days out of three at this particular corner, it gets to be a big deal.

As a reminder, the entire reason this specific bike lane is somehow under the purview of the Provincial Government is because our moron Premier has to pass it on his way to his job (on the rare days he goes to work) and the sight of a cyclist passing his SUV in traffic makes his blood BOIL

77% on-time bus performance might sound reasonable until you realize that nearly all of the *not* on time performance occurs during morning & evening commutes when people actually use the bus. I don’t care if my route performs at 100% at 1am. Work starts at 8:30am. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Today a person lost their life on Ottawa’s roads. We will never know the details. This person has a family and community grieving a life cut short. We know that our city has a road safety policy of accepting tragedy as inevitable. This is an outcome. Not an accident. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Time for 2026 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread, now with storage. If you like these, you might like edition 2 of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website til end of Nov 2026. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

Thank you to Marianne for her very kind words. Marianne Wilkinson is a respected and enduring community leader in Kanata, and to receive recognition from someone who has given so much to our community is a true honour.

Because he believes (IMHO) in consulting the public, determining the needs and then developing a budget to suit. Say you’re going to put a new roof on your house: a smart person determines the needs/value (cheap shingles, good ones, metal, slate etc) and then budgets accordingly. Current model 1/

On this day in 1929, Raymond Moriyama was born in Vancouver. One of Canada's most acclaimed architects, his buildings include the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, the Ontario Science Centre, the Bata Shoe Museum, and the Canadian War Museum. 📸 Moriyama & Teshima Architect

What the heck is happening in Canada? Canada’s electricity production today is “less green than it was just five years ago”. 440megatonnes.ca/insight/net-...

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

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Another day, another watermain break (Riverside/Vanier Parkway at Tremblay) in Ottawa. Leiper has an actual plan for addressing this shortfall from years of Watson and Sutcliffe underfunding rather than handwaving and hoping the province and feds save our ass.

As transit gets worse it becomes less and less salient to the average person and so the pressure to make it good only diminishes. And you get a death spiral....

Voting is a bus. Might not go how fast you want or to your door, but if it gets closer to your goal, you take it. A bus going farther away, or that suddenly changes directions? Probably not your bus. Here's my bus picks. https://www.cameronmacleod.ca/vote #TOPoli #VoteTO

According to a sworn statement to the OPP, Doug Ford was using taxpayer funding as leverage to get media coverage. Taxpayer money isn't Ford's personal bank account. He needs to answer to these serious allegations.

When the anti-EDI folk complain about inclusion and diversity, this is what they're opposing: more perspectives, richer debate, more wisdom, better understandings and - overall, messily - inevitably better outcomes.

We have one car, both by choice and for budgetary reasons. But boy, it sure feels like OC Transpo and the city of Ottawa actively discourage anyone from relying on their system, with constant kicks in the shins like this. It is enraging.