Michael Bednarski 🇨🇦

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Leading in the race for mayor of Toronto by one vote is Mike Canstralian. Mike Canstralian 1 Brad Bradford 0 Olivia Chow 0 The other Chow 0

Just give Toronto's water to Nestlé. #topoli 🤨

Dennis Raphael@dennisraphael.bsky.social

schoolofcities.github.ioThe five Torontos | Place & Politics in TorontoClustering Toronto's 585 census tracts by how they voted and turned out in the 2023 mayoral by-election and the 2025 provincial and federal elections reveals five distinct political geographies.

Be glad that Doug Ford is not the president of France. He would rip up every bike lane in Paris. #topoli #onpoli

Dutch Cycling Embassy@dutchcycling.nl

🚴 More incredible cycling news from Paris: 🟢 On 14 October, Paris presented a new cycling plan for the current municipal term, it includes 140 km of new cycle lanes, 220 km of contraflow cycling lanes and improvements to 420 intersections by 2032. buff.ly/meJI6Uo

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recent cool project by my colleague Aniket Kali clustering neighbourhoods in Toronto by voting patterns schoolofcities.github.io/place-and-po...

Impressions: Olivia Chow is the "Don't worry; be happy candidate." Brad Bradford is the change to the status quo candidate. #topoli

York Mills subway station is closed. No shuttle buses are around. Waiting since 6 p.m. #TTC #topoli

I am going to complain to Canada's tongue trooper-in-chief that Canada Post sent me an English-only text message. 😅

Kim Jong-un got out of his coma and had a 20-minute conversation with Kentucky senator, Mitch McConnell.

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Kim Jong-un reportedly fell into a coma after a brain hemorrhage and was urgently hospitalized in a Beijing hospital, according to The Sun.

Alberta referendum question: Should illegal immigrants* from Ontario to Alberta be allowed to wear Toronto Maple Leaf jerseys? Yes: 30.1% No: 9.0% F*** No!: 60.9% *Everyone from Ontario! 😅

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Michael Bednarski 🇨🇦@mikebednarski.bsky.social

@acoyne.bsky.social I know you have most likely seen this before. Here is my attempt at reforming Parliament and the other federal institutions: Seat distribution in the House of Commons: NL 5 PE 2 NS 9 NB 7 QC 74 ON 132 MB 13 SK 11 AB 40 BC 47 YT 1 NW 1 NU 1 Total 343 #cdnpoli 1/

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...provinces/territories or a majority of the senators representing the French-speaking provinces/territories (essentially Quebec). #cdnpoli 8/

The newly-styled president/governor-general shall be chosen by a majority of the voting members of the House of Commons representing a majority of the members of the Senate upon the recommendation of the government-in-council. #cdnpoli 9/

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Appointments to the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court shall consist of 11 Supreme Court justices. There shall be 7 justices representing the English speaking provinces and territories and 4 representing the French speaking provinces and territories. #cdnpoli 6/

The Supreme Court justices shall be appointed based on the recommendation of the government-in-council to Parliament. Parliament shall approve based on a majority of voting members of the House of Commons plus either a majority of the senators representing the English-speaking... #cdnpoli 7/

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Note: ties within a province will count neither in the affirmative nor the negative. #cdnpoli 4/

All members of the House of Commons shall be elected by some form of proportional representation during a federal election. All member of the Senate shall be elected by some form of proportional representation during the respective provincial/territorial elections. #cdnpoli 5/

Seat distribution in the Senate (based on the square roots of the provincial/territorial populations). Seats rounded up. NL 4 PE 3 NS 6 NB 5 QC 16 ON 22 MB 7 SK 6 AB 12 BC 13 YT 2 NW 2 NU 2 Total 100 #cdnpoli 2/

A bill in parliament will require either a majority of the voting members of the House of Commons and a majority of the voting senators in the Senate. Or A majority of the voting members of the House of Commons representing a majority of the provinces on third reading. #cdnpoli 3/

@joshmatlow.bsky.social If you return to council after the election, ensure that no restaurant patios be placed on street where the bike lanes are being removed. If restaurateurs do not want bike lanes, they should not be allowed to have outdoor patios on our streets. #topoli

Where Doug Ford is removing the bike lanes on Bloor West, I do not want to see restaurants applying for on-street patios next summer – especially if the restaurant owners oppose bike lanes. #topoli

@maritstilesndp.bsky.social What will you do about Toronto's bike lanes? What will you change about municipal governance? Will you keep Doug Ford's weird mayoral veto? Will you expand Toronto's council? Will you change the voting system such as going to STV municipally? Will you bring back boroughs?

This would never happen in Toronto. #topoli

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I will be enjoying my second türkiye dinner this weekend with some friends.

arstechnica.comUkraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex’s AI model.

Bots and prayers to the families and friends of those who disappeared in the Ukrainian attacks on the Russian data centres.

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If Brad Bradford is willing to accept Data Centres in Toronto, where would they go? Never mind. We can just ask Doug Ford. #topoli

Happy Thanksgiving from Toronto! I think it's a wedding reception.

ctvnews.ca‘I think they could actually win’: Low turnout could favour separatists in Alberta referendum, Kenney worriesFormer Alberta premier Jason Kenney is calling on Albertans to vote in next week’s referendum on separation in large numbers, and to deliver a decisive result for the federalist side.

People like Jason Kenney and Rachel Notley should get together to hold a huge rally in Red Deer, or another place that can hold thousands of people like having twin rallies in Calgary and Edmonton. Tell Albertans about the importance of voting. #abpoli

From kal_abureyal on Threads: "There is a reason so many Zionist Israeli colonial settlers look like kids. Israel’s own paperwork explains it. Oct 2024, Haaretz investigation: 60+ illegal farm outposts in seven years, staffed by 'at-risk' youths as cheap labor..." www.threads.com/share/_polJI...

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Re: Mike Rogers, MAGA Senate candidate in Michigan.

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He chose the evil Maroun bridge for a photo, not the good new bridge. THAT SAYS IT ALL.

thestar.comChris Alexander drops out of Toronto mayor’s race

Man from Pickering drops out of Toronto's mayoral race.

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#Breaking: Chris Alexander drops out of Toronto mayor's race

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Observing The City

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Check it out, here: www.observingthecity.ca/elections

observingthecity.caToronto Poll-by-Poll Election Results MapPoll-by-poll maps of the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election and the 2022 city council races: who led each election-day poll, and each candidate’s share of the vote.

RCMP seek two people after suspicious activity at the Canadian border.

theglobeandmail.comThe elephant in the roomAlberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province

Hopefully, this should appear as a gift article: The elephant in the room (Globe and Mail). This is about Alberta separatists getting help from Trump supporters in the US. #abpoli

Toronto last night!

@aussieinto.bsky.social This woman roo-ls the world!

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Stay cool this weekend, bébés.

@koolaid.info He lives again!

@savestandard.bsky.social O Canada! BC and Yukon will be two hours ahead of Alaska. Southeastern BC (light blue) will be two hours ahead of Idaho. When one travels east from Manitoba to northwestern Ontario, the clock will move back by one hour. Newfoundland is always 30 min. ahead of the Maritimes.

theguardian.comHow could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your areaThese visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems

@fairvote.ca How would the UK look under PR?

Campobello Island, New Brunswick needs a helicopter pad or runway to deliver goods to the island while bypassing vehicular trips through the US. #cdnpoli

@mark-carney.bsky.social If I could change the use of the Notwithstanding Clause, I would increase the requirement to a 2/3 majority. That way, the Notwithstanding clause can't be used casually by a legislature or the Parliament of Canada. #cdnpoli

21 Sept

Canada will be turning Australian with the weird time zones.

youtu.beHommage de Carney et Macron aux engagés de la France LibreYouTube video by Saint-Pierre et Miquelon la 1ère

One must admire Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney for standing at attention for six minutes and facing the memorial to the Free French army in Saint Pierre and Miquelon. youtu.be/ZZGrbF-K2q4?...

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@la1erelive.bsky.social I want to thank Saint-Pierre et Miquelon la 1ère for their videos. It was great seeing both French president Emmanuel Macron and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney together in Saint-Pierre. www.youtube.com/@spmla1ere/v...

French president Emmanuel Macron, and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney stand for a moment of reflection at the Memorial to the Free French volunteers in Saint-Pierre (and Miquelon).