Share this page!

Mike Crawley Profile picture
Twitter logo
27 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
THREAD: A member of Canada’s Senate, @SenatorHousakos, is calling me racist.
The context: I tweeted a thread about Ontario’s premier using the platform of an official government news conference to take softball questions from a partisan, a newspaper owner who ran for the federal Conservatives.
The president of the Ontario Legislative Press Gallery also tweeted his concerns about what happened.
... as did other Gallery members.
I’m hoping @SenatorHousakos will apologize for calling me racist and delete his tweet.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Mike Crawley

Mike Crawley Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @CBCQueensPark

Mike Crawley Profile picture
26 Mar
The person who got picked to ask Premier Doug Ford questions at a government news conference today is Jagdish Grewal, *owner* of the Canadian Punjabi Post, a former federal Conservative candidate. He’s holding mic, with Ford & PC MPPs ⁦@ninatangri⁩ & ⁦@sandhuamarjot1⁩
He’s not what you would describe as politically neutral toward the premier.
#onpoli
Or more recently...
Read 6 tweets
Mike Crawley Profile picture
12 Mar
NEW: A developer who wants to build the biggest retail warehouse in Canada is poised to get permission today to destroy a protected wetland for the project. The Ford government ordered the Toronto Region Conservation Authority to grant the permit. #onpoli
cbc.ca/1.5945991
The developer calls the warehouse plan Project Lonestar. My sources say the prospective tenant is @amazonca. A source within Amazon says the company has not signed a commitment to the wetland site but is actively considering it, along with multiple other properties in the area.
The permit to be issued today would allow the developer to dump any material on the site and to remove any part of the wetland.
It's unclear exactly when the wetland destruction would begin, but a statement by the company's lawyer suggests it could happen quickly.
Read 7 tweets
Mike Crawley Profile picture
11 Mar
BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford accuses Indigenous NDP MPP @solmamakwa of vaccine queue-jumping.
"The member flew in to get his vaccine. Kind of jumping the line. I talked to a few chiefs that were pretty upset about that, flying into the community that he doesn't belong."
@solmamakwa I'm told that MPP Sol Mamakwa will respond to Ford's allegation shortly, but for now NDP officials say he is a priority candidate for vaccination as he is an Indigenous adult and was asked to get vaccinated to discourage hesitancy in the community. #COVID19Ontario
Mamakwa tweeted a few days ago about getting vaccinated
Read 11 tweets
Mike Crawley Profile picture
10 Mar
THREAD: I've done some digging into what's driving the Ford government's push to allow the destruction of a wetland in Pickering to build a warehouse. I hope you'll read the full story. #onpoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
The proposal from the wetland's landowner, Triple Group of Companies, is for the biggest retail warehouse of its kind in Canada.
Sources say the warehouse would be built for @Amazon.
A spokesperson for Amazon Canada said the company isn't commenting on its future plans. #onpoli
Less than 1 km up the hill from the wetland, in Ajax, sits a golf course property that the town recently rezoned. Its developer says there's interest from a "Fortune 50 company" to build a 2.7 million sq ft retail warehouse. My sources also tell me it would be Amazon. #onpoli
Read 8 tweets
Mike Crawley Profile picture
10 Mar
NEW: What's really behind the Ford government's push to pave protected wetland in Pickering.
•Rival developers are vying to build the largest retail warehouse in Canada.
•$100s of millions are at stake. •Sources say Amazon is involved. #onpoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
UPDATE: I received an email from Amazon this morning. "We are not commenting on our future roadmap, including specific operations plans," said Dave Bauer, head of communications for @Amazon Canada operations. #onpoli
Amazon Canada added in a subsequent statement by email: "We take environmental issues very seriously and will discuss how to support the environment on any lease that we sign." #onpoli
Read 5 tweets
Mike Crawley Profile picture
5 Mar
NEW: The Ford government wants to rewrite provincial law so that a key clause limiting the scope of ministerial zoning orders does not apply to MZOs ... and *never did*. #onpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
TVO’s @jm_mcgrath wrote first about this legislation, tabled yesterday. Here’s his take #onpoli tvo.org/article/how-st…
@jm_mcgrath CBC News obtained an internal government document that shows the government is making the change specifically to undermine a lawsuit that aims to halt a development on the Lower Duffins Creek wetland in Pickering. #onpoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Read 7 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @CBCQueensPark has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @CBCQueensPark!

Read all threads by @CBCQueensPark