We need to move beyond the age of the railway policing itself and move away from allowing Provincial Politicians to tinker with critical fire prevention funding as if it is their own slush fund to use. @MarkJCarney @CNRailway @TSBCanada @Transport_gc @stevenmackinnon
The Ontario Liberal Party criticized the Doug Ford government for underspending on emergency forest firefighting. Ontario budgeted only $150 million this year, down from $271 million last year. Meanwhile we are dealing with the worst air quality on earth. ontarioliberal.ca/devastating-fo…
If it’s hot weather it can disrupt signals for trains but we need to take public transportation seriously and modernize these vital systems.
A new Stats Canada report states homeowners' insurance in Alberta increased nearly five times in a 20-year period — the highest increase of any province. Homeowners' insurance premiums in Alberta went up 391.6% from Dec 2005 to Dec 2025. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
This is from the 10 page Stats Canada report. The light blue shows the alarming rise of catastrophe events claims. The black line shows the rise of property tax increases and red line shows the the rising costs of auto insurance.
(Personal note: I saw a jump up of around $1000 on my combined property and car insurance after the Alberta Hail storms and I live in Waterloo Ontario. I switched my insurance companies and saved most of that money. My advice revisit your insurance policies and shop around.)
This chart shows the property claims that happened in 2024.
The timing of it lines up with the August hail storm event that damaged homes and smashed cars with baseball sized hail.
This is an excellent video on how Tory elected officials in Ontario, grew rich. It named Ares Management's connection to Doug Ford which involves two overlapping corporate controversies: the acquisition of his family's label business and the Ontario Place redevelopment scheme. @StuartSyvret @andrewlownie
Ares Management Corporation is an American “global alternative investment manager”operating in the credit, private equity and real estate markets, founded in 1997 and headquartered in LA California, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_Mana…
Deco produces labels especially in the grocery sector. It also produces labels for the City of Toronto government. Doug Ford owned the the Chicago division sold to Resource Label Group, a portfolio company of Ares Management Corporation.
This thread links to Oleg Deripaska who is linked to Doug Ford in the Scarborough Expansion project. (Lots of cost overruns and delays) Deripaska was friends and business partners with Peter Munk who was a friend of Nigel Wright, the secretary of PM Stephen Harper. Peter Mandelson helped Harper with the EU free trade deal.
Former chair Gerry Protti had his own ICORE email address and travelled abroad to promote the initiative, according to the provincial watchdogs. He also actively recruited prospective members for ICORE's advisory board. cbc.ca/news/business/…
CER releases Crown Consultation and Accommodation Report for the Westcoast Energy GP Inc. on behalf of Westcoast Energy Limited Partnership’s (Westcoast) – Sunrise Expansion Program cer-rec.gc.ca/en/about/news-…
The CER also claims:
“We have issued a certificate for the Westcoast Sunrise Expansion Program. This authorizes the company to construct and operate the project once it has satisfied all applicable conditions.” cer-rec.gc.ca/en/about/news-…
C39063 Commission | Commission - Letter and Certificate GC-135 - Westcoast Energy Inc. on behalf of Westcoast Energy Limited Partnership - Application for the Sunrise Expansion Program – GH-001-2024. The letter is below as seen in the photo and the “certificate” issued is at this weblink and it is 46 pages long. docs2.cer-rec.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi…