John Bowker
- Landlord & Tenant Board ordered a mom & her two kids evicted after her husband, the sole name on the lease, was removed from home by the police. Landlord had told her to pay twice the rent or move out. A court has overturned this cruel & legally flawed order www.thestar.com/news/gta/wom... #onpoli
- Reaction from ACTO, which represented the mom: “The Court’s decision sets a crucial precedent for survivors of domestic violence, reinforcing that they and their families should not be penalized or displaced because of violence they have experienced” www.acto.ca/major-legal-... #onpoli
- Last year, ACTO released an important report on how Ontario’s housing policies, including the Residential Tenancies Act, are failing the survivors of gender based violence www.acto.ca/production/w... #onpoli
- Toronto Star editorial on Metrolinx: “What McGuinty & his team built—and what Ford & his government have kept in place—is an agency that allows full provincial control with zero political responsibility. It’s a recipe for unaccountable, inefficient operations” www.thestar.com/opinion/edit... #onpoli
- The Ford government has stopped reporting on hallway health care. “I think that's complete and utter malpractice in terms of public accountability and transparency,” said ER doctor Raghu Venugopal www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/... #onpoli #ONhealth
- “The precedent for this decision is clear: we will not leave seniors without a home, Manitoba health-care workers without jobs, or allow publicly funded personal care home beds to disappear at a time when demand for long-term care is high across the province” www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art... #mbpoli
- “Residential home construction is moving at a brisk pace across Canada by historical standards but the results are uneven, with Ontario emerging as the clear laggard, according to a TD Economics report” ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-... #onpoli
- Ontario’s transparency watchdog says she is beginning to use “firmer enforcement powers” in an effort to get ahead of the Ford government’s consistent use of personal devices for government business — a trend that’s being called “worrying” globalnews.ca/news/1164208... #onpoli
- Under a “sweetheart deal,” Ontario taxpayers will owe Therme millions of dollars in annual penalties if the Ford government does not build a parking garage at Ontario Place before the spa opens. This deal was given ONLY to Therme, and not LiveNation www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #onpoli
