George Daicopoulos @GeorgeDaico

Mr. Lutke should be rightly condemned for these authoritarian views on democracy, and his frequent pompous directives to governments should be discounted accordingly. But please don't glorify Shopify as one of Canada's 'largest' companies: it isn't remotely. /2

Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan

2 weeks ago

The CEO of Shopify, one of Canada’s largest corporations, says the poor and the elderly should not be allowed to vote. It’s pretty clear that billionaires are the real problem, not ordinary citizens.

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There is a pattern. Wasaga Beach. Craigleith shoreline. Tiny Township beaches. All passing from public to private use.

Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner

2 weeks ago

Doug Ford wants to break all the rules to hand public land on Lake Muskoka to a private developer, no local input, no planning laws. 1,400 units, 3 hotels, one bay being sold off to the highest bidder. gpo.ca/action_campaig…

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A Friday night blow to Premier Doug Ford’s Billy Bishop plans: the federal government has rejected Ontario’s proposal to expand the island airport. 87,000 people weighed in during public consultations and raised a “range of issues” including transportation, economics, environmental protection, noise, housing & quality of life.

Steven MacKinnon @stevenmackinnon

2 weeks ago

My statement on Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

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NEW: The Ontario Progressive Conservative caucus was given the green light to book hotel rooms in downtown Toronto at the taxpayer’s expense whenever night sittings were scheduled, Global News has learned, despite Premier Doug Ford’s repeated public assertion that the expenses were “unacceptable.” globalnews.ca/news/11974967/… #onpoli

One of my favourite "we don't give a shit about people" letters: Toronto Port Authority telling the City that they should plan to seal the windows and sound proof all housing on the waterfront to get ready for jets: toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2… #NoJetsTO #Cdnpol.

"Over the course of three years, Cho submitted nearly $100,000 in food and beverage expenses to his riding association" 🤡

Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello

3 weeks ago

NEW: Donors to the PC Party have funded thousands of dollars in meals, flights and hotel room costs for Willowdale MPP Stan Cho — a former senior minister in Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet who resigned amid a spending scandal at Queen’s Park. Between 2023 and 2026, the MPP billed

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“Everything is unacceptable,” Premier Doug Ford says of Stan Cho’s expenses both on the government side and the party side. Ford tersely says that Cho is not a member of cabinet. But the premier does not address other questions: - Will Cho remain a member of caucus? - Why are others like Hardeep Grewal, Charmaine Williams and Nina Tangri hanging onto their roles #onpoli

NEW: Donors to the PC Party have funded thousands of dollars in meals, flights and hotel room costs for Willowdale MPP Stan Cho — a former senior minister in Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet who resigned amid a spending scandal at Queen’s Park. Between 2023 and 2026, the MPP billed the office for pricey dinners at steakhouses and lobster restaurants, airline tickets, hotel stays at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier and even the cost of renting a vehicle from a limousine company. globalnews.ca/news/11972137/… #onpoli

We look forward to welcoming you #AtTheGallery this July. There is nothing quite like experiencing art firsthand // From Studio to Gallery conta.cc/4pkboa9

NEW: The Ontario NDP has tallied up the bill. $120,000 in hotel rooms expenses, incurred by GTA-ares PC MPPs, billed to taxpayers. #onpoli

You can get from Willowdale to Queen's Park without changing subway trains. Minister Cho lives 6 km away and has a taxpayer-funded car and driver. He still billed you $16,000 for downtown hotels. Under Doug Ford, it's one long party with the taxpayers' dime.

Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello

4 weeks ago

NEW: A senior cabinet minister in the Ford gov’t billed taxpayers thousands of dollars for hotel rooms in downtown Toronto, despite living just a few kilometres away from Queen’s Park — public money that he’s now promising to partly pay back. globalnews.ca/news/11964297/… #onpoli

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NEW: A total of 16 Ford government MPPs have billed taxpayers a combined $107,118 for short-term Toronto accommodations in recent years, despite representing Toronto-area ridings. Great work by @jackhauen @steve_cornwell

Jack Hauen @jackhauen

4 weeks ago

NEW: It's not just Stan Cho. Toronto-area PC MPPs have billed taxpayers over $100k for overnight stays in Toronto. The premier's office says expenses that "did not meet the spirit of the rules will be reimbursed." #onpoli thetrillium.ca/news/governmen…

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BREAKING: Tourism Minister Stan Cho says he will now repay ALL $16,000 in Toronto hotel costs, after initially stating he would only pay back expenses that didn't align with the "spirit" of MPP expense rules. globalnews.ca/news/11965022/… #onpoli

Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED An entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. youtu.be/iG9CE55wbtY?si… via @YouTube

“One of the more underappreciated pleasures of city life is going to a local gallery on a Saturday afternoon and looking at art. You don’t need a trained eye or a fine arts degree, just an open mind and a willingness to look and explore your perceptions” —George Daicopoulos Ingram Art News: Why painting is exactly what we need right now conta.cc/4dYOCiY

Artist Interview EMMETTE LEWIS #AtTheGallery // Summer 2026 Painting Memory, Identity & the Spaces Between In a world where identity is increasingly shaped by movement, memory, and belonging, artist Emmette Lewis creates work that quietly invites audiences to pause and reflect. Through deeply personal visual narratives, Lewis explores themes of diaspora, family, ecology, grief, and cultural memory, transforming intimate experiences into emotionally resonant works that feel both personal and universal. Raised between South Africa and British Columbia and now based in Toronto, Lewis draws from the intersections of geography, heritage, and lived experience to create pieces that blur the boundaries between documentation and emotion. Working across painting and archival materials, her practice examines how home, identity, and place continue to evolve across time and distance. In this exclusive interview with TorontoPages Magazine, Emmette Lewis reflects on her artistic journey, creative process, evolving practice, and the powerful role art plays in preserving connection, reclaiming identity, and telling stories that transcend borders. thetorontopages.com/emmette-lewis/

• Painting is the most unmediated art form: No committees. No notes. No edits. One vision • Painting taps into deep and resilient ways of seeing and feeling ✍️ • Painting continues to defy AI Resisting the machine: Why painting is exactly what we need right now hosted earlier this month #AtTheGallery by author @GeorgeDaico and Emmette Lewis #artist

People really love art.

“One of the more underappreciated pleasures of city life is going to a local gallery on a Saturday afternoon and looking at art. You don’t need a trained eye or a fine arts degree, just an open mind and a willingness to look and explore your perceptions” —George Daicopoulos @GeorgeDaico conta.cc/4dYOCiY