This isn't just an Ontario story. Rumors are that Yazdani was fired for her reporting. Rogers isn't known for standing with their journalists, so a firing due to political pressure seems possible.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/58729139

Speeding in school zones that used to host speed cameras has shot up since the cameras were turned off, according to new City of Ottawa data.

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In a report to council's public works and infrastructure committee, staff say compliance at those pilot sites fell from 87 per cent to 51 per cent within just three weeks of the cameras' removal.

Three months after removal, compliance had dropped even further, falling to 41 per cent. High-end speeding rose from 0.3 to 4.5 per cent during that period.

Carney and Co are lowering gas/diesel taxes:

The move means that the cost of gas will drop by 10 cents on a litre of gasoline and four cents per litre of diesel starting on Monday and lasting until Labour Day. The fuel tax holiday, which Carney said would also see the four cent per litre excise tax removed on aviation fuel, is expected to cost an estimated $2.4 billion.

One of the aims is to improve the affordability hit we're taking because of the US/Israel war with Iraq.

Does the tax holiday make sense to you? Could it be done better?

Kevin Kielty, was charged with two counts of alleged employment-related offences under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), including employing foreign nationals in a capacity in which the foreign nationals are not authorized, and counselling foreign nationals to work in Canada without authorization.

On March 2, 2026, he pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to two years’ probation, 50 hours of community service and was fined $70,000.

What the actual fuck? We're in the middle of a healthcare crisis. Ottawa has a growing population. Wait times are terrible. And we're cutting staff?

He said the union expects more than 100 front-line staff, mainly nurses and personal support workers, will be affected, based on talks with the hospital.

Gauthier said the hospital should be adding, not reducing staff, and estimates 250 positions would need to be added per year to maintain current service levels.

Bebawi was sentenced in 2020 to eight and a half years in prison for his role in the corruption scheme between the engineering firm and Moammar Gadhafi's Libyan regime. He was released after serving one-sixth of his sentence.

However, as part of his release conditions, he had to repay a fine of approximately $25 million.

To date, he has only repaid around $100,000, citing lack of funds. It's an excuse the judge dismissed out of hand on Tuesday.

"Mr. Bebawi will not be jailed because he is too poor to pay the fine. He will be jailed because he refuses, without reasonable excuse, to pay it," Moore said.

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It's interesting to perspectives from elsewhere. The Netherlands is also facing a housing crisis, and they're also talking about significant increases in construction. Part of that will be to limit local control.

Interestingly, they're also talking about changing the type of construction: fewer rooms.

There isn't quite enough context to explain why that would help, but it's something I haven't really heard politicians saying here in Canada.

What changes would you make to speed up housing growth here?

$210m is only $175k/home for construction. Meanwhile, the rent supplement for the next twenty years is $3,750/unit per year.

Apparently there are 366k homes in New Brunswick. So that represents a .3% increase.

Gotta start somewhere.