Mike Layton @m_layton Twitter profile

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Eight years ago today we held hands, we sang a last song and we whispered our goodbyes. We miss you dad, but your spirit lives on.

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3 years

I believe Jack would have supported the Emergencies Act, based solidly on his principles. But I supposed that’s just my opinion.

Cory Morgan

@CoryBMorgan

3 years

NDP loyalists are getting upset when it is pointed out, but it is simply a fact. Icons such as Tommy Douglas and Jack Layton didn't earn their places in history by being Liberal party fartcatchers like Jagmeet Singh. They stood up on principle.

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Mike Layton

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5 years

Doug voted against the Raptors practice facility he’s now standing in front of. It costed the city zero dollars.

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5 years

Congrats to the Toronto @Raptors for bringing an NBA Championship home and making Canada proud! #WeTheNorth

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Mike Layton

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3 years

Missing my dad, but love being one. (He would have loved these two little monkeys so much). xo @bretttryon

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Happy 70th birthday dad!!!

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 months

Happy 74th birthday dad!

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

What NOT to say in a subway full of riders to the pregnant woman who politely asked for a seat “you’re pregnant, not sick”. All of us standing within earshot spent the next 3 stops explaining how inappropriate, inconsiderate and rude he was.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Show me your budget and I will show you your values. Cuts to education, health, transit. Distracting from these cuts with great access to alcohol.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

7 years later, so much has changed, but my heart is still filled with love, hope and optimism that together we can build a better world. Think about the community, city, province, country and world you want and work to make it happen. #dearjack

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Toronto just passed a plan to implement a Vacant Home Tax. The purpose of housing shouldn’t be to boost an international investment portfolio. Housing is about people. This could add thousands of units back to the market and fill vacant houses in our neighbourhoods.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

For 7 years I’ve faught for a tiny change to Toronto water budget to make large industrial water polluters pay the full cost to clean effluent. Last year lost on a tie. This year....PASSED.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

These two beautiful red foxes showed up this AM in construction site behind Christie Pits Park - downtown TO. I’m going to name them Razzle and Dazzle.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

10 years ago today my dad died. It was a painful loss, but our community & country sent us love in a time of sorrow. I’m eternally grateful. His goodbye letter was meant to console & inspire us to build a more loving Canada. Join us tonight for a concert.

Layton Legacy

www.laytonlegacy.ca

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@m_layton

5 years

@CanBball @cristina_CP24 @_mitchrobson @cityoftoronto After speaking with GM of Parks, I’m told that effective tomorrow the city won’t be removing any nets.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

Again, TO Deputy Mayor concerned with expanding washroom access in winter because of homeless people using them. Parks General Manager giving great answers - public washrooms are for the public - that means everyone.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

City Council debate can get heated. As long as it’s respectful, it’s healthy. But yesterday it turned ugly. During the debate on winterizing washrooms, the deputy mayor equated more winter washrooms with encouraging homeless encampments. This is wrong practically and ethically.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

2 years

He managed to bring hope and love to every challenging campaign, every necessary movement and every moment between. Miss you dad.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

So Ford government own a web domain used by a private sector industry lobby group to advance a government policy that will cost taxpayers $1B and our Attorney General is advertising the campaign. What the hell is going on at Queen’s Park?

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Calling me a “commie” then asking for better and more equitable distribution of public services. Love it!

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Check it out TO. A great chicken sandwich place that isn’t hateful.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Woke up this AM thinking about my dad. Thinking about the world and the road ahead. In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, I don't think he'd mind me sharing a short recording of a story he told me days before he died.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

From a government choking our public education system of resources, downloading childcare costs, and on the eve of a strike in public schools - nobody believes you care about teachers or our kids.

Stephen Lecce

@Sflecce

5 years

On #WorldTeachersDay , we say thank you. 🍎

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Somehow he made it to #climatestrikeTO . But I’m not surprised, he’s been on this climate fight for decades.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

This is really disturbing. Selling off public assets with no public notice, to their friends no less. Expect more of this.

Glen Murray

@Glen4Climate

6 years

Hearn Power Station secretly sold for a song to well connected Tory insiders. No transparency, no open process, no RFP & no competition. A key Portlands property & no engagement with the City or Federal gov't. No consultation with Waterfront Toronto or the public.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Wasn’t the Conservative Party meeting with SNC to let them off as well?

Andrew Scheer

@AndrewScheer

6 years

You interfered in a criminal court case. You fired your Attorney General for not letting your corporate cronies off the hook. You shut down a parliamentary investigation into your corruption. You're covering up something. And we will find out what.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

Privatization is a trap, a grift of capitalism, promising more for less, but after governments give up assets that make it impossible to preform a service - prices soar and public money is siphoned from the pockets of workers to corporate profits. And we keep falling for it.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

3 years

Private collection on the west side of the city now costs more per household than collection in east Toronto by city workers.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

I was stoped last week by a mom in an SUV driving her teenage daughter to school who complained to me that we had turned Shaw street into a “pedestrian and cycling mall”. I wish my answer was less nuanced and more direct “That was the goal”.

Brent Toderian

@BrentToderian

3 years

Tell me this isn’t the best “traffic” you’ve ever seen. A school “bike bus” in Barcelona, happens each Friday & has been growing from an initial 5 kids when it started. Safety in numbers — do you really think you couldn’t do this in your city? Via @lljunca

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@m_layton

1 year

Happy birthday Dad! I know you’ve seen smiling for a couple weeks.

Mike Layton

@m_layton

10 years

Happy birthday dad! We miss you. #dearjack http://t.co/uxWc57GN7z

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Remember a year ago when this happened.

Cynthia Mulligan

@CityCynthia

5 years

Premier Ford calls Toronto Public Health a “bastion of lefties” says they spend ridiculous amounts of money - like a competition for condom packages. Province and City in war over cuts to public health which Toronto pegs at $1 billion over ten years #onpoli

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Let’s recap. In first 5 months, Doug and his team have now attacked: public schools, children’s education, the environment, child welfare, green industry, democracy, tenants, welfare recipients, universities...

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

When people are forced to work because they can’t afford to take an unpaid sick day, the employer is putting them and their colleagues at risk. When a government cancels paid sick days for all workers in the province, they are putting all of us at risk.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

This didn't happen without the hard work of thousands of people who raised their voices, stood up, and fought back. Organizing can have impact. Together, we can have impact.

NEWSTALK1010

@NEWSTALK1010

5 years

BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford confirms his government is reversing cuts to municipal public health, child care cuts, etc. to Ontario’s municipalities, pausing Bill 108. #onpoli

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3 years

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Careless disregard for the health of every Torontonian. Disgraceful behaviour.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Next time someone tells you “government should run it more like a businesses” - remember this.

Joe Cressy

@joe_cressy

4 years

“Since the start of the pandemic, Toronto’s city-run LTC homes have reported an average of 3.2 deaths per 100 beds compared to a rate of 11.2 at for-profit homes in the city...”. Treat long-term care like health care, and then resource it appropriately.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

In a city with 1% vacancy, this is very dangerous. Landlords already illegally evict tenants through renovictions & sleazy claims - all in the name of profit. Shame on Ontario Conservatives for helping them ruin people’s lives. And how does this possibly boost rental housing?

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

6 years

Premier Doug Ford’s government is looking to make it easier for landlords to evict tenants by slashing the waiting periods for eviction notices and allowing private bailiffs to remove renters. @robertbenzie :

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Toronto City Council voted 19-1 and joined the chorus of GTA municipalities against proposed $6B highway 413.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

City Councillors workload cannot be compared to MPs and MPPs. We have far higher case loads (people call us about more stuff), a larger legislative agenda to cover (no portfolios, we must each cover every issue) and in goriwng wards we also cover development. You cannot compare.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Ontario must realize, it is not Ford alone - it is his caucus, his Staff, lobbyists, businesses and individual supporters that give him such destructive powers - they can take away their support anytime they want. It’s time to fight again via @torontostar

Star Editorial Board: It’s time to fight again

Cuts Premier Doug Ford made to child care and public health are back.

www.thestar.com

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

After 5 years, today city council voted unanimously to make the Richmond Adelaide cycletrack permanent.

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@m_layton

6 years

My thanks to the residents of University Rosedale who have put their trust and faith in me. I will fight for a Toronto where nobody is left behind, where we are a leader fighting climate change and building opportunity for all communities.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Canada bails out GM and GM bails on us. Canada needs to retool it’s economy towards the global green economy to stay relevant and create new jobs in manufacturing.

CTV Toronto

@CTVToronto

6 years

BREAKING: General Motors will soon be announcing that it is closing all operations in Oshawa, affecting approximately 2,500 jobs, sources tell CTV News Toronto.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

He’s been absent for months, delays returning to work for his MPPs despite a public health, opioid and housing crisis and this is his return.

Doug Ford

@fordnation

3 years

Thanks to amazing @TimHortons owners like the Seth family, the 2020 #SmileCookie campaign raised over $10 million for @BreakfastClubz & other great charities, hospitals & community groups across Canada. Get a #SmileCookie at your local Tim's before September 19th!

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

A Toronto deputy mayor just characterized the vacant property tax as a tax on “homeowners”. Sure, they own a house, but I’d argue - if nobody lives in it - it’s not a home.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

Huge crowd at #IStandWithUkriane rally in Toronto. People standing up for peace.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Home office mishap. Conference call with councillors & staff disrupted by toddlers😔. I left room to referee. Door locked behind me😠. Didn’t have a key😡. Only keyed door inside my home 🤯.I’m no locksmith. Had to get back to the call🤬. So I did what I had to do. 😎

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

7 years

Overjoyed to welcome the newest addition to our family: Chloe Juniper Layton. One day before big sister Phoebe’s birthday.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

“I’ve been assured by the Premier personally” - John Tory @Metromorning . 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😞😭

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

This must stop. The actions taken in Lamport, yesterday in AP, and previously in TB escalated the situation needlessly. Directions from the City brought us to this point. This is not a compassionate and humane approach to housing. It's violence to make poverty invisible.

Andrew Boozary MD

@drandrewb

3 years

do not look away — this is the violence in our city and chronic failure on housing as a human right.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

His MPPs n staff clap because they are afraid, those kids and parents booed because they are brave. #SpecialOlympics

NEWSTALK1010

@NEWSTALK1010

5 years

LISTEN: Premier Doug Ford reacts to being booed last night at the opening of the Special Olympics Youth Games in Toronto on TSN. "Boy...you know something? I haven't heard that much energy in a long time. Boy that's the first event I've ever been booed."

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

It’s Jack’s birthday today. So we’re announcing lineup for Love, Hope, and Optimism - Celebrating the Layton Legacy concert Iagust 22nd. RSVP today

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

@Jayman1975Jw @theJagmeetSingh Dad took me to labour protests and picket lines from an early age. Those demonstrations had purpose and they didn’t infringe on the rights of others. They did not promote hate. What we are seeing in Ottawa and across the country is different.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Out canvassing - I just got a sign location and three votes from one household simply because Doug Ford said my name in the legislature today.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

My public service announcement for today - Ontario Peaches!!!

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

Just 2 speakers into the debate, and team Tory vote to end debate on judicial inquiry into violence at Lamport and other park encampment removals stopping all others from speaking to the item. 🤬 These pictures are real, it happened and nobody wants to talk about it.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

We are now learning that Mayor Tory has know about this for several days and has not brought it to council to prepare. This is totally irresponsible. We need a better champion for TO.

Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Mayor Tory asked the Premier for more power and less democratic debate. Well, he’s about to get it.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

We will continue to fight for love, hope, justice, for equality, for a clean environment, for a better Ontario - we will just need to fight a lot harder for the next four years.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Women will need to get permissions slips? What year is this?

Luke LeBrun

@_llebrun

5 years

Green candidate Greg “the Green Man” De Luca says he is neither “pro-choice” nor “pro-life.” He says “medical professionals and family members” should be required to sign permission slips before women are allowed to go ahead with an abortion. #cdnpoli

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

So have a heart Deputy Mayor Minnan-Wong - apologize for your comments or resign as deputy mayor because our city deserves better.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

2 years

Reports coming from city staff that todays provincial announcement MAY have inadvertently killed the Toronto Green Standard for new buildings. If this is true, the province just made it impossible for TO to get to net zero by 2040, 2050 or 2100. This needs to be fixed.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

Devastating news about the death of a 18 yr old cyclist tonight. This death was avoidable. The City must change its priorities like cities across the world have and put road safety first.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Growing up in an intergenerational household was a blessing. My Ama was the heart and soul of our busy home - for me, my parents, cats and a generation of Toronto progressives. I will miss our late night talks, sharing her kitchen & her endless support

Ho Sze Chow Obituary - Toronto, ON

Celebrate the life of Ho Sze Chow, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Rosar-Morrison Funeral Home & Chapel.

www.dignitymemorial.com

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

He “represents” a riding in Toronto.

Robert Benzie

@robertbenzie

6 years

Premier Doug Ford addresses more than 1,000 Rural Ontario Municipalities Association delegates. Ford says he calls Toronto "the bubble" so it's good to talk to "real people." #onpoli

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

To everyone that mourned with us - you have our deepest thanks. To everyone that continues to share with me their stories about Jack’s work and his impact on their work, please continue, they fill my heart with warm memories and love. #dearjack

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Please @JohnTory . There is only one meeting left. He doesn’t come to council meetings anyhow. He’s offensive to deputants. He’s certainly not interested in building safer streets. I will second the motion.

Darcy Higgins 🏳️‍⚧️

@darcyphiggins

6 years

Today @yvonnebambrick , I, and many others are calling on Toronto’s Mayor @JohnTory to immediately remove Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti from the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee: #TOpoli

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Second, public toilets should be a human right. Most 24h restaurants are closed, so people experiencing homelessness have few options to practice basic hygiene. While our city struggles with a homelessness crisis, we still need to meet basic human needs. Washrooms included.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

Today 15,000 Toronto residents got vaccinated. Tomorrow will be the same. We will continue to work together to overcome this pandemic. Weekly protests for over a year have tried to disrupt our city & have harassed our neighbours & businesses. We have stood up to hate & division

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@m_layton

4 years

9 Years have passed, but Love, Hope and Optimism is even more important today. My deepest gratitude for all who showed their love and continue to work for change. Jack would be so hopeful by advocacy efforts of @TOforFuture @TorontoACORN @notanotherblk @CycleToronto and others

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

2 years

It has been a great honour to serve the local community and the City of Toronto these past 12 years. I owe my sincerest thanks to the constituents who put their trust in me, and to the residents and staff I’ve worked with to build a better Toronto.A letter

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Life is filled with moments of joy & sadness. If your response is tears of joy or a deep cry - own it. It is a healthy response & don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. I cried when my daughter came into the world, when my dad left it & every time I read “Oh the places you’ll go”

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

6 years

#TrudeauCried , as started by a Toronto Sun columnist, is a new low. The list began with Trudeau crying at his father's funeral. Then at Auschwitz. Then at the Quebec mosque shooting victims' funerals. Even Fox News rarely goes this far, Heather Mallick:

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

2 years

If 2/3 is needed overturn veto - the magic number is 7. If mayor can convince 7 councillors to support them - they could do whatever they wanted without question. That concentration of power and democratic deficit should concern everyone - left or right.

Doug Ford says Toronto and Ottawa ‘strong mayors’ could only be overruled by two-thirds of council

Premier Doug Ford says the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa will be given enhanced powers that could only be overruled by a two-thirds vote at city council.

www.thestar.com

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

2 years

Toronto City Council has requested help from the provincial government to build housing, fight climate change, fund infrastructure, address the homeless crisis, and fund transit - we never ask for centralizing power and erode the voices of the community in debate. :(

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

There’s a frightening tone and pattern developing in Ontario that has moved beyond any rational political debate. I really hope there’s a move by reasonable PC members to try to restore some sanity to the political discourse of their party. If you’re out there, I hope you succeed

Travis Dhanraj

@Travisdhanraj

6 years

#BREAKING : Sources tell @globalnews the @OntarioPCParty just passed Resolution R4. @TGranicAllen resolution that says gender identity is not real & “an PC government will remove the teaching and promotion of “gender identity theory” from schools and its curriculum” #ONpoli

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

A 70% cut to forest fire fighting in Ontario budget thanks to Ford and company. Curious how this will fit with climate change adaptation. I’m going to guess this ends very badly for northern Ontario.

Mike Gerald Gibbs🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦(He/Him)

@Mikeggibbs

5 years

Soooo excited for forest fires? 🌲🌳🔥🔥 (They cut funding for fighting fires so good luck this summer, northern Ontario.)

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Is it just me? I find the notion of “slow cooker liners” repulsive. Just add a small layer of cheap plastic to cook your food in so that you can throw it away because you don’t wanna rinse a pot.

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@m_layton

6 years

Ontario Place has been undergoing partial renovations for years, but Ford has scraped the plans for what? Nobody knows. Board disbanded. Public haven’t been consulted. Power given to his friend. This stinks.

Alex Bozikovic

@alexbozikovic

6 years

This is flatly untrue. The most distinctive buildings on the site - Cinesphere and Pods - are fully or nearly renovated. #ONpoli #topoli

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Mike Layton

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6 years

Today, thousands of students in Ontario taught us all an important lessons - stand up for what you believe, being silent is being complicit. Thank you. I hope the PC caucus heard them.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

A couple years ago Toronto considered a stormwater management fee — used by lots of other cities — but Mayor Tory and council rejected this tool to reduce stormwater runoff and flooding. Fee was cost neutral but would be incentive to property owners to reduce runoff.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

I’ve got two kids about to go into Kindergarden. I wish these two monkeys, and all Ontario kids, the best start possible, not packed classrooms and less time with teachers. Early learning for our next generation of leaders is too important to Ontario’s futures.

Andrea Horwath

@AndreaHorwath

6 years

Small class sizes mean big benefits for students. We can’t let Doug Ford take us backwards and put more kids in crowded classes. Ontario’s students deserve so much better. #ONpoli #OntED

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@m_layton

6 years

Using refugees fleeing violence as a scapegoat for the challenges facing others in our society is a despicable tactic. History has seen this before.

Mike Crawley

@CBCQueensPark

6 years

NEW: statement from Premier Doug Ford. "The Federal Government encouraged illegal border crossers to come into our country.This has resulted in a housing crisis, & threats to the services that Ontario families depend on. This mess was 100% the result of the Federal Government."

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4 years

Third, we are relying on deliveries like never before. Many drivers are on the road for hours at a time with NO access to washrooms. It is not fair for us to order in dinner, bang our pots & pans for front line workers, then lock our doors when these people need to pee.

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@m_layton

3 years

If this freezes tonight Christie Pits has the coolest new skating pond in Toronto. Complete with pavilion.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Absolutely none of this surprises me. Ford to spend billions to enrich friends and destroy farmland. Friends with benefits? An inside look at the money, power and influence behind the Ford government’s push to build Highway 413 -

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

2 years

Toronto has a street with more bikes then cars. This was build and improved over time. The intervention isn’t fancy, but it works. It also have lots of help along the way. 🧵

Shaw Street is Toronto’s first with more bikes than cars

‘When we create a road with more bikes than cars it’s worth celebrating.’

www.thestar.com

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@m_layton

6 years

We need to re-evaluate our priorities as a city. We should restore the vehicle registration fee and put it towards improving Transportation in Toronto - roads, Vision Zero and TTC. Expect this to come to a vote during the budget.

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Mike Layton

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6 years

29 years ago on December 6th, 14 women were killed at a Montreal university. Today we remember them. Still, Toxic masculinity, sexism & inequality continues. We must renew the call to fight gender violence and inequality in our homes, work places and with friends. @whiteribbon

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

2 years

News from me. 🧵Torontonians want to build a city they can be proud of, a Toronto that offers a promising future for themselves and their families. In a city as wealthy as ours, we have a choice. We can choose to address the widening inequality and take care of each other.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Releasing something late afternoon Friday is a blatant attempt to bury it. More cuts to schools and children by Ford and company. It’s like they are completely giving up on future generations. @LisaThompsonMPP

Marit Stiles

@MaritStiles

6 years

Breaking: Late Friday, Ford Government sent out masses of memos to School Boards outlining programs that would be cut or axed. So much for their so-called consultation: Ford had already decided where to cut before that even wrapped up.... #OntEdu

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

It is shocking that amidst a global pandemic the Ford government announces today they will proceed with millions in cuts to public health including communicable disease response.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

How could Mayor John Tory not help the City prepare for the bombshell today? He admits he knew and did nothing to prepare. Instead allowed city to descend into chaos.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Listening to @metromorning discussion about full day kindergarden with my toddler Phoebe who is entering kindergarden in September. This is an investment in the next generation. In families. In innovation. In our economy. An investment in Phoebe. Doug is trying to throw this away

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

Trust me, I know childcare can be hard to find, but we don’t start cramming more kids in with less supervision. Late today Ford & company announced changes to private in home childcare that will reduce the level of supervision. This could seriously put children in danger.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

That’s right Ontario, you’re paying for this propaganda, and real journalists aren’t invited.

Rob Ferguson

@robferguson1

6 years

The premier's office sends the taxpayer-funded PC caucus in-house publicist to "cover" @FordNation in Hamilton but doesn't tell the Queen's Park press gallery. Calling a foul on that. #onpoli

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

5 years

Tory and I disagree on some stuff, that’s no secret, but on this fight, I welcome his support and stand with him. We cannot let Ford put residents health and wellbeing at risk. We cannot let him take childcare choices away from families. We cannot let this continue.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

5 years

“Ward by ward and door to door, I will be reminding government MPPs that they did not seek or receive a mandate to cut public health or child-care,” said Toronto Mayor John Tory.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Trump just told the proud boys to “stand by”. Let’s not forget what this racist and dangerous language does to individuals in Canada. We are not immune to this. It’s our job to stand by to stand up against anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, anti-semitic and misogynistic forces here.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

2 years

News from me! I’m excited to be joining @YorkUnews as their 1st Chief Sustainability Officer. York has a strong reputation for environmental action and equity, which aligns with my values. @YorkUPresident has an ambitious agenda for the years ahead, and I’m eager to contribute.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

2 years

Former councillor Mike Layton to lead York University’s climate change strategy

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

There is no fundamental law of the universe that says for profit developers are the only people who can build housing. Governments used to be the developer. Neo-Liberalism stole it from us and after decades the housing markets has only gotten worse.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

6 years

I have revisited my policy of no profanity in my twitter feed. For this tweet only.

John Legend

@johnlegend

6 years

Seriously, fuck you. Reunite the families at the border and we can talk about father's day.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

3 years

2 Years ago today, Premier Ford & company slashed funding to Public Health Units. We’ve all seen their importance since then. Now it’s time for the Premier to correct another mistake - reinstate #paidsickdays and focus vaccinations on those most at risk.

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Mike Layton

@m_layton

4 years

Denying access to washrooms denies people of their dignity - if it’s your delivery driver, your daughter (I yet acknowledged the gender lens to this debate) or your neighbour - that stranger who is struggling to find a place to sleep.

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