With the passage of Bill 60 in Ontario, there has been an intense focus on the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) aspects of this bill. Rental groups protested this Bill right up to the last minute. The government passed it with no public consultation and even backed down on a portion that related to month-to-month leases […]
With the passing of Bill 56, The Government of Ontario has removed authorization for the use of automated speed enforcement cameras from the Highway Traffic Act. There is an approach that I often attribute to progressives that is punitive. This assumes that people do wrong by default and the established structure should be setup to […]
A look at a Doug Ford take-down book to understand the overall arguments against this government.
This is huge. The case was filed in November, but as only recently come to light in a news article. The LTB is in crisis, this case all but cements it as fact. Let’s look at the details.
The Ontario government has a peculiar posture towards online petitions. I share some of what we learned at SOLO about them.
It’s been an off-and-on pursuit for close to six months. I wanted to share a free sample of what this looks like.
This morning has started randomly. While sitting down to drink a coffee and read the tech news, I ran into Oshawa’s Mayor John Henry. As a homeowner, small business owner, and an electric vehicle driver in his city, I had a few questions to ask. Naturally, he with with another person, so I tried to be cognizant of not being a dick by interrupting them.
Today, I learned that the same database has progressed far enough that the general public can run lookups using IMEI numbers. While the database is still a waste of money, being able to find out more on a blacklisted device is, at least, a good thing.
How important are payphones to our way of life? If we have a chance to shape the future of payphone availability, shouldn’t we?
That is most certainly a mouthful: Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services, or CCTS are a private, not-for-profit corporation that is funded by Canada’s participating telecom companies (like Bell, Rogers, Telus, etc). In fact, the CRTC forces the telcoms to pay into this and participate in complaint resolutions or risk CRTC’s wrath. This month, the CCTS released […]
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