Ontario Government (Conservative majority), 2025-29

[dapaterson]

Stan Cho: equal opportunity financial abuser. He charged hotels to the public and to his riding association.

Ontario MPP charged riding association for restaurants, hotels and limo rental | Globalnews.ca

Detailed disclosures from Stan Cho's constituency office show, between 2023 and 2026, the MPP billed the office for pricey dinners, airline tickets and hotel stay.

globalnews.ca

 

[The Bread Guy]

Coming up: 3 x byelections!

Ford calls three Ontario byelections for early September

Ontario voters in three ridings are set to head to the polls Sept. 3, as Premier Doug Ford called byelections today.

www.cp24.com

Let the running of the snakes begin!

Let's see if this makes any difference.

PC support has slipped in wake of MPP expenses scandal: poll

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has seen his popularity dip in the wake of an MPP expense scandal but the total impact appears to be “marginal rather than transformational,” a new survey suggests.

www.cp24.com

Expense Scandal Has Marginal Immediate Impact on Ford PC Support in Ontario - Abacus Data

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abacusdata.ca

 

[Jarnhamar]

And just like that - people who are in Canada illegally and people only authorized to stay on a temporary basis, such as through student visas and work permits, are not eligible for social assistance in Ontario.

Ontario changes rules for social assistance payments based on immigration status

Changes specify people who are in Canada illegally and people only authorized to stay on a temporary basis are not eligible for social assistance

www.theglobeandmail.com

https://archive.is/LqToU

 

[The Bread Guy]

And just like that - people who are in Canada illegally and people only authorized to stay on a temporary basis, such as through student visas and work permits, are not eligible for social assistance in Ontario.

Ontario changes rules for social assistance payments based on immigration status

Changes specify people who are in Canada illegally and people only authorized to stay on a temporary basis are not eligible for social assistance

www.theglobeandmail.com

https://archive.is/LqToU

Funny how quickly things can happen, even in the summer time This from the info-machine:

Ontario Newsroom

news.ontario.ca

... The province has amended regulations under the Ontario Works Act, 1997 and the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997, to provide clarity on who is eligible for social assistance. Under the updated rules, the following individuals are not eligible for social assistance:

• Individuals who are in Canada illegally; and
• Individuals authorized to remain in Canada on a temporary basis, for example, those here with student visas, work permits or as visitors and tourists.

These changes take effect immediately to stop people who are not authorized to remain in Canada from receiving these financial supports, ensuring Ontario’s government-funded social assistance programs are reserved for people who meet the province’s eligibility requirements ...

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

I can only think someone will notice and do something about it, but as of right now if you go to the Ontario 511 traffic app, it's "Lake America".

EDIT: saw this in the comments. "If you go on the website it does say lake America , on the app it doesn't" I googled 'Ontario 511 app" but on my laptop.

 

[dapaterson]

I can only think someone will notice and do something about it, but as of right now if you go to the Ontario 511 traffic app, it's "Lake America".

EDIT: saw this in the comments. "If you go on the website it does say lake America , on the app it doesn't" I googled 'Ontario 511 app" but on my laptop.

My assumption is that development of the app was contracted out to a company that's either American or that leverages American datasets. If the app draws names from the US repository, then that's what you get.

Sovereignty also implies use of sovereign data (and sovereign data storage).

 

[The Bread Guy]

I can only think someone will notice and do something about it, but as of right now if you go to the Ontario 511 traffic app, it's "Lake America".

EDIT: saw this in the comments. "If you go on the website it does say lake America , on the app it doesn't" I googled 'Ontario 511 app" but on my laptop.

GREAT catch - even though the domain is registered with Gov't of Ontario ....

https://ca.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?itc=dlp_domain_whois&domain=511on.ca

... makes ya kinda wonder where they get the base mapping information, right? On my phone, same, same.

On the ON MNR map, it shows Lake Ontario/Lac Ontario:

Heh, heh, heh ....

 

[FJAG]

The 511 map says its data set is Google Maps and yet on Google Maps its Lake Ontario.

Go figure.

 

[The Bread Guy]

I can only think someone will notice and do something about it, but as of right now if you go to the Ontario 511 traffic app, it's "Lake America" ...

On that noticing part, check - we'll see how quickly the "review" will lead to fixing things

https://twitter.com/x/status/2094181040273187134

Some Ontario government, business websites show ‘Lake America’ on maps | Globalnews.ca

Google previously said people in Canada would see Lake Ontario displayed on its Maps application, while it would say Lake America for people in the U.S.

globalnews.ca

 

[Fishbone Jones]

And just like that - people who are in Canada illegally and people only authorized to stay on a temporary basis, such as through student visas and work permits, are not eligible for social assistance in Ontario.

Ontario changes rules for social assistance payments based on immigration status

Changes specify people who are in Canada illegally and people only authorized to stay on a temporary basis are not eligible for social assistance

www.theglobeandmail.com

https://archive.is/LqToU

Hopefully, other provinces see this and follow suit. Many illegals are here strictly because they can make upper middle income without doing fuck all, except imposing on taxpayers. Stop paying them and they'll leave.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Update: all fixed over at 511on.ca