John Bowker (@bowker

John Bowker

24.9K posts

John Bowker

@bowker_john

Policy researcher, retired record & book peddler. Transit, housing, land use, energy, infrastructure & misc #onpoli wonkery. #ONDP. Tweets my own

Toronto, ON

Joined March 2012

John Bowker
@bowker_john
Mar 2, 2022
Ontario's Financial Accountability Officer says the Ford government failed to spend $5.5 billion in budgeted cash so far this year, including $670M unspent on public health, $554M unspent on schools, and $1.1B unspent on social supports like ODSP fao-on.org/en/Blog/Public… #onpoli
John Bowker
@bowker_john
Sep 23, 2024
The Ford government illegally suppressed nurses’ wages during a pandemic, then spent even more money re-hiring nurses at a higher cost using private agencies, diverting tax dollars from front-line patient care into the pockets of corporate shareholders #onpoli #ONhealth
The Globe and Mail
@globeandmail
Sep 23, 2024
Public system spent at least $1.5-billion on private nurses last year, study finds theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
Jan 1, 2019
Rossi successfully lobbied the Ford government to cancel a $1/hour minimum wage increase that would have kicked in today #onpoli
John Bowker
@bowker_john
May 31, 2022
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers calls on all political parties to cancel the current plan to build Highway 413: “The current Highway 413 project is not the correct answer to Ontario’s gridlock and climate change concerns” ospe.on.ca/uncategorized/… #onpoli
John Bowker
@bowker_john
Aug 23, 2024
“Completely inappropriate”: FOI docs reveal close contact between Ford govt & Enbridge as they worked to overturn a regulator decision that would have reduced consumer gas prices. The energy minister’s chief of staff was a former Enbridge lobbyist thenarwhal.ca/ontario-consul… #onpoli
Enbridge Gas is 'freaking out' — and has Ontario’s attention | The Narwhal
From thenarwhal.ca
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
Jul 25, 2024
In the United States, food price-fixers go to jail. In Ontario, they get publicly-subsidized booze deals, OHIP dollars for unnecessary “medication reviews,” cancellation of bottle deposit-return program, exclusive Presto concessions … #onpoli #cdnpoli
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
May 2, 2023
After Doug Ford claimed “thousands” of new homes could be built on the Ontario Science Centre site, the Toronto Region Conservation Authority pointed out that most of the site is floodplain, marsh & steep ravine: “it is not buildable” globalnews.ca/news/9659671/f… #onpoli #TOpoli
Ford government to meet conservation authority over Science Centre lands - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
From globalnews.ca
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
Aug 2, 2023
Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer has found that the Ford government failed to spend $7.2 billion of its budget last year, including $1.7 billion unspent on health as ERs are closing and surgery waitlists are growing fao-on.org/en/Blog/Public… #onpoli
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
Sep 15, 2024
“There is a physician shortage”: The Ford government claimed Ontario had enough doctors. Then an arbitrator ordered the government to disclose its data, and found that the government knows full well there is a huge shortage, especially in rural/northern Ontario #onpoli #ONhealth
TheTrillium.ca
@Thetrilliumca
Sep 13, 2024
Ontario doctors awarded 'largest single-year increase in over 40 years' in arbitration thetrillium.ca/insider-news/h…
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
Jan 12, 2023
Interestingly, a Hamilton tree farmer received three purchase offers for his land *in a single day* just weeks before Minister Steve Clark announced that this land would be added into Hamilton’s urban boundary 🤔thespec.com/news/hamilton-… #onpoli
Timothy Gray
@CanadaGray
Jan 9, 2023
We are going to hold @SteveClarkPC and @fordnation accountable for forcing sprawl on @cityofhamilton against their wishes and contrary to the law. #HamOnt #onpoli #HandsOffTheGreenbelt
Hamilton’s forced urban boundary expansion happened fast — how quickly will new homes follow?
From thespec.com
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
Oct 3, 2024
$1.1 billion over 95 years is an average of $11.6 million per year. With the government reportedly spending more than $1 billion in up-front costs, this is a return on investment of barely 1% #onpoli
TheTrillium.ca
@Thetrilliumca
Oct 3, 2024
Province estimates Therme will pay it $1.1B in direct revenue over 95-year Ontario Place lease thetrillium.ca/news/municipal…
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
Aug 15, 2023
Call it corruption: "'Go ahead, come after me,' Stiles said on Tuesday when asked if she was concerned about legal liability. 'I would love to hear your arguments and see all the evidence that gets presented in the discovery process. Bring it on'" thetrillium.ca/insider-news/p… #onpoli
Greenbelt report emboldens politicians to use the c-word
From thetrillium.ca
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John Bowker
@bowker_john
Mar 15, 2019
Last month you spoke at a rally organized by the Islamophobic yellow vests, with white nationalist Faith Goldy. Your campaign manager co-founded hatemongering Rebel Media, where your MPs still appear. You have been validating hate & mobilizing bigots for votes. Resign #cdnpoli
Andrew Scheer
@AndrewScheer
Mar 15, 2019
Freedom has come under attack in New Zealand as peaceful worshippers are targeted in a despicable act of evil. All people must be able to practice their faith freely and without fear. 1/2
John Bowker
@bowker_john
Sep 30, 2022
Someone has curated John Tory’s austerity art installations #AusterityTO austerityto.art/installations #TOpoli #voteTO