Tag: i go to protests so you don’t have to

Protesting the Bloor bike lane removal, Oct. 20-21

(Adapted from these threads.)

Last week, I headed up to Bloor between Royal York and Islington for the last days of protest against this current phase of bike lane removals. (Here’s my post on my previous visit.) Continue reading Protesting the Bloor bike lane removal, Oct. 20-21

Protesting the Bloor bike lane removal, day 2

Update (Thurs. Oct. 15, 3 PM): For up-to-date information in a slightly more accessible format, see /r/torontobiking or sign up for alerts.

Via Robert Zaichowski’s post covering days 1 and 2.

Update 2 (Tues. Oct. 27): See also my post on the final days of the protest.

(Adapted from this thread.)

Background 🎁 (just imagine this in a Star Wars opening crawl): for longstanding grudges largely to do with petro-masculinity, Premier Doug Ford declared that not only would municipalities need provincial approval to remove car lanes in favour of bike lanes, the bike lanes that just happen to be on his commute from Etobicoke to Queen’s Park would be removed—starting with Bloor St. While a court injunction delayed the work for several months, it was overturned on appeal. A large crowd of cyclists deterred contracted construction workers the night the removal was to begin, but notwithstanding the permit limiting them to nighttime work, the contractors returned the next day… Continue reading Protesting the Bloor bike lane removal, day 2

Recap: The Nov. 2 Munk Debate Protest

Organizers No One Is Illegal:

We gathered to reject the narrowing of the political spectrum of action provided to us by institutions like The Munk Debates. Institutions like The Munk Debates—funded by notorious Canadian mining company Barrick Gold1—continue to tell us that the ideologies on either end of the spectrum are white supremacist/ white-nationalism-fueled by right wing extremism like Bannon, and extreme conservatism like David Frum. Continue reading Recap: The Nov. 2 Munk Debate Protest