Cole Webber
@colefwebber
legal clinic worker in Parkdale
How Montreal’s predatory landlords are turning poverty into profit A new investigation by @ZacharyKamel reveals how landlords exploit vulnerable tenants, weaponize housing laws, and leave homes empty — all in the name of return on investment ricochet.media/justice/housin… #cdnpoli
In LA the temporary restraining order has paused the day-to-day terror of being kidnapped by ICE - in its place is the terror of facing eviction and homelessness. After a month of ICE attacks, the most vulnerable tenants in LA don't know how they will pay the rent. (1/3)
NEW: Since 4 Toronto safe consumption sites were forced to close, the number of overdoses per week at Metropolitan United Church has gone from 1 to as many as 6. "It's just carnage all the time. I feel like I’m staring at a bad motor vehicle accident.’ torontotoday.ca/local/health/c…
About 100 households awaiting an eviction decision over a two-year rent strike say they rejected their landlord’s final settlement offer because it would “silence” them if future issues were to arise. trib.al/841WfyM
“After tenants agreed to the landlord’s offer in principle, the landlord added the ‘non-disparagement’ clause, Sameer Beyan said.” New from @TorontoStar, on why negotiations to resolve our dispute with landlords Starlight and PSP Investments broke down thestar.com/news/gta/tenan…
About 100 Thorncliffe Park households awaiting an eviction decision over a two-year rent strike say they rejected their landlord’s final settlement offer because it would “silence” them if future issues were to arise. My latest for @TorontoStar: thestar.com/news/gta/tenan…
Peel’s only supervised drug-use site shut down in May due to provincial legislation. Ontario promised a replacement HART Hub to service vulnerable drug users — but months later, it hasn't opened yet. bramptonguardian.com/news/very-conc…
New: Numbers from the city show that as of last fall, there were about 15,400 people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, more than double the 7,300 estimate from April 2021.
The municipal & provincial government carry a huge amount of the responsibility for this persons death. 1.Ignoring most of the recommendations in the Grant Faulkner Inquest. 2.Mayor Chow closing over 1000 respite spaces since February 3. Ford targeting… ctvnews.ca/toronto/articl…
PSP Investments’ application for their Downsview development is on the agenda at North York Community Council this Thursday: secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda… PSP Investments continues to pursue above guideline rent increases and mass evictions in Thorncliffe Park.
On June 20, @YorkParamedics fired Katherine Grzejszczak for posting in solidarity with Palestine. Take 2 mins & send a direct email to management demanding they reinstate her now! Defend Palestine solidarity & workers’ rights! #CanLab actionnetwork.org/letters/reinst…
York University Faculty Association (YUFA) Statement on the Resignation of York University President Rhonda Lenton - June 26, 2025
Compare the imposed austerity of asking tenants to use their air conditioners less to the profligacy of the energy use involved in commercial AI implementation
From Sunday to Tuesday there were recurring power outages at 71 Thorncliffe Park. Tenants could not cool our apartments during the heat wave. Today, the power is shut down for a previously planned outage. These issues didn’t exist before Starlight and PSP Investments took over.
Toronto high school cancels student comments in yearbook rather than print “Free Palestine” and “Free Tibet” - the latest controversy involving schools cracking down on student pro-Palestinian messaging thestar.com/news/gta/some-…