Craig Saunders

@craigsaunders.bsky.social

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Propagandist, dad, ski patroller and Torontonian

Text reading: Here’s how much other PC reps whose ridings are within the Legislature’s 50-km border rule have charged for local accommodation over the last three years: HARDEEP SINGH GREWAL (Brampton East): $27,275 NINA TANGRI (Mississauga-Streetsville): $18,976 CHARMAINE WILLIAMS (Brampton Centre): $15,865 DAVID SMITH (Scarborough North): $6,895 STEPHEN CRAWFORD (Oakviille): $6,503 AMARJOT SANDHU (Brampton West): $4,207 SILVIA GUALTIERI (Mississauga East-Cooksville): $3,177 MOHAMED FIRIN (York-South Weston): $2,379 NATALIA KUSENDOVA-BASHTA: $2,059 DEEPAK ANAND (Mississauga-Malton): $1,512 MICHAEL KERZNER (York Centre): $937 KINGA SURMA (Etobicoke Centre): $611 RUDY CUZZETTO (Mississauga-Lakeshore): $527
A group of about 40 members of the Canadian Ski Patrol's motorcycle and bicycle response units outdoors and in uniform, with ambulance behind.
Four smiling women with clipboards in an apartment building lobby, carrying literature for Jennie Worden, the progressive candidate for Toronto city council ward 19.
Chart showing average OSAP grants by year. Colleges and universities of all types were roughly tied at about $2500 until 2017/18, when the average for private career colleges skyrocketed. Today, public colleges are at about $7000, public universities at about $6000, and private career colleges are at more than $15,000.
Image of Ministry of the Solicitor General press release dated May 14, 2025, with headline "Ontaro Expanding Adult Correctional Capacity to Keep Dangerous Offenders Behind Bars: Province adding more than 2,500 permanent jail beds across the province"
Graph showing post-secondary education spending per resident aged 18-24 in Ontario. Starts at $11,194 in 2018, dropping to $9,329 projected for 2026, and down to a projected $8,244 in 2028.
Map of United States using NOAA data that show lower than average temperatures in northeastern states, warmer than average in western 2/3 of U.S., and significantly hotter than average in most of southwest.
Chart showing Ontario PSE funding by year, with 2018 adjusted for inflation and current student levels. 2018 saw equivalent of $16.5bn, with 2027 provincial projection $2.4 billion below that.
Table of riding progress to achieving provincial housing target. Doug Ford's riding of Etobicoke North is in last place at 2%. Top three are all NDP ridings: Kristyn Wong-Tam in Toronto Centre, Chris Glover in Toronto Fort York and Jessica Bell in University Rosedale.
Long racks of new skis and boots.
Image of Toronto Star headline reading: Workers in Ontario were shortchanged nearly $200 million in unpaid wages, a new report says: ‘A massive crisis happening in plain sight’
Yellow sign at pedestrian crossing that says "PEDESTRIANS YIELD TO TRAFFIC."
Line chart showing real (2025 dollars) per capita spending by the Ontario government on the postsecondary sector. It goes from $10,567 in 2018, down to a projection of just $7,752 in 2027.
Image of beginning of media advisory from Ontario Treasury Board Secretariat stating that they will release Ontario's 2024-25 Public Accounts on Froday.
Group photo of female care workers with CUPE flags outside a Villa Colombo seniors building in Toronto.
Poster for fee ice cream at CUPE 5525 picket line. 11am to 3 pm at 22 Wenderly Drive, North York
Halte-vélo. Toilettes et douches gratuites. Photo avec deux vélos.
Group photo of Canadian Ski Patrol bicycle and motorcycle response u it members.
Two alpacas in front of CUPE tent outside library. Crowd of parents and kids.
Headline: Libraries Need Librarians! Join a family-friendly rally to support keeping the existing librarian positions at Peterborough Public Library. Thursday, May 15, 4-5:30 p.m., at Library Commons (corner of Aylmer & Simcoe) All ages Children's parade Bring kazoos, shakers & other instruments Sidewalk art & fun!
Teddy bear sitting up in bed and reading copu of Steven High's book The Left in Power.
View from a deck of a sunny day at a ski hill, looking out across the Beaver Valley.
View across snowy Beaver Valley to smoke plume and flames of a house fire.
Image with graphic of people protesting. Text reads: Support the workers who support campus life. Thursday, January 30, 11:45 a.m. outside Richardson Hall. Tell Queen's and Aramark you want a fair deal for workers to support a clean, safe campus and quality services for everyone!
Selfie with ski helmet on sunny day with view from top of Stairway ski run at Devil's Glen with ski patroller in background.
Image of snowy back yard with snow-covered spruce trees.
Chart showing share of population using cycling as main mode of community, based on 2021 census. Palmerston-Little Italy 16.1% Little Portugal 11.7% Dovercourt Village 11.3% Trinity-Bellwoods 10.6% North Riverdale 10.4% Dufferin Grove 9.9% University 9.6% Roncesvalles 9.2% Blake-Jones 9.0% Cabbagetown-South St. James Town 8.8% Annex 8.6% South Parkdale 7.7% Moss Park 7.6% South Riverdale 7.2% Regent Park 7.1%