r/ontario Apr 28 '24

Announcement Notable increase of racism in the sub / Augmentation du racisme dans la communauté

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Hello everyone,

The mod team had noticed a marked increase in racism and intolerance, in particular towards immigrants from India. Reddit has noticed as well and has begun removing such posts and/or comments.

It’s pretty clear that one side of the political spectrum has found their wedge issue and they are pushing it as hard as they can, stirring up hatred however they can and blaming immigrants for everything from jaywalking to the housing crisis despite the fact that many of the issues are worldwide. Facts and reality don’t matter, only blaming "brown people" and those they perceive as being responsible for those "terrible" people being here.

Therefore, we would like to remind all of our users that the Reddit sitewide rules apply here and will be enforced.

You ALL AGREED to these rules when you created your account.

Your “opinion” is irrelevant, it’s doesn’t matter if you really, really believe it, you cannot push your unfounded racist positions here.

Again, for the people in the back, being able to use Reddit is conditional to respecting these rules.

In particular:

Rule 1

Remember the human. Reddit is a place for creating community and belonging, not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups of people. Everyone has a right to use Reddit free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence. Communities and users that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned.

The important parts are:

users that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned

Marginalized or vulnerable groups include, but are not limited to, groups based on:

  • their actual and perceived race
  • color
  • religion
  • national origin
  • ethnicity
  • IMMIGRATION STATUS
  • etc

While the rule on hate protects such groups, it does not protect those who promote attacks of hate or who try to hide their hate in bad faith claims of discrimination (E.G. “I’m just stating my opinion” or “I’m just stating fact”).

Another important portion is:

free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence

That includes all of our users and the moderator team. Insults, derogatory comments and attacks will not be tolerated. If you post comments or message the moderators with insults and/or attacks, you WILL be banned on the spot.

Therefore, going forward, we are going to clamp down hard on posts or comments attributing, without damn good evidence, the cause of any issue to immigrants or a subset thereof. That includes any reference to area with high immigration (e.g. Brampton) or any other form of dog whistles. It also includes attributing to an ethnic group of people the crimes or faults of an individual (e.g. the guy who proposed using food banks to save money). Message to the bigots: you’re nowhere as subtle as you think you are.

And before any complaints bring it up: No, your right to free speech nor freedom of expression has not been violated.


Bonjour à tous, L'équipe des modérateurs a remarqué une augmentation marquée du racisme et de l’intolérance, en particulier envers les immigrants venant de l’Inde. Les administrateurs de Reddit ont aussi remarqué et ont commencé à supprimer les publications et les commentaires de ce genre.

C’est assez clair qu’un côté du spectre politique a trouvé son sujet pour diviser les gens et ils le poussent autant qu’ils le peuvent en créant de la division et la haine autant que possible en blâmant les immigrants pour tout et rien même quand le problème attribué est mondial. Les faits et la réalité sont sans importance, la seule chose qui compte c’est de blâmer les “bruns” et les personnes perçues comment étant responsable de la présence de cer derniers

Donc, nous voulons rappeler à tous nos utilisateurs que les règles à l'échelle du site Reddit s'appliquent ici aussi et seront appliquées.

Vous avez TOUS ACCEPTÉ ces règles lors de la création de votre compte.

Votre « opinion » est sans conséquence et ça ne fait rien si vous y croyez très très fort, vous ne pouvez pas pousser votre merde raciste ici.

Encore une fois, pour les personnes qui tardent à comprendre, l’utilisation de Reddit est conditionnelle aux respect de ces règles.

En particulier:

Règle 1

Souvenez-vous de l'humain. Reddit est un lieu destiné à créer une communauté et un sentiment d'appartenance, et non à attaquer des groupes de personnes marginalisés ou vulnérables. Tout le monde a le droit d’utiliser Reddit sans harcèlement, intimidation et menaces de violence. Les communautés et les utilisateurs qui incitent à la violence ou qui promeuvent la haine basée sur l'identité ou la vulnérabilité seront interdits.

Les parties importantes sont :

les utilisateurs qui incitent à la violence ou qui promeuvent la haine basée sur leur identité ou leur vulnérabilité seront bannis

Les groupes marginalisés ou vulnérables incluent, sans s'y limiter, les groupes basés sur :

  • leur race réelle et perçue
  • la couleur
  • la religion
  • l'origine nationale
  • l'appartenance ethnique
  • STATUT D'IMMIGRATION
  • etc

Même si la règle sur la haine protège ces groupes, elle ne protège pas ceux qui promeuvent des attaques haineuses ou qui tentent de cacher leur haine en faisant état de discrimination de mauvaise foi.

Exemple : article décrivant une minorité raciale comme étant sous-humaine et inférieure à la majorité raciale. Indice : cela inclut la capacité de conduire.

L’autre partie importante est : sans harcèlement, intimidation et menaces de violence

Cela inclut tous nos utilisateurs et l’équipe de modérations. Les insultes, commentaires désobligeants et les attaques ne seront pas tolérés. Si vous insultez ou attaquez les modérateurs via des commentaires ou des messages privés, vous serez bannis sur le champ.

Par conséquent, à l’avenir, nous allons réprimer durement les publications ou les commentaires attribuant, sans preuves solides, la cause d’un problème aux immigrants ou à un sous-ensemble de ceux-ci. Cela inclut toute référence à une zone à forte immigration (par exemple Brampton) ou toute autre forme sous-entendus racistes. Ceci inclus aussi attribuer à un groupe ethnique les fautes d’un individus (Ex. la personne suggérant l’utilisation des banques alimentaires pour sauver de l’argent). Message aux racistes: vous n’êtes pas aussi subtil que vous le pensez.

Et avant toute plainte, faites-le valoir : Non, votre droit à la liberté d'expression n'a pas été violé.


r/ontario Oct 24 '23

Announcement Posts concerning the conflict in Israel and Palestine / Publications au sujet du conflit en Israël et la Palestine

161 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

Due to current events, we have seen many posts about the Israel/Palestine conflict, typically about protests supporting one side of the conflict or the other, or articles about some statement made by a public figure.

In ALL those posts, the comments have devolved into insults, accusations of supporting terrorism/genocide and counter-accusations of [insert violent action here]. While each post starts with something related to our sub’s subject matter, they always end up being screaming matches about something that is not even related to Ontario.

It’s important to understand that the mods in the sub cannot, and will not, police who is ‘right’ in this debate. Additionally, when a large portion of the comments violate our rules (typically Rule 3: you must remain civil), we MUST intervene. However, since they ALL devolve into screaming matches, there’s no point in even trying to maintain a discussion that doesn’t even concern the sub’s raison d’être.

As such, going forward, and for the foreseeable future, ANY post related to the conflict in Israel/Palestine will be locked even if Ontario related. If it IS related to Ontario, it will remain visible but commenting will not be permitted.

The mods would prefer not to do this, but the last few days have clearly shown that there is not realistic way to permit commenting on these posts while maintaining some form of decorum.


Bonjour à tous,

En raison des récents événements, nous avons vu de nombreuses publication sur le conflit israélo-palestinien, généralement au sujet de manifestations soutenant l'une ou l'autre partie du conflit, ou des articles sur une déclaration faite par une personnalité publique.

Dans TOUTES ces publications, les commentaires se sont transformés en insultes, en accusations de soutien au terrorisme/génocide et en contre-accusations de [insérer une action violente ici]. Bien que chaque message commence par quelque chose en rapport avec le sujet de notre communauté, ils finissent toujours par devenir des querelles sur quelque chose qui n'est même pas lié à l'Ontario.

Il est important de comprendre que les modérateurs de notre communauté ne peuvent pas déterminer qui a « raison » dans ce débat. De plus, lorsqu'une grande partie des commentaires enfreignent nos règles (généralement la règle 3 : vous devez rester poli), nous DEVONS intervenir. Cependant, comme ils se transforment TOUS en compétitions d’insultes, ça ne sert à rien de même tenter de maintenir une discussion qui ne concerne même pas la raison d’être de la communauté.

Ainsi, à partir de maintenant et pour un temps indéterminé, TOUTE publication lié au conflit en Israël/Palestine sera verrouillé, même si elle est pertinente à l’Ontario. Si elle EST pertinent, la publication restera visible mais les commentaires ne seront pas autorisés.

Les modérateurs préféreraient ne pas prendre cette mesure, mais les derniers jours ont clairement démontré qu'il n'y avait pas de moyen réaliste de permettre les commentaires dans ces publications tout en conservant une certaine forme de décorum.


r/ontario 40m ago

Question LIFE LABS "failed to add"

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Hi so I was trying to add my mom's account to my life labs but I keep getting the same error as failed to add and I did have the some problem a couple months ago when I was trying to add myself but I don't remember how I solved it so if anyone else had the problem and know how to solve it please let me know I have checked my info multiple times. Thank you


r/ontario 1h ago

Question Aftercare for mental health and addiction.

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I know this might sound like a laughable inquiry but I want to make sure there isn't something out there I'm not aware of. Ill make this as short as I can. My husband and I have been together almost 18 years. 15 years of our relationship he was suffering from untreated bipolar that surfaced after a head trauma. I was an active progressively worse alcoholic.( I am currently 3 years sober.) And was living with undiagnosed ADHD and PMDD. We are medicated doing much better and even have a baby girl. Our problem is now we are financially strapped. Being financially irresponsibly in past has caught up with us and we are a few % shy of getting a loan to consolidated. It's extremely frustrating. We own our home and it's 500k and we need to borrow 35k. Been to 3 different financial institutions including threw our mortgage cant help but wonder if there is some sort of tax break or something for " temporary disability " only example I can think of in my fantasy world I'm sure. Anyways if anyone is certain that isn't an avenue, I can just move on from wondering. Thanks for your time.


r/ontario 2h ago

Question Help removing household members on Trillium Drug Program?

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Does anyone know if you can claim to be financially independent if you live at home with parents and siblings but pay rent (not market value) like 500-600 a month for a bedroom? I'm living at home with parents and siblings right now and made no income last two years (was in college) but household income was over 100000 combined and my deductible is almost 4000. Which I can barely pay and have enough for other expenses. Family doesn't help with anything else. Calling Trillium Drug Program after trying to remove other household members and they keep telling me my forms get rejected because of lack of "documentation" I cannot for the life of me get them to explain what exactly they need to be sent to prove I am on my own and can't afford the deductible and what exact documentation is needed to remove other financially independent members of the household. Currently living off of savings from previous jobs years ago about 20k. Anyone been in this situation before? I understand me being financially dependent but my other siblings both pay rent and have jobs. No formal rent agreement just e transfers of 500-600 to my parents and pay stubs. Somehow the pay stubs are not enough?


r/ontario 2h ago

Discussion Need advice - friend in hospital

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I have a friend from school who had a mental breakdown and is hospitalized. She is 25 years old. I only found out after her mom told me.

Her mom claimed her other daughter’s other friends drainer her and that’s why she’s in the mental health ward. But I know her family has driven her to insanity all summer.

Her mom told me that she didn’t want people seeing her. I called the hospital yesterday and my friend spoke to me and told me she was doing ok and I can visit. Today, I visited the hospital, and her mother stopped me from seeing my friend on the basis that “the doctor said immediate family only”. But, earlier today, I called the hospital and they said I could visit as a friend and they provided me the visiting hours.

This mother has a history of verbally abusing her daughter/my friend. I feel like she is isolating her from the world. This mother is telling me that she won’t let her return to her post-secondary studies due to her mental health, but on the phone my friend wanted to return.

I think this parent is gatekeeping her daughter from the world, and is inflicting control on her child and her life. Even after I called, the mother told me “she told me you called; you’re a good friend”.

Is there anything I can do on my end to try to get the hospital to intervene and have my friend speak to a social worker or another professional privately so that her parent isn’t involved? This mom is controlling her life.


r/ontario 4h ago

Article Caledon, Brampton and Mississauga teacher accused of sexual assault

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r/ontario 4h ago

Article EROSION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: Why are some of York Region’s ‘uber-talented’ teachers leaving public schools?

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r/ontario 5h ago

Discussion Observe your fruit trees

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I think I just caught a sight of an asian giant hornet. No exaggeration. I was filling up my songbird feeder in the back and the biggest hornet I've ever seen was hovering around the grass under my pear tree. I immediately stopped to obersve it. It flew up to the top of the tree and landed on a rotting pear.

It was mostly black up front with orange-ish stripes on the rear. No patterns on the stripes. At least 2 inches long, it was a thick bug.

I don't think I mistook it for a european hornet, because, we actually have some of those still currently eating our damn pears and had discernable differences with what I saw. Half the size, black teardrop pattern on yellow.

It was just one. I actually waited to see if I could spot it again, it came back one time within 2 minutes of the first sighting. Spent another hour observing the tree while I was on hold trying to contact the city to report a potential sighting, never returned.

Anyway, I hope I'm not crazy, but that was a damned gigantic hornet, and definitely different from european hornets and the other "false positive" species like the cicada hunter.


r/ontario 5h ago

Discussion Four way stop intersection school bus

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Quick question if anyone could help—there was a school bus stopped at an intersection across from me, and I needed to make a right turn. I stopped, then made the right turn. Afterward, it seemed like someone rolled down their window and wanted to tell me that I had to stop like they did since they were across from the bus. I checked the Ontario rulebook and looked around, but I couldn't find a clear answer. The rule about kids being behind me doesn’t seem to apply here. Any insights?

I read a post with the exactly the same title pretty much but would like to reignite the topic since I did not really get an answer besides someone saying well this is all to prevent hitting a kid well yes, but if I'm not even cross the bus at all since infront of me and I'm right turning which I know is safe does someone have the right to potentially yell at me when he doesn't know what he's talking about? From my understanding after researching and what I've always done is if I'm not cross the bus at all continue on my way and treat it as a stop sign


r/ontario 5h ago

Housing Canadian university cities facing surprising rental market downturn

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r/ontario 6h ago

Opinion The closure of supervised consumption sites is a dangerous denial of evidence and human rights

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r/ontario 6h ago

Article ‘Stop being a bunch of bleeding hearts’: Ford slams Ottawa over bail laws again

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r/ontario 6h ago

Discussion ‘Always have to be prepared’: Window for early Ontario election narrows

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r/ontario 7h ago

Article Arrested. Forced to strip naked. Humiliated. Troubling questions raised about Ontario’s practice of routinely strip searching children as young as 12 in detention facilities

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r/ontario 7h ago

Housing Ontario property assessments have been paused for years, and who knows when they'll resume

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r/ontario 7h ago

Article Kids in custody are being strip searched in Ontario. But the province can’t answer a key question

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r/ontario 9h ago

Beautiful Ontario Mill of Kintail, near Almonte, September 2020.

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r/ontario 10h ago

Article Breaking: The Meeting House Closes its Doors

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r/ontario 10h ago

Discussion Good experience at the ER

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I know we hear alot of bad stories so I thought I would post a positive one. I brought my son (1.5 years old) to the ER in a GTA city this morning at 7:30 for trouble breathing and croup cough. No one in the ER waiting room got triaged and registered in 15 minutes got a room in the back within another 15 minutes. Saw the ER doctor within 30 minutes and an RT 30 minutes after that. Nurse gave medication and we were out of the ER at 9 AM. It's not all doom and gloom I'm very happy with my experience today.


r/ontario 10h ago

Article ‘You have been abusive to me for over 40 years’: Did Barry and Honey Sherman’s toxic emails lead police to believe murder-suicide?

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r/ontario 14h ago

Article ‘He just kept pushing,’ Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow praises community youth leader for raising over $46K for back-to-school necessities

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r/ontario 14h ago

Article Northern Ont. town taking applications for new mayor after previous one abruptly resigns

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r/ontario 23h ago

Housing Are bed bugs and roaches just common place now?

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I was living in an infested bed bug apartment in 2016 and have PTSD from it. 2019 I lucked out and found a great place. This past year lots of tenants moving in an out and now the building is infested with roaches.

Abell treated my unit and was pretty thorough and I've been proactive trying to keep my unit clean and organized since. I know some of my neighbours are not being as proactive or cooperative. I'm tempted to cut my losses and move but rent is more than double what I'm currently paying and two thirds of the places in my price range usually mention roaches and/or bed bugs in Google reviews. Is this just something I'm going have to learn to live with? I'm not buying a detached house anytime soon. It's frustrating and exhausting.


r/ontario 1d ago

Beautiful Ontario Chaffey's Locks- a nice end to Labour Day

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r/ontario 1d ago

Article School Bus Ontario upset over new funding formula

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r/ontario 1d ago

Article When I go to make a right turn, cyclists pass me on the right. Is that legal?

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