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A Place to Stand

Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, stands behind prison bars made of thin tree trunks. A bird bath with a dam built down the middle separating the clean water from the bad water. The left bird on the contaminated side watches the other bird drinking clean water. A running tap pours a copious amount of water into a boiling pot of water. Steam rises out of the pot. 'Water Advisory' text is repeated in the background. Doug Ford depicted as a giant grows fat eating wads of cash. Inspired by 'Gargantua' (1831) by French artist Honoré Daumier Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, hangs an 'open for business' banner over the 'Entering the Greenbelt' sign. A road fades away into the distance over tall concrete hills. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, digs up the land in the Greenbelt with a shovel. Ontario's Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk holding a book, standing in front of the Ontario and Canadian flags. A game of whack-a-mole, with Doug Ford's head replacing the moles. Page 1 of A Place to Stand magazine. Depicting Bonnie Lysyk's Auditor General report of Doug Ford's Greenbelt policies. Page 2 of A Place to Stand magazine. Depicting the context of Doug Ford's Greenbelt scandals. Page 3 of A Place to Stand magazine. Continuing the discussion on Doug Ford's Greenbelt scandals and policies. Page 4 of A Place to Stand magazine. Depicting the rising costs of groceries in Northern Ontario, disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities. Page 5 of A Place to Stand magazine. Depicting the development of High Park in Toronto.


Blurb

A Place to Stand is an independent illustrative magazine committed to telling the nuanced stories of our land and the policies which shape it. Our mission is to support Ontarians in standing united and finding commonalities across our diverse communities. Everyone deserves a place to stand from Hudson Bay to the GTA!

Action must be taken to protect and nourish our land and those who depend on it for life. We all share this great and beautiful province and every one of us counts. Let’s share our unique perspectives and use our voices to bring positive change and build an Ontario which stands stronger together.

Additional Images

A portager carrying a canoe on their back along Yonge Street in Toronto. A public protest at the Queen and Spadina intersection in Toronto calling for Palestinian rights and freedom. A slice of life scene in Toronto's High Park. Doug Ford's large hand tears the Toronto Science Center up from its foundations. Money drains from the piping, scattering everywhere. Doug Ford splashes around in the iconic Ontario Place waterpark. Two people stand at a grocery check-out line, in contrast to an outdoor field where two elk stand under a tree. A close-up of a person leaving a grocery store with empty pockets and a small half-full plastic bag. A gingerbread model depicting the Toronto housing crisis. Doug Ford withholds a candy sour key from desperate gingerbread people. A family fishes from a canoe in a lake contaminated by a toxic mine. Parliament Hill stands in the background, but it's reflection in the water is that of a mine. Two children eat wild berries from a bush near a toxic mine. A silver spoon bearing a parlimentary crown is depicted as digging into the ground below the mine. The spoon has a scoop of arsenic, a toxic by-product from mining processes.