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marjorie knight
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Congratulations to Four All Ice Cream on your 10th anniversary. Thanks for the leadership & joy you provide in our community. To celebrate 10% of all today's sales will be donated to @Food4KidsWR, which is also celebrating 10 yrs. Please enjoy & support @uptownwaterloo
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Over 1 million people in Ontario used food banks last year.
One in three were children.
Food bank use has gone up every single year since Doug Ford was elected.
If this government won't take action on the cost of living crisis, then they should get out of the way.
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Congratulations to @OHLRangers on their historic OHL championship glory last night! 👏👏👏 Bring on the Memorial Cup 🏆 #LetsGoRangers therecord.com/sports/hockey/…
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When records were about to come out, Doug Ford changed the law to bury them. When court cases started heating up, he changed the law to nullify them.
Is this Queen's Park or the Kremlin? Why does this Premier think he's above the law?
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I was at the ER yesterday. Thankfully, I'll be okay...
Hallway medicine is thriving under Fords govt.
The last healthcare worker I saw before I left I thanked her for her work. She said, "We are asked to make lemonade without lemons."
Patients and workers deserve better.
Marit Stiles@MaritStiles
Where are patients being treated in Ontario hospitals right now? Hallways. Broom closets. This is what Doug Ford considers acceptable healthcare. Manitoba and BC have implemented safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. Ontario refuses. Why?
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Wow, abuse of OSAP?!
So screw over students esp BIPOC, disabled & poorer students disproportionately hurt by Ford for the wrongdoings of few?
Looks like based on Fords own metrics he should overhaul his entire government!
Indeed, I think its time Ontario gets a fresh start🍊
Toronto Star@TorontoStar
#Exclusive: Doug Ford cited abuse of OSAP as one reason for its overhaul. Here’s what new data actually shows trib.al/y9i3mJw
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NEW: Most classroom teachers are unable to adequately support students with special education needs, according to a new AG report.
The report also raises concerns about rising EA absences, and students sent home when schools couldn't meet their needs. thetrillium.ca/news/education…
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@CFifeKW a case where the father is manipulating the system, can't garnish wages unless you miss 3 consecutive months, so he only makes a payment on the last day of the 3rdmonth, so she can't maintain rent and will be evicted this month. Then he will go to court and get custody of kids..
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Advocating for parents with the Family Responsibility Office has been consistently, inconsistent.
Families owed 2.1 Billion! #onpoli
Toronto Star@TorontoStar
#Breaking: Families are owed $2.1 billion in overdue child and spousal support from Ontario's Family Responsibility Office because of enforcement problems, a new AG report has found. New from Rob Ferguson: trib.al/eR87rI4
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Today's Auditor General reports are damning:
Fraud in commercial truck driver licensing – despite years of warnings and deaths on our highways.
Failing supports for students with special needs.
Massive delays at the Family Responsibility Office.
The Ford government can't deliver basic services.
Ontario NDP@OntarioNDP
#NEW: Stiles says special audits show Ford government’s failure to protect Ontarians, calls for urgent action to end fraud in commercial truck driver training and licensing
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Ford govt THERME SCHEME continues: "Infrastructure Ontario assessment of Therme’s bid to build a spa at @ONPlace4All wrongly presented development giant Aecon as a partner, document obtained by the Star revealed, potentially improving the bid’s likelihood of success." TorontoStar
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Why people with disabilities are worse off after training changes...
"The Ford government’s transformation added a layer of bureaucracy between the service providers and the province: service system managers, or SSMs, were brought in to manage the service providers..." #onpoli
Jack Hauen@jackhauen
@MoiraWelsh It also backs up my reporting: many such programs ended after the Ford govt inserted overseers, including for-profit companies, into the mix. A mock schedule from one of those companies suggested employees skip lunch breaks to keep up. #onpoli thetrillium.ca/news/the-trill…
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Territorial acknowledgements state gratefulness to live/work/play on Indig lands
Perhaps they should acknowledge institutions, industries, people extract wealth, resources, opportunity, comfort from those same lands.
Without truth, acknowledgement = performance not responsibility
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Ontarians are concerned about grocery prices, housing, education & healthcare - the Premier is focused on himself. And his Jet. There is a cost to this kind of hubris and arrogance. Ontario you deserve so much better. The "gravy plane" is not a priority for you, or us. #onpoli
Tina Yazdani@TinaYazdani
We pressed Premier Ford on why he hasn't released the receipts regarding the purchase & sale of his government's private jet. He argues Ontarians are more concerned about other issues. Watch the exchange here:
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ONDP MPP Jessica Bell has a motion calling for a RENT FREEZE NOW! I was happy to support her and tenants advoacy leaders this morning. Our #tostpauls community has long called for REAL rent control and a BAN on AGIs. Press your MPP to support these supports for tenants! #onpoli
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It’s a lot more than the jet. Maybe that crystallized things.
But it’s the hospital closures. Job loss. Bad economic growth. Scandal after scandal. Destroying Toronto’s waterfront. Failing to keep Northern Ontario roads safe. Housing failure.
It’s the cascade of failure
Shawn Jeffords@Shawn_Jeffords
Ford losing support in wake of jet controversy, polls suggest. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
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So, all ths racist shit, bigoted crap, denying women of bodily autonomy, equal pay, and protection against domestic violence and sexual predators, screwing Ukraine over, cutting healthcare, school lunches, snap benefits, and assistance for Seniors and Veteans was absolutely cool until SHE was affected by trump's inhumanity, sociopathy, and vengeful nature?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'Trump texted me that if my son gets killed, I deserve it because I was a traitor to him. I'd probably get put in jail if I released the texts. That's our president'
MAGA was never about America. It was about one man's ego - and everyone who crosses him learns the hard way
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