Deborah Williams

Global News has been engaged in a years-long transparency battle with Premier Doug Ford's office over his cell phone records. The government has lost a battle in court. The government is now changing the rules to neutralize the FOI. #onpoli

BREAKING: The Ford government is changing Ontario's Freedom Of Information act system, effectively gutting a tool journalists use to obtain documents related to government decision-making: - The Premier, Ministers and their offices will all be excluded from the FOI system. - This applies to all existing requests - Only civil servants can be FOI'd - The government is extending the response timeline from 30 calendar days to 45 business days. #onpoli

Premier Ford says his plan to give teachers $750 cards for classroom supplies is the “greatest thing” he’s done for public education. Critics say the $66M investment doesn’t come close to closing a $6.3B funding gap & basics like crayons & tissues should be a given, not a gift.

Education partners are united: No elimination of local governance without real consultation - students, parents, educators, boards, and experts must be at the table. Supervised boards need a clear plan to restore local democratic oversight. #DemocracyIsNotOutdated #MakeTheCall

Ministry supervision of school boards isn’t fixing anything. Ontario needs: real local governance, real investment in public education, real collaboration, and real transparency. Our students deserve better. #FundOurSchools #MakeTheCall

Ontario students don’t need another EQAO review - they need smaller classes. The issue is 30+ kids packed into a classroom. Decades of research already tells us what works. Stop deflecting and invest in smaller class size now! #onpoli #MakeTheCall” policyalternatives.ca/news-research/…

Eastdale and Heydon Park give their students safety, stability, and a real shot at success. Cutting what works isn’t “efficiency”. These schools support kids who would otherwise fall through the cracks - serving an essential role in our school system! #FundOurSchools

Under the Education Minister’s supervision, decisions about the future of Eastdale and Heydon Park are happening behind closed doors with zero transparency. STOP -engage local communities to find real solutions for students and the public good. #onpoli #MakeTheCall

Seven boards under supervision. Zero consultation and talk of removing trustees. This isn’t “modernization.” It’s centralizing power and shutting out communities. STOP -get stakeholders to the table, find real solutions for students and the public good. #onpoli #MakeTheCall

Our schools are strongest when communities lead 🙌🏽 Students, parents, caregivers, education workers, and community members are coming together for a Fund Our Schools Town Hall to share their vision for publicly funded education and demand better. Join the conversation and help shape the future of our schools: 📍 Jamaican Canadian Association (995 Arrow Rd, North York, Toronto) 🗓 Wednesday, February 25, 2026 ⏰ 7:00–8:30 PM RSVP: bit.ly/4tLlQt6 #OSSTF #OntEd

Scapegoating and cutting trustees won’t fix a $6.35B funding gap. It just erases local representation and concentrates power at Queen’s Park. Democracy is not outdated! STOP -get stakeholders to the table, find real solutions for students and the public good. #onpoli #MakeTheCall

This isn’t “intervention”, it’s a demolition of local democracy. Underfunding boards, blaming them for the fallout, then grabbing the wheel -that’s manufactured chaos. STOP -get stakeholders to the table, find real solutions for students and the public good. #onpoli #MakeTheCall

Ontario's post-secondary education plan announced today is better than nothing, but not much better than anything else. The claim that the plan represents a "historical investment" is, once again, rather disingenuous. Analysis below. #onpoli #onted policyalternatives.ca/news-research/…

Sign Up to Speak at @TDSB #SpecialEducation Advisory Committee April 13 “Listening to Parents’ Voice” Meeting. Tell Other School Boards to Hold These Meetings Too! aodaalliance.org/whats-new/sign… #accessibility #OntEd #onpoli

Here's a song I wrote tonight to work through my frustration with how @fordnation and @PaulCalandra are intentionally starving public schools of funds and then using the resulting deficit budgets as an excuse to take over school boards. #OntEd #RepealBill33

#OntEd #RepealBill33

Just sent a letter to Minister Calandra from our school parent council demanding a clear roadmap for when the TDSB will be taken out of supervision with Trustees returned to their role. Parent Councils should express their concern before it's too late! #topoli #onpoli #onted

We’re glad to see CTRL-F included in conversations that matter. Thank you to the educators prioritizing digital media literacy to help their students find the information they need to make sense of our changing world.

Ontario’s education minister is hiring two advisors at $1,500 a day to review why EQAO results aren’t improving. Critics say the answer is obvious: “we don’t need people making $1,500 a day to tell us scores are down because the government cut funding by $1,500 a student.”

📣 Only two days left! The deadline to apply for the Early French Immersion program is fast approaching. All on-time applicants are guaranteed a spot in the program. Learn more: tdsb.on.ca/EFI