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Wayne Gates

@Wayne_Gates

NDP MPP for Niagara Falls, Fort Erie and Niagara-on-the-Lake. Proud Father & Grandfather. Owner of the best moustache in town.

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Wayne Gates
Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
800,000 Ontarians out of work. Youth unemployment near 20%. Rents for a two-bedroom are averaging $2,000 a month in Niagara, while waitlists for affordable housing are decades long. Food banks use is at record levels. That's life in Doug Ford's Ontario. 🧵#onpoli
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Marit Stiles
Marit Stiles@MaritStiles·
Doug Ford was ordered to release his phone records. He refused. Now, he's changing the law to make sure he never has to. What is he covering up? Watch the video for the full story 👇 Then head to ReleaseDougsTexts.ca and tell him to release his records.
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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
If these rules had been in place, we never would have learned about the Greenbelt scandal. There's no reason we need less transparency from the Ford government - none. Ontarians should expect to be able to hold their elected officials accountable. This is just plain wrong.
Richard Southern@RichardCityNews

Ford government to keep documents from Premier & cabinet minister offices secret. - The records of the Premier, cabinet ministers, and their offices will no longer be subject to freedom of information requests - It will apply retroactively to FOI's in progress - Only civil servants can be FOI'd - Government continues to claim to be "One of the most transparent governments in the history of Ontario.” - "This is bullshit" says NDP leader Marit Stiles

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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
Hallway medicine is worse than ever. We can't recruit or retain doctors and nurses. Hospitals are warning of a crisis. It's all been caused by years of Doug Ford's underfunding. And now he's refusing to clean up the mess he made. Ontario deserves so much better. #onpoli
Raghu Venugopal MD@raghu_venugopal

The Queen's Park FAO documents clear underfunding, we're going to lose nurses, PSWs and hospital beds, the OHA CEO (who worked for Premier Harris) calls this a "crisis" and hallway healthcare is entrenched. Everyone's worried except Ontario Premier Ford. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
Ford is forcing students to pay for the mess he created. Life shouldn't be this hard for young people in Ontario. Let’s fight to make it better. Let’s start by saving OSAP. #onpoli
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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
Ford underfunded the post-secondary sector for nearly a decade, pushing universities and colleges to the breaking point and leading to cuts and layoffs across Ontario, including here in Niagara. And now, Ford is cutting grants and saddling young people with more loans. 🧵
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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
SAVE OSAP. Young people are struggling in Doug Ford's Ontario. We have record youth unemployment and an affordable housing crisis. The last thing they need is to be saddled with tens of thousands of dollars of debt as they start their lives. 🧵 #onpoli
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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
Let's be clear. Ontarians deserve a well-funded public health care system. After years of privatization and underfunding from Doug Ford, the Minister is now soft-launching health care cuts. Cuts to health care not only hurt patients and workers - it's bad for our economy.
Isaac Callan@isaaccallan

NEW: Ontario's finance minister says the province's spending on health-care is "unsustainable" as he writes his 2026 financial plan. Speaking in Mississauga, Peter Bethenfalvy said, "We’re going to have to manage that challenge." #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/11669653/…

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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
Patients died in pain without medication. Children went without supplies. Health care workers were left scrambling and overwhelmed. This was all caused by the Ford government switching supply contracts. This is what health care in Ontario looks like under Doug Ford.
Jack Hauen@jackhauen

New: Ontario's medical supply shortage was worse than you know. End-of-life patients died without pain relief. Nurses bartered for and improvised medical supplies. Children were affected. Memos, notes reveal how a cost-cutting merger became a nightmare. thetrillium.ca/news/the-trill…

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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
Ford underfunded post-secondary for nearly a decade, leading to cuts and layoffs across Ontario. And now that the sector is at a breaking point, Ford is cutting grants and saddling young people with more loans and debt? Students and workers deserve so much better. #onpoli
Colin D'Mello | Global News@ColinDMello

BREAKING: The ford government is lifting the long-standing tuition freeze for college and university students, as part of its post secondary funding changes: • Tuition: 2% increase per year for 3 years, then rate of 2% or 3-year inflation average • PSE funding: $1.6 B per year, above the base $5.4 B • OSAP: max 25% as a grant, minimum 75% as a loan (currently it’s 85% grant max 15% loan min) #onpoli

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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
Devastated by the horrific news in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. My thoughts are with the victims, their families and the entire community. We are praying for a full recovery of all those who were injured, and grateful for the work of first responders.
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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
Patients and front-line staff should not be paying the price for Doug Ford's health care cuts. Please see my letter to the Minister of Health on the recent layoffs of front-line health care staff in Niagara.
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Marit Stiles
Marit Stiles@MaritStiles·
A new report from Ontario's largest healthcare union shows Doug Ford is planning cuts that will eliminate over 10,000 healthcare workers from hospitals. 10,000 nurses, PSWs, and frontline staff – gone. Emergency rooms with 20-hour waits. Patients in hallways. And Doug Ford wants to make it worse by firing more workers. Public healthcare is the safety and security that comes with knowing we'll be looked after no matter what. That's our social contract. 🍁🇨🇦
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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
This isn't a hypothetical. People in my community in Niagara have already suffered cuts to front-line jobs and urgent care services because of Ford's assault on public health care. This will only get worse. We must stand up for our health care system, before it's too late.
Isaac Callan@isaaccallan

NEW: Another Ontario sector warning the government it can't survive under current funding plans. Hospitals telling the finance minister they'll have to make impossible choices if they don't receive new money. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/11625284/…

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Wayne Gates@Wayne_Gates·
The worst housing construction rate in the country under Doug Ford. Housing is a crisis, and Ford has only made the problem worse over the last 8 years with halfway measures & corrupt backroom deals. We must get government back in the business of building affordable housing.
Isaac Callan@isaaccallan

NEW: The stats for 2025 are in - and Ontario had the worst housing construction rate in the country. The province saw just 62,561 housing starts last year. Its target was 150,000 for this year and next year that will rise to 175,000. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/11622486/…

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