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Live in Kitchener at St.Maryā€™s Hospital where people are united with #Nurses to #SavePublicHealth #onpoli
We do not want to pay $150 for temp workers who lack benefits. We want nurses who have decent wages and supports. We want #PublicHealth to stay public. #StopPrivatization #onpoli #kitchener #Nurses #FordFailedNurses #FordFailedOntario
Nurses are calling for safe staffing, fair contracts, a removal of wage caps. #RecindBill124. Stop gutting healthcare. #ProtectPublicHealthcare
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In response to public outcry, Ford offloads free RAT distribution to the LCBO, but only to some, not all, stores;

RAT giveaway and booster distribution is chaotic, creating long lineups and growing public unease;

Ford won't impose province-wide vaccine mandate on HCWs .../2
...in deference to anti-vax base and fearing loss of staff;

Ford says no to mandatory vaccines in "all industries" July 2021, again prioritizing constitutional rights of his minority base of anti-vaxxers;

Cut $500M from education budget immediately upon election, then.../3
.. converted OSAP grants into loans, increasing already onerous student debt levels;

Ford/Lecce hiked up class sizes from 22 to 28 and imposed the online Zoom disaster on teachers and students in Mar 2019, a full 12 months before Covid struck, amid accusations Ford.../4
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Globe and Mail reports Ford lied about hospital CEOs' purported united resistance to province-wide vaccine mandates for HCWs. Only one facility raised minor staffing concerns;

Parents anxious about an undetermined January 2022 school opening are left in limbo until Dec 30... /2
..2021, days before the return to school, when the dithering, indecisive Ford declares (to widespread derision) a 48-hr postponement; a few days later, he extends the delay to Jan 17, 2022;

As Omicron arrives in mid-December 2021, Ford and Lecce go underground, prompting.../3
...questions about the job suitability and even whereabouts of both pols during the tense pre-holiday period;

Health Canada said Ontario held 21,881,763 test kits in storage as at Nov 26, 2021;

Ford claimed the January 2022 school reopening was delayed to permit .../4
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Oct 31, 2018, Ford repudiates cap and trade climate alliance with Quebec and California covering almost 63 million clean-energy consumers; the decision killed $100M in school energy retrofits, will cause the province to forfeit $3B over 3 years and raised gas prices 4.4 cents../2
a litre;

Transmission utility Hydro One is ordered to pay a $139M ā€œkill feeā€ after a US regulator cited Fordā€™s interference in the utility's attempt to take over US power supplier Avista and add distribution operations in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska to Hydro Oneā€™s.../3
..transmission network in Ontario, creating one of North Americaā€™s largest regulated utilities, with assets totalling $32 billion;

Ford failed to deliver on a 2018 election promise to cut gas prices by 10 cents/litre
Jan 7, 2022, DoFo announces partial hydro rate cut/stunt../4
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#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
#FordfailedOntario
#SaveHealthcareDumpFord
#SENIOR

Seniors count on Canadian healthcare plans to avoid what in the U.S. are bankruptcy-size service fees. As shown in the video, those fees are eye-popping. Privatizing healthcare will (cont.)
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#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
#FordfailedOntario
#SaveHealthcareDumpFord
#SENIOR

(cont.) bring those exorbitant fees to Canada. Doctors will leave healthcare plans to charge what they want. Even if #DougFord merely brings in a 2-tier system, provincial plans will (cont.)
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
#FordfailedOntario
#SaveHealthcareDumpFord
#SENIOR

(cont.) have to increase schedules of maximum fees to prevent a mass exodus of doctors to the private sector. Finding a family doctor will become even more difficult & wait times will go up.
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So, as Ford's not complying w/ a court order to release mandate letters, I am helping Ontario's ministers by publishing a simplified version of what I assume, from their actions, are their mandates. (They'll be easier for them to read anyway.) #onpoli #FordFailedOntario
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Education: Make teachersā€™ lives a living hell. Be vague re masking, refuse to reduce class size, dither re online/hybrid teaching, block $$ for infrastructure, & withhold free tests. The more resignations the better. On the bright side, you can be very nice to private schools
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Health: One word: privatization. Release ON from its burden of supporting peopleā€™s health. Confused directives, reduced wages, understaffing, underfunding are all good. The fedsā€™ll kick in the $$. Weā€™ll build a few hospitals & sell them to our friends later. Just donā€™t tell
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#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
#FordfailedOntario
#SaveHealthcareDumpFord

Big reason for @notoneseat for #DougFord in #Toronto:

āŒ used the Notwithstanding clause to screw city council

āŒ and against free speech (see reply to this tweet for link)

cbc.ca/news/canada/toā€¦
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
#FordfailedOntario
#SaveHealthcareDumpFord

#DougFord used the dreaded notwithstanding clause to overrule the court and pass his undemocratic legislation limiting 3rd party advertising, i.e., free speech

cp24.com/news/ontario-pā€¦
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#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
#FordfailedOntario

Make no mistake. #DougFord WILL privatize #healthcare in Ontario. That's why he's desperately keeping his mandate letters secret. They call for privatization! You'll pay what Americans pay for healthcare (shown in video).
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#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
#FordfailedOntario
#FordMustResign

Even with 2-tier healthcare, prices for medical services will skyrocket. Why?

ā—‹ 1,000s of doctors will opt out of OHIP & other provincial systems to charge any amount

ā—‹ OHIP & other systems will (cont.)
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
#FordfailedOntario

(cont) increase maximum fee amounts to prevent a mass exodus of doctors from their plans

also

ā—‹ with fewer doctors in provincial plans, it'll be even more difficult to find a family doctor

ā—‹ rich people will jump the line
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I've been barred by Twitter from sharing this protest anymore.
Every time I try and post it won't share whether as a post or in comments.
So I'm asking for your help šŸ™
It would be a favor to me, if my followers and others shared this wildly.
This is what happens when I try.. Image
Well I can retweet the old post but not share new post. I'll take what I can get...lol
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Breaking: #Ontario

Literally

@fordnation, @Sflecce and @celliottability are collaborating to destroy

#PublicEducation
#Healthcare
#LongTermCare
And moreā€¦

The cracks are beginning to show

Sure, there are some partisan apologists who justify this travesty

While we sufferā€¦
#Healthcare

Lack of proper #VaccineMandate

Allowing large groups to congregate unsafely

Refusing #PaidSickDays

Passing #bill124

And moreā€¦

Now our hospitals are overwhelmed, HCPs at the breaking point, No ambulances for emergencies

#FordFailedOntario
#Education

No #VaccineMandates

Insufficient #PPE

Hiding cases of #COVID19 from #parents and #students

No access to #PCRtest and limited #RAT kits

Our #children are at risk

They will get #Covid19

Some will get VERY SICK

#FordfailedOntario

#onted
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This is my first ever tweet. Iā€™ve been on here for years but wasnā€™t sure what I wanted to say until today. So here it is: Imagine having a functional and just government in Ontario. 1/7
One that said: ā€œour pandemic response will be rooted in protecting the most vulnerable.ā€ One that said ā€œchildrenā€™s rights to a safe education and the populationā€™s right to safe housing and health care are our foundational goal and every policy decision will follow from that.ā€ 2/7
One that believed that the role of government was to better peoplesā€™ lives, to reduce suffering, to work towards equity. A government that used its considerable resources to protect us, instead of harm us in service of corporations and the wealthy. 3/7
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OUTRAGEOUS/EYE OPENER: A small business owner sent me this photo. They were able to easily & quickly secure 30 (yes, thirty) FREE boxes of 25 rapid tests for their business within one week. Easy ordering process and very few questions asked upon pick up. 1/
Meanwhileā€¦school children, their families, essential workers (including my CA survivor teacher friend) are being forced to pay $40/test out of their pockets for the same luxury. This raging pandemic is being inflamed by our corrupt, incompetent, negligent government 2/
Donā€™t let them fool you. There are tests, most of which have probably been ā€œdeployedā€ to various Chambers of Commerce to be easily provided to local businesses FREE OF CHARGE. We all pay taxes, we all deserve to be kept safe. Especially people who are vulnerable. 3/
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I don't get why people in Ontario aged 18-49 find it confusing to book their vaccine appt. Just go to covid19.ontariohealth.ca. Then, you may think clicking "age criteria for your Public Health Unit" would show you age criteria for your Public Health Unit, but you'd be wrong. 1/21
Instead, it brings up some sort of an FAQ with a URL that includes the phrase "vaccine-70-older" - ignore that, it's not relevant.

The first question on the page, "Who can schedule a vaccine appointment," contains two different links in it...2/21
One link is info about who should NOT get the vaccine, and one is a link to Ontario's 3-phase vaccination plan. If you follow the latter, it brings you to a page that gives a vague outline of Ontario's vaccine plan. It says Phase 2, which we're in now, is for ppl aged 60-79. 3/21
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I just heard from the staff rep at another high school in our system that a student who tested positive had no close contacts in class, only on the bus. Public health didnā€™t inform the teacher. (1/6) #FordfailedOntario #onted #ontpoli #FireLecce
At this same school, two students who sat beside each other in class both tested positive but it wasnā€™t an outbreak. (2/6)
Theyā€™re doing voluntary asymptomatic testing this Friday starting at 2:30 PMā€”school will be over. (3/6)
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It's finally happened - women on my timeline asking each other how you go about taking leaves of absence, going unpaid, using all leave (if they have it) because working full time + supporting kids with at home learning + trying to manage everyday tasks is unsustainable.
Parents are burning out. We're burning out.

Flexible work hours isn't enough. How are there not leave options for parents of at home learners right now? Protected, paid leave?

How is it okay to ask parents to work full time, educate full time, parent full time, and more?
Telling parents to "take time for their mental health" right now is a farce. Kids are burnt out & so are their parents.

This growing mental health crisis - on @fordnation.
Women leaving the workforce - on @fordnation.

Take some accountability. DO SOMETHING.
#FordfailedOntario
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