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NDP Leader @AndreaHorwath to Ford: When the world is moving towards renewable energy the Ford govt is wasting at least $231 million tearing down clean energy projects. Why did the govt claim there was no cost when in fact ripping up these contracts costs at least $231 million?
@AndreaHorwath Horwath: Govt sources say that costs of scrapping renewable energy projects could exceed $231 million. I can remember when Liberals sat where the Ford govt sits now and lowballed the costs of the gas plant scandal.
Can the govt guarantee that this number will not climb higher?
@AndreaHorwath Horwath: It’s been more than a year since Ford proudly announced that he would start tearing down clean energy projects while the rest of the world was building them. The Ford govt still claims they don’t know the full cost. When will the public get an answer? #onpoli
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I am devoting this THREAD to #WorldChildrensDay / #UniversalChildrensDay, which is today.

My key message is that ALL children - #Israeli & #Palestinian - deserve better future, but Hamas & PA is preventing this. This is #NoWayToTreatAChild!

cc. @UNICEF @nmladenov @hrw @amnesty
@UNICEF @nmladenov @hrw @amnesty @UN_HRC @UNHumanRights @UNRWA @nadplo @Palestine_UN @KenRoth @IntlCrimCourt @EUpalestinians @ICRC_ilot @IsraelinUN The #UniversalChildrensDay marks the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by @UN General Assembly in 1959, marked annually to promote, improve and strengthen children’s rights and welfare. 1/
@UNICEF @nmladenov @hrw @amnesty @UN_HRC @UNHumanRights @UNRWA @nadplo @Palestine_UN @KenRoth @IntlCrimCourt @EUpalestinians @ICRC_ilot @IsraelinUN @UN Yet, when the int'l community talks about children’s rights, one group of children that tends to be perennially neglected, is that of #Israeli children to live in peace and free from terror, a right that must be unequivocally and unquestionably afforded to every child. 2/
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