Thread by @OntarioNDP

NDP Leader @AndreaHorwath to Ford: Parents & students looking for a vision for education in #budget2019 were sorely disappointed. While Ford focussed on the licence plates and easy access to booze children got cuts. Why are you cutting support to our schools and our kids? #onted

Horwath: The Ford govt is making cuts in the classroom. Just Friday we learned school boards in Hamilton, Windsor, Guelph and Waterloo have sent out 300 redundancy notices to teachers. #onpoli #onted #studentssayno #HamOnt

Horwath: The school board in the Education Minister’s own riding says smaller schools will struggle to provide not only specialized classes but “even the core curriculum required to graduate.” #onpoli #onted #cutshurtkids

Horwath: Now the govt is launching a Task Force into School Boards. The same School Boards that have been raising concerns about Ford's plan for larger classes, fired teachers and fewer courses. Is the Ford govt planning to launch its next attack on school boards? #Onpoli #onted

Horwath: Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office reported that health care costs would be increasing by 4% in the coming year.
Hospitals said their costs would be increasing 3.4%. Can Ford tell us why he failed to meet either of these targets in #Budget2019? #onhealth #onpoli

Horwath: The facts are clear: Ford's #Budget2019 will mean cuts in our health system. We’re already seeing the impact. Communities are reeling from the news that the govty plans to shutter over 2/3 of public health units and cut $200 million from their budgets. #onhealth #Onpoli

Horwath: Toronto’s Board of Health chair:“These cuts are deeply concerning… and dangerous.” Simcoe's Medical Officer:“huge, disruptive change.” People want schools & hospitals they can count on, instead Ford is selling them a new colour licence while he fires nurses & teachers.

Horwath: Families have a lot of questions about the Ford Conservative government’s first #budget2019. Questions like what programs are going to be cut as a result of the $1 billion dollars taken away from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. #onpoli

Horwath to Ford: Why are you cutting $1 billion from the programs that support the most vulnerable children and families in Ontario while cruelly leaving families in the dark about what will happen to them? #onhealth #onpoli #budget2019

NDP MPP @TarasNatyshak: Ford plans to punish any business that refuses to post partisan stickers with fines of up to $10,000/day. Can Ford tell us how he and his team arrived at a $10,000 fine as the appropriate punishment for failing to post Andrew Scheer campaign ads? #onpoli

Natyshak: Even dictators would be embarrassed of an idea this shameless: Not only is Ford spending millions of public dollars on partisan ads for his federal counterparts, he’s ready to fine businesses as much as $10,000/day if they dare tell him no. #onpoli #cdnpoli

NDP MPP @CFifeKW: Businesses making investment decisions are looking anxiously at the Ford's actions. Ford is threatening businesses with fines of up to $10,000 a day and now, buried in #budget2019 are sweeping changes that will make it next to impossible to sue the govt. #onpoli

Fife: Businesses are looking for reliable infrastructure, a talented workforce & a predictable business environment. Ford cut funding for municipal infrastructure, cut support for post-secondary ed. and are now saying they don’t want to be liable for their decisions. #onpoli

Fife: Hidden changes in omnibus #budget2019 send a pretty clear signal: This Ford government will do what it wants, when it wants, and you won’t even get a day in court. Does the Ford govt believe it’s above the law? #onpoli