NDP #Transit critic @JessicaBellTO: The Ford govt is introducing its bill to begin the takeover of the #TTC despite being in negotiations with the City of Toronto.
How can they claim to be negotiating in good faith when they are pushing through this hostile takeover?
Bell: The Minister of Transportation admitted that some of the work the city has already completed for the Downtown Relief Line is no longer usable. That means millions and months of work developing the line are being tossed out and replaced with Ford's back of the napkin plan.
NDP Education critic @maritstiles: Ed. assistants, custodians, clerical workers, library staff, language instructors all play a crucial role in supporting students & keeping our schools safe. Yet *at least* 2,500 of these positions are in jeopardy b/c of Ford's cuts to education.
NDP MPP @DolyBegum: 44/47 municipalities will have their general allocation funds for child care cut in 2019. With childcare costs as much as $20,000/year for some, parents are at breaking point. Why is this govt choosing to make childcare cuts that will make life more expensive?
Begum: All Ford's cuts add up to over $90 million taken from our child care system, and the govt has promised parents a tax credit that doesn’t come close to covering the cost of child care. Then they eliminate the funding that controls child care fees. Parents deserve better.
NDP MPP @CFifeKW: Both Ford and the finance ministerhave refused to reveal who exactly went on their all expenses trip to NYC, and how much it actually cost. If Ford is so sure that his expenses on this trip are above board, why does he continue to hide them? #onpoli
Fife: The yet untold costs of this trip to NYC are just the latest in a pattern from this Premier of using public dollars for his personal priorities, all while claiming that the province can’t afford to provide essential services to Ontarians in need. #onpoli
Fife: Ford claims that we don’t have enough money to fund flood prevention, that we can’t keep teachers in classrooms, and we have to start charging people for health coverage. Yet when he spends public money on himself, he thinks we don’t deserve an explanation. #onpoli
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