Thread by @MarkGerretsen

While Doug Ford attempts to distract you today with his budget that legalizes tailgate parties and changes license plate slogans, let's reflect on 100 things hes cut:

1/100 - Cut funding to children with autism by scaling funding towards age instead of need. #fordcutshurt

2/100 - Killed Cap & Trade resulting in $3-$4B in lost revenue, which doesn’t include the cost of fighting lawsuits. #fordcutshurt

3/100 - Fired Privatization Officer, Ed Clark, former President and CEO of TD Bank. #fordcutshurt

4/100 - Fired Chief scientist, Molly Shoichet, a University of Toronto professor. #fordcutshurt

5/100 - Fired Investment Officer Alan O’Dette, former President of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce #fordcutshurt

6/100 - Refused assistance to asylum seekers. #fordcutshurt

7/100 - Killed legislation to reduce scalping prices. #fordcutshurt

8/100 - Killed Bill 175 updating the Police Service Act which provides better oversight over policing services. #fordcutshurt

9/100 - Delayed immunization reporting rules, meaning it’s harder to find out if children have been immunized or not. #fordcutshurt

10/100 - Ends electric & hydrogen vehicle incentive program de-incentivizing driving cleaner cars #fordcutshurt

11/100 - Cut the budget for school repairs by $100 million meaning schools have to move supports for students to accommodate for it. #fordcutshurt

12/100 - Cut 758 renewal energy projects including costing tax payers $100M to shut down 1 wind farm alone. #fordcutshurt

13/100 - Rolled sex ed back to 1998, a time long before social media existed the way it does today. #fordcutshurt

14/100 - Cancelled Truth and Reconciliation Commission school curriculum after it had already been researched, paid for, and was ready to put in place. #fordcutshurt

15/100 - Cut Toronto City council in half in the middle of an election. #fordcutshurt

16/100 - Cut a 3% increase to Ontario Works and ODSP while also changing the definition of disability, leading to further poverty. #fordcutshurt

17/100 - Cut the Basic Income pilot project which provided money to 4,000 low income Ontarians. #fordcutshurt

18/100 - The Ford Government is considering no more minimum wage increases, hurting low income Ontarians. #fordcutshurt

19/100 - Reduced Pharmacare availability for kids and young adults. #fordcutshurt

20/100 - Common law changes deleted #fordcutshurt

21/100 - Cancelled 6 new overdose prevention sites. #fordcutshurt

22/100 - Introduced Buck a Beer at taxpayers expense, only for it to fail shortly after. #fordcutshurt

23/100 - Launches “Ontario News Now”, a third world style propaganda news site paid for by taxpayers. #fordcutshurt

24/100 - Cuts $500,000 for after school music program for kids at risk, meaning 275 students no longer have access. #fordcutshurt

25/100 - Muzzled public servants by telling public servants they could no longer use the words “climate change”. #fordcutshurt

26/100 - Removed the For Profit Maximum Threshold on Child Care making it easier for larger, for profit groups to move in. #fordcutshurt

27/100 - Fired Howard Sapers, appointed to look at prison reform. #fordcutshurt

28/100 - Fired former Supreme Court Justice, Frank Lacobucci, who was advising the government on the Ring of Fire Consultations. #fordcutshurt

29/100 - Sued by and lost to Tesla regarding their customer’s exclusion following the cancellation for the electric vehicle rebate program. #fordcutshurt

30/100 - Sued by the Elementary Teachers Federation over the changes to sex ed curriculum. #fordcutshurt

31/100 - Sued by City of Toronto for the changes made to the size of city council during the municipal election. #fordcutshurt

32/100 - Attempting to streamline the very same rules they used which would allow for faster passage of Bills and little to no descent from the opposition. #fordcutshurt

33/100 - Governance deficiency results in downgrade of Hydro One credit rating #fordcutshurt

34/100 - Threatened to invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Charter when a judge deemed Bill 5 to be unconstitutional when attempting to cut size of Toronto’s city council. #fordcutshurt

35/100 - Invoked back-to-work legislation for members of CUPE 3903, disregarding workers and quality of education. #fordcutshurt

36/100 - Delaying the introduction of anti-vaping regulations. #fordcutshurt

37/100 - Launched a snitch line and website for complaints against teachers believed to be using the 2015 sex-ed curriculum. #fordcutshurt

38/100 - Dismantled a school curriculum plan that would include increased Indigenous content. #fordcutshurt

39/100 - Halted the opening of proposed safe injection sites. #fordcutshurt

40/100 - Revenue cuts caused a downgraded rating in Ontario’s credit system, resulting in a loss of confidence from investors. #fordcutshurt

41/100 - Disbanded the subcommittees of the anti-racism directorate, reducing the directorate’s ability to provide advice on how to eliminate systemic racism. #fordcutshurt

42/100 - Cut injured workers WSIB payments by 30%. #fordcutshurt

43/100 - Ended the Drive Clean program, ignoring the need to reduce emissions. #fordcutshurt

44/100 - Ended the Parent Outreach Grant, hindering parents from being involved in their children’s schools, and affecting the ability to provide students with tutoring and equity programs. #fordcutshurt

45/100 - Cancelled a $242 million increase for shelter spaces and individuals fleeing violence. #fordcutshurt

46/100 - Cancelled all plans for a French-language university. #fordcutshurt

47/100 - Ended rent control for all newly-built or newly-converted rental units, bringing about an unstable future for tenants. #fordcutshurt

48/100 - Dismantled an expert panel to end gender-based violence. #fordcutshurt

49/100 - Cut the promised $2.1 billion over four years, from the mental health system. #fordcutshurt

50/100 - Spent $30 million in a campaign to fight our government's much-needed price on pollution. #fordcutshurt

51/100 - Eliminated the French-language services commissioner. #fordcutshurt

52/100 - Cut the Ontario College of Trades, harming skilled trade workers. #fordcutshurt

53/100 - Cut the Environmental Commissioner office #fordcutshurt

54/100 - Lost $275 million in revenue by refusing to implement a tax increase on the wealthy 1%. #fordcutshurt

55/100 - Changed the rules on distance pot dispensaries have to be away from schools. #fordcutshurt

56/100 - Tried to appoint his friend as the OPP Commissioner. #fordcutshurt

57/100 - Pushed out CEO on Hydro One and overruled their Board's selection of a new CEO. #fordcutshurt

58/100 - Tried to lie about the size of Ontario's deficit causing Ontario Government's chief accountant to resign. #fordcutshurt

59/100 - Has discussed opening up the greenbelt for development. #fordcutshurt

60/100 - Cut all retroactive and future funding for the College of Midwives which represents 900 midwives across Ontario. #fordcutshurt

61/100 - Cut in half funding for Indigenous Cultural Fund. #fordcutshurt

62/100 - Cut $5M from the Ontario Arts Council #fordcutshurt

63/100 - Cut free tuition for low income students. #fordcutshurt

64/100 - Limits grant for post secondary education under the veil of a tuition decrease. That burden of that decrease is placed on universities and colleges. #fordcutshurt

65/100 - Cut 14 regional health agencies and replaced them with 5 oversight bodies affecting local decision making. #fordcutshurt

66/100 - Passed Bill 66 which will reduce overtime hours for workers, increase number of children in daycare facilities, and attacks workplace health and safety. #fordcutshurt

67/100 - Bill 66 also cuts protections for the environment and water making it easier for municipalities to bypass those protection rules. #fordcutshurt

68/100 - Bill 66 also opens the door for non-union companies to enter the construction trades and bid on public projects. #fordcutshurt

69/100 - Bill 66 stops requiring employers to post the Employment Standards Act in the workplace. #fordcutshurt

70/100 - Bill 66 repeals the review panels that make determinations about journeyperson to apprentice ratios, increasing risk to apprenticeships health and safety. #fordcutshurt

71/100 - Removed electric vehicle charging stations from all GO Station parking lots in the GTHA. #fordcutshurt

72/100 - Interfered in the takeover of Avista Corp by HydroOne costing $136M in termination fees and $49M in commissions also hurting HydroOne's growth strategy. #fordcutshurt

73/100 - Cut $300 Million in funding for three satellite University campuses citing deficit #fordcutshurt

74/100 - Cut funding boost to sexual assault centres #fordcutshurt

75/100 - Cut the Child Advocate and closed Ontario's Child Advocates Office which fights for children in care. #fordcutshurt

76/100 - Increased MPPs monthly housing allowance by 20%. #fordcutshurt

77/100 - Bill 47 cuts paid sick days and reduces personal emergency leave days. #fordcutshurt

78/100 - Bill 47 repeals equal pay provisions meaning workers can be paid differently for doing the same job. #fordcutshurt

79/100 - Bill 47 cut the planned minimum wage increase #fordcutshurt

80/100 - Bill 47 denied part-time workers the same pay rates as those working full-time. #fordcutshurt

81/100 - Proposed a 30% pay cut for doctors working in primary-care models that serve more than 5.5 million patients. #fordcutshurt

82/100 - Slow roll out of cannabis dispensary causes an $8M first year loss at Ontario Cannabis Stores. #fordcutshurt

83/100 - Cancelled $2.2 billion funding for Universal Child Care. #fordcutshurt

84/100 - Cut the notice time necessary for landlords to evict tenants. #fordcutshurt

85/100 - Allowed private bailiffs to remove renters, taking away renters rights. #fordcutshurt

86/100 - Made some fees optional for students, putting at risk support services to students and student unions. #fordcutshurt

87/100 - Plans on privatizing Ontario Place #fordcutshurt

88/100 - Cancelled the Task Force awarded to OPSEU awarded to them following the 2017 College Faculty Strike. #fordcutshurt

89/100 - Spent tax payer dollars to re-brand the Ontario licence plates that have been the same since the 60's. #fordcutshurt

90/100 - Will not guarantee full day kindergarten in 2019. #fordcutshurt

91/100 - Continues to fight the decision on the Robinson Huron Treaty claim, even after the Federal Government agreed not to. #fordcutshurt

92/100 - Suggested changes to hunting laws that would eradicate the double-crested cormorant from the Great Lakes. #fordcutshurt

93/100 - Prepared to alter the Endangered Species Act, which was created to protect our most at-risk plants and animals. #fordcutshurt

94/100 - Cut $25 million in funding for specialized school programs directing to youth with special needs and from low-income families #fordcutshurt

95/100 - Took days to denounce white nationalist Faith Goldy. #fordcutshurt

96/100 - Refuses to stand with the LGBTQ2 community and attend Pride parades and events. #fordcutshurt

97/100 - Cut the Green Ontario Fund, an agency financed by the cap-and-trade program, with an aim to help homeowners and businesses make their properties more energy-efficient. #fordcutshurt

98/100 - Cut funding for dental care and make it only for low income seniors. #fordcutshurt

99/100 - Forced to backtrack the decision to demote the Ministry of Francophone Affairs to an office. #fordcutshurt

100/100 - Removed the 6-month grace period for student loan repayments, meaning interest will begin the day they end their classes. #fordcutshurt