Watching the Minister of Ed now. Expressing lots of concern. Where’s the commitment to comprehensive asymptomatic testing? To smaller class sizes? It’s not enough to close schools. There must be a plan to re-open safely. They know what needs to be done and continue to refuse.
Over two weeks he says they will “build up their plan”. Are you kidding me? What have you been doing for the last almost year @Sflecce. NOW they are scrambling?! Are you kidding me.
Lecce is “doing everything we can”. This is utter nonsense. We parents know that this work takes time and instead you chose to save $$ and take a wait-and-see-approach.

Don’t feign surprise at the outcome, Minister. We warned you.
Ask an education worker where these nurses are? These custodians? Ask a parent how this is going? The minister has lied about mandatory training for teachers. Never happened.

Also please: he doesn’t know the # of cases in schools because they chose not to invest in testing.

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1 Oct 20
It's true.
Tues night walking home from the Legislature, I happened to check the app (for some reason I didn't receive a notification) & there was the notice. It looks like this 👇

Btw I have no symptoms
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#onpoli #onted #davenportTO
The App informed me I needed to be tested for #COVID19, then isolate until I receive results.

So I checked different options & had a plan to get tested on Wednesday AM.

I’ve been tested before – when a friend tested positive. I waited 1 hour in line, 24 hours later had results
These days, we have been tracking the waiting lines so I knew it would be a different story.

Many of the assessment centres are now appointment only. I tried Mt Sinai, Western & Women’s College. All were booked up for next few days, and online booking was closed. #onpoli
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8 Jul 20
I have some immediate education-related concerns w #Ford’s latest omnibus, mega-bill.

1. There is absolutely NOTHING in this “economic recovery act” to help Schools & childcare’s reopen. No additional staff, money, space or support for families. #onted Image
2. The Bill seems to possibly open the door to more outside (and possibly private control) of online education, by limiting the role of TVO/TFO. #onted
3. Watering down qualifications for Directors of Education so that they no longer have to be a qualified teacher - DoEs aren’t CEOs and understanding and leading the pedagogy is a part of the role. But we’ll seek input in this and other points.
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7 Jul 20
In Question Period @AndreaHorwath asks #Ford to ensure parents don’t have to quit their jobs by opening “more, smaller classrooms”, hiring more teachers & investing to support our students. #onted #onpoli
Premier conveniently comes in after @AndreaHorwath asks the question so his Minister replies. Lectures her on how “synchronous learning” was in place to help parents.

HELLO WHAT?! Parenting 101: a teacher on a screen (live or not) can’t supervise a 6 year old. #onpoli #onted
“What families need isn’t suggestions, it’s plans!”

@AndreaHorwath slams @Sflecce for failing families.

“Our schools and childcare providers are facing an unprecedented challenge….

Why is the Premier shrugging off his responsibility to parents, students teachers?” #onpoli
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7 Jun 20
TWO YEARS!

What a privilege it is to represent #DavenportTO.

From the great communities of Beaconsfield, Little Portugal, Dundas W, Dufferin Grove, Bloordale, Junction Triangle to Carleton Village, Northcliffe, Regal Heights, Fairbank, Corso Italia and on and on....

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On this 2nd anniversary of my election, I’m missing the school fairs, festivals, Portugal Day Parade & all the ways we celebrate our amazing diversity & neighbourhoods☀️ 🇵🇹

And I’m so grateful to represent a community that comes together in such difficult times.

Thank you!
I’m also honoured to work so closely with education workers, families & students to strengthen our publicly funded schools, as Ontario’s Official Opposition Education Critic. .... and through some of the most difficult times in our history.

Such a privilege. #onted #2years Image
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2 Jun 20
📢Call to action! Like many Ontarians, I was shocked that, in the midst of COVID-19, Doug Ford would try to ram through a bill that makes it *easier* to evict people. Watch what I said about it in the Legislature & read on to learn how you can help: 1/4
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New Democrats are fighting back against Bill 184 at Queen's Park but we need your help to stop this bill.
Read more about how it puts tenants at risk at:
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Call and write Ford (premier@ontario.ca is the best email) and his Housing Minister to tell them there should be NO evictions in a crisis, and to withdraw Bill 184) 3/4 Image
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24 May 20
“There’s something very, very wrong with how the folks running the provincial response to this epidemic are reacting to it and how they’re processing information.”

Must read interview w epidemiologist ⁦@DFisman⁩. #onpoli #onted
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Many of the points @DFisman makes here are - e.g the “asking but not listening” approach of the Ford govt - we have seen reflected in the Govt’s approach to education in the pandemic response

And it’s frankly frightening. #onted #onpoli
“Various people reach out and .... it disappears down a black hole. Sometimes it bubbles up a few weeks later in the language the province puts out, but I’m not interested in helping to prop up this completely dysfunctional outbreak response anymore.” - @DFisman #onpoli
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