Thread by @LouisBusch

Doug Ford & the @OntarioPCParty have been a disaster for #Ontario since day 1. Between now & election day, @fordnation & his lackeys will try to make you forget the harms they've done.

I hope this thread will help you remember some of it when you get to the polls.

#OnPoli

.@fordnation's move to privatize healthcare by rushing the massive “People’s Health Care Act” through legislature without any meaningful consultation, received wide-spread condemnation from medical professional across the province.

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The PHCA has proven to be a nightmare for hospitals and long-term care, and although they have tried to steer the messaging away from privatization, little has changed in their actions as they move to create a two-tiered healthcare system in Ontario.

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And in spite of @fordnation & @celliottability's promise to “end hallway medicine”, hospital admission times balloon to 18+ hours from triage to bed. Yikes.

Also they froze funding for ambulances. Yes, ambulances.

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They cut funding for stem cell research from the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine. De-listed procedures from OHIP, went to war with optometrists, cut funding for telemedicine & put overall healthcare funding below the rate of inflation.

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.@fordnation has worked hard to privatize long-term care while lining the pockets of his friends who have considerable shares in private facilities.

Cut $34 Million to quality assurance programs & suspended inspections.

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And then to cover their butts, and the butts of their shareholder cronies, they made it nearly impossible for families to seek legal recourse in the mistreatment of family members in long-term care homes.
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Ontario's long-term care system was completely unprepared for the pandemic. The CAF report would reveal horrific conditions with families calling it a "national atrocity"

Oh, and they passed a law protecting their friends from any legal action.

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.@fordnation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic worst in Canada. Ontario students out of school more days than anywhere in North America. Muzzling Science Table. Hoarded rapid tests. Ignored hotspots. LTC deaths. Flip flop lockdowns/mandates;

.@fordnation completely ignored the mercury poisoning crisis in Grassy Narrows First Nation, and instead plowed ahead with further extraction activities in the area.

They also slashed funds for First Nation natural resources and wildlife protection by 75%
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They cut funding for curriculum recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

They also cut $10 Million from the Indigenous culture Fund.

But don't worry, they wear orange shirts sometimes.

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.@Fordnation refused to denounce terrorist white-supremacy organization Proud Boys, which supported his campaign.

.@fordnation & @MacleodLisa axed the office of the child advocate. Making Ontario the only province in Canada without one.

They also doubled the waitlist for children's mental health services just for good measure.

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.@Fordnation & @OntarioPCParty froze Special Services at Home, a funding program for children with disabilities.
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They blew up the Ontario Autism Program leading to 500+ therapist layoffs and a waitlist that has balooned from 23k to 52k in three years.

Along the way they froze the waitlist, lied to parents, held fake consults, & threatened advocates.

#50kisnotok

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They cut funding for 3500 full time teaching jobs, clawing back $850m from schools and blowing up class sizes immediately preceding the COVID-19 Pandemic. Under @Fordnation plan, total projected education cuts will exceed $12 Billion over 10 years.

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Running out of space!

Cut $20 Million from women’s shelters & victims of violence; Cut the Transition Child Benefit for low-income families; Cut Ontario Library Service funding by 50%; Cut funding for safe injection sites; Lost $42 Million selling Cannabis...

Defunded Midwives; Cuts 2 Flood Management System; Cancelled Basic Income Project; Eliminated rent controls 4 new buildings; Ministry Mandate Letters; Gas stickers; License plates; $1B Beer Store bungle; $231m Windmill debacle; Government run by mid-20s Lacrosse Bros staffers.

Cut $50m support 4 child care centres; Delayed federal childcare plan; Cancelled 50m Tree Program; Highway over the greenbelt after sketchy dealings with developer friends; Increased minimum wage by 10 cents; notwithstanding clause; MPPs got huge raises; Massive cuts to ODSP & OW

Terminated measure of homelessness; Cost taxpayers $1 Billion while cancelling the cap&trade program; Passed legislation to protect government from legal accountability including retrospectively dismissing cases it already lost.
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Unbelievably, there is so much more that I couldn't fit in this thread.

If somehow after reading these you still support @fordnation & the @OntarioPCParty, you need to look inward, give your head a shake & try to be a better human being.

#OnPoli #Elections2022 #VoteFordOut2022