Thread by @MattJDever

If you are disabled, this is the election to ensure you vote. For the first time #ODSP has been a top issue. Your lives, your future is being debated. There are 2.6 million of us in Ontario. You have the power to influence YOUR future. #elxn43 /1

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The 4 parties with elected MPPs have laid out their plans for us. Each party has decided whether or not we should live in poverty and how much we should live on. Most candidates have not taken the #1169challenge to say how we can live on their promises. #elxn43 /2

The PCs have reluctantly promised 5% increase that wasn’t in their budget. The Liberals have promised 10% this year, 10% in 2023. NDP 20% this year and 80% in 2023. Greens? 100% this year. The 2020 poverty line was $2214. Only Greens will beat that in 2022. Inflation is 6.7% /3

We know that the costs of everything is increasing faster than we can keep up with. We are barely holding onto our homes. We go deeper in debt. We choose between food, rent, utilities, phone, internet, medications. Things need to change. Now. /4

This election we need to vote. If you are disabled or an ally, we have to look at the options and en masse vote together only for those parties & candidates fighting for us & promising #DoubleODSPNow. 2.6 million #PWD are a huge voting block. We are no longer tokens. #elxn43 /5

This election don’t let other parties or groups tell you to not spoil your vote, or throw it away, because they want you to help them defeat Ford. Instead vote FOR something, someone. Vote FOR your future and for the very lives of many other #PWD struggling on #ODSP #elxn43 /6

Your vote is never wasted. Your vote is powerful. Your collective votes can change our future. I’m not going to tell you who to vote for in this thread, but I ask you to look at who is willing to keep us in poverty & who will pull us out and keep us out. #elxn43 /7

On June 2nd, you get an opportunity to vote for #ODSP & your future. It’s THE ballot box question. Choose FOR YOU. Vote for someone that has earned your vote. #PWDLivesMatter #DoubleODSPNow #NoMoreClawbacks #elxn43 /END