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May 10, 2019 10 tweets 2 min read
1. My letter to the Toronto Star.
Mr. Bethlenfalvy's oped "Ontario budget is math not ideology" is a fine example of Fordian math. Have a conclusion and the facts of the equation don't fit? Omit the inconvenient facts. 2.Does Ontario have the largest sub national debt? Yes. Does that mean anything? No. It has the largestsuch debt becausethere is nowhere in the world except Canada where junior jurisdictions have the fiscal and social responsibilities the Ontario has.
Apr 18, 2019 4 tweets 1 min read
Ontario's new super agency will be presided over by a board of Right Wingers and Privatisation advocates.

Charles Lammam, formerly of the extreme right-wing Fraser Institute, is now the director of healthcare policy in the Minister's office. The Fraser Institute has been funded by the Koch brothers (founders of the tea party) among others.

Shelly Jamieson, one of the board members of the Super Agency, is the former president of Extendicare, a for-profit long-term care home giant.