reporter @CityNewsTO Toronto • story idea? email: tina.yazdani@citytv.rogers.com • instagram: tinayazdani
Sep 14, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Ontario healthcare unions share stark numbers:
• 2,096 people died on waiting lists for surgeries in 2022-2023, up almost 50% from year before
• 9,400 patients died waiting for MRI & CT scans
• currently 37,000 vacancies in hospitals “we have nowhere near the capacity we need”
More daunting healthcare numbers:
• record 107,000 patients waiting longer than max clinical guidelines for surgeries
• surgical wait times: 49% longer than 2019
• 22% increase in hallway healthcare
• nursing vacancy rate more than double what it was when Ford gov't elected
Nov 30, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This is so damning. In his ruling on Bill 124, the justice found Ontario was not facing a financial situation that justified an infringement of Charter rights- in fact he found the Ford government didn’t provide a rationale at all for needing the legislation to cut costs (1/3) -
"Ontario hasn't explained why it was necessary to infringe on constitutional rights to impose wage constraints at the same time as it was providing tax cuts or license plate sticker refunds that were more than 10x larger than the savings obtained from wage restraints." (2/3)
Nov 29, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: Ford government's health spending is $859 million less than expected in first half of 2022-23, according to Ontario's budget watchdog. "That underspending is what actually created the crisis we have in our ERs today," says Liberal finance critic @stephaniebowman. #onpoli
"Pediatric ICUs are overwhelmed. Surgeries are being cancelled. Families with sick children are waiting upwards of 10 hours for care," says @CFifeKW, adding it's "unconscionable" the Ford gov't is shortchanging health care funding by $859 million in the middle of a crisis #onpoli
Nov 26, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#BREAKING Adamson BBQ owner Adam Skelly was just taken away in handcuffs #adamsonbarbecue
Adamson BBQ owner Adam Skelly arrested at 12:25pm today, here’s another angle. He has a big smile on his face as he’s taken away by police. #adamsonbarbeque#adamsonbarbecue
Nov 26, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The owner of Adamson BBQ vowed to reopen at 11am today- but police have changed the locks so he can’t get in. He’s put out a call for a locksmith & his supporters have returned for day 3. We’re standing by at the scene. I count at least 20 officers here. #adamsonbarbeque
It’s past 11am and Adamson BBQ remains closed. Police have blocked the road here, so a delivery truck with food for the restaurant can’t get through. The owner’s supporters are carrying it to the restaurant to hand out in the parking lot. #adamsonbbq
