Long thread! 🧵
“WE’RE UNSTOPPABLE!” Quote from @fordnation during his presser today, May 19, 2023 in St. Catherine’s.
Bear with me.
From my continued viewing of this government in action, my musings this morning are taking me down some not so great paths today. /2 Unfettered power and privatization of Ontario, all under the guise of “building homes”.
Bluster, lack of ownership, deflection, blaming the previous government (@OntarioPCCaucus don’t seem to understand that they are the previous government), lack of transparency, etc /3

Absolutely appalling that @MPPArnottWHH doesn’t speak to @fordnation after he tells @LGretzky that her cheese had slipped off the cracker. He doesn’t address this verbal abuse until the Opposition returns fire. Then he says that personal insults aren’t acceptable, /2 but directs it toward the Opposition. Why is it acceptable for the Premier to insult other MPPs? He stood to insult @MikeSchreiner earlier. I’m troubled by this lack of respect shown by the @OntarioPCCaucus, and have discussed this with my MPP, as well as writing/3

Short thread about the announcement made by @Sflecce this morning.
Once upon a time, long ago, the Ministry of Education decided that they would invest in math coaches and later in literacy coaches. There was extra programming provided for schools that didn’t score as well on /2 EQAO.
There was tons of extra PD, lots of resources purchased, and the educators delivering the PD were top notch. Lower scoring schools received even more funding to try to raise the scores. The ideas presented were great, but didn’t take into account the actual needs /3

Healthcare Thread🧵: Plan To Stay Open: Bill 7 - More Beds,Better Care Act

Every time I try to convince myself that the @fordnation government can’t get any worse, they dive even deeper. The lack of compassion for Ontarians shines through every piece of legislation /2 they write, and with every word they speak. To hear @PaulCalandra and @SylviaJonesMPP at their presser this week was bad enough, but to read the true message in words defies logic and further demonstrates their love of privatization and their disdain for Ontarians. /3

🧵The election is over, we have what we have, like it or not, unfortunately. I am particularly disturbed, angry, and upset after watching today’s Question Period about several things. Leadership is about taking responsibility for problems and solutions. Acknowledgment /2 of a problem is the first step. Shifting blame onto others is a cowardly method of leading and governing. Democracy involves listening to and hearing all stakeholders, having healthy debate, and collaborating to find the solution. What I witnessed today was none of that. /3

#onpoli Remember 2018-2019. 🧵
@fordnation booed everywhere he went due to the massive cuts to everyone.😡
Then came Covid. What a distraction for him. 97% of the funding came from federal coffers and he didn’t even spend that. Billions went missing. 🤔
/2 Now @fordnation has no platform again, just sound bites: “Get It Done” “For The People”.
Handing out money all over the place while not telling Ontario that municipalities are paying a bigger share, or that federal coffers are once again giving more. Selective advertising. /3

🧵As I listened to the campaign presser from @fordnation this morning, I’m increasingly troubled. Kudos to @NatashaCBC_RC, @moosefmckap, @LydiaCTV for their attempts to have Ford actually answer a question. Their questions were on point, and clearly demonstrate why /2 the one question, one follow up method is inadequate but will be continued with his campaigning. It allows him to blatantly let lies roll off his tongue. He’s telling outright lies, not just exaggerating the truth. The journalists really did try to hold him accountable, /3

🧵To say that I'm disappointed with @Sflecce's comprehensive and robust back-to-school plan would be an understatement. Didn't feel much better after listening to Dr. Moore today either. This plan is contradictory, unrealistic, and just like last year contains few cost items. /2 Just as I did last year, I have taken the Science Table's recommendations and matched the pieces of the plan in a comparison chart. I will post pictures of each of the pages, as well as share a link to the Google Doc. Also will include the Google Doc from last year for ...

I’m angry. I’m appalled. I’m beyond upset. I just watched part of today’s committee hearing on Section 2 of Bill 213. The arrogance of the speaker from Canada Christian College and his lecturing and bullying were totally inappropriate. I would like to join @PeggySattlerNDP in apologizing to Sara from the Muslim Society for the aggressive manner in which @DavidPiccini my MPP targeted and bullied her. When a presenter actually expresses that feeling and the behaviour continues it says an awful lot about the character of the person doing the bullying.

Thread for @samoosterhoff, @Christina_Mitas, @CHogarthPC, and @RobinMartinPC.
I just finished reading the Hansard transcript of @AndreaHorwath’s Motion number 106.
All of you made claims about the school reopening plan, but none of you offered proof of your claims. So I decided to do your research for you. I’m kind of funny that way, I like to see proof of things. I was quite dismayed to find lots of proof refuting your comments, but none supporting them. If you would be so kind as to direct me to the proof if your claims, it would be

For those that will be returning or are sending someone to an elementary school building in September, I am worried for you. Did a quick comparison between the Sick Kuds document and the Ministry one and put together a partial chart. Colours are explained in the chart.