Blake

[Stephanie Bowman @stephaniebowman]

This morning, I called on @SylviaJonesMPP to explain why the gov believes it is fiscally responsible to spend ~3x more to hire nurses thru agencies - giving those agencies a healthy profit - instead of repealing Bill 124 & directing that $ straight to healthcare workers. #onpoli

[Sid Seixeiro @Sid_Seixeiro]

Anyone out here complaining about Ontario's Health Care situation who also made the conscious decision not to vote in the last election should be fined $100,000 for being an idiot.

[Blake @BlakeMc7]

@TheRealKeean Doug Ford comes to Queens Park less than 15% of the time.

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

Tone deaf.
-highlighting perceived successes
-normalizing ER closures
-deferring responsibility to others
-no plan

[Mags @Mags00021130]

As there are 160 hospital ers in Ontario and there are 20 hospital ers closed in Ontario.

Thus 1 in 8 ers are closed or 12.5%. Let that sink in.

[Regina Bateson @regina_bateson]

Imagine:

Your child is in the hospital.

They turn blue.

You call for help, and no one comes.

This is the state of healthcare in Ontario.
https://t.co/taB7lnBRcl

[John Fraser @JohnFraserOS]

You’ve heard of the 7 stages of grief

Here are the 4 stages of @fordnation

1 “Every things ok, we’ve got this”

2 “Our plan is working”

3 “It’s not my fault, it’s …( insert teachers, workers, Feds…)

4 “We’re taking bold action …”

Rinse and repeat

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

Ontario didn't spend all its money during the pandemic

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

The Nursing staffing system in Ontario is broken.

ONA pay scale vs. the $110/h private agencies charge hospitals to fill RN vacancies

Hospitals are paying 2-3x more for a transient workforce

To save money and create a sustainable system, appropriately compensate full time work

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Just a reminder for everyone in Ontario currently lamenting the situation with hospitals, schools, long-term care facilities, postsecondary education funding, and climate inaction.

[Health Providers Against Poverty @HPAP_Ontario]

BREAKING: Letter sent to @fordnation & @SylviaJonesMPP this morning!

FULL LIST OF SIGNATORIES HERE:

https://t.co/s8GD27gIdP

[Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @MarkGerretsen]

I’ll just leave this here for all the haters out there. ✌️

[Michael Gerald Gibbs🏳️‍🌈🍁 🇺🇦 (He/Him) @Mikeggibbs]

Did a single Opposition leader hold a press event today on the ER and health system crisis?

Until they do, I don't want to see another damn useless tweet from an MPP complaining about Sylvia Jones.

DO YOUR FREAKING JOBS and stop expecting HCW to do it for you.
#onpoli

[Stephanie Smyth @stephaniesmyth]

Repeated requests for Health Minister Sylvia Jones to come on CP24 re: ICU closure/ER closures/nursing shortage DENIED.
Instead fed the same statement from days ago.

[Jean Charest @JeanCharest_]

Let Pierre debate. It's time to #FreePierre

#cdnpoli #cpcldr

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

To recap
1. Airlines spent 96% of free cash on stock buybacks for a decade
2. They got a $50 billion bailout & cut 90,000 jobs anyway
3. They returned to billions in profits, paid back $0 to taxpayers & raised ticket prices 16%
4. They canceled the 2nd-most flights ever this year

[Mike Morris @1MikeMorris]

In the past few days The Star has an article making it clear the airport problems are not caused by Justin Trudeau, and the Globe and Mail wrote an editorial pointing out that our Fed Gov has one of the best pandemic records in the world.
I may need to lie down now.

[Blake @BlakeMc7]

@DFisman The Canadian media is worse than the US

[Peter Ratcliffe, forever Canadian 🇨🇦 @PeterHRatcliffe]

While the news media focusses on passports and airports wait times, please take a moment to imagine that you needed something much more important and much less predictable.

Like surgery, medical imaging, cancer treatment, chronic illness care, Urgent care, disability income.

[Blake @BlakeMc7]

@CP24 This is not news. Also - maybe report on the fact that Milton’s hospital is triaging people in the parking lot. This family should be able to maybe survive.