Nina

Caring a lot; reading a lot; observing carefully; & desiring fair circumstances for everyone.

[Owen @Owennfa]

WHEN YOU REALIZE THE BABY BOOM WASN'T JUST SOLDIERS COMING HOME HORNY.

It was soldiers coming home to the GI Bill free college, 0% down home loans, low-interest business loans.

It was strong unions. Pensions. A house that cost 2 years of salary.

It was confidence that the future was actually going to be better than the present.

That's what produced a baby boom. Not romance. Security.

You want a higher birth rate now?

Give people a future where they know their kids will actually be okay.

That's the whole formula. It's not complicated. It's just expensive, and nobody in charge wants to pay for it twice.

[Carolyn Hinds 🇧🇧 #FreePalestine #CongoInCrisis @CarrieCnh12]

ONTARIO, there're plans to build AI hyperscale datacenters in Scarborough, Mississauga, and Oakville, some of the most heavily populated cities. Tomorrow July 29th city hall meetings will be held for Scarb and Miss. Call your city councilors, mayors, and turn out for the rallies

[Emily Spanton @whatdoesntkillu]

NO WARNING OR LATE WARNINGS - PEOPLE ARE BARELY ESCAPING WITH THEIR LIVES.

ZERO HELP FROM ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.

WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING?!

#DougFordIsCorrupt #ONfire #onpoli #cdnpoli

[Alina Cameron 🇨🇦 💉 🔬 @Alina_Cameron]

A message from a friend working in emergency management in Ontario:

Northwestern Ontario needs your help.

Our region is facing an unprecedented wildfire emergency. Communities across the Northwest are dealing with evacuations, hazardous smoke, extreme heat, and stretched emergency response capacity.

We're hearing one message loud and clear:

Where is Ontario Corps?

Many of the people and organizations who would normally step up to help are themselves affected by the fires, smoke, heat, and emergency social service demands. There simply isn't enough capacity left.

We need the Province to coordinate a regional response that supports all communities; First Nations, municipalities, and unincorporated areas alike. Emergencies don't stop at jurisdictional boundaries, and neither should the response.

Please help amplify this message. Tag Minister Jill Dunlop @JillDunlop1 and the Premier @fordnation and share widely.

We need help. We need coordination. We need it NOW.

Pray for Northern Ontario.

#ONPoli #NorthwesternOntario #OntarioFires #Wildfire #EmergencyManagement #OntarioCorps

*Picture attributed to Stephanie Paavola and her family as they fled their home. I hope you are safe and together. #solidarity

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

"It is obvious that the intent is to privatize water in Ontario, and this, as we know from countless international examples, is a disaster in the making."

Avi Lewis responds to the Ford government’s move to strip municipalities of control over water infrastructure, handing it to newly created water corporations.

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Wake up time. The problem in Toronto isn't EMS being delayed by bike lanes. The problem is when EMS arrives there isn't an ER bed to offload. So the patient and crew remain in the foyer or hall and nothing happens. We underfund our hospitals and we focus on the wrong problem.

[Shazi @ShaziGoalie]

This Pearson Airport story somehow keeps getting worse.

W5 literally walked in from the street into the baggage pickup area and showed how easy it would allegedly be to grab a “drug bag” and leave.

They also observed workers entering without pass scans and random people using exit doors.

And this is at Canada’s busiest airport.

[Bev 🇨🇦 @Garnet_2203]

The majority of Ontarians will never use Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Let’s be honest it’s mostly used by privileged, wealthy people like Doug Ford and frequent business travellers.

So why should everyday Ontarians be paying billions in tax dollars for this when our public healthcare system is collapsing and public education is being underfunded?

That money should be going into hospitals, nurses, doctors, classrooms, and students not another convenience project for the wealthy.

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

When people can’t afford the necessities of a dignified life, it's the government's job to step up and actually govern.

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Hello Toronto. When 40% of the ER patients you see have a core problem of homelessness, I'm flagging we have a problem. Toronto is one of the wealthiest cities in the world.

[CUPE Ontario @CUPEOntario]

Water is a public good, not a profit opportunity.

New concerns are being raised in Niagara about legislation that could open the door to water privatization in Ontario.

Communities have seen what happens when essential services are handed over to private interests: higher costs, less accountability, and public infrastructure put at risk.

Working people should never have to worry about corporations profiting off something as essential as clean drinking water.

Hands off our public water. ✊🏽💧

https://t.co/xMywmkib9O

[Mary-Lou Schagena @radiogirl985]

Before and after photos of Ontario Place. A provincial tragedy. An epic failure.
#ONpoli #DougFord @fordnation #OntarioPlace #environment #wildlife #birds #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #taxpayers #money #accountability
🌲🌳🌲🌳🐦🦆🦢🪺🦊🐇🐿️🏞️

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

ER chair medicine in Ontario (the awful cousin of hallway medicine) is unacceptable. Full stop. We need to get rid of it. We must fund hospitals and fix the problem of critically ill patients put in a chair. There is zero exaggeration here. I am sounding the alarm. Hear it.

[George Bell @georgebell]

Ontario closed down safe sites…what did we think would happen?

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

"Nos hemos apoderado de barcos petroleros y de su carga, es un negocio muy rentable, somos como piratas. En el Golfo de México tenemos el 92% del frente marítimo, pensé en cambiarle el nombre a Golfo de Trump".

El ladrón de Trump admitió que EEUU está robando barcos petroleros y comportándose como piratas saqueadores que son, además intentó ridiculizar a México diciendo que el Golfo le pertenece a EEUU y le quiso poner su nombre personal a modo de humillación.

Esta es la cara real del imperio, en su estado de descomposición, se acabaron ya las caretas de ir de "demócratas", son piratas saqueadores y lo dicen en la cara de todo el mundo.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

WOW!

The Iranian AI Lego team has another video out. They are doubling down on building bridges between Americans & Iranians while depicting the US gov and "system" as the real enemy.

The music, lyrics, and imagery are all designed to appeal to disillusioned Americans.

[Take Action! @takeactionD]

‘Rich kids get capital. Middle class kids get “figure it out.” Poor kids get trauma and told it builds character. The starting line is not equal.’

[scha·den·freu·de  @BlisterPearl]

"We don’t need schools, libraries, and the government to be "run like a business." We need them be run like public services that advance the health and well being of all people."

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

Police DO NOT REDUCE CRIME.
Housing, employment, food, REDUCE CRIME.

[Chris Ryan @Watchdog_MP]

🚨 Ontario hospitals slashing jobs as nearly 75% run massive deficits.

• Ottawa Hospital: 400 positions cut (3%)
• London: 200+ nurses axed
• Cuts hitting across the province

Patients already waiting 16+ hours in ERs.

Ford gave $1.1B and
hospitals wanted double. Priorities are clearly elsewhere. Audits need to be done, executives & bonuses need to be cut.

This is your healthcare system collapsing.

Gloucester/Ottawa your hospital is next.

RT if you’re furious. Tag your MPP.
#OntarioHealthcare #FordFail