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[Erika @ErikaLMark]

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[Jen @jenteach13]

Nobody talks about the student who came ready to learn, sat through the disruption, said nothing, and fell further behind while every adult in the building focused on the one who made the most noise. She is still waiting for someone to notice she was there, too.

[Erika @ErikaLMark]

@SquawkBoxSteve @realJ_Mitchell @WendyGoodes Who supplies Supply Ontario?
Likely Staples!

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Doug Ford sat in the legislature for 29 days this year.

He was on time seven times. We hold grade fives to a higher standard.

His priorities? Buying himself a luxury jet. Hiding his phone records. Cutting OSAP. Taking over the Toronto Islands.

My priorities? Scrapping the tax on groceries. Saving OSAP. Making life more affordable.

[Amsterdam Blonde @1StarAtaTyme]

It's that time of year again. There will be lots of misinformation circulating about teachers. Here's the truth about teacher raises and strikes in Ontario. Please share as needed.

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

Teacher presidents from across Canada met to discuss the alarming actions of governments using the Notwithstanding Clause to override constitutionally protected rights to freedom of association, collective bargaining, and strike action. This heavy handed action is undemocratic and we will fight back! Listen to watch @ETFOpresident had to say to Ontario’s Premier and Minister of Education #onted #canlab

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

Moments ago: NDP leader Marit Stiles demands an apology from Premier Doug Ford for “betraying the people of Ontario” during this 29-day session.

“He spent their money on a luxury private jet… sold out the Toronto waterfront… & changed laws to hide his cell phone records.”

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

In Doug Ford's Ontario, you need a credit card to see a doctor.

$80 per visit. $400 for a "membership."

For healthcare you already paid for with your taxes.

He's creating two classes of patients: those who can pay more and those who can't.

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

Thousands of protesters accused the Ford government of privatizing public hospitals at a rally at Queen’s Park on Thursday.

Given the government’s significant investments in private clinics, I ask the health minister if Ontario is now operating a two-tier health-care system:

[Cheri DiNovo @CheriDiNovo]

BREAKING:
JP MORGAN is behind the expansion of Billy Bishop airport - one NO GTA residents want!!

So much for Ford standing up for Canada against the USA - he's sold us all out

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Torontonians aren’t asking for a runway on the lake so Bay Street CEOs can land their private jets. They’re asking for better health care, smaller class sizes, and safer highways in Northern Ontario. Those are the priorities that matter.

[Wendy Goodes @WendyGoodes]

The amount of money being paid to these private clinics is why our hospitals are running deficits. When the same service costs at least double what it costs at the hospital, we all lose. 😢

[Ontario Liberal Party | Parti Libéral de l'Ontario @OntLiberal]

Paul Calandra is laying off custodians and frontline education workers while handing out six-figure management jobs.

These are the people who keep schools clean, safe, and functioning for students every day — and this government treated them like expendable line items.

Twisted priorities from a government that keeps choosing bureaucracy over classrooms.

#onpoli @tylerwatt

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

#BREAKING: In April, Doug Ford rewrote the law to hide his own phone records and cabinet documents.

Now his government has told public servants to stop answering Freedom of Information requests altogether, the ones the law still requires them to answer.

First he changed the rules. Now he's stonewalling.

I've written to the Secretary of Cabinet demanding answers.

[Erika @ErikaLMark]

@CoachMahoney99 @FixingEducation My teenagers had the option to take physical education and fitnesses classes in high school if they chose to do so!

[Erika @ErikaLMark]

@FixingEducation This doesn’t happen where I teach. Where specifically are you referring? Country? State? Province?

[Markus de Domenico TCDSB WARD 2 Trustee Etobicoke @Markus4Ward2]

Brutally honest condemnation of Calandra's Min of Ed

"The minister has said repeatedly that financial mismanagement by trustees is behind the deficits at many Ontario school boards. To fix that, Calandra sidelined trustees, imposed supervisors at eight boards, and limited the future role of trustees.

And yet, the AG’s report obliquely offers an alternative reason for school-board shortfalls. It says that 46 of the province’s 72 school boards spend more money on special ed than the province provides. The total in 2023–24 was $397.9 million. That’s about double the total of school board deficits.

It’s reasonable, then, to conclude that the root cause of school-board deficits is provincial underfunding of special ed."

https://t.co/pKuHSFClGf via @nationalpost

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

Premier Ford skipped question period today, one day after government documents revealed Ontario taxpayers covered nearly $200K in expenses tied to the purchase & resale of his $28.9M private jet.

The opposition is now demanding he repay the money. #onpoli

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

Ontario’s education minister says “more needs to be done” but won’t commit to additional special education funding, after a new AG report warned funding isn’t keeping up with demand.

More than half of school boards spent nearly $400M beyond what they received from the province.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

BREAKING: Doug Ford’s luxury jet cost taxpayers nearly $200,000 in additional fees.

He told us there were no additional costs for returning it.

He lied.

While Ontarians can’t afford groceries or rent, Ford is living like a rockstar on your dime.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Welcome back to Canada, President @BarackObama.

Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future — and empower more people to build with us.