Talking Points

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[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

Massive crowd out at Queen's Park today demanding the Premier keep his hands off our public healthcare system. Thank you to everyone who is fighting to put patient care over private profits. #onpoli #patientsnotprofits

[The Narwhal @thenarwhalca]

A watchdog said his handling of the Greenbelt files was “chaotic and almost reckless.” Now, new information links Ryan Amato, the political staffer at the centre of the Greenbelt scandal, to the head of the Ontario Provincial Police. #onpoli @Thetrilliumca https://t.co/sWIQrase5Z

[Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ Mikotsikaa @MarcMillerVM]

Outstanding news! #cdnpoli U of T to cover tuition for students from nine First Nations communities | University of Toronto. https://t.co/z9noMOFkWu

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Breaking: Doug Ford cancels controversial $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap, in a stunning U-turn
https://t.co/o1djELM4kS

[David Moscrop @David_Moscrop]

He should resign. He can't govern. He's wasting everyone's time and energy and resources.

Ford is a massive failure we can't afford.

[The Narwhal @thenarwhalca]

After 11 months of dogged reporting from The Narwhal and beyond, Doug Ford has succumbed to public pressure and walked back his controversial Greenbelt plans. It highlights the role of independent journalism, @balkissoon writes in this week’s newsletter. https://t.co/zeBqQKZgee

[Talking Points @TalkingPointsCA]

Part 2 of our Fall Preview series is here: THE LIBERAL PARTY! How did we get here and where do we go now?
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#cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
https://t.co/Lj4FWZjUjr

[Ryan Turnbull 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @TurnbullWhitby]

Brilliant speech by @MarkJCarney at the #GlobalProgressAction23

“…and that’s our calling, to build. Progressives build things that last: healthcare, infrastructure, schools, opportunities, sustainability, and prosperity. Now others have a different model. They are in the demolition business. Far-right populists see the anxiety of today as an opportunity to stoke the anger that’s necessary for their project. …their solution ‘to take back control’ ended up code for ‘tear down the future’.”

Watch ⬇️ #cdnpoli

[CP24 @CP24]

UPDATE: SickKids reverses decision on retro payments, says employees 'past and present' will now be compensated
https://t.co/iTuk1OdtOk

[PressProgress @pressprogress]

Pierre Poilievre rails against ‘authoritarian wokeism’ in response to policy from Doug Ford’s government

https://t.co/8lmRhyC0cW #cdnpoli #onpoli

[Lucille Collard @LucilleCollard]

This morning at the Justice Policy Committee I asked the Sollicitor General how he was addressing the crisis of mental health and addictions which has devastating effects in Ottawa and elsewhere in the province.

[CP24 @CP24]

OSSTF slams Ford government for ‘harmful’ comments on gender expression in schools https://t.co/FhyBqOpu6Y

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Premier Doug Ford’s MPPs have blocked a Liberal bid to force former cabinet minister Steve Clark and senior officials to appear before a legislative committee over the $8.3 billion Greenbelt land swap scandal. https://t.co/CSWoA2k24D

[CP24 @CP24]

Ontario needs 60K more staff and 8K more beds to address 'hospital crisis,' union says https://t.co/B7AyJYxA6p

[CP24 @CP24]

'We feel really betrayed:' Former SickKids nurses who worked during pandemic say they're being denied retro pay
https://t.co/Q4hd3LlWJm

[CP24 @CP24]

Rent for one-bedroom apartment in Toronto up more than 10 per cent from last year, while Brampton sees a nearly 30 per cent jump https://t.co/wg1uCaIEBW

[Timothy Gray @CanadaGray]

These are the names of @Fordnation MPPs who voted down committee probe of Greenbelt scandal: Aris Babikian, Vijay Thanigasalam, Graham McGregor, Billy Pang, Sheref Sabawy, and Hardeep Singh Grewal. They are complicit https://t.co/VKjTxTPswQ via @Thetrilliumca #GreenbeltGate

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

BREAKING: Federal government to announce the forgiveness of GST on rental housing. This will do two things:

1) tip some new housing developments that have been put on ice due to high interest rates back into construction = more supply

2) incentivize some developers to build rental housing, instead of condos...in other words, homes for Canadians instead of units for investors = more homes for Canadians

I'll be on @CP24 later today explaining the tangible implications of this policy for changing housing supply in Canada. It is significant.

This is - potentially - the beginning of a sea change. It is a new approach.

[Don Martin @DonMartinCTV]

So let me get this straight. The Trudeau government promised a 'new' initiative to deal with the housing crisis and actually announced a small London Ontario allocation from a fund it launched in the spring. The mind reels.

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

While no one was looking, the Ford govt released their perpetually delayed Provincial Climate Change Impact Assessment.

It paints a grim picture of Ontario’s climate future, and it’s a stark reminder that we need drastic climate action now. #onpoli

https://t.co/O2w8S9kote