Lucas Alves 🇨🇦🍁

Vice Chair, Peel District School Board - Trustee

[Lucas Alves 🇨🇦🍁 @VoteAlves]

I’m glad Premier Doug Ford appears to have listened to parents and families and stepped back from a decision that would have erased an elected voice in public education. 1/3 🧵

https://t.co/w71igOAcIP

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

NEW: The Ford government’s school board takeovers resulted in a record 1,346 school board complaints to the ombudsman last year, primarily driven by concerns about government-appointed supervisors, sidelined trustees and a "lack of transparency." https://t.co/FaUZ85un3K

[Lucas Alves 🇨🇦🍁 @VoteAlves]

@TinaYazdani The Ontario Legislature sat for 30 days this spring before a 21-week break. Reporting also notes Premier Ford attended 19 of those 30 Question Period days and was on time for 7...

[TSN @TSN_Sports]

The World Lives Here.

Canada is all together different. Truly unique. And so is our relationship to the beautiful game. This is our opening to the 2026 World Cup. Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. #FIFAWorldCup

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

The Ford government is escalating its fight to cancel all summer meetings of the committee responsible for vetting PC appointees to provincial agencies & boards, now taking the dispute to the Speaker.

Critics say it’s “astonishing the lengths they’ll go to not be held accountable.”

But the government argues historically, this committee has never met during breaks.

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

Tensions ran high & frustrations were palpable at a TDSB parent budget meeting Tuesday night, where parents pressed for answers on hundreds of staff cuts and program reductions planned for this fall.

But the Ford government-appointed TDSB Supervisor didn’t answer questions during the meeting & declined an interview with me afterward. Watch:

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Doug Ford's Minister of Education spent the entire session standing in front of cameras across Ontario and even in London UK to announce fake funding for our classrooms.

Minister Calandra thought he could silence students and educators by performing accounting tricks on camera.

Instead, he got caught with his pants down after documents revealed his $750 for classrooms were all smoke and mirrors.

[Ryan Endoh @RyanEndoh]

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8 years of @BradMBradford & all I got was a rusted balcony guard at 500 Dawes.

I recall the discussions I had with Bradford about 500 Dawes. He had no interest in utilizing the City's remedial action powers & spoke highly of the 20k in fines the City imposed at that time.

[Jamie Mitchell @realJ_Mitchell]

If I’m understanding this properly the $750 for #OntEd elementary teachers is…a bit of a scam.
$450 is funding from the government. $300 is being taken directly from school budgets.
Per teacher.
And the vendor is TBD.

[Lucas Alves 🇨🇦🍁 @VoteAlves]

@ColinDMello I can’t speak for everyone in education, but I’d certainly welcome a change in the education file.

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

Nate Erskine Smith about to do the funniest thing

[Lucas Alves 🇨🇦🍁 @VoteAlves]

@TinaYazdani For context, @PeelSchools is responsible for roughly $2.24 billion within Ontario’s education system. Trustees are not casual observers in this structure. We are elected by our communities and sworn to the same Crown, with duties to students, families and public accountability.

[Lucas Alves 🇨🇦🍁 @VoteAlves]

@TinaYazdani For context, @PeelSchools is responsible for roughly $2.24 billion within Ontario’s education system. Trustees are not casual observers in this structure. We are elected by our communities and sworn to the same Crown, with duties to students, families and public accountability.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

NEW: The latest in Premier Doug Ford's cellphone transparency saga:

The government's appeal of a court order has been dismissed, the IPC's directive to hand over records is back in force:

Civil servants have been told to “obtain from the affected party (Ford) any government or departmental related entries from his personal cell phone’s call.”

The government's retroactive FOI changes however could block that.

https://t.co/KRADEzWOcY

#onpoli

[Andrea Grebenc 🇨🇦 @AndreaGrebenc]

"It’s reasonable...to conclude that the root cause of school-board deficits is provincial underfunding of special ed. ... it’s difficult to fault (trustees) for trying to protect education for kids with special needs when the province wouldn’t." https://t.co/NzkLK3knk1
#onpoli

[Lucas Alves 🇨🇦🍁 @VoteAlves]

Over the weekend, I found myself at a #Brampton @HomeDepot, where I saw a man walk out with a table saw. Walked in, grabbed a saw, walked out.

I was shocked to hear staff tell me they don’t even call 911 anymore, they make a report and call a corporate hotline…

[905HUB @905hub_]

SHOCKING: Good Sauga Samaritan stops men from walking out with a couple Smirnoff’s at #Streetsville LCBO.

Follow @905hub_ for daily Mississauga updates.

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Ontario school boards spending $380M more on special education than they receive in funding: auditor general #onpoli https://t.co/EIREnyhJy2

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

NEW: Most classroom teachers are unable to adequately support students with special education needs, according to a new AG report.

The report also raises concerns about rising EA absences, and students sent home when schools couldn't meet their needs. https://t.co/OxGhFeqxYX

[Lucas Alves 🇨🇦🍁 @VoteAlves]

Happy #Mother’s Day to the incredible women in my life. Your love, strength and care shape our family in more ways than words can say. I’m so grateful for all that you are and all that you give, today and every day. ❤️💐

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

How did the Premier get to the university? He won’t say, citing OPP security protocols.

#onpoli

[Steffan Watkins  @steffanwatkins]

- The Ontario Gov't is NOT the registered owner of the plane.
- ACASS Canada Ltd owns the only 2016 Challenger that fits the description published by The Star.
- Not verifying or even questioning who owns the plane, or the chain of ownership of the plane, is not journalism.