As Mayor, I have been working to negotiate with the province to find a path forward that keeps every road user safe - pedestrians, cyclists and drivers alike. Disappointing to see a member of Council undermine the City's right to determine its own future and repeatedly side with provincial overreach.
Solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla. To the brave Canadians joining the effort to bring life-saving food & medicine to the besieged people of Gaza: thank you. I urge the Liberals to do everything to ensure your safety & an end to genocide.
It’s with great sadness that our union announces the passing of former USW International President Leo W. Gerard. A fierce fighter and a friend to many, Leo worked tirelessly to build solidarity and advance workers’ interests.
Read more: https://t.co/PENIDgCreV
Today, @AOC and I had 34,000 people come out in Denver.
It is the largest rally that I have ever had.
And it tells me that the American people will not allow Trump to move us into oligarchy and authoritarianism.
We will fight back. We will win.
Our hospital understaffing graveyard mourns how @OntHospitalAssn CEOs have deliberately understaffed our public hospitals. By scheduling inconsistent levels of staff, nurses and health- care professionals can’t provide care patients deserve. #ONAPCM#onhealth#onpoli
Jane Philpott on CBC this morning-- same old justifications for undefunding public hospitals.
The problem is Dr. Philpott does not oppose privatization. I've debated & been on panels with her and her position was surprisingly bad.
Does not bode well.
I do not support limiting city powers. It’s always better when we work together to get things right. To tackle congestion and keep people safe on city roads we need all types of transportation. The Province should focus on their job of finally getting the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRTs open, which will have a huge impact on congestion in our city.
Check out this letter sent from Jack Layton to his council colleagues back in 1991 in support of a universal student nutrition program. This work has been decades in the making - read it here: https://t.co/ziqFMjqQ1L
Andrew Mackenzie is a good New Democrat and an even better man.
He has spent his entire life organizing and on the frontlines in the labour movement and as a New Democrat.
Egoless yet strong - he has never sought the limelight.
Today, I am honoured to present him a Lifetime Membership Award for his dedication to our movement.
Thank you Andrew.
Reminder here from @reggcohn for folks with short memories: it was @OntLiberal governments who first allowed beer & wine sales from supermarkets, shut down Ontario Place for poor attendance, sold off Hydro One.
I'd add: chose public-private partnership to build Eglinton Crosstown
A massacre of football playing children in a school. The war crime of mass starvation.
It’s harder every day to look, but looking away is not an option. This unbearable suffering cannot be allowed to continue. https://t.co/vWt5b17nd7
Dozens of University of Toronto faculty members speaking about school seeking injunction to remove Pro- Palestinian demonstrators from campus. Faculty message to @UofT, ‘if you try to move the students, you will have to go through us first’
We need to look really hard at this picture.
A white man leering over a racialized woman in a wheelchair, removing her for wearing a symbol of her culture, while 3 young racialized girls look on & privilege looks the other way.
We need to talk about this & the impacts for all
Thank you to @macleans for the honour.
We're getting Toronto back on track. Our partners at Queen's Park and in Ottawa are vital partners in keeping Ontario's and Canada's economic engine humming.
Read in full: https://t.co/Uf5Caw1hg7
ONA members are now picketing @extendicare HQ, the leading for-profit provider of care and services for seniors across Canada.
Registered Nurses, NPs, RPNs and PSWs are demanding that Extendicare prioritize seniors' #CareNotProfit!
#FightLocal#onpoli
BREAKING
The vote is in and we have forced the Liberals to:
- Stop selling arms to the Israeli govt,
- Support the ICC and ICJ,
- Place sanctions on extremist settlers,
- and much more
Every single Conservative MP and some Liberals tried to block it - they failed.
ONA strongly condemns @fordnation latest scheme to introduce profit into health care by violating the Voluntary Blood Donations Act, the law that bans donor payments and forbids profiting from the sale of blood and plasma donations.
Read our release: https://t.co/mzLwRnQS80
Minister @selinarobinson shows an appalling disregard for the horrific violence being inflicted on Palestinians.
Their homeland wasn't "a crappy piece of land with nothing on it."
People lived on it.
Families lived on it.
Villages flourished.
They loved this land.