Belkinson 💙

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@ColinDMello And even for that short period, he had an attendance problem

https://t.co/BR4gOkvZZ4

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

Attendance report card:

Data tracked by the Ontario NDP shows Premier Doug Ford skipped roughly one in three sessions of question period during the spring sitting and was only present for 7 full-length sessions.

https://t.co/CLFTt6XOkm

#onpoli

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@MaritStiles https://t.co/BR4gOkvZZ4

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

Attendance report card:

Data tracked by the Ontario NDP shows Premier Doug Ford skipped roughly one in three sessions of question period during the spring sitting and was only present for 7 full-length sessions.

https://t.co/CLFTt6XOkm

#onpoli

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@MaritStiles https://t.co/iltbP186FQ

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Opinion Doug Ford has made MPPs into seasonal workers, and we all suffer https://t.co/8vqhrkRdTF #onpoli

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@OntarioNDP https://t.co/iltbP186FQ

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Opinion Doug Ford has made MPPs into seasonal workers, and we all suffer https://t.co/8vqhrkRdTF #onpoli

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@howllr https://t.co/0dKMAzgA5H

[TrendingPolitics.ca @TrendPolCa]

BREAKING: Ontario recorded its steepest drop in labour force participation since 1976 excluding the pandemic, with 71,300 people leaving the workforce in the first quarter of 2026 according to the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario — Global News

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@fordnation Reality check:
https://t.co/0dKMAzgA5H

[TrendingPolitics.ca @TrendPolCa]

BREAKING: Ontario recorded its steepest drop in labour force participation since 1976 excluding the pandemic, with 71,300 people leaving the workforce in the first quarter of 2026 according to the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario — Global News

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@JoyceCarolOates General rule, which works most of the time, is that if the main stem is fuzzy, it's a weed; and if the main stem is smooth , it's not.

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@CaptainDick12

[Great Canadian Moose @Great_Cdn_Moose]

LISTEN UP ONTARIO:
Something big is happening in Ontario, and almost no one is talking about it.
Premier Ford has quietly passed a law that opens the door to water privatization across Ontario - and he's hoping you won't notice.

The Water and Wastewater Public
Corporations Act lets the government seize your local water system and hand it over to a for-profit corporation without your consent.
History is clear: when for-profit corporations control our water systems, the results are disastrous:

Bigger bills!
Bad service!
Dirty water!

Water is a human right not a commodity. It's not too late to stop this.
& Tell Premier Ford our water is NOT for sale. Take action now!

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

"she's so busy being free"
https://t.co/iWHU1rprGV

[Bev 🇨🇦 @Garnet_2203]

So let me get this straight…
Doug Ford can take a 102-day summer break with full pay, taxpayer-funded pensions, benefits, travel budgets, and perks while classrooms are overcrowded, hospitals are understaffed, ERs are closing, and families are struggling to survive?
Teachers are being told there’s “not enough money” for smaller class sizes, educational assistants, special education supports, or properly funded public schools.
Healthcare workers are burning out.
Parents can’t find family doctors.
Students are falling through the cracks.
But Queen’s Park gets a 3+ month vacation?
How is this acceptable?
And before anyone says politicians still “work behind the scenes,” most Ontarians don’t get 102 days off with six-figure salaries and guaranteed pensions while the systems WE pay for collapse around us.
Public education and healthcare are not luxuries. They are the backbone of a functioning society.
Maybe if politicians had to live in overcrowded classrooms, wait 14 hours in ERs, or watch children lose supports because there aren’t enough EAs, they’d stop treating public services like a budget line to cut while protecting their own comfort.
Ontario deserves better than a government that always seems to find money for itself while telling everyone else to lower their expectations.

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

https://t.co/lNDFg07pry

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

J. P. Sweelinck's version of
J. Dowland's Pavana Lachrimae
https://t.co/8a7gt861Ka

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

https://t.co/vTn85UZWn3

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@TinaYazdani Also totally screwed over students and everyone needing their skills

[Rob Cerjanec @RobCerjanec]

Doug Ford and his government are cowards.

They just announced the Ontario Legislature won’t be coming back until the end of October.

They’re afraid to face basic questions about their actions and are running away from their scandals and wasteful spending.

It’s time for change in Ontario.

#onpoli #coward

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@fordnation

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"And then, one fairy night, May became June."
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald,
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒎𝒏𝒆𝒅

🎨 Willard Metcalf (1906)

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

recalling English graduate student seminars of the late 20th century in which "literary theory" was the rage, & within a decade or two most of these "literary theorists" were totally out of fashion & near-forgotten.
imagine spending months or years of your life reading "literary theory" instead of what is called primary sources: literature itself.

[Belkinson 💙 @Belkinson3]

@JoyceCarolOates So very true