NEW: Ontario education unions are ramping up strike preparations.
ETFO, OECTA and CUPE-OSBCU have scheduled strike votes for November as contract talks with the Ford government remain stalled over a dispute about the bargaining rules themselves.
ETFO president David Mastin said parents can “expect a proportional response to the challenging times that we're in right now.” https://t.co/8Pp15r5Mr6
Asking Premier Ford if it’s acceptable that parents are still donating basic necessities like paper towels, soap & toilet paper to schools — and why he pulled money from existing school budgets to fund the $750 teacher supply program instead of providing new money.
The back-to-school shopping list in Ontario includes more than pencils, erasers and binders.
In some communities, parents have been creating group chats to coordinate Costco runs for their children’s classrooms — splitting the cost of Kleenex, paper towels, soap, hand sanitizer, and even toilet paper.
School boards tell me these basic necessities are supposed to be provided by the schools. Story: https://t.co/qsWJSx4cPB
NEW: Ontario’s NDP is calling for an investigation into the Ford government’s $66M Staples deal.
Opposition leader Marit Stiles has formally requested that the province’s Auditor General undertake a value-for-money audit of the $66 million Classroom Supplies Fund contract that has come under fire in recent weeks.
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@TinaYazdani He���s selling pieces of our province to make himself money. He’s not actually governing. He needs to go. We have to do something drastic or we’ll be where America is now in a few years.
@TinaYazdani To put that number into perspective, since Doug Ford's 2022 re-election, his government has spent at least $326 million of Ontario taxpayer money on advertising—and the 2025–26 total isn't even finalized yet.
@TinaYazdani Not the point @PaulCalandra , @fordnation says, buy Canadian, buy Ontario, you guys are sending out the wrong message, you both need to resign
@TinaYazdani Paul Calandra is such a fcuking loser and all around bad. He stole money from his elderly mother and once his sister found out he thteatened her life. Definitely an upstanding guy. Super trusthworthyq
Asking Premier Doug Ford why Ontario gave its $66M classroom supplies contract to U.S.-owned Staples while his government pushes “Buy Canadian”:
“It’s like saying, don’t go to Home Depot, don’t go to Walmart, don’t buy an American car… and yeah… preferably not buy an American car…”
Education minister weighs in too. Watch:
@TheEconomist@arynbraun SAVE US FROM WHAT? The golbal north seem to be sacrificing the global south(we r on 1 globe),then fortress CANAM shit.They want to prevent those fleein dead zones that these arseholes, RIGHT NOW, r setting up tk happen 4 them, well they will seek refuge & the fuckrs say no
@TheEconomist@arynbraun Isn't that kind of what was around the Gaza concentration camp until it was breached in Oct/2023?That thing did nothing but give a false sense of security&then very quickly feeling vulnerable. Tech can not&will not 'save' anyone its so stupid.Stop killing the future 4 $ today