@ted_ryce Love this Ted. My nemesis is potato chips. Occasionally I leave some of my calorie budget for this craved salty snack!!!! Life has to be lived
Let's get #TommyDouglas trending like his son-in-law Donald Sutherland is. The father of #MedicareforAll in Canada and voted Canada's greatest Canadian. He would be weeping now to see what's happening to our public #Healthcare
Going to say this again: Policing addresses crime after it happens, it doesn’t prevent it. If we want to prevent crime AND build more compassionate communities, we need to invest in housing, mental health, education & healthcare.
Invest more in our communities. Not policing.
17.8% of total eligible voters in Ontario cast their vote for Doug Ford’s Conservatives in June- handing them a majority to do whatever they want for 4 years. We are now reaping the consequences of this result & a tragically low voter turnout. #onpoli#onted#IStandWithCUPE
I am not an Ontarian, or a teacher, or an education assistant, but I have a perspective on the Ford government’s “Keeping Students in Schools Act”. I was Minister of Education in Alberta for 7 years, including the time the Charter was developed and enacted. #onted#onpoli
Yesterday, I volunteered in my son’s kindergarten class - a rare window into his world there. Brought bb moo cow here. The woman pictured is the classroom’s ECE. With the education workers strike looming I just wanted to say a word about how critical her work is to his class.
Today, @fordnation introduced legislation to remove the rights of education workers to negotiate a fair deal. Here's the facts:
Education workers earn an average of 39K a year.
2/3 are women.
1/3 rely on food banks to survive.
1/2 have a second job.
They deserve better.