I was on CBC this morning talking about how disgraceful every politician in Canada has been in the face of the current hospital crisis
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Use of notwithstanding clause in Ontario since 1982 (when Charter was enacted):
1982-85🔵Davis: 0
1985🔵Miller: 0
1985-90🔴Peterson: 0
1990-95🟠Rae: 0
1995-2002🔵Harris: 0
2002-03🔵Eves: 0
2003-13🔴McGuinty: 0
2013-18🔴Wynne: 0
2018-Now🔵Ford: 2
Ontario, we have a problem.
Premier Ford and his Conservative government have launched a direct attack — not only on education workers in Ontario — but on the constitutional rights of workers across the country.
The federal government must act and protect workers and their rights.
@Sflecce Did you only just realize kids should be in class now, 2.5 years into a global pandemic? You know what could have helped? Smaller classes. Clean and monitored air. PCR tests. Rapid tests. High-quality PPE. #PaidSickDays. You said no to all of these. #onted
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$30,000,000,000
That's how much Canada's largest corporations avoided paying using tax avoidance schemes last year
For a fraction of that, we could have eliminated the entire federal student debt — with $8 billion to spare for healthcare
The system feels rigged — because it is
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ok I have been in Scandinavia for just shy of two weeks and I think that gives me the authority to say: the best solution for Ontario Place is to put in a bunch of docks for people to jump in the water and saunas that people can book for cheap and maybe a cozy bar and firepits
“Trusting Friedman's explanation of Keynesian economics is like trusting the fox's account of why the chickens in the hen house died.” - @ProfSteveKeen in his recent blog post "This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Inflation"
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Did an activism presentation at a high school and had a proud moment at how engaged they got when I was speaking about white supremacy and treating all people with dignity. We need to step up as leaders and give them the world they dream of.
Ontario's Financial Accountability Officer says the Ford government failed to spend $5.5 billion in budgeted cash so far this year, including $670M unspent on public health, $554M unspent on schools, and $1.1B unspent on social supports like ODSP https://t.co/N8elogST93 #onpoli
BREAKING March 3: FAO confirms @fordnation held on to 5.5 Billion in Federal funds that could have paid nurses, made safe schools, negotiated $10.00 Childcare, more testing, given more paid sick days and on...