Jim Newman

Living by the Lake, enjoying life.

[Jim Newman @jnoomdotcom]

@fordnation tosses around Billions of tax dollars like he owns it. Why would he be worried about $200k. A drop in the bucket for him or just spillage from the trough.

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

Ontarians are pretty “ticked off” too, @fordnation. You’ve wasted our money for 8 long years. This isn’t a one off.

- $100 billion tunnel
- $500M parking lot next to a private spa
- $1 billion to get booze into corner stores a year early
- 100s of millions on propaganda ads

Just to name a few… #onpoli

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

I asked Ontario’s Health Minister what this government is doing to RESPECT and RETAIN #nurses.

Instead of answering, she talked about recruitment and alleged nurses who tell her they appreciate her. When I called out the non-answer, she laughed out loud.

Ontario nurses are dealing with burnout, chronic understaffing, workplace violence, and unsafe working conditions. There is nothing funny about that.

Nurses deserve better. #onpoli #NationalNursingWeek

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

The Ontario Conservatives’ disastrous education bill just passed its final reading.

Ays 63
Nays 40

Sad day for public education. #onpoli

[Stephanie Bowman @stephaniebowman]

A big thank you to St. Bonaventure CS for the invitation to speak with your Grade 4/5 class.

Thank you for your great questions about our work at Queen's Park, running in an election, and why the Premier closed the ONT Science Centre. The future is in good hands! @TCDSB

#onted

[Jim Newman @jnoomdotcom]

@fordnation should adequately fund our public Healthcare System. Might be a good place to start 🤔

[Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @DrGorfinkel]

My frail, 82-yr-old patient spent 2 nights on a gurney in an ER

I've been told to “build a wall” between the suffering of my patients & me

...but not how to handle governments failing to hold up their end of the bargain

@FordNation
https://t.co/xyFHbNAQCK via @torontostar

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

219 Greenbelt records were cleared for release.

Then Doug Ford changed the law and blocked them.

When the rules change to keep the public in the dark, that should alarm every Ontarian.

What are you hiding, @FordNation? #onpoli
https://t.co/9rKrd4XEJT

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

With scandals mounting and now restrictions on FOI access, this government isn’t fixing the problem, it’s trying to contain the fallout.

Ontarians are noticing.

What else is this government trying to hide? #onpoli

https://t.co/nWMKA07axB

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

Ford’s Bill 97 weakens FOI laws, limiting public access to government records, including Ford's phone records.

Ontarians are calling it what it is: undemocratic and a direct attack on transparency and accountability.

What is @FordNation hiding? #onpoli
https://t.co/rVlAw2bLTr

[Ted Hsu @tedhsu]

The Ford government can’t find room in the budget for an urgently needed new hospital in Kingston, which would provide essential care for 5 ridings.

But if @fordnation wants a private jet, a luxury spa, or ads to boost his image, the money is always there. This government's priorities just don't add up.

#onpoli

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

The Ford Conservatives are trying to rewrite the rules to avoid scrutiny - and I’m not letting it slide.

I challenged the government’s changes to FOIs today because transparency isn’t optional. Ontarians deserve answers, not cover-ups. #onpoli

[Ontario Liberal Party | Parti Libéral de l'Ontario @OntLiberal]

If the out-of-touch Ford government can’t make life affordable or properly fund schools and hospitals, it has no business spending $28.9 million on a private jet.

#onpoli

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

All aboard the gravy plane! ✈️💸

Not enough money for OSAP, public education, health care, or real affordability measures in Ontario.

But a $29 million private jet purchase for Premier Ford? No problem!

So much for fiscal responsibility. #onpoli
https://t.co/CZVUyR5S5Z

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

A new poll by Abacus Data shows a majority of respondents (60%) oppose the Ford government's planned changes to the FOI laws.

75% are against the government making the changes retroactive.

#onpoli

[Jim Newman @jnoomdotcom]

Education has to be a priority for Ontario if we expect our youth to contribute to solving our problems for tomorrow. @fordnation is moving backward not forward in public education, thinking it is a profit and loss situation. 🫩

[Jill Promoli @jillpromoli]

So at what point is Ministry supervision supposed to start making things better for Peel schools? Because so far I have a personal inbox full of devastated educators, parents who need support, and a lot of people worried for their kids. My phone hasn't stopped ringing.@fordnation

[Jill Promoli @jillpromoli]

For clarity: trustees didn't go on the Blue Jays trip. Staff did, but trustees were sidelined for it.

71/72 school boards didn't go to Italy, but the board that did?

Not under supervision.

Expenses? Should we start looking at MPP riding expenses? Maybe.🤷‍♀️
#onted #onpoli

[Jill Promoli @jillpromoli]

331 teachers have been laid off from PDSB today.

Good thing Paul Calandra removed trustees 6 weeks ago to prevent 60 layoffs we’d stopped 3 weeks earlier.

Hearing spec ed is significantly affected. There’s no reasonable explanation here. #onted #onpoli

https://t.co/OCK94vHCKp

[John Fraser @JohnFraserOS]

To justify their cuts the @fordnation Government tried to make a big deal out of 900 fraud investigations into OSAP last year…

During that time 473,000 students received OSAP.

Needless to say it was a pretty lame attempt.

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

Dishonest Doug is trying to villainize the 450,000 students on #OSAP to justify his cruel changes to the program. The 900 cases he is referencing is 0.002%. They should be held accountable, but don’t pretend this is widespread fraud. Shame on you @fordnation. #onpoli
https://t.co/DQzdHSV2mL

[Tyler Watt 🇨🇦 @tylerwatt]

Slashing grants & pushing students into more debt is a direct attack on their future.

If students are deterred from applying for higher education, the system is clearly broken.

Tell the Premier: Hands off our #OSAP! https://t.co/1lwwUMgAjb #onpoli
https://t.co/HKJUokGIkH

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

BREAKING: The ford government is lifting the long-standing tuition freeze for college and university students, as part of its post secondary funding changes:

• Tuition: 2% increase per year for 3 years, then rate of 2% or 3-year inflation average

• PSE funding: $1.6 B per year, above the base $5.4 B

• OSAP: max 25% as a grant, minimum 75% as a loan (currently it’s 85% grant max 15% loan min)

#onpoli