John Smithson

“We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[Bev 🇨🇦 @Garnet_2203]

Doug Fords government and their cuts always hurts students

[Dapper Millenial @realcdnrhetoric]

It’s actually a reallocation and reduction of existing money to go to a single entity, Staples

It’s corruption in plain sight.

[John Smithson @john_smithson3]

@gtconway3d As a Canadian, I had a ureteroscopy procedure done last year. My cost out of pocket (including Xrays, CAT, procedure and follow up) was $0.00. If I hadn't been dropped off, I would have had to pay for parking.

Cost in the USA? ~$15k.

USA is a failed nation.

[John Smithson @john_smithson3]

@KGBure @TorontoStar @MaritStiles Including photocopy paper?

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

The entire purpose of Doug Ford’s Washington trip — a reception with American billionaire Ross Perot Jr. — didn’t even happen.

@fordnation loves to promote his travels, but he never promotes the results.

What did this trip get us and how much did it cost taxpayers?

#onpoli

[Kathleen Wynne @Kathleen_Wynne]

What do you bet that teachers will not even get the full $750 as schools are already strapped because of funding cuts? https://t.co/2dmGwge8og

[John Smithson @john_smithson3]

@stland8 @Gianl1974 Of course.

However, they are currently 'running your ship' (into the ground). Let's hope that a different direction occurs after midterms.

Canada (and other nations) are looking for trustworthy, like-minded nations. The damage done is generational.

[Cassie 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @cassko]

Did anyone else know that Ontario only allows Pap tests every 5 years now. That’s insane! My daughter just went for one and has to pay for it. This used to be covered annually. Fuck you @fordnation and @SylviaJonesMPP

[John Smithson @john_smithson3]

@Mikeggibbs I recall looking at the cover photos of the National Inquirer as a kid: Elvis lives, UFOS are real. Now that circus is in politics and Trump is the ringmaster.

I think he'll resign after huge midterm losses. His stamina is failing and he only ever wants to play on his terms.

[linda haslett @lindahaslett]

@fordnation @CBS @edokeefe "Put a ring around North America" says @fordnation just like he claimed to put a ring around seniors living in LTC in Ontario. 1000s died because of him.

[John Smithson @john_smithson3]

@mskimmel @MaritStiles That's ridiculous. Even more ridiculous is that you apparently no longer have the right to know how much taxpayers paid.

[John Fraser @JohnFraserOS]

Embarrassing @fordnation.

It’s what happens when you are too busy trying to look like you’re doing something…

Instead of actually doing something.

[John Smithson @john_smithson3]

@jenteach13 Our district bought 'Interactions' and insisted everyone use them. It was a discovery based text that 90% of the students couldn't digest. I saw a teacher teaching it on the overhead while the kids just copied. It was later used as a doorstop to pry open doors in hot weather.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Doug Ford's Minister of Education spent the entire session standing in front of cameras across Ontario and even in London UK to announce fake funding for our classrooms.

Minister Calandra thought he could silence students and educators by performing accounting tricks on camera.

Instead, he got caught with his pants down after documents revealed his $750 for classrooms were all smoke and mirrors.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Doug Ford flew to Washington to play Captain Canada but couldn’t get a meeting with anyone from the U.S. administration.

Back home, he voted against removing the tax on food and lowering grocery prices. Ontarians are paying for the show – and getting nothing for it.

[Ted Hsu @tedhsu]

I'm disappointed but not surprised. What this government says must be scrutinized carefully.

Unfortunately, they've decided not to face opposition MPPs' questioning by abusing their majority to keep us away until October 27.

#onpoli

[John Smithson @john_smithson3]

@Ms_Anchovy @PaulCalandra I started in the early 90s.

Once a month, the full time VP would get the admin ordered consummables and they would stock the consummables room.

We used to have litre sized pails of rubber cement.
There was tons of everything.

Compare/contrast this today......

#onted

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Doug Ford's 401 fantasy tunnel is a scam.

He refuses to lower your grocery costs, but he's ready to give his Conservative donors tens of billions of taxpayer dollars for a pie-in-the-sky project.

Days before he called a snap election last year, he was pitching his latest stupid tunnel to a room full of donors.

This is who Doug Ford is working for.

At best, this will be the biggest waste of taxpayer dollars in Ontario's history. At worst, it's a disaster waiting to happen.

Doug Ford is not a serious Premier

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

Doug Ford said he gutted OSAP because students were misusing the money and the program was too expensive.

But it was @fordnation who was mismanaging OSAP.

95% of a $465 million increase went to private career colleges, not Ontario’s public colleges and universities.

#onpoli