Kyle Fritz

Reader, policy enthusiast, and patriot. Views are my own!

[Team Canada @TeamCanada]

HISTORY! The Canadians’ 1-0 win at Los Angeles Stadium in the Round of 32 match means they have advanced to a Round of 16 clash with either Morocco or the Netherlands.❤️🇨🇦 https://t.co/ukhYYbolw2

[David Piccini @DavidPiccini]

We are putting Ontario workers first, making sure they have the opportunity to get their start and build their futures here in Ontario.

The answer to filling in demand jobs is not expanding access to low-wage temporary foreign workers — it is ensuring Ontario workers have the skills, experience and opportunities they need to succeed.

For many young people, jobs in sectors like food service and retail provide that critical first step into the workforce, helping them gain valuable experience, build confidence and begin rewarding careers.

Our government will continue to invest in training, apprenticeships and pathways that connect Ontario workers with good-paying jobs while helping employers build the workforce they need for the future.

#ProtectOntario

[Doug Ford @fordnation]

Make no mistake: China now has a foothold in the Canadian market and will use it to their full advantage at the expense of Canadian workers.

The federal government is inviting a flood of cheap made-in-China electric vehicles without any real guarantee of equal or immediate investments in Canada’s economy, auto sector or supply chain. Worse, by lowering tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles this lopsided deal risks closing the door on Canadian automakers to the American market, our largest export destination, which would hurt our economy and lead to job losses. 

To fix this mess, Prime Minister Carney and the federal government need to urgently step up and support Ontario’s auto sector. That means making the sector more competitive by ending the electric vehicle mandate, harmonizing regulations with key trading partners and scrapping federal fees that do nothing but add thousands to the cost of making vehicles and chase away investments. Instead of importing made-in-China vehicles, the federal government needs to be focused on working with Ontario to bring investment and jobs to factory floors in Brampton, Oshawa, Ingersoll and across the province, where assembly lines are at risk or have already left the country.

Whether farmers or auto workers, Canadians expect and deserve a federal government that gives them every shot at success. I’m urging Prime Minister Carney to work with Ontario to strengthen Canada’s auto industry, not weaken it. Together, let’s protect Ontario and protect Canada.

[David Piccini @DavidPiccini]

Premier @fordnation is absolutely right.

This federal deal risks flooding our market with cheap Chinese EVs, threatening thousands of good-paying jobs across Ontario's auto sector and closing doors to our biggest export market.

Ontario workers should not pay the price for a bad federal deal.

#ProtectOntario

[David Piccini @DavidPiccini]

Honoured to speak before industry leaders at the Canadian Construction Safety Council Secretariat in Montréal, and a special thank you to Philippe Adam for his leadership as Chair of the CCSC.

By raising the bar and lowering the barriers, we’re putting forward a new vision for health and safety harmonization and improved labour mobility — helping skilled workers move more easily between provinces, strengthening protections on job sites, and supporting the nation-building projects that connect communities across Canada.

#HealthAndSafety #NationBuilding

[Doug Ford @fordnation]

Nothing tastes better than buying Canadian! This Christmas, make sure to try out some great Canadian treats as you celebrate with family and loved ones.

Merry Christmas, Ontario!

[David Piccini @DavidPiccini]

By bringing real transparency to hiring, Ontario is helping level the playing field for job seekers.

Requiring salary ranges, cracking down on fake job postings, and disclosing when AI is used in hiring puts time, money, and power back in the hands of workers — so people know what a job pays, whether it’s real, and how their application is being assessed.

That’s how we’re building a fairer, safer job market that works for workers across the province!

[Victoria Mancinelli @vcmancinelli]

Let’s get real here.

@MaritStiles and the @OntarioNDP as well as @OntLiberal insist that their attacks on the Skills Development Fund have nothing to do with investments in union partners. But now that those same union partners are being dragged into biased media narratives and desperate smear campaigns of innuendo to hold on to an ounce of relevancy, silence seems to be their go to strategy.

It’s not hard to understand why rank-and-file union members have left this party in droves. Ontario isn’t built by division, manufactured outrage, or partisan theatre. Or by those who stand in the way of progress and fuel division at every turn.

Ontario is built by skilled workers; the men and women who get up every day to train, build and power this province forward. And there is only one party who is investing in them. News flash, it isn’t the NDP or Ontario liberals.

Investing in union training and union jobs is a win for Ontario. What’s hypocritical is watching those who once claimed to stand with workers now fight against the very investments delivering real results on the ground.

So please, by all means continue with the performative politics. The tone, often veering into hostility, bigotry and dog-whistle rhetoric speaks for itself.

And to the bias media, you know who you are, perhaps you could focus an ounce of your time on those who burn our country down rather than attacking those who build it up.

We won’t be giving one more ounce of attention to these childish antics. The adults have real work to do, building a stronger Ontario with skilled workers leading the way.

[Victoria Mancinelli @vcmancinelli]

Child care remains a major barrier for too many workers and families in the construction industry. LiUNA is confronting this head-on with practical, measurable supports that strengthen retention and opportunity across the skilled trades.

In September, with support of the Skills Development Fund, LiUNA launched the LiUNA Local 506 Construction and Child Care Research Initiative to identify the obstacles and build real solutions that put workers first.

Breaking barriers, building stronger futures.

https://t.co/HvDeIjw84I

[Victoria Mancinelli @vcmancinelli]

Respectfully @ColinDMello, you have my number, but didn’t bother contacting because that would have dispelled this web innuendo.

Let me guess, the next headline will be “government tries to buy the support of ONA and ETFO by promising to build hospitals and schools” we all see how ridiculous this is, right?

Our members would benefit because it is they who work in the heavy civil sector. And the entire province benefits from both their work, and strong infrastructure investments.

This is a perfect example of when you can’t find wrongdoing (because none exist) you fabricate controversy.

It isn’t journalism, it’s desperation.

Recent media accusations suggesting that union endorsement of the Ford government was in anyway “bought” are completely false, reckless and beneath the standards of credible reporting.

There is no quid pro quo. These claims reflect either a fundamental misunderstanding of how the construction industry works, or a deliberate attempt to chase a cheap headline at the expense of integrity. In this case, both.

LiUNA proudly represents the heavy civil sector, the men and women who build and maintain the transit, roads, bridges, and critical infrastructure that keep our communities connected, supply chains moving and province competitive. This sector was organized by LiUNA decades ago, and today, it is our members, alongside allied trades who continue to drive Ontario’s economy forward.

When a unionized contract is awarded through a fair, open and transparent process, it’s our members who benefit, not because of politics, but because of the strength, skill, and reliability of union labour delivered through our signatory contractor partners.

It’s common sense, not controversy.

We commend the @fordnation government and Minister @DavidPiccini for remaining focused on bold infrastructure policy and in the men and women who build it. Should @ColinDMello and @isaaccallan want learn about the real impact of SDF, I’ll be more than happy to give them a tour.

We stand by our record: advocating for infrastructure investment, fairness in procurement, and opportunities that keep our members working.

That’s not politics. That’s entirely our purpose. To advocate for jobs, policy and opportunities that impact our members and their families.

So to those chasing headlines over truth, do better. We have a province to build.

#onpoli

[Victoria Mancinelli @vcmancinelli]

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[Joseph Mancinelli @joemancinelli]

I hope that representatives of both @OntarioNDP and @OntLiberal will take Victoria and LiUNA up on their invitation to learn more about the impactful work Skills Development Fund has supported. This isn’t about politics, or shouldn’t be anyhow.
It’s about people, about workers.

[Victoria Mancinelli @vcmancinelli]

It’s a long one. But important.

Since the Leader of Opposition @MaritStiles believes she can speak for LiUNA in QP, let us be clear; we will never be ashamed of strong, historic investments in Ontario’s skilled workforce and training programs, like the ones made in our Members who show up every single day to build and strengthen our province.

For weeks, resources have been spent on slandering the Skills Development Fund in its entirety and smearing those it supports with false claims of favouritism or corruption.

Who pays the price? Workers. Do they really not see this? Backtracking now is nothing short of disingenuous.

It's shameful.

A slap in the face to everyone across labour and industry working to strengthen Ontario's workforce and its future.

For the @OntarioNDP and @OntLiberal, "investing in workers" has become nothing more than a talking point - empty words without integrity or understanding.

They're more interested in scoring cheap political points than recognizing the real, life-changing training partnerships created through the Skills Development Fund - programs that are building Ontario's workforce and shaping its future.

Not once have they reached out to learn about them. Not a phone call, not an email. Nothing. Because truth doesn’t seem to fit their agenda here.

The hypocrisy is staggering. They attack government for not supporting unions - yet when historic investments are made in union led apprenticeship, training, and worker-focused policy, they call it nefarious?

Give me a break.

It's no wonder Ontario's workers have stopped listening. They say they want jobs, yet oppose the projects that create and sustain them. They claim to stand for workers, yet reject the very investments that protect and empower them.

Division and innuendo don't build Ontario.
Collaboration and strong investment in workers - in training, in skills development, and in career pathways - do.

And that's exactly what Minister @DavidPiccini and the @fordnation government are doing: building opportunity, strengthening our workforce, and securing Ontario's future.

We welcome the findings of the AG report that will strengthen SDF and continue to empower opportunities for the men and women who build, connect and strengthen every corner of our province for today, and for generations to come.

If the opposition and third party want to learn about the direct impacts SDF has made, they have my contact and I welcome them to reach out at any time for a respectful conversation, rather than belittling real investments in people, jobs and the future of Ontario.

[Daily Commercial News @DCN_Canada]

OP-ED: Attempts to discredit Ontario’s Skills Development Fund and portray union endorsements of the PC Party as somehow nefarious, does a disservice to every worker who builds this province.
@vcmancinelli
@LiUNACanada
@DavidPiccini
@joemancinelli
https://t.co/NEDJh3SZeA

[Ahmad Elbayoumi @ahmadelbayoumi]

NEW: Two Liberal MPPs privately wrote to the Ford government in support of local projects seeking a slice of the $2.5-billion SDF.

One pushed for a meeting to make the case for a late applicant, while another went to bat for a donor-linked project.

https://t.co/NaUjU3uSgB

[Jonathan Scott @J_Scott_]

Just gonna go ahead and say it: @DavidPiccini is giving a master class on how to weather a political storm: defiant, self-assured and cool under pressure. The Oppo made the mistake of picking a target who fights back. #onpoli

[David Piccini @DavidPiccini]

Last year, Andrea Horwath stood shoulder-to-shoulder with us in Hamilton, thanking Premier Ford and our government for investing $3.6 million to train nearly 4,000 workers through the Skills Development Fund.

Today, @MaritStiles refuses to support investments like these.

We won’t apologize for investing in workers.

[Finn Johnson @_FinnJohnson]

When our members write their C of Q exam at our centres, the familiar learning environment eliminates many of the external factors that contribute to lower scores.

This change will increase pass rates and make it easier for workers to take the next step in their career.

Thank you Minister @DavidPiccini and @SkilledTradesON CEO Candice White for your leadership on this.

[David Piccini @DavidPiccini]

This is what partnership looks like.

The Skills Development Fund is changing and saving the lives of firefighters across our province - it’s organizations like @OPFFA who give firefighters the hands-on, life-saving skills that strengthen crews and keep our communities safe.

Thank you to everyone at OPFFA for your incredible work!

#SkillsDevelopmentFund #WorkingForWorkers #Firefighters #ThisIsSDF

[Victoria Mancinelli @vcmancinelli]

Oof. Here we go again.

Talking about favours, are we, Marit? You say you stand with workers yet the “favours,” by your own words, are handed out to someone being sued by their own members for alleged human rights violations and vile antisemitism.

Spare us the moral lectures and this juvenile, baseless campaign attacking the very skilled workers who build Ontario. Minister Piccini has proven through results, integrity, and collaboration to be an outstanding Labour Minister.

You could stand to learn a thing or two from him.