Mark

Father, teacher, student of life - and enjoying all of it

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@PrabSarkaria Sure, but there was zero reason that Green Belt land needed to be rezoned to build those homes … or was it the 8.3B reasons your developer pals pointed out that swayed you?

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@Sflecce Repealing your own draconian legislation is not something you “did for CUPE” … stop using it as example of “good” you are. It’s like punching somebody in the face, then acting like you’re a good person because you got them a bandaid

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@Sflecce Stop stating that repealing your rights trampling legislation is “acting in good faith”. BS. If you were acting in even neutral faith you never would have dreamt of tabling it in the first place

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@Sflecce @fordnation

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@it_matters_2_me @ONT_Dad @brianlilley @fordnation Neither of those numbers were ever proposed by CUPE. They proposed $3.25 per hour. What would or wouldn’t happen with that should be the outcome of negotiation, not legislation.

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@CarolCampbell4 @Sflecce @osbcucscso He can’t. Yet, somehow all the edu contracts will get signed. Then, he’ll get removed as MoE with a stern talking too (to appease the unions) for all the trouble he stirred up; and everyone will feel they won. Machiavelli would be proud.

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@DwightStead @fordnation @OntarioPCCaucus @Sflecce I’d think it was all but certain he would have been removed as MoE once contracts are negotiated anyway; in a very Machiavellian way. This debacle may have been a significant CLM though, only time will tell

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@Sflecce You have zero credibility left. Do you even believe you any more? Like seriously, do listen to your crap and think, “yeah I’d believe that”?

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@eighzed @Travisdhanraj Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V … change union name. Only Doug can get it done…

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@GTWScar Sorry for your loss

[Ontario Principals' Council @OPCouncil]

Ontario's principals & vice-principals oppose the government’s move to pass legislation, overriding the protections enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, imposing a collective agreement on
CUPE members in Ontario. Full statement: https://t.co/9Hy51ilJ3a

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@PierrePoilievre How are you helping - by defending premiers who are seeking to lower minimum wage and who use the notwithstanding clause to force workers into low paid “contracts”. Yeah those are things that will allow people to earn a decent living and not need food banks…

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@anthonyfurey You realize that not all boards work the same way, and as such the impact on schools is not the same. You are making a false comparison here.

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@BettyP96527447 @anthonyfurey And if your coworker was having their lunch money stolen… by the silent partner?

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@anthonyfurey Which is exactly what would happen if a CUPE member were sick, or had a family emergency. But in the real world, when a friend and colleague is being abused, you stand up for them; you don’t enable the abuser.

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@chuckM91356343 @John_Franks_79 @ONT_Dad I think that a good number of the Tech support roles are CUPE members, so hiring out to cover that while the contract is negotiated would be outsourcing the work of the striking union…

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@Sflecce Every tool? NEGOTIATION is a tool at your disposal, why not try that one? Or do you just prefer to dispose of charter rights…

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

I spoke with Premier @FordNation today. I emphasized the importance of standing up for Canadians’ rights and freedoms, including workers’ rights – and I reiterated that the preemptive use of the notwithstanding clause is wrong and inappropriate.

[Mark @mrBouwmeester_]

@Sflecce You invoke ‘rights’ while blatantly throwing away the rights of 55,000 Ontario Workers, using the notwithstanding clause to cover legislation you know full well wouldn’t stand a chance in court with out it?

You keep on using that word, I don’t think it means what you think

[David King @dkingofABC]

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