So let me get this straight: The Ontario government is giving 43 of their MPPs a $16,000 raise, bringing their total annual salary to $132,500…all while forcing People with Disabilities to survive on ODSP rates that are so low, that their total annual income is just $15,731? 🙄
The fact that having to wait 3h at YYZ is a national crisis but having to wait 8,10 or 16h in the ER isn’t just shows how screwed up our priorities are
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked emails between Russian officials and Ontario PC insiders reveal efforts to flow Russian money into Ontario amid US sanctions.
Frank Klees, a top adviser to Doug Ford, admits relaying a backchannel message to the Premier’s Office
https://t.co/mIrtqcpT52 #onpoli
NEW: @CityNewsOttawa has learned the @OntarioPCParty has directed its Ottawa candidates to drop out of already-scheduled local media interviews. This comes as PCs have been skipping local debates across the province, including in #OttawaSouth on Thursday. #ottnews#ONPoli
Welcome to Canada, where just a few months ago, one of the organizers of a "freedom convoy" openly supported white replacement theory. Conservative politicians endorsed the convoy & even took photos with them.
Don’t ever think that what happened in Buffalo couldn’t happen here.
It's sad that after the Buffalo shooting, some Canadians be like "it doesn't happen here." A London Muslim family was murdered just for being Muslim. Elected politicians supported a convoy led by a white supremacist. We're seeing a record rise in hate crimes. IT DOES HAPPEN HERE.
Ontario stopped allowing the practice of birth alerts (child welfare agencies notifying a hospital when they believe a newborn may be in need of protection) in late 2020, but First Nations leaders say it's still happening at Thunder Bay's hospital.
https://t.co/mipdb3VGZc
I have an alternative headline:
“Sun learns that highly educated professionals with at least 2 university degrees, 10+ years of experience, additional qualifications, in a field vital to our economy, barely make a list full of higher paid less educated politicians.” #OntEd
You know how I keep talking about how anti-vaccine attitudes are really a proxy for underlying moral/ideological values? And how I kept warning that bad actors are using vaccines to shift attitudes around seemingly unrelated issues like foreign policy?
So, about that…👇
Retweet if you support Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board's decision to continue masking and if you'd like to see other school boards show this type of leadership.