Dr. Linda Jacobson DVM

🇨🇦 Veterinarian, PhD in infectious disease/parasitology, mother of 4. Gardening for biodiversity. 😷 💉 Stand with 🇺🇦

[Dr. Linda Jacobson DVM @setonpark]

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[MichaelHurleyCUPE @HurleyOCHUCUPE]

Many hospitals are in deficit & plan cuts to staff. Meanwhile, health care is underspent by $2b in '22. $2b would bring Ontario staffing levels from last in Canada to the provincial average. This frugality at the expense of children, the aged & the very ill is disgusting.

[Thomas Piggott MD PhD @twpiggott]

I’m not saying there’s movement afoot to privatize Canada’s universal publicly funded healthcare system, but this is how you’d do it:
1️⃣ manufacture a crisis
2️⃣ obfuscate the blame
3️⃣ divide & conquer
4️⃣ provide knights in shining armour to save the day

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford — who was summoned to testify in front of the Emergencies Act inquiry on Nov 10th — will take the commission to court on November 1st.

Here’s the argument the premier’s making:

#onpoli

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Weird I was told wages were too high

[Guillaume Bertrand @GuBertrand]

This guy has been the central bank governor of two G7 countries.

And he just endorsed @cmckenney.

[🇨🇦Dave Anchovy @Ms_Anchovy]

This thread shows what the Ottawa occupation was really about. Enough with the gaslighting. #cdnpoli #onpoli

[Dr. Linda Jacobson DVM @setonpark]

@WhittyAuthor I read "We Begin At The End" recently. I was puzzled for a long way. But near the end I cried like a baby, and seeing a photo of the cover today made me want to weep again. Haven't been touched by a book in that way for years. It's masterful, congratulations.

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Canada’s largest corporations are making record profits and paying income tax at record-low rates, according to a new report from the non-profit Canadians for Tax Fairness. https://t.co/1Ls74cFxH8

[Vicki Campbell🇨🇦 @merry123459]

This photo of Poilievre giving donuts to occupiers in Ottawa last winter, makes me livid. The nerve of that little dirtbag, as he would call them. Now he thinks he’s good enough to be Prime Minister. The guy’s a delusional fascist just like them.

[Canadian Medical Association @CMA_Docs]

The last few years have been challenging for family physicians, who feel isolated & stressed. Hear Dr. Michael Allen, Director of Program & Practice Support at the College of Family Physicians of Canada, on how the CFPC is addressing primary care providers’ unique wellness needs.

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

Follow the money/business model is a pretty good heuristic when it comes to for-profit academic publishing—textbooks, journals (real or predatory), Elsevier/Mendeley debacle that was visible back when *checks notes* 2011.

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

The OR at my hospital goes from 10 rooms to 2 at ~ 4pm with 1 staffed overnight.

Public surgical infrastructure lays idle the majority of the time.

We don’t need private ORs.

Waitlists would disappear if hospitals were funded to fully utilize the infrastructure they have.

[Canada's CPHO @CPHO_Canada]

#GoLocalCanada! Stay current on #COVID19Vaccines, guidance, testing and self-assessment information specific to local areas. Find resources by province or territory here: https://t.co/0nWFHHGDCx

[bree.island @bree_island]

Beyond
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ᓀᑳᐣ ᐁᐧᐦᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ nîkân wehtamowin ~ a series by @bree_island Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Treaty 8.
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More to come.

[Michael Warner @drmwarner]

Pre-COVID: agencies charged ~$65/h to supply ICU RNs

Since COVID: agencies charge up to $110/h

Privatization diverts public $ to private companies who can take advantage of the situation hospitals face.

Shore up public healthcare instead of letting privatization undercut it.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

There it is. A solid plan to address the staffing crisis in our hospitals.

Now we need swift, collaborative action.

Let's go #Ontario. Step up & get it done, Premier.

#onpoli #onhealth