This morning, I called on @SylviaJonesMPP to explain why the gov believes it is fiscally responsible to spend ~3x more to hire nurses thru agencies - giving those agencies a healthy profit - instead of repealing Bill 124 & directing that $ straight to healthcare workers. #onpoli
This year, I've been in elementary schools without A/C where classrooms were so hot that kids were sweating in their seats.
This would be completely unacceptable in an adult workplace.
Why is it okay for our children?
#onpoli
Learning canβt happen in 40Β°C heat.
Thousands of classrooms across Ontario still donβt have A/Cβbecause Doug Ford refuses to fix our schools.
This isnβt just uncomfortable. Itβs unsafe.
Stop ignoring the $16B school repair backlog and start investing in our kids.
#onpoli
Today, I spoke on the Ford govβs failure to provide an accurate pic of ONβs finances to Ontarians. The gov must invest now in healthcare & education workers to fix the crises. They must invest in post-secondary edu. to upskill workers & prep for possible economic slowdown #onpoli
I asked the FAO to investigate the ServiceOntario/Staples deal. The result? Another bad deal that Ford didn't want us to know about. They closed 9 small businesses & gave a lucrative deal to a US companyβall while the Premier tries to tell people Ontario is not for sale. #onpoli
All across Ont, hospital funding to priv nursing agencies has increased significantly, giving profits to agencies instead of higher wages in the hands of nurses. The responsible thing to do, fiscally & morally, is to repeal #Bill124 & give that $ straight to healthcare workers.
Doug Ford didnβt care about protecting Ontario companies & jobs when he gave sole-sourced deals to U.S. companies just a few short months ago.
He called an early election not to protect Ontario but to try to protect HIS job.
Heβs not the guy to protect us now. #ONpoli
We all knew @fordnation loved @realDonaldTrump.
Hereβs a video of him admitting to fellow PC candidates that he got utterly bamboozled by him.
Is Doug Ford really the guy to #ProtectOntario?
Absolutely not.
#onpoli
The Service Ontario outlet in Flemingdon Park that is closing is walking distance or 1 short bus ride for more than 50k Flemingdon & Thorncliffe Park residents. @fordnation please explain how moving it out of the neighbourhood will provide better service, & at what cost! #onpoli
NEW - Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie:
βThe Premier needs to come clean and explain to Ontarians why they are footing the bill to retrofit multi-billion-dollar American businesses.β
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93B in debt, 60B more on the way. 231M to scrap green energy contracts. 1B uncollected Hwy 407 penalties. 500M for an underwater parking garage. 357M fed funds left on table. The @fordnation Conservatives are not fiscal conservatives. They are just fiscally irresponsible. #onpoli
Three weeks ago, the @OntLiberal caucus asked the government to take action to face the unprecedented levels of pressure Ontarioβs healthcare system is facing. Since then, 20 hospitals and health centres have faced emergency department closures.
Ford's Conservative gov't made big promises to Ontarioβs workers, especially in the manufacturing sector.
After 7 years in power, howβs it going?
Recent data from Statistics Canada gives us fresh (but dire) new insights.
Letβs dig into the numbersβ¦
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#onpoli
On the Ontario Place deal, Ford & Surma got caught doing something I never saw one businessperson do in myΒ 30 years on Bay Street:
They agreed to a deal without knowing the cost ($2.2B+!).
Itβs bad business, bad politics, & bad for ON. #onpoli
Todayβs FAO report shows the Ford Conservative govt cut planned spending on the childcare program by nearly $400 million. Instead of supporting parents & growing the economy, Ford is wasting $1 billion of our taxes to get booze in stores a year early. Mixed-up priorities. #onpoli
The Sunshine List revealed @fordnation is running the most expensive Premier's Office in history w/ 48 senior staff collectively earning $6.9M. Yet the Premier's Office only reports expenditures of $2.4M. The math doesnβt add up. Where are you hiding the money, Premier? #onpoli