Get your copy of Today’s
@TorontoStar
and learn how the Ontario Government failed the test when it came to equitable rapid test distribution.
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My daughter’s birthday party was supposed to be today, she is super sad that it’s cancelled due to
#Covid19
. She loves animals and is asking for some pics of the animals you know and love!
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Minister Lecce presser ends, no deal, sides are far apart, Legislation coming this aft to Queen's Park that tramples human rights and worker rights. Reporter asks "Did you overplay your hand? You used the notwithstanding clause and caused this strike!"
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My brother didn’t believe in
#covid19
. Then he and his family got it. Now he’s asked me to search for a vaccine for him. It’s too bad it took an encounter with the virus for him to understand the gravity of the situation, but I’ll find him a vaccine shot now.
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Seems like a good time to announce that I’ve been acclaimed to run for the
@NDP
in Spadina-Fort York! This is my home and I’ve spent many years now advocating for it. Hope you’ll support me advocating for you as your next MP!
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I’m gobsmacked at what a terrible Premier you are. I’m gobsmacked that you never consult properly. I’m gobsmacked that you think you can exempt yourself from all laws meant to protect Ontarians. I’m gobsmacked that you think you’re above the law.
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I’m gobsmacked.
A federal minister said they won’t invest in new roads or highways.
He doesn’t care that you’re stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. I do. We’re building roads and highways, with or without a cent from the feds.
Talking about our ventilation study tonight at Board. The less students, the less CO2 in the classroom. The best ventilation intervention? Smaller class sizes.
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Can someone help me understand why masks are required on public transit but not in schools? Is transit a higher source of outbreaks? What is the reason?
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I have now submitted a complaint to
@electionsON
about Vaughan Working Families. There are provincial byelections underway, with a blackout period in effect on ads like this. Furthermore, they are not registered as a Third Party Advertiser.
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BREAKING: Ontario Government announces all high school courses will be now be taught to 50,000 students simultaneously at the Rogers Centre. 50000:1 class ratio is panned, except for the on field entertainment.
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#BlueJays
Thank you
@JoshMatlow
! Regarding proposed Rob Ford stadium: “I can think of many people, all of whom who haven’t been dishonest, misogynist, homophobic or caught smoking crack with gang members & disgraced our city, who would be more deserving, "
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Boston Public Schools has installed Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) sensors in all classrooms in schools. The sensors report information in real-time on key measures of air quality, and the data can be viewed on a map! Now this is leadership.
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What is Ontario doing for the 1,131,656 students under 12 who are ineligible for vaccines? Hope their back to school plan has the majority of Ontario students in mind.
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The fact that Dr. Peter Juni, Head of the Ontario Science Table was surprised at the ending of the mask mandate shows they weren’t consulted on this. Personally, I like science based decision making.
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Tuned into
@metromorning
with Dr. Peter Juni. Says it’s too early to call taking masks off. We should wait, see how Quebec does with masks off at school. Says he was surprised by the announcement and the majority of folks are good keeping masks on for now.
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I'm putting together all letters of concern written to school boards to the Ministry of Education regarding back to school safety concerns. I have:
TDSB
TCDSB
OCDSB
DPCDSB
ALCDSB
HPEDSB
LDSB
Please send letters from other boards my way!
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@ColinDMello
Can’t understand why any school board would change masking rules in the middle of a school year. They are effective at keeping covid cases down, see let’s keep them until the end of the school year and re-evaluate. I’ll listen to what Toronto Public Health has to say of course.
Quebec Retail giant Simons raises their entry wage to $16/hour. Says it will save them money in the long run via better retention.
#15andFairness
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While the final results do not appear to be leaning in our favour, I’m so proud of our team and the campaign we ran.
But with this news, I want to focus on the fact that it has been a very difficult few days for many survivors and women in our community.
I heard the Premier in defending opening bars say that he's for the "little guy" who owns small bars. I couldn't help but think about the 2 million "little guys & girls" who want to go back to school. There are times in life where you can't choose to do both things
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.
@NaheedD
nails it on
@CityNewsTO
. Regarding massive wait times & lineups for boosters: “The government was planning for this pandemic to end in January, so this is what you get.”
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Will never support livestreaming in person classes to remote students. The teaching method for the two formats are incompatible, and student end up ignored.
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After the second time that someone mixed up Singh for Scheer, Singh jokes “I wore a bright orange turban on purpose today so this wouldn’t happen” 😂🤣
#leaderdebate2019
#leadersdebate
#elxn43
.
@mattgallowaycbc
says how can students get more help when there are 36 students in a class? Minister Thompson replies bigger teams allow students to help each other. Matt asks if it’s on students to help each other learn. Thompson says parents hire tutors for help
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Wow, we did it! A second blitz of paid ads had been scheduled to be published this week, but they were pulled at the last minute. Vaughan Working Families exposed: Ad critical of teacher unions linked to lawyer with PC connections
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The truth is that Kevin Vuong has not earned the right to serve this community. And while I did not win, he forfeited his right to stand as our MP.
In the days ahead we must all demand a by-election to determine a new choice. A better choice. Our community deserves no less.
Tuned into
@metromorning
with Dr. Peter Juni. Says it’s too early to call taking masks off. We should wait, see how Quebec does with masks off at school. Says he was surprised by the announcement and the majority of folks are good keeping masks on for now.
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Learning at our board meeting that all 72 Ontario Boards are proceeding with virtual grads. Not enough time to do anything different. So sorry for our families who were teased by the government announcement. We'll do what we can to make grads feel special.
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Thank you to all education staff, who showed incredible perseverance in the face of all the challenges they had to deal with this year. Enjoy a well earned break.
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Thank you
@pressprogress
for covering this story I uncovered. I was shocked to hear that the Ontario Government decided not to renew all online education software subscriptions, this year of all years.
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Thank
@CP24
for the discussion of alternative locations for the proposed Ontario Place MegaSpa. Moving the MegaSpa almost anywhere other than Ontario Place will save taxpayers over half a billion and save over 1500 trees! Let’s get it done.
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#SaveOntarioPlace
Any decision we make right now wrt reopenings must balance risk and reward. Are we out of the 3rd wave in our hospitals? Are variants under control? Is 3 hot weeks (assuming no outbreaks) while masked at our schools going to help our students? Our communities?
Kinga Surma has no idea where the government plans to put the beach (western break wall, not here). They will pave over the beach that she is talking next to. And what, they’re going to replace these stones with… stones? 🥴
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Proud to announce I will be running for election for City Councillor, University-Rosedale!
@m_layton
has been both an inspiration & friend & I aim to amplify the voice of the people like he did! Sign up to join me @ City Hall, or to help!
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#Unirose
Hearing that little kids are asking whether schools will be open next week or not; they come to their teacher who they care for and trust and that person cannot give them an answer. This is one reason why advance notice of closures is important.
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“Reopening schools — a now-acknowledged vector of transmission — before we complete the first-dose phase of the vaccination campaign simply does not make sense.”
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5 days to go until school starts. When will we hear from the Ontario Government on back to school plans? School boards need time to plan.
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Now up to $650 million in corporate welfare so we can pay to go to a private spa at Ontario Place! How’s that for corporate welfare! Say no to this theft of taxpayer money for a private spa!
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I hope all public health units take this into their own hands and keep reporting + cases to schools and ordering cohort dismissals to break the chain of infection.
Like it or not,
@ThermeCanada
is now directly associated with the corruption of the Ford Government. There’s still time to fix this Therme, go somewhere else that doesn’t result in the destruction of over 1500 trees & parkland. If not, Ontario will
#BoycottTherme
!
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#BoycottTherme
! Let the Therme MegaSpa know that you won't attend if they press ahead with their plans to destroy Ontario Place's West Island with a MegaSpa no one wants. Send the letter at or post your msg here with
#BoycottTherme
!
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Article is quite correct, in that the Ministry of Education allowed most online learning subscriptions paid by them to expire, then gave us an insufficient amount of money to replace them all.
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Premier Doug Ford says "If it were upto us, we'd have 5 kids in the classroom."
But he says the government is going to "move forward and play to god" that kids are safe.
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.
@maritstiles
asks about the inequitable rapid test distribution reported by The Star. Notes parents were forced to crowdsource rapid tests until govt forbade them as "not recommended". If true, why did the govt shuttle 200,000 tests to private schools?
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Ah, so according to Lecce they've used a "surgical approach" to trampling human rights, focusing it specifically on CUPE. I guess the rest of us can look forward to having this surgical approach used against us.
NEW: One of the eight MPPs who received a riding association allowance spoke to Global News and said they were given specific instructions from other PC caucus members on the process.
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Trustees from various boards keep asking about streaming in school classes for remote students. This won't work. Nobody can teach both in person and online and engage all students. Isn't gonna happen.
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Missing
@TO_Resident
? TO’s account was suspended, seemingly for posting a thread on Ford’s possible conflict of interest. Catch up with TO on Mastodon here:
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Is it too much to ask that this account be run by someone familiar with Education in Ontario? Perhaps even someone who has worked in the field?
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Is it feasible to take 55,000 workers to the Labour Relations Board and charge them $4000 apiece, a reporter asks? Have you taken stock of what you're about to do here, using a notwithstanding clause to trample rights? Do you care about human rights?
Spoke on
@CP24
just now on the proposed outdoor grads. Far too late in the year for us to change course. I’m sorry for our students and families who were teased with an idea that simply isn’t workable.
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“By pretending to be listening and consulting on education while privately disregarding his own secret survey that demonstrates the opposite Ford is insulting the intelligence of every educator, parent and student in the province.”
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How can the Ontario Government’s Back to School document not include the word equity? As wealthy parents turn to pods & private school, low-income families say they're being forced to choose between health and their kids’ education
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My Letter to the Editor in Today’s
@TorontoStar
. World class public spaces don’t include a private spa, so let’s say NO to a private spa at Ontario Place!
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I can’t support this plan. Our virtual school does a good job due to the staff understanding our local students and their needs. Centralizing remote learning would be impersonal and not suited to our students’ individual needs.
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Just listened to
@Travisdhanraj
’s interview of Minister Lecce. Travis asked whether the Minister would implement smaller class sizes. Seems the answer is no, that’s a shame.
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NEW - “I’m not going to appoint some NDP or some liberal” says Ford when asked about two of his former senior staffers being appointed to the committee that recommends which lawyers should become Ontario judges
“I’m appointing, like-minded people that believe what we believe in,…
The Ford government has revamped the Grade 10 careers program to teach students all about the exciting opportunities in the fields of
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at the same time that it has cut funding for the high school classes they need to pursue these jobs
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Premier Ford needs to understand that we have quadmesters going until the very last week, and as such don’t know who is graduating or not until the very end. That last week will be filled with wrapping up quad report cards & there’s no room to stick in a last minute outdoor grad.
“Reopening of schools can be done. But there is a right way to do it, and Ontario’s current plan, which will see 30+ students in rooms with poor ventilation and not enough space for distancing, is not it.”
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Why am I so anti Ford? He and is brother attacked everything I loved about Toronto, from Waterfront Toronto to Eglinton Connects, to Transit City, to
#KingStreetPilot
. I learned from Ford if you don’t stand up and fight for what you love, you’ll lose it.
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Onsite at Ontario Place today. The tree butchers have not started up again as of yet. Remnants of their dirty work visible in the west parking lot. Land side trees still intact, but heavily fenced up. Alerting systems are ready should they start up again.
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New Brunswick is going back to school in cohorts of 15. Ontario, it’s your move! Who heads back to class in September? A look at school reopenings by province
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Great question on
@CBCTheNational
on why teachers aren’t getting prioritized to receive the vaccine? I agree! Phase 2 of the vaccine includes congregate settings, which schools are!
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Attended the education rally at Yonge & Dundas this morning. Our education workers deserve stability and our students deserve better supports!
#IStandWithCUPE
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“The sign was clearly offensive, but so too was the bad-faith attempt by the Minister of Education to pretend that the sign-holder is a Catholic teacher.”
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Thank you to so many voters in University Rosedale who responded to a progressive vision for the ward. The results aren’t what we hoped for, but know I will never stop fighting for you. I’ll be on
@metromorning
to discuss the campaign at 7:40 today.
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#UniRose
Playgrounds are looking nice and safe this morning! Kids are all wearing masks and keeping distance. 👍🏽 Our children are capable of learning whatever we teach them; the first step is to believe in them!
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.
@theJagmeetSingh
on CBC now, saying we must waive vaccine patent protection so that all countries can manufacture the vaccine locally. It’s the best solution to getting the world vaccinated against
#covid19
.
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Why not vaccinate teachers across the province with the AstraZeneca vaccine like Guelph is? Guelph teachers, adults over 60 among those who can now pre-register for a COVID-19 vaccine
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Speaking to parents who are very unhappy with larger class sizes during a high level of
#covid19
spread. We haven’t been funded for a lower class size, so unfortunately this is where we find ourselves.
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My motion to delay the parent decision on desired learning modes to August passed. I don’t think it’s fair to ask families about in person vs. virtual while our province is in crisis. Let’s wait for cases to go down, and get vaccines into arms and decide in August.
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.
@maritstiles
up at the Legislature, asks why so few asymptomatic tests have been completed so far, only 6,600 tests done so far, despite promises of 50K/week. We have to catch cases early. Why aren't we testing more students and staff?
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