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It's very bizarre being an Ontarian in Florida right now. Even elderly people going into enclosed spaces without masks or fear. If they had seen a lot of their peers croaking from covid the last 2 years, wouldn't they take more precautions? I feel we've been brainwash in Canada.
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Covid numbers rising sharply in Ontario, yet schools have been closed for MONTHS. Further proof, as if we needed any, that schools don't drive community transmission.
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@strategistjas
Living in Canada, I also struggle with seasonal depression. I do a lot of what the poster suggests. Sunny walks no matter how cold it is. Household projects. I find spending time with pets helps too. I have a bird who chirps all day. he’s bright and funny. Helps a lot.
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This is what kindergarten kids in Ontario are getting in school as a colouring / educational sheet. This is outrageous! What kind of people will they turn out to be?
@Golden_Pup
@robfoot
@Sflecce
@fordnation
@ETFOeducators
@anthonyfurey
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I'm wondering how many people in Ontario are so worried about schooling for our kids next year that they're thinking (seriously) of leaving the province.
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These "Return to normal high school" signs are popping up across the province. To order one, send an email to the address on the sign!
@anthonyfurey
@caryn_lieberman
@blogTO
@NarcityCanada
@Sflecce
@GregBryk
@erdocAA
@kwadwo777
@CP24
@ColinDMello
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@AChandra_TO
Thank you, Dr. Chandra. I've also seen
@DrJacobsRad
make strong and insightful arguments proving that
@DFisman
is frequently wrong and misinterprets data. Fisman rarely, if ever, replies, and never coherently and convincingly. We need to hold these "experts" to account.
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Over 800 covid cases in Ontario today, highest figure since early June. We're definitely on an upward trajectory and, clearly, the rise in cases is NOT attributable to schools. Period. Exclamation mark.
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@ArfinNathaniel
@ColinDMello
We haven't had charter rights for a while. You weren't paying attention
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CUPE is about to feel the wrath of Ontario parents. Big time. We've had it with these greedy losers. They've been back at the negotiation table for a week and they're giving strike notice again? 😡😡😡 Any parent who supports them isn't worthy of the title.
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I just watched tonight's Kwadcast with
@kwadwo777
and Dr. Martha Fulford, a pediatric infectious disease specialist. They were amazing and very reassuring about how low-risk it is to reopen our schools, with huge benefits for kids. Children remain at low risk, and vaccines work!
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@ColinDMello
The vast vast vast majority of parents are categorically against the reintroduction of any Covid “measures” (i.e. harmful and useless Covid theatre) in schools. Raise your voices please to oppose this misguided and unjustified (and hopefully futile) crusade.
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@ErenM78
My mother-in-law and her many cousins & friends from the USSR used to smoke. They all stopped and she continued. She convinced herself it wouldn't do harm and became a lone wolf. She just had a massive heart attack. Bad health choices are just bad. Sometimes, the herd knows best.
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@ParthiKandavel
Kids are not human shields, to be constantly sacrificed to protect (now vaccinated) adults. That's like saying that, in WW2, when food was rationed, kids should have gone without to leave more for vulnerable adults 🤦♀️ normal societies put kids first and adults sacrifice for them
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@ParthiKandavel
I can't believe that a teacher and trustee, who should be putting kids first, dismisses their needs and gaslights their losses with the old "they're resilient" shibboleth. Why can't adults be resilient for once, and put kids first? You should be ashamed of this tweet.
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@Teachers__Unite
I wonder how kids are eating lunch in schools in EVERY OTHER WESTERN NATION, as we speak. Is there anyone left alive in those countries, or have they all died as a result of growing children being permitted sustenance during a 7-hour school day? 🤔
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@ColinDMello
It was over 30 weeks that kids were out of school. And that was mainly due to education Union threats and bullying.
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@NaheedD
You're the reason schools are closed in Ontario for the 4th time while they are open in every other western nation, with fewer mitigation measures and lower vax rates. Care to explain your position instead of spewing fact-free propaganda that our schools are uniquely unsafe?
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@DonnaKuntz7
@Golden_Pup
@robfoot
@Sflecce
@fordnation
@ETFOeducators
@anthonyfurey
This drawing is disturbing less because of the masks and more because of the message that kids need to stay away from their friends.
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#CUPE
is trying to tell us that what kids need after 3 years of academic and mental trauma from repeated school closures due to strikes and lockdowns is....more custodians. 🙄 We're not buying it. Kids need to be in school. Stop the strikes.
#IdontstandwithCUPE
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@ColinDMello
Nowhere in the world are school age kids subject to Covid mitigations now. What makes the science in Ontario so different? Why should Ontario kids be subject to restrictions when none of their peers around the world face them?
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To those who ask why we can't learn to wear masks forever, as we've learned to wear clothes, I say: humans have been wearing clothes for millennia. We obviously see more pros than cons. The same can't be said of masks, which were dropped after the Plague, the Spanish Flu, etc.
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Maybe it's time for
#CUPE
to read the room. Parents are done with you.
#ontpoli
#onted
#IdontstandwithCUPE
Maybe it’s time for Leece to read the full set of proposals
@osbcucscso
submitted months ago at the bargaining table. Just an idea.
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Will the people who are so concerned about "ventilation" in schools be calling every restaurant, museum, concert hall, gym, hair salon and store they plan to visit to find out about their "ventilation"?
@robfoot
@Golden_Pup
@rpoconnor
@JamesManson6263
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@tltradeny
@PeterHotez
That IS the immune system at work. The vaccine just teaches your immune system what to look out for, and the immune system continues to do all the work. The vaccine is like a "wanted" poster that helps police identify a suspect. The police still do the heavy lifting.
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They had TWO full days of bargaining. A whole TWO days before calling another strike. Disgusting and unreasonable.
#idontstandwithcupe
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@adulttamagotchi
@anthonyfurey
Adults are vaccinated and soon to be boostered. And kids should never be used as human shields to protect adults. Shame on you for implying they *should* be sacrificed to serve as our shields, even though this virus doesn't affect kids themselves, as Dr. Moore said. SMH
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@jakescottMD
I’m not a doctor, but I really appreciated this thread. I’ve seen immunocompromised friends and colleagues get through omicron just fine, as well as a very ill 90 year-old relative (4x vaxxed, of course). I keep wondering who are the people who end up hospitalized and why. 🤷♀️
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I don't understand the call to revamp the ventilation systems in all Ontario schools and cut class sizes in half. We could also save lives by putting an MRI and CT scanner in every corner walk-in clinic. But is that feasible? We shouldn't confuse wish-lists with prerequisites...
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@KGBure
You might want to check out what happened to the TDSB teacher (Peter Hasek) who tweeted that he will segregate masked and unmasked kids. People complained and he's now in doodoo with the board. Tread carefully or you'll find yourself serving fries to those kids at McD.
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@BryceGruber
My daughter attends a huge high school in Toronto. No masks. No Covid. No absences. Everything is normal.
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@KGLiebowitz
Since the dawn of time, all living creatures on earth have walked around with exposed orifices (nose and mouth). We have no idea what the results of long-term masking will be. History is full of lessons learned and unintended consequences from trying to thwart nature.
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@therealmrbench
My first order of business when I return to work on Tuesday is to cancel my CUPE membership and stop paying their fees. I won't give money to this organization.
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@cgill2010
@CUPEOntario
@osbcucscso
@OFLabour
@fairwagesnow
Only biased and greedy "educators" support CUPE. The rest of the parents in the province do not. There are more of us than you.
#IdontstandwithCUPE
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@RichardCityNews
Boy are they ever going to feel the wrath of parents this time. Who did they think they are?
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@Joannehawdur
@Teachers__Unite
Covid will never be over. This virus will continue to circulate for decades. That's just the reality. We need to accept it and adjust.
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We're improving education in Ontario by constantly locking kids out of school. 🙄
#IdontstandwithCUPE
@tartansoul
@breakfasttv
/1 I respectfully disagree. Yes, job action is very difficult for students and their families. No question. It is hard as an educator as well. We want a smooth school year too. The thing is, the learning conditions also need to improve.
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@jayreynolds86
@Sflecce
It's a dollar per hour raise every year for 4 years. Stop lying!
If you think you're worth more, go out into the real world and let's see what your zero skills are worth. Stop holding kids hostage!
#IdontstandwithCUPE
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@ONT_Dad
That's how capitalism works. If CUPE workers quit in droves because they can do better, good, they'll be better off. And then, to hire new workers, the government will have to pay more to attract people. See? Everyone benefits and students don't lose educational days.
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@DrNeilStone
I have a friend who is a rabid anti-vaxxer. Hasn't vaccinated her kids. Doesn't believe in medicine. She wasn't this crazy when I met her 20 years ago. It's definitely becoming a strain to constantly steer the conversation away from the tough topics. But I still like her 😂
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@Mikeggibbs
So easy to mask at a pub or restaurant while eating and drinking. I'm now convinced you're on crack.
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@ColinDMello
Everyone I know who voted for
@fordnation
voted for one thing only: no more school closures. People want him to put these unions in their place. Enough of using children as bargaining chips.
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@DadEducator
My daughter’s huge high school in Vaughan is running very normally. All teachers are there. Students are there. I ask her: is anyone wearing masks? Nope. Not even the teachers? Nope. The principal? Nope. Are lots of people sick? Nope.
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@DawoedR
@AriNissim
@TheHarrisSultan
My mom, a Jew, grew up in Egypt before 1948. She and her community were threatened daily by the Muslim Brotherhood. She recalls hiding in kitchen cabinets when they would.pounf in the door threatening to kill everyone inside. Very peaceful life for Jews in Arab nations.
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All I see on Twitter today are hysterical fears about kids eating lunch in school. Are people completely unaware that schools are open literally everywhere in the world and that kids are EATING LUNCH? 🤦♀️ What makes lunch so uniquely dangerous in Ontario schools?
#onted
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@JustACdnPatriot
@TurnbullWhitby
@PierrePoilievre
I'm a woman and voting
#Pierre4PM
. My kids are now old enough to vote and, despite Lib brainwashing at school & university, they're voting
#Pierre4PM
because the Libs have taken away their prospects for a decent future.
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@sullof
@VincentL57
@TheHarrisSultan
Don't tell us to deny the evidence of our eyes and ears. There have been exactly zero protests by western Muslims about the slaughter of Muslims by Muslims in places like Syria and Yemen, just as there are no protests about what's happening to Afghanis in Pakistan.
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Two protests happening in Toronto tomorrow demanding that SCHOOLS RE-OPEN:
#onted
#ontpoli
#NoMoreLockdowns
#VoteFordOut2022
@robfoot
@srlake
-11AM Queen's Park
-4:30PM Yorkdale Mall (Nordstrom mall entrance)
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Do parents realize this whole situation will repeat itself very soon when the teachers reach critical negotiations with the Ford government that they hate more than they care about our kids (or theirs, for that matter)? Get ready for closed schools again.
#IdontstandwithCUPE
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#CUPE
asking for parents for support is essentially asking the public to protect their right to harm the public (in this case, kids) for their own gain. Make it make sense.
#IdontstandwithCUPE
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@DrNeilStone
You know your field better than the average Joe, no doubt about it. But our response to the pandemic needs to take into account expertise in other fields: economic, social, psychological- just to name a few. We need interdisciplinary collaboration.
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@SarAllyce
@ChrisCillizza
@joerogan
Well, some of them are no longer alive, which might explain it 😏
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@yaelbt
He is the grandson of a friend of my dad's. The whole family is so broken. 😢
#BringThemHome
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@dacollar1
@angie_rasmussen
This always makes me laugh, too. So they'll track me going to the grocery store to get tomatoes. Big deal! Why would anyone care? And they're probably tracking me on this phone already.
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@ShameelaShakeel
Most parents rejoiced at the news that their kids are going back to in-person school, where they belong. Please don't speak for others.
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@ParthiKandavel
Omicron is a cold. No need to close schools. URTI is plain old upper respiratory tract infection.
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#IdontstandwithCUPE
#IDONOTStandWithCUPE
It's immoral to strike when our kids are in crisis. And to do it twice in two weeks (while moving the goalposts) is truly reprehensible.
#CUPE
has lost the way and lost parent support.
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Ontario parents: like this tweet if your child was delighted to go back to school this morning, like mine was! :)
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@TATER5ALAD
@DrZoeHyde
@Harvard2H
Delta remains a far bigger threat than Omicron right now. You should get vaccinated for that alone.
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@ahmdelemam
@realCarola2Hope
@spectatorindex
The UN that you love so much approved splitting the land between the Jews and the Arabs in 1947.
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@diana_c2021
@RGAM007
@ValValpuriam
@zappafreak83
I don't have a clue. I can't understand it 🤷♀️they give all of us a bad rap, though. I know tons of people who are vaxxed a d feel exactly as I do. We're not all bad 🙂
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@regina_bateson
Ontario schools are going to open and function in the same way as all schools around the world. No jurisdiction in the western world is still requiring masks and such. Why single out Ontario?
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Today, in grade 10 science class, my daughter and her classmates dissected frogs. It was an amazing learning experience. She grasped concepts of anatomy she hadn't been able to grasp before. There is NO substitute for in-person learning. We must never close schools again.
#onted
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@RichardCityNews
We, the parents of Ontario, are sincerely grateful to
#CUPE
for their gracious decision to consider the government's offer and to have the generosity and courtesy to let us know by 5 effing PM today if they're releasing the hostages (kids and families).
#IdontstandwithCUPE
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@SheFawkes
@HeatherMack18
I've decided being triple vaxxed (I am, as of yesterday's booster) and masking outdoors isn't enough. My husband and I are getting oxygen tanks with personal snorkels to wear even on the trails at provincial parks. You can never be too safe.
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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT. Legal action against school closures. Read all about it!
A group of concerned parents has retained Henein Hutchison LLP to challenge the constitutionality of school closures and fight until Ontario's children are in school permanently! Help is needed to cover costs. Please donate."
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@krushowy
@cristina_CP24
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@BarryHunt008
@SafetyInfoCan
It's nice that she doing this for me. But I never asked her to do it. If she really wants to help me she can (1) come clean my windows; (2) vacuum my car; (3) help my teen with math; (4) finish bagging the leaves in my yard because that makes my back hurt. Thanks!
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@KashPrime
I am Jewish, and when my mother ended up in the hospital on the first night of Passover a few years ago, a wonderful team of surgeons from other faiths saved her life. They were brilliant. Thank you for all you do for us, and each other 😊
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@ronniemagic_
@anthonyfurey
Schools are open throughout the western world, often with fewer mitigations in place and lower vaccination rates. What makes Ontario schools so uniquely unsafe?
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@PaulGBrandon
My daughter attends a large high school in Vaughan. None of the teachers are masking. Not even the principal. There have been no class closures or unusual absences. It feels like 2018. So, I call baloney on your post. DM me if you want the name of the school as proof.
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I'm infuriated by people who say we live in a society unwilling to make sacrifices for others. Where have they been the last two years? Are they blind? So many people sacrificed so much for the public good. Closing their businesses, getting vaccinated, wearing masks. What gives?
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@kwadwo777
@ctvottawa
Nothing was learned in Ontario. Two years later. Nothing. No lessons learned whatsoever, no evolution, no refinement of guidance. Back to the original stupidity 🤦♀️
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@PH_Prof1
@fordnation
@celliottability
I'm triple vaccinated, but I really think that, with Omicron, the vaccine passports should be eliminated. I'm not bothered by showing my "papers," but I don't see the point anymore. Omicron spreads among vaxxed and unvaxxed alike, and it's far less severe than previous variants.
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@CUPEOntario
@osbcucscso
You have a good deal already! Stop holding kids hostage and take it.
#IdontstandwithCUPE
#IDONOTStandWithCUPE
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@MrsDrBee
@mrsmabel46
I am Jewish, and I thank you for the support. It means everything to our community.
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@anthonyfurey
Great column! I've been saying for a while now that it will not be easy to lead people off the mountain.
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@macroliter
@annbauerwriter
Gregg is just another “do as I say not as I do” false prophet. You want to push policies on people? Lead by example, at all times. No exceptions. His platform crumbled when he made an exception for himself. I delight in seeing these hypocrites fall off their pedestals.
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@the_teach_20
The union calls for ventilation upgrades in all schools were totally unreasonable. I work in the field. Those are multi-year, multi-million dollar projects. Schools were made as safe *as possible,* using reasonable and feasible measures, given cost and timeframe limitations.
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@Northern00Star
@JamesManson6263
Losing your job and being unable to leave the country are equivalent to paper cuts? These are fundamental human rights that were violated.
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Schools in the GTA are closed for another snow day tomorrow (Tues Jan 18). And then snow again Wednesday. I bet schools will be closed again. This is getting ridiculous. Ontario kids have been abandoned.
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@notfadeking
@DominicFarrell
We have seen you all in the streets for a month chanting to eradicate Israel, destroying cherished British monuments, planning marches for Remembrance Day, and throwing fireworks at police. We see you.
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There are kids out there who, sadly, live in unstable or downright unsafe homes. School is their safe place. Now we've taken that away from them AGAIN. We're not keeping them safe. We're putting them in danger.
#onted
#ontpoli
@fordnation
@NickKouvalis
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Roundtable with Minister of Education
@Sflecce
. He says 95 percent of Ontario schools had HVAC upgrades since Thanksgiving 2020. Better frequency air circulation, MERV filters, more filter changes, portable HEPA filters where needed, plus nearly $500m this year for 1600 schools.
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Carleton University's decision to move courses online for winter is inexcusable. Kids and faculty are vaxxed and masked. Restaurants, shops, museums and stadiums open. How does this make sense? What about the education and mental health of students?
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My sign is up. I've spent days distributing dozens of them. This is what parents need to resort to in Ontario for their kids to have basic rights. Not so in other provinces, where announcements have already been made that kids will return to normal school in September.
@Sflecce
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