Margaret Shkimba
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“It’s impossible to say how many lives have been saved by this network, how many accidents avoided. Although … I’m reminded of images I saw recently of a twisted up bike & shaken up cyclist who was riding in the bike lane & met up with a car.”
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why are we going through shoppers and not directly to the manufacturers?
The Ford government has announced another multi-year agreement with Shoppers Drug Mart to offer free menstrual products in Ontario schools.
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Time to tax the churches.
All of them.
They want to play politics, they have to pay the entrance fee.
Taxes.
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Most powerful front page in the country, I bet.
@fordnation
this is on your government....this is your legacy.
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“For the past 18 years…he’s been a brutal master of insults & incivility, an echo of the Trumpian style. He’s gone well beyond the usual cut & thrust of parliamentary jabs & jeers. Nearly everything he says in public is a disingenuous attack on someone”.
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"In what world does it make sense to go to an office supply chain to renew your drivers' license or health card? And why is this government so dead-set on selling off the public services Ontarians rely on every single day?"
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"'We're not getting credit for the value we are providing' is the most dystopian capitalistic sh*t I've ever heard," reads one comment.
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Does Doug Ford want drug users dead?
Yes. I believe he does.
Either that or he’s protecting the interests of organized crime.
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“Premier Ford has made it clear he won’t stop himself, so we have to stop him. The tools we have are the Charter, the rule of law and the courts. Let’s use them.”
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There has never been such an incompetent, inept and corrupt Minister of Health.
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I went to interview
@SarahJama_
and got a surprise treat in meeting
@yipengGe
.
What an honour to be able to speak with both of them.
We can be proud of the next generation standing up for a better future for all of us.
#CeasefireNow
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This makes me want to support the Liberals.
And I don’t vote Liberal.
Good job PP!
WATCH: An event for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was cut short in Belleville, Ont., today after nearly 100 protesters surrounded him and his motorcade.
READ:
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“The root cause of homelessness in Ontario is the government’s action in freezing social assistance rates for the past five years…”
This is THE problem. Unless this is fixed there is no solution.
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Can we trust the RCMP to investigate the Ford govt?
RCMP memo reveals Mounties supported the Freedom Convoy
@rcmpgrcpolice
After two vacation incidents and three election campaigns with incidents maybe it’s time that the protection of the Prime Minister & government officials is removed from you
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“I’ve asked before, how is Ford able to keep his position while his office is under investigation? Lesser scandals have toppled greater leaders. Ford is not a great leader. Not even close.”
Not even close. Not by a long shot.
Read to find out why.
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7-11 is not a “small business”.
“I believe in small businesses. I believe that they’re doing what think their customers want and they they’re doing it responsibly” says Finance Minister
@PBethlenfalvy
when I ask about our 7-Eleven story regarding in-store drinking & if he has worries.
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I had lunch the other day with friends.
Many are teachers or teacher adjacent.
The physical state of Ontario schools is deplorable.
The classroom environment is chaotic.
There is a pittance of funding for resources.
Ont education is in crisis.
Don’t kid yourself.
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I hate this govt…
No money for anything but booze and vehicles.
#EXCLUSIVE
- Convenience stores, supermarkets, & gas stations that are fully licensed will be able to sell beer, wine, & ready-to-drink cocktails starting this fall, sources tell 680 News. The Beer Store will also be paid taxpayer money for the transition.
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They also promised to end hallway medicine.
We promised to bring beer/wine to convenience & grocery stores.
We’re delivering on that promise!
Starting no later than Jan 1, 2026, you’ll be able to buy beer, wine, cider & ready-to-drink alcohol beverages at convenience, grocery & big box stores
@PBethlenfalvy
@fordnation
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Every vote counts.
And it looks like a lot of people didn’t bother to vote.
How did Canadians get so gullible to believe the bullshit coming from the Conservative Party?
Waking up and seeing the Conservatives have won the Toronto - St. Pauls byelection.
A political earthquake, to say the least.
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How did we get so stupid?
Ontario’s top doctor is warning public health officials in the province to prepare for possible measles outbreaks given the “dramatic rise” in cases in other parts of the world, including Europe.
Click on the photo below to read more.
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One wonders why Ontario conservatives have tied their political careers to such obvious incompetence, if not outright corruption.
I’ve lost track of how many investigations are being made into these deals.
We need an injunction against the provincial govt.
It’s killing us.
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“Ford should resign. So should Clark. And any self-respecting PC MPP ought to demand they both go. Supporting a government so obviously corrupt is morally reprehensible. It’s dirty, filthy gutter stuff.”
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It’s an insult to all our health professionals that Sylvia Jones is the minister of health.
And a danger to the people of Ontario.
Populist broadcaster Sylvia Jones, with no medical background, breaks all time record for public ER closures in 2023 with 868 in Ontario as Sylvia Jones cuts public healthcare, increasing nursing shortages, ER and operating room closures throughout the province of Ontario.
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@joe_warmington
You’re not allowed to film anywhere the Hamilton Public Library system.
This this is an invasion of privacy for everyone who attended.
You should know better than this.
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“No one has been fired or has resigned. Each man claims to have known nothing about special treatment for developers. In no way is any of this “taking responsibility” for the fiasco.”
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Lame duck government.
Scandal after after.
Investigation upon investigation,
Never in my life have I seen such ineptitude in public service as is in Ontario right now.
Who could have thought it would be this bad?
We just debated 413 on the radio. Not only do we not need it given 407, it won't save much time - and as I said quite vociferously - the Ford government has lost ALL credibility on development and land issues. We simply cannot trust them.
#GreenbeltScandal
#onpoli
#Ontario
#ON
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The Doug Ford Conservative government
@fordnation
IS KILLING ONTARIANS with its incompetent, inept and corrupt government.
The blood of Ontarians who died preventable deaths is on their hands.
Ontario healthcare unions share stark numbers:
• 2,096 people died on waiting lists for surgeries in 2022-2023, up almost 50% from year before
• 9,400 patients died waiting for MRI & CT scans
• currently 37,000 vacancies in hospitals “we have nowhere near the capacity we need”
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The locals might want their emergency department back.
Stopped in for some McDonalds on my way to
#Minden
. Today we have a great announcement on
#broadband
and the locals are happy to hear it!
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WTF is with Doug Ford and beer?
I guess that’s his base?
NEW: The Ford government is freezing the beer tax for 2 years, until just before the next election.
The tax was slated to increase by 4.6% on Mar 1.
It means $200 million in forgone tax revenue for the province.
#onpoli
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The legacy of
@fordnation
will be the destruction of Ontario.
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@hsr
@HamiltonsMayor
where are pedestrians supposed to walk once they get off the bus?
Nebo Rd. No sidewalks anywhere.
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“One wonders at the rationale for these arrests....It can’t be because a woman in a wheelchair advocating for the houseless is a threat to the peace of the community or to the safety of a police officer.”
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I watched this.
Now I need a shower.
He’s crapped all over the people of Ontario with his bullshit.
Pleading, pleading, folks, believe me… all I care about is homes for little people.
I don’t believe a word of it.
He is anti-GB. Called it a “scam”.
This is “revenge”
Premier Doug Ford says the province will continue to allow Greenbelt lands that were removed to be developed. Says his government is doing a review of the Greenbelt — and that the Housing Minister could possibly develop even more of the Greenbelt
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Bad idea.
Who is protected by this decision?
Why aren’t the construction unions up in arms over this attempt to downplay worker deaths?
Who benefits here?
Not the workers.
Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey says the province intends to do away with mandatory coroner’s inquests for workers who died on constructions sites.
Click on the photo below to read more.
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What a crock of crap.
How much are is the govt spending on these bullshit ads?
It’s all about the people. Every day, our team wakes up and gets to work to make life better and easier for every person in Ontario. We’re getting it done for the people.
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“Look, Minister Calandra. Opening up the Greenbelt is not a done deal. Not by a long shot. The people of Ontario can see through misinformation and misdirection.”
#HamOnt
there’s a meeting tonight 6:30 at the Ancaster Arts Centre. See you there!
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So… separate treatment for the police?
Colour me shocked.
The message to police is: don’t worry. Break the law. You won’t do any “real” time.
House arrest is fine. You’ll be ok.
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The only relevant piece of information:
“On Wednesday, Loblaw reported profits grew almost 10 per cent year-over-year to $459 million.”
Everything else is Loblaws spin.
Loblaw faces 'misguided criticism' as boycott begins, Galen Weston says
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Meanwhile, health care is collapsing, ER wait times are outrageous, family docs are looking to leave, private nurse practitioner clinics are popping up.
Propaganda over public service.
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@LarryDiIanni
@AndrewS_Pal
@DwightApsa
Parked. You can see that, right?
No people on the sidewalks either. Maybe we should ditch those too?
Why make such a dumb statement?
Why?
What’s your end game here, Larry?
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“Ontario Premier Doug Ford has done a lot of good things in his five years in power,..”
This is another lie.
What has this guy done that’s so good?
A lot of good things?
The people of Ontario beg to differ.
Bullshit propaganda.
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Here’s an honest headline.
Ford to bring alcohol to corner stores in 2026, in bid to get Ontario drunk enough to re-elect him
#onpoli
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I hope
@SarahJama_
successfully sues
@Fordnation
for millions.
I’ll even donate to her legal fees to see it happen.
@MaritStiles
fell right into Ford’s trap. Perhaps she lacks the insight to be a leader?
The Ontario NDP removed Sarah Jama from caucus before she was censured by her fellow MPP’s for her stance on Israel-Palestine. Sources inside the party paint a picture of how people are feeling and the decision by NDP Leader Marit Stiles.
My report this morning.
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It’s just not reasonable that this much time & attention is given to a spa when there are sooooo many other issues that need addressing to make lives better for all Ontarians.
Not reasonable at all.
Imagine if
@fordnation
had decided to fast-track:
• an iron ring around LTC homes
• open ERs
• clean air in classrooms
• support for kids with autism
• a liveable minimum wage
• an increase to ODSP
instead of fast-tracking the destruction of
#OntarioPlace
.
What a disgrace.
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@SarahJama_
may be censured, but that doesn’t stop her from bringing forth motions to improve the lot of those who need it.
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“It’s a mark of the juvenility of this government that it would promote further hate and division during a volatile time to divert attention from investigation into their own conduct.”
Doug Ford is incompetent to govern.
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Mike Harris: successful? Transformative?
Huh?
Buddy here is rewriting history.
Downloading social housing to municipalities?
Walkerton?
He resigned he was so successful.
This here is disinformation.
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Totally preventable.
Should these parents be charged for negligence?
A young child in Ontario has died of measles
It’s the first measles death in the province in over a decade, Public Health Ontario reports
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What miserable man the Ontario premier is.
Refused to even look at them.
I stand with the Indigenous community.
If you want a healthy future for you kids, you will too.
Today, four First Nations took the fight to protect their territories from mining to Queen’s Park.
I wrote about why they travelled so far to do this, and Premier Ford’s refusal to acknowledge them.
@carlososorio
captured the moment in photos.
#onpoli
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@CharlieCurrie
Poilievre activated my creep radar years ago. I’ve watched his rise with horror.
His appeal to so many makes me question my idea of what it means to be 🇨🇦.
I want to believe that as humans, we hold to an ethical standard different from the US.
Hate is strong & easy to push
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We are sick as a society that we would let people in such desperate need suffer.
Give buddy lifesaving health treatment while he lives in a trailer under threat of removal.
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What really pisses me off is that this is the projected deficit and this government has done NOTHING to address the problems facing Ontarians.
Where is the money going?
Lawsuits fighting the people?
Ontario’s projected deficit for this year has more than quadrupled to $5.6 billion, up from $1.3 billion in March, the ministry revealed in its latest fall economic statement on Thursday.
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I’m sure you’re not alone, Carol.
Welcome to reality.
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You would think...
This is the Ancaster Business Park.
@clrferguson
@HamiltonsMayor
@hsr
Where are people supposed to walk? What about people with mobility issues?
Who plans these spaces? They are in the wrong job.
This is exceedingly bad design.
Moreover, sloppy and incomplete.
Surely the
@cityofhamilton
employs more talented people than this instance would suggest.
#hamont
#hamiltonstreets
#accessibility
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Not sure why it is that people don’t understand this very basic response.
If you killed my family, why would I in any way shape or form respect you?
I am sickened by the inhumanity of the human race.
I'm not a political expert but if you eliminated hamas but killed my whole family in the process my first move would be to start hamas 2
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Shut up and sit down.
Better yet - resign yourself.
As premier, I’m doing what
@MaritStiles
won’t. I’m calling on Sarah Jama to resign immediately as a member of the Provincial Parliament.
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Go
@SarahJama_
They can’t stop you. Every attempt to shut you up only illustrates their racism in stark contrast.
Stay strong. So many are looking to you for inspiration.
Imagine if Queen's Park concentrated on actually trying to govern the province instead of this ridiculousness
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@DougFraise
Opposition is easy.
It’s because it’s so easy that he’s good at.
Anyone can stir the pot.
But that doesn’t make them a cook.
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Buddy here has been missing in action since he parachuted into this riding.
He speaks now, while his govt is under an RCMP investigation, to slur an opposition MPP.
How low can you go?
As many residents have said to me over the last several days, Ms. Jama does not speak for Hamilton.
Let’s be clear. Anyone who makes comments attempting to rationalize the barbaric attacks committed by Hamas terrorists in Israel, has no place in the Ontario Legislature.
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Lots of anger from protestors towards
@RBGCanada
for platforming
@Fordnation
and trying to shut down the protest.
Don’t the RBG know who their core supporters are?
They’re pissing off the wrong people.
Today at the RBG,
@hamiltonchamber
invited Premier Ford to
#HamOnt
.
Ford lacked the courage to face the public.
“Doug Ford, take care of ALL Ontarians, not just your RICH friends.”
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@thisismyurl
This has already been discussed in the public realm and approved by many municipalities and school boards.
If you were interested, you could Google it.
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“People who are willing to stick their necks out do endure a lot of negative press and do endure kind of demotion within their own parties. But ultimately, they are seen in retrospect as having stood for something.”
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Yeah… should have thought about that before giving Israel unquestioning support to “defend itself”.
Trudeau says allies 'increasingly concerned' about Israel's tactics eroding its international support | CBC News
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“The jury is in and it's guilty on the Greenbelt. What people are saying here is they don't approve of what the government did. They don't approve of Doug Ford himself.”
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Parents should be aware that these drop off pick up times can be crazy.
Kids have died.
One dead kid is too many.
But parents persist in putting their kids in danger because they can’t park and walk a block to the school.
Ticket them all.
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Great turnout today at Dundurn Castle / York Boulevard to protest the trampling of our municipal planning process by
@fordnation
. So much support from drivers honking!Thank you!
@SkellyHamilton
@NeilLumsdenMPP
The people are angry.
#StopSprawl
#HamOnt
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“Why can the two levels of government come together to build subsidized factories, but not subsidized housing?”
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@MaritStiles
remember what happened to East Hamilton Stoney Creek?
@OntarioNDP
will lose this riding if you don’t figure out a way to welcome
@SarahJama_
back into the fold.
The re-education of Sarah Jama
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“When I scroll through social media and see posts of cities that have transformed themselves by closing streets or severely restricting vehicular traffic and privileging other modes of transportation, I get jealous. I am envious of their leadership.”
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How has this man avoided his consequences for so long?
It is galling to every conscientious person that this man has such warped principles regarding the purpose of a career in politics.
Never Conservative.
Never again.
“Meanwhile, Ford “was not immediately familiar with Mr. Manchia,” Wake’s Aug. 30 report said, while the developer said he’d met Ford “about six times,” including at the Sept. 20, 2021 PC Party fundraiser he hosted.”
Kudos to
@CharliePinkerto
! 👏🏼
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NEW: A small piece of land owned by a LiUNA employee was one of the parcels removed from the Greenbelt in 2022, Global News has learned, just months after the union endorsed Doug Ford’s PC party.
#Onpoli
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I went to the Greenbelt meeting in Ancaster last night.
Not what I expected.
It was this instead:
“Forced Community Input is No Better Than a Lie” by Margaret Shkimba
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If you needed another reason …
Don’t vote for Pete.
Send
@fordnation
the message that he is toast in
#HamCentre
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@NeilLumsdenMPP
@SkellyHamilton
Nothing is more important than righting this huge wrong.
Do your job.
Take care of the people.
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Perhaps we should relocate these trailers to a free parking lot in Stoney Creek?
Hamilton has failed this family.
Like it is failing so many families in desperate need.
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Don’t be distracted.
The RCMP are investigating this govt.
Doug Ford needs to resign.
We have a government that is under criminal investigation from the RCMP for the culture of corruption and preferential treatment where Conservative insider land speculators stood to make $8.3 billion in profits from the Greenbelt Grab. 1/
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Please rule it out.
Please.
Bob Bratina says he's been asked about running for mayor "a lot" and he hasn't ruled it out,
@radleyatthespec
reports
#HamOnt
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@nationalpost
Cold day In hell when I pay to read anything by Conrad Black. Or Rex Murphy.
Despite the cold, today is not that day.
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“Galen Weston is the kind of dude who should have to hear people yell SHAME! at him every time he leaves his house. He should be booed at every opportunity.”
And the rest of his ilk.
Everybody in Canada is mad at Galen Weston Jr. again right now
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@CP24
An example of CTV’s clear anti-Palestine bias?
We analyzed every CTV National News broadcast since Oct 7. It’s the most popular news show in Canada—and it has a clear anti-Palestinian bias 🧵
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The
@fordnation
is the shittiest govt ever.
Ever.
Toronto daycare network to cut staff salaries by $2.30/hr due to Ontario funding model of national
#childcare
program
#onpoli
#onted
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“Perhaps the biggest voter suppression support for Ford’s government came from “pollsters” and Ontario media. For weeks in advance of the election, Ontario news and media outlets ran “poll results” that indicated Ford had a lock on a majority.”
We are being played.
Two years ago tonight
@LindaMcQuaig
@NatalieMehra1
@DrVivianS
& I sat at my kitchen table checking our phones every 2 seconds as
@fordnation
was ushered in w/ 18% of the vote😭
What I didn't know, & why it matters, for Ford's next coup:
🙏
@morganroberts33
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@GeoffreyShand
Pierre Poilievre is not the saviour the Conservatives need.
And that’s the shame if it.
Conservatives are so desperate for power - to own Trudeau - they fell for the lowest common denominator.
Emotion over logic.
Not a very conservative trait.
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“Canada should bring refugees in from the region," Kinew wrote in the letter. "Manitoba is willing to take in those seeking refuge from the ongoing conflict in Gaza and provide them with the sanctuary and support they require."
❤️
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I signed this petition.
I don’t think we’ve ever had a more incompetent minister of health.
Send the message to Queen’s Park that we are paying attention and care about our health system.
And we don’t want to lose any of it.
I signed demanding the resignation of Ontario Minister of Health
@SylviaJonesMPP
Will you?⤵️
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It seems to me that car manufacturers could build in some solid anti theft mechanisms.
If they wanted to.
But your stolen car needs replacing. Good for business to replace all those stolen cars?
Yet another reason not to own a car.
That and $1,600/mth…
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Not seeing any solutions to our challenges in housing and health care coming from the province.
Nothing but disrespect and gaslighting.
@rcmpgrcpolice
dragging their heels investigating Ford.
Ford ignores calls to resign.
Time for a
#GeneralStike
as our last option?
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LiUNA endorsed the Ford govt, the same one now under investigation by the RCMP. “Corruption” is the word being used.
In doing so, they stabbed their union sisters in teaching & nursing in the back in a sad betrayal of the labour movement.
Now they want to play NIMBY.
LiUNA writes Mayor
@AndreaHorwath
& Council with concerns regarding the planned HATS site at James and Strachan. LiUNA builds (and its pension fund operates) affordable housing and rentals.
"We are left dismayed as to the lack of transparency, lack of consultation ..."
#HamOnt
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This continues to blow my mind.
The mayor of a major international city, pulling in working income from another source.
How was this not a conflict of interest?
John Tory took $100,000 a year from Rogers while mayor. It was a Rogers town.
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“The future Science Centre will likely be smaller than what's existed today.”
What would you expect from anti-science conservatives?
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We should all be concerned over attempts to muzzle anyone speaking truth to the horrific situation in Gaza.
Any criticism of Israel automatically returns a false accusation of anti-Semitism.
I’m telling ya… as someone who studied history, it will not be kind to you.
The Ford government is calling for the legislature to take action against Hamilton Centre MPP Sarah Jama over her controversial tweet criticizing Israel during the war against Hamas.
@alchchnews
has the details.
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