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OECTA represents the 45,000 passionate and qualified teachers in Ontario’s publicly funded English Catholic schools, from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Ontario, Canada
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School is a place for wonder, discovery, & growth, says
@OECTAprez
René Jansen in de Wal.
In building up students, we build up our communities! ❤️🏫
#OntEd
, join us in celebrating the new school year – tell us what school means to you!👇
➡️
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Today is the day
#CatholicTeachers
walk the picket lines for our students and publicly funded education system. The government’s cuts will send our education system backwards and we are NOT HAVING IT👊
#SOLIDARITY
#OECTA
#CutsHurtKids
#onpoli
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#CatholicTeachers
stand in solidarity with 2SLGBTQIA+ students & communities, & strive each & every day to create a safe & welcoming environment for all.
@FordNation
's comments are shameful, disrespectful, & potentially harmful.
#onted
#onpoli
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UPDATE: As a result of the
#OECTA
complaint before the OLRB, the FULL results of the government’s “largest ever” education consultation will become available – proof of opposition to Ford’s cuts will FINALLY see the light of day!
#onlab
#onpoli
#onted
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#CatholicTeachers
stand in
#solidarity
with the 55,000 Ontario
#CUPE
education workers in their fight for a FAIR agreement.✊
It's past time that the government listened to & RESPECTED the voices of
#onted
educators!
#onpoli
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Remember these images the next time the government tries to divide teachers and education workers from their unions, from the public, and from each other.
#ontedstrike
#EducatorsUnited
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Boosting
#CatholicTeachers
' support for
#CUPE
education workers with digital billboards along the Gardiner Expressway.
CUPE education workers are fighting for students and deserve a fair deal!
#onpoli
@CUPEOntario
@osbcucscso
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The crowd is growing here at Queen’a Park. A beautiful day for a march!
#EducatorsUnited
#ReverseTheCuts
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Today,
@sflecce
announced he was working on a plan to strengthen health and safety protocols in schools after the spring break. He’s been saying the exact same thing since July 2020! When will
@fordnation
finally step up and
#DoMore
to protect
#onted
and keep schools safe?
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BREAKING: After
#OECTA
exposes the government's mistruths about bargaining, the government finally accepts our offer to return to the bargaining table tomorrow.
#CatholicTeachers
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“CLASS SIZE MATTERS!”
#CatholicTeachers
are fighting against the government’s increased class size averages. This means courses are being cut and supportive adults are being taken out of the classroom. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER!
#CutsHurtKids
#onted
#onpoli
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Hey
@fordnation
👋, just wondering...
Have you tried actually FUNDING the essential frontline public services, from health care to
#onted
& beyond, at the levels needed to make them work?
Or was privatization your goal all along?😳
#onpoli
#CatholicTeachers
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Today we walk in solidarity with educators across the province FOR our students. This fight is so important. The government has continued to undermine publicly funded education in Ontario. Today we say they'll have to go through us first✊
#onted
#onpoli
#CatholicTeachers
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Publicly funded education is my
#1
priority. It's become crystal clear over the past 2 years that we need to give our kids the 1-on-1 instruction and attention that they deserve, says
@OntLiberal
Leader
@StevenDelDuca
to
#CatholicTeachers
at
#OECTAAGM22
.
#onpoli
#onted
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Here we go! Tomorrow we join together with a clear goal: to fight for our students and publicly funded education system. Teachers are the last line of defence, and we will not allow this government to make their cruel, shortsighted cuts. SOLIDARITY✊
#onted
#onpoli
#CutsHurtKids
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BREAKING: 97% of
#CatholicTeachers
vote "YES"!
Our overwhelming strike mandate sends a clear msg to
@FordNation
& Catholic school board reps to get serious at the bargaining table & work meaningfully with teachers to best support
#onted
students.
#onpoli
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.
@OECTAprez
Liz Stuart joins teachers on the picket line as they chant
#CutsHurtKids
. Teachers would rather be in the classroom than walking around in frigid temperatures, but they walk to fight for the quality of those classrooms. Today is for our students✊
#onted
#onpoli
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This morning, OECTA President Liz Stuart shared her concerns about school reopening plans with the Minister of Education. Read her full letter below.
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A re-elected Ford govt will mean billions in school cuts, more mandatory online learning, and more children left behind.
It's time to
#VoteForStudents
, and
#VoteDougFordOut
.
#OECTAAGM22
#onted
#onpoli
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#OECTA
has reached a tentative agreement with the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association and the Government of Ontario on central terms for a new collective agreement.
Read below a statement from President Liz Stuart.
Members, check your email for a bargaining update.
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Doug Ford (
@FordNation
) refuses to invest in
#onted
to address the $17+ billion school repair backlog, but is spending govt money to retrofit Staples stores as part of a ServiceOntario privatization scheme!? 🤯😡
#CatholicTeachers
#onpoli
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Schools in Ontario are reopening next week and the Ford govt didn't even bother to make an official announcement. Are the proper health protocols even in place to avoid another closure??? 🤔
@fordnation
has no idea what the definition of leadership is.
#onted
#onpoli
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A view from the stage. This is what it looks like when thousands of people show up, and speak up for publicly funded education.
#CutHurtKids
@osstf
@ETFOeducators
@AEFO_ON_CA
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#CatholicTeachers
call on
@FordNation
to immediately reinstate the mask mandate in
#onted
schools.
Our students and educators cannot endure more stress/anxiety from insufficient safety measures, school closures, and whiplash disruptions.
#onpoli
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Hey
@OntarioPCParty
! Your promotional jingle was a little light on
@FordNation
’s “accomplishments.”
But don’t worry, we fixed it!
Now Ontarians will know what you’ve really been up to in
#onted
schools over the past 4 years 👍.
#onpoli
#VoteForStudents
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HUGE turnout today! Ontarians are making our voices heard loud and clear: we support quality publicly funded education.
#CutsHurtKids
#KnowMore
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We’re very happy to have Canada's Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
at
#OECTAAGM2019
to help us celebrate the Association’s 75th anniversary. "Celebrating 75 years for this incredible Association is a big thing," he tells delegates.
#CatholicTeachers
#onted
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To all those working tirelessly in our healthcare system during this difficult time – frontline workers, support workers, cleaners, care workers, food service, janitorial staff, clerical staff – the list goes on and on. THANK YOU. You have our deepest gratitude and respect🙏
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The Ford government is jeopardizing the safety of students, educators and all Ontarians by severely underfunding a safe return to school this September. Read our joint press release with
@AEFO_ON_CA
,
@ETFOeducators
, and
@osstf
below.
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With heavy hearts, we mourn and grieve the loss of 215 Indigenous children. We acknowledge and honour those who attended residential schools in Canada, and we’re committed to our responsibility as allies to do everything we can to to ensure
#EveryChildMatters
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We stand in
#SOLIDARITY
with our
@ETFOeducators
brothers and sisters as they stand up for students today👊
#onted
#onpoli
TODAY: All 83,000 elementary educators are on strike.
We walk picket lines and we won't back down because students in Ontario deserve a high-quality public education and support in their classrooms.
#ETFOstrike
#onpoli
#canlab
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“There is a reason why Minister Lecce is not able to offer any research or evidence showing the pedagogical benefits of mandatory e-learning,” OECTA president Liz Stuart told PressProgress.
“Because it does not exist.”
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A statement from OECTA President, Liz Stuart (
@OECTAprez
) regarding the possibility of the Ford government further postponing the spring break.
#onted
#onpoli
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Wow, what a day it has been. The support, the solidarity, the kindness – and all for the same reason: to stand up for our students and world class publicly funded education system.
THANK YOU.
#OECTA
#CatholicTeachers
#solidarity
#onted
#onpoli
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“My friends, THIS is what a public consultation looks like!” says
@OECTAprez
Liz Stuart. “We will NOT accept this gov’ts regressive cuts at the bargaining table!”
#ThePeopleVsConservativeCuts
#onlab
#PowerOfMany
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“Who’s got the power? We’ve got the Power! What kind of power? PEOPLE POWER!”
The people are making their voice heard.
@OFLabour
#ThePeopleVsConservativeCuts
#PowerofMany
#onlab
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A message of gratitude from
#CatholicTeachers
President Liz Stuart from the picket line.
#thankyou
#CutsHurtKids
#solidarity
#OECTA
#onted
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Ontario is in its fourth wave and schools are set to reopen next week, but
@sflecce
and
@fordnation
are MISSING in action. 👀 Constant abdication of leadership isn't "government for the people."
#onted
#onpoli
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If
@FordNation
&
@Sflecce
truly cared about students & improving
#onted
, they would meaningfully consult with teachers, instead of dropping more underfunded, last-minute "plans" right before the start of the school year.
#CatholicTeachers
#onpoli
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Thousands of nurses in Ontario are coming out of retirement, pausing their education plans, or working extra hours to join health care workers on the front lines at this trying time. We are so grateful🙏
#community
#gratitude
#onthealth
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#CatholicTeachers
are encouraged to join teachers, education workers, and allies across the province in wearing black on Monday to demonstrate our strength and solidarity in the face of the government's cuts to publicly funded education.
#onted
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FRIENDLY REMINDER: This is not a normal time, and many of us will find our mental health impacted. This is NOT failure. If being "productive" is what you enjoy, great, but please don't put pressure on yourself at this time. Sometimes just getting through the day is enough.
#OECTA
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Feeling the excitement! Join us at Queen’s Park at noon if you’re able!
#cutshurtkids
#oecta
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The 👏"hybrid"👏model 👏does 👏not 👏work.
The Ford government is promoting it, and many school boards are considering implementing the hybrid learning model for the next school year.
🗣️It's a no from us.
#HybridCarsNotClasses
#HybridFails
#NoHybrid
#onted
#onpoli
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🗣️It’s time for the government to listen to those on the front-lines about their concerns regarding school reopening. Gambling with the lives of students, teachers, and staff is not okay.
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"The union played by the rules and the government is essentially rewriting those rules in its favour."
@fordnation
&
@Sflecce
have deliberately & repeatedly undermined the needs & voices of our
#onted
community! Enough is enough.
#onpoli
#CatholicTeachers
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#CatholicTeachers
– 45,000 strong – stand in
#solidarity
with the 55,000
@osbcucscso
#CUPE
education workers, as they fight for a FAIR deal!
#onted
#onpoli
-
@OECTAprez
Barb Dobrowolski, rallying with Ontario workers & families yesterday in support of CUPE education workers.
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"While our preference has been to keep details of negotiations at the bargaining table, the repeated misrepresentations by [the government] are undermining the bargaining process. It is time to set the record straight."
Read the full release HERE: .
#onted
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OECTA ANNOUNCES PROVINCE-WIDE WALKOUT FOR MARCH 5
Read the full news release here:
Members, check your personal email for a bargaining update.
#CatholicTeachers
#onted
#onpoli
#onlab
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"When you dig a little deeper into the spending," says
@CBCNews
, "it becomes apparent that the Ford government is not telling the whole truth. The bulk of that $1.2 billion extra is not destined for schools and classrooms."
#CutsHurtKids
#onted
#onpoli
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We offer our prayers and condolences to the family, friends, colleagues, and students of the child and youth worker who passed away after contracting COVID-19.
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“No Alabama-style schooling here!”
#CatholicTeachers
on the picket line are calling out the government’s plans for mandatory e-learning. Mounting evidence shows it can harm students’ learning and greatly affect graduation rates. Students and teachers say NO!
#OECTA
#onted
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.
@oectaprez
Liz Stuart: “We’re out here because we're that last line of defence. You’re living it every day in schools right now – kids are not getting the supports they need, overcrowded classrooms, and this is just phase one of where this government wants to go.”
#onted
#onpoli
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See below a statement from OECTA President Liz Stuart.
Members, check your personal email for a Provincial Bargaining Update.
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A recent study in Michigan revealed Grade 9 and 10 students had the lowest pass rates in online courses.
Imposing mandatory e-learning is wrong. Why is the government not listening to the research?
#onted
#onpoli
#elearning
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LIVE from Queen’s Park -
#CatholicTeachers
stand in
#SOLIDARITY
with our Ontario
#CUPE
education workers!
#onted
#onpoli
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"Physical distancing is the single most important public-health measure we have to protect ourselves against COVID-19. To allow children to be two metres apart, there should be no more than 15 students assigned to a typically sized classroom."
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#OECTA
will be taking job action starting Monday Jan 13, unless an agreement is reached. Members, check your personal email or log in to the Members' Area at to read the PBU.
Find the full statement here: .
#CatholicTeachers
#onted
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"It's the first time in over 20 years we’ve been faced with such regressive cuts. Many of the gains we’ve made to build our world class publicly funded education system – we’re seeing them start to be taken away. Our concern is for the long-term future of the system.
#onted
Ontario English Catholic teachers walked the picket lines today, a first in over 20 years.
@OECTAprez
joins
@AntonyRobart
to discuss why they're in this position.
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"Do not back down" with what? The cuts you are making that are evidently harming students' learning?
It's not something to be proud of, Premier.
#onted
#onpoli
Ford said parents tell him "every single day" to keep going with his cuts to education and "not back down."
I think he’s making stuff up.
#OntEd
Twitter, parents and educators, what do you think?
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#CatholicTeachers
in
#solidarity
with
@osbcucscso
ed workers as they fight for their rights & the best for
#onted
students.
@FordNation
&
@Sflecce
’s imposed contract joins this govt’s long history of failing students, families, educators – everyone.
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We want a back-to-school plan that considers every option and exhausts every possible resource. We don't expect perfection but we expect the gov't to at least try.
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“We need the govt to live up to their word of keeping schools safe by putting in place the same standards around physical distancing, hand sanitation, and ventilation expected elsewhere in the province.” -
@OECTAprez
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#OECTA
Thunder Bay Secondary and Superior North teachers are pictured shovelling for people in the neighbourhood at the end of their shift👏 Teachers on the picket line had white-out conditions at various points of the day.
#dedication
#solidarity
#CatholicTeachers
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"Students learn through the complexities of being together in school. They learn to listen, negotiate and become responsible. They learn to share and to be patient. This complexity is at the very heart of a good education."
#onted
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We are offering free Mini-Courses during the province-wide school closure across a range of subjects like FSL, Learning to Code, Classroom Management 101, and Supporting Students with Autism. Register HERE: .
#OECTA
#CatholicTeachers
#OECTAPD
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UPDATE: Negotiations have concluded for the evening with no agreement reached. Talks will resume tomorrow. The province-wide walkout planned for tomorrow, March 5, will continue as planned.
Members, check your personal email for a bargaining update.
#CatholicTeachers
#onted
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"Before being Christians or Jews or Muslims, before being Americans or Russians or Africans, before being priests, rabbis or imams, before having visible or invisible disabilities, we are all human beings with hearts capable of loving."
#JeanVanier
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OECTA has informed the government that the Association will hold a one-day, province-wide full withdrawal of services next Tuesday, January 21. Members, check your personal email for an important bargaining update, or visit the Members’ Area of
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Schools are not ok. Students are not ok. Teachers are not ok. Parents and families are not ok. That's the
#OntEdReality
.
@OECTAprez
's Toronto Star open letter to Ontarians details what
#onted
is experiencing. Read her full letter here:
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The Principal and Vice-Principals of
@ChaminadeSchool
were on the picket line this morning to support educators and provide them with snacks and hot drinks.
#Solidarity
is such a powerful thing✊
#OECTA
#CutsHurtKids
#CatholicTeachers
#onpoli
#onted
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-28 degrees in Thunder Bay! Thank you for braving the frigid temps to stand up for our students🙏
#onted
#onpoli
#cutshurtkids
#OECTA
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"I'd rather be teaching but this is important."
#onted
#onpoli
#CutsHurtKids
#OECTA
#CatholicTeachers
Every step we took today was for our students to ensure they are not left behind.
#ClassSizeMatters
and the cuts will only further marginalize our vulnerable students& families. This is an equity issue & we have to fight for it
#KnowMore
#cutshurtkids
@OECTAProv
@oectaottawa
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A terrible tragedy and an incredible loss.
#CatholicTeachers
offer our prayers and condolences to everyone affected, and thank the community for their support.
The DPCDSB community was saddened to learn of the tragic loss of life of Karolina Ciasullo, a Grade 4 teacher at St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Elementary School, and her three children. Our deepest condolences go out to her husband, other members of the family, friends & colleagues.
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BREAKING: Not once does
@FordNation
's proposed budget mention the word "teacher" in the body of its "plan" for Ontario.😡
A govt that ignores teachers is not seriously committed to students, their future, & what they need to succeed.
#CatholicTeachers
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See below a statement from OECTA President Liz Stuart.
#CatholicTeachers
will join colleagues across the province tomorrow in a strike against the Ford government's cuts to publicly funded education.
Members, check your personal email for a Provincial Bargaining Update.
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Hybrid learning? It's a no from us. Education and health experts are clear that in-person learning is best for academic, social, & emotional development.
🗣️
@fordnation
,
#DoMore
for
#onted
students.
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This condo resident bought pizza for his building staff to thank them for "taking care of us and keeping us safe." Media, can we have more stories like this please? Hope and humanity will get us through this stressful time.
#kindnessalways
#positivenews
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"Teachers, I want to thank you for all your work... because this is not easy."
#teacherappreciation
#teachersrock
Kyle Lowry of the
@Raptors
shares his appreciation for teachers as we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week!
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#NBATogether
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Teachers, each Friday, starting tomorrow March 22, wear
#RedForEd
to show your support for publicly funded education.
#CutsHurtKids
#onted
#solidarity
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.
@FordNation
&
@Sflecce
are fixated on so-called “back-to-basics,” so here’s a basic question for them that doesn’t add up:
Why is their govt sitting on billions of $$$ while
#onted
& critical public services are underfunded?🤨
#CatholicTeachers
#onpoli
Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer has found that the Ford government failed to spend $7.2 billion of its budget last year, including $1.7 billion unspent on health as ERs are closing and surgery waitlists are growing
#onpoli
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