#  @TinaYazdani Tina Yazdani Tina Yazdani posts on X about ford, toronto, money, education the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::78706998/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] -66% - [--] Month [-------] -31% - [--] Months [---------] +2,054% - [--] Year [---------] +158% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::78706998/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +20% - [--] Month [--] +5.30% - [--] Months [---] +2,720% - [--] Year [---] +109% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::78706998/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.06% - [--] Month [------] +0.50% - [--] Months [------] +13% - [--] Year [------] +9.30% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::78706998/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 66.36% [finance](/list/finance) 14.95% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 13.08% [gaming](/list/gaming) 1.87% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) 0.93% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 0.93% [countries](/list/countries) 0.93% [mlb](/list/mlb) 0.93% **Social topic influence** [ford](/topic/ford) #563, [toronto](/topic/toronto) #1603, [money](/topic/money) 10.28%, [education](/topic/education) #2558, [agencies](/topic/agencies) 1.87%, [finance](/topic/finance) 1.87%, [longterm](/topic/longterm) 1.87%, [back to](/topic/back-to) 1.87%, [governments](/topic/governments) 1.87%, [lack of](/topic/lack-of) 1.87% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@maritstiles](/creator/undefined) [@shamjiadil](/creator/undefined) [@bonniecrombie](/creator/undefined) [@stephaniebowman](/creator/undefined) [@ontariohealthc](/creator/undefined) [@occupyuoft](/creator/undefined) [@uoft](/creator/undefined) [@fordnation](/creator/undefined) [@opseu](/creator/undefined) [@icgardner](/creator/undefined) [@sylviajonesmpp](/creator/undefined) [@etfoeducators](/creator/undefined) [@etfopresident](/creator/undefined) [@stephenwickens1](/creator/undefined) [@ontautism](/creator/undefined) [@amylengland](/creator/undefined) [@paulcalandra](/creator/undefined) [@jessspieker](/creator/undefined) [@trying2help](/creator/undefined) [@bruceteel](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Frontline Ltd. (FRO)](/topic/$fro) [Buttcoin (BUTTCOIN)](/topic/butt) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "New today: education minister takes over Ontarios 2nd largest school board puts Peel under supervision to block dismissal of [--] teachers. Calandra also giving York Catholic board [--] days to respond to financial concerns. Critics say Ford govt will use any excuse to take control" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2016651973936750847) 2026-01-28T23:17Z 15.6K followers, 41.5K engagements "Drone footage shows the Science Centre roof appears to be unharmed days after record snowfall in Toronto. While the premier argues hes not going to chance having children in there advocates engineers & opposition critics tell us the closure was done under false pretences" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2017002671312343126) 2026-01-29T22:31Z 15.6K followers, 55.8K engagements "We are a sinking ship an Ontario educational assistant describes dire classroom conditions & calls on the Ford government for more supports. While the premier has promised [----] new educators she tells us EAs at her school dropped from [--] to [--] under Doug Fords watch" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2017369722786894058) 2026-01-30T22:49Z 15.6K followers, 94.4K engagements "Rebuilding public trust requires action Ontarios police watchdog is launching an unprecedented probe into police corruption investigating all [--] police agencies in Ontario. The probe was requested by Toronto police after criminal charges were laid against its own members" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/2021001440865435899) 2026-02-09T23:21Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements "This is not the time to roll over. Premier Ford is standing firm on Ontarios ban on U.S. alcohol after Trump publicly complained about it for the first time & threatened to keep a bridge connecting Windsor & Detroit from opening. Its obviously working. Its an irritant" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/2021354267525939304) 2026-02-10T22:43Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements "The Ford government wont disclose the cost of its new Protect Ontario ad that debuted during the Super Bowl. The premier says its about telling people we have a plan. Critics call it gaslighting. Last year the govt spent a record $112M in taxpayer-funded partisan ads" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/2021629522085380589) 2026-02-11T16:56Z 15.6K followers, 50.5K engagements "Two weeks are up. The Education Ministers deadline for the York Catholic board to come up with a new financial plan or face a provincial takeover has officially passed. Weve learned the boards financial plan will remain unchanged. The minister is reviewing their response" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/2021719053069377576) 2026-02-11T22:52Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements "This is a historic day. The Ford government needs to accept this ruling and stop fighting workers. Ontarios top court has sided with workers ruling Bill [---] unconstitutional. Opposition members and union leaders are warning the government to back off and drop the fight" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1757122397839249608) 2024-02-12T19:20Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "Earlier today union leaders warned the Ford government that theyll make their lives hell if they appeal the Bill [---] ruling. Moments ago we learned Ford is dropping the fight & repealing the wage-restraint law after a 5-year battle. Full story:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1757194355540943151) 2024-02-13T00:05Z 14.4K followers, 14.6K engagements "Hundreds of Toronto patients were left scrambling after a family doctor closed her practice and moved to a private health clinic that charges $5000 annually. This isnt about just one doctor and thousands of patients abandoned. Its about the erosion of our healthcare system" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1758622341351793071) 2024-02-16T22:40Z 14.4K followers, 113K engagements "The health minister is asked whether it is acceptable that a family doctor in Toronto closed her practice & moved to a private clinic charging patients up to $5000 annually. Sylvia Jones says her goal is for every Ontarian to have access to a family doctor (2.3 million dont)" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1759977270372901172) 2024-02-20T16:24Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements "New @OntarioHealthC report finds Ford government is giving unprecedented public money to private hospitals & clinics: funding is up 300%. Government is also paying more for surgeries at private clinics. Cataract surgery costs avg $500 at public hospital vs. $1200 at clinic" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1760401793928798559) 2024-02-21T20:31Z 14.4K followers, 57.8K engagements "Premier under fire for admitting he wants conservative judges appointed to courts suggesting theyre needed to handle a crime wave. Critics say the admission undermines the justice system: were not the U.S. politicians dont get to stack the courts" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1762261010734350386) 2024-02-26T23:39Z 14.4K followers, 12.6K engagements "Is this the solution for the unbearable gridlock in Toronto & the GTA The Ontario NDP are urging the Ford government to make the [---] toll-free for commercial trucks freeing up space on the [---]. @MaritStiles says the [---] is so underused you could land an airplane on it" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1764731549029658810) 2024-03-04T19:16Z 14.5K followers, 21.7K engagements "A striking difference between two east-west highways: bumper-to-bumper traffic on the [---] while the [---] is nearly deserted. Despite a push from the NDP the Ford government refuses to make the [---] toll-free for commercial trucks. Full story:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1764814655040487781) 2024-03-05T00:46Z 14.5K followers, 226.8K engagements "New: the Ford governments contingency fund has grown to $5.1 billion according to a new FAO report. Thats up from $4 billion at the start of the fiscal year" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1765380775904514262) 2024-03-06T14:15Z 14.5K followers, 15.4K engagements "The Ford government spent more than planned in two key sectors this quarter largely to cover Bill [---] retroactive pay: Education: $2.6 billion or [----] per cent higher than planned Heath: $1.5 billion or [---] per cent higher than planned" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1765410098833133981) 2024-03-06T16:12Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "As child care centres in Ontario warn they are at risk of closing without more funding the Ford government spent $146 million less than planned in Child Care programs according to the FAO report" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1765413647625371708) 2024-03-06T16:26Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "While critics say the Ford government is hoarding taxpayer dollars as their contingency fund balloons to $5.1 billion the finance minister says its necessary to cover Bill [---] backpay and other expenditures. Full story here:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1765501333526757691) 2024-03-06T22:14Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "New poll: majority of Ontarians dont believe a long-term care bed should count as a home. The Ford government counted almost [-----] LTC beds towards their housing totals in [----]. Stop playing fast and loose with the numbers say critics. Full story:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1767590269916996053) 2024-03-12T16:35Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "Doug Ford nicknamed Premier NIMBY after calling fourplexes a mistake that would anger residents of single-family suburbs. The premiers comments are deeply insulting said @MaritStiles. Not every Ontarian can afford a single-family detached home" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1770956059596739016) 2024-03-21T23:30Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "Will the Ford government make life more affordable for Ontarians when it delivers its [----] budget tomorrow The premier announced today he is extending the gas tax cut but opposition members say that only benefits gas companies. Full story here:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1772396024549519381) 2024-03-25T22:51Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "The Ontario NDP are calling for a provincewide audit as the number of private clinics charging patients for care grows at an alarming rate. But the Ford government is refusing to comply. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/08/ontario-ndp-calls-for-provincewide-probe-into-patient-fees-at-private-clinics/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/08/ontario-ndp-calls-for-provincewide-probe-into-patient-fees-at-private-clinics/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1777459913985290474) 2024-04-08T22:14Z 14.5K followers, 33.5K engagements "The Ford governments new housing bill will remove parking minimums around transit give building powers to universities & introduce a use it or lose it policy. But critics are calling it an unambitious random grab-bag of small-ball measures. Story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/10/ford-government-tables-new-housing-legislation/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/10/ford-government-tables-new-housing-legislation/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1778449347895566780) 2024-04-11T15:45Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "It appeared to be a rare moment of unity at Queens Park but there are now fears the Ford government is delaying an NDP bill declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic. The governments sudden change in tone led to a heated debate today. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/11/fears-ford-government-is-stalling-bill-on-intimate-partner-violence/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/11/fears-ford-government-is-stalling-bill-on-intimate-partner-violence/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1778577172799623498) 2024-04-12T00:13Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements "Scoop: at least [---] GO train conductors engineers & customer service ambassadors have been denied vacation for the remainder of the year. The news comes on the same day the Ford govt announced a huge expansion in GO service in the GTA. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/15/ontario-adds-300-go-train-trips-a-week-in-the-gta/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/15/ontario-adds-300-go-train-trips-a-week-in-the-gta/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1780042419179794540) 2024-04-16T01:15Z 14.5K followers, 98.5K engagements "The Ford government is refusing to give the TDSB more money to help dig them out of a $26.5 million budget hole accusing the board of mismanaging its budget. But the board claims it has been underfunded for years & is now facing major cuts. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/17/toronto-district-school-board-facing-cuts-without-more-funding-from-province/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/17/toronto-district-school-board-facing-cuts-without-more-funding-from-province/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1780739047662456934) 2024-04-17T23:24Z 14.5K followers, 37.4K engagements "EXCLUSIVE: New concerns there may not be enough GO train operators for upcoming service increases announced by the Ford government. The reality is we don't have enough workers as it is right now the union head tells us. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/04/19/not-enough-go-operators-upcoming-service-increases/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/04/19/not-enough-go-operators-upcoming-service-increases/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1781434021588664411) 2024-04-19T21:25Z 14.5K followers, 14.2K engagements "Opposition leaders are demanding Premier Doug Ford apologize for comments he made in [----] when Umar Zameer was freed on bail to await his trial. Its inappropriate for any politician to comment on a legal proceeding and this is exactly why. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/22/opposition-calls-on-premier-ford-to-apologize-for-weighing-in-on-zameer-case/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/22/opposition-calls-on-premier-ford-to-apologize-for-weighing-in-on-zameer-case/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1782537387643478427) 2024-04-22T22:30Z 14.5K followers, 30.8K engagements "New: the Keffiyeh ban will remain in place at the Ontario legislature after multiple PC MPPs voted against overturning it. This is the second time the NDP have attempted to overturn the ban" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1782781682220663211) 2024-04-23T14:40Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "MPP Sarah Jama calls the keffiyeh ban in the Ontario legislature anti-Palestinian racism & refuses to take it off. We spoke with her & the speaker after he asked her to leave the chambers. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/25/mpp-sarah-jama-asked-to-leave-ontario-legislature-for-wearing-keffiyeh/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/25/mpp-sarah-jama-asked-to-leave-ontario-legislature-for-wearing-keffiyeh/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1783661458309484723) 2024-04-26T00:56Z 14.5K followers, 307.7K engagements "Facing growing backlash Torontos police chief has apologized for comments he made following Umar Zameers not guilty verdict. Meanwhile Premier Doug Ford still wont apologize for comments he made when Zameer was initially granted bail. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/30/torontos-police-chief-apologizes-for-casting-doubt-on-umar-zameers-innocence/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/30/torontos-police-chief-apologizes-for-casting-doubt-on-umar-zameers-innocence/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1785469654753808391) 2024-05-01T00:41Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "The Ford government has walked back a plan to allow high school students to enter full-time apprenticeships starting in grade [--]. After consultations with educators 80% of their academic year can be spent in skilled trades placements starting next year.: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/01/high-school-students-can-soon-spend-majority-of-year-in-apprenticeships/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/01/high-school-students-can-soon-spend-majority-of-year-in-apprenticeships/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1785803992414785628) 2024-05-01T22:50Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "BREAKING: Sarah Jama along with the the NDPs Kristyn Wong-Tam & Joel Harden have been kicked out of the chambers for wearing a keffiyeh" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1787502406638481751) 2024-05-06T15:19Z 14.5K followers, 120.4K engagements "The three MPPs kicked out for wearing a keffiyeh speak to reporters. Kristyn Wong-Tam implies this is just the beginning and more NDP members will wear keffiyehs in the coming days. Theyre not satisfied with the speaker scaling back the ban to just the chambers" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1787503869968183689) 2024-05-06T15:25Z 14.5K followers, 12.8K engagements "Heres the moment Sarah Jama donned her keffiyeh in the legislative chambers. She was warned right away but refused to leave until the speaker named her. The keffiyeh ban has been scaled back to just the chambers. It can now be work in the building" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1787509071156858961) 2024-05-06T15:45Z 14.5K followers, 20.2K engagements "Protesters at UofT are concerned about surveillance equipment they say is being used to monitor the encampment. They are demanding the university & Toronto police remove cameras and audio equipment they claim are trampling on their rights to peaceful assembly" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1789338912978043002) 2024-05-11T16:56Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements "Toronto police & UofT deny using any surveillance equipment to monitor the encampment. Their responses here:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1789365403296141784) 2024-05-11T18:42Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements "Today at @occupyuoft: student representatives are meeting with @UofT admin in an effort to make progress on their demands. Some alumni are prepared to rip their diplomas publicly if the meeting goes poorly organizers say" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1789718102533431805) 2024-05-12T18:03Z 14.5K followers, 32.5K engagements "A desperate need for more foster homes in Ontario: new data shows more childrens aid societies are being forced to place kids as young as [--] in unsafe dirty & often bed-bug infested motels. Advocates are calling on the Ford government to fund the system: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/14/childrens-aid-society-agencies-placing-more-ontario-kids-in-unsafe-motels/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/14/childrens-aid-society-agencies-placing-more-ontario-kids-in-unsafe-motels/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1790542498353336682) 2024-05-15T00:39Z 13.9K followers, 10.7K engagements "This is about passing public money off to the private sector frustration mounts as Ford govt spends $225M to fast-track booze to corner stores. Im concerned about convenience when I go to an ER & wait [--] hours. I dont care about where to get booze. https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/24/ford-government-to-spend-millions-to-fast-track-booze-in-corner-stores/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/24/ford-government-to-spend-millions-to-fast-track-booze-in-corner-stores/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1794130413645857057) 2024-05-24T22:16Z 14.7K followers, 30.9K engagements "While the Ford govt claims a federal loophole is allowing private clinics to charge patients the Ontario Liberals say it can be closed at the provincial level. @ShamjiAdil tabled a bill thatll ban private nurse practitioners from billing patients. Story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/29/ontario-liberals-table-bill-to-ban-private-clinics-from-charging-patients/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/29/ontario-liberals-table-bill-to-ban-private-clinics-from-charging-patients/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1795950831172280544) 2024-05-29T22:50Z 14.5K followers, 18.8K engagements "Happening now at Queens Park: thousands of healthcare workers & community members from across Ontario are protesting what they describe as the Ford governments plans to privatize healthcare & the closures of local hospitals" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1796239695237509255) 2024-05-30T17:58Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "My boy is gone his laugh is a memory his light snuffed out too soon. I will forever be haunted heartbreaking words from Landyn Ferris mother. Advocates are now demanding the Ford govt take urgent action to protect vulnerable students. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/04/i-am-broken-my-boy-is-gone-mother-of-boy-found-unresponsive-at-school/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/04/i-am-broken-my-boy-is-gone-mother-of-boy-found-unresponsive-at-school/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1798132017252700336) 2024-06-04T23:17Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "Premier @fordnation on interest rate cuts: I say to the Bank of Canada: its about time. Urges them to keep cutting rates" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1798419431066075237) 2024-06-05T18:19Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "Standing by at Queens Park where a cabinet shuffle appears imminent. Weve seen several ministers including Education Minister Stephen Lecce Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy and Minister of Long-Term Care Stan Cho in and out of the premiers office" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1798815000397803928) 2024-06-06T20:31Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "#BREAKING Premier Doug Ford walks out of his office alongside his new cabinet. Still waiting for the official list" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1798826565717110829) 2024-06-06T21:17Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "Premier Ford is trying to sell us a bad deal says the union representing LCBO workers. Theyll be in a legal strike position on July [--]. Theyre looking for job security and an alternate alcohol business model in Ontario that doesnt include having alcohol everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1803098259373637971) 2024-06-18T16:11Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "Critics argue the Ford government has intentionally created an infrastructure crisis by not properly funding the Ontario Science Centre forcing its closure. But the government says this is indisputably a health and safety issue. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/21/ontario-science-centre-abruptly-closes-for-good/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/21/ontario-science-centre-abruptly-closes-for-good/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1804277423451619499) 2024-06-21T22:17Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "This is a health & safety matter the infrastructure minister says shes not going to keep the Science Centre open & risk the safety of children. Advocates arent buying it: they can spend a billion to cancel a beer contract early but cant spent $40 million to fix the roof" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1805364858688262419) 2024-06-24T22:18Z 14.6K followers, 94.9K engagements "With less than 5% of the Science Centre roof in need of repairs the architecture firm that designed the building says a full closure is unnecessary & rash. They are offering to pay for the fixes themselves in order to keep it open. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/26/science-centre-closure-unnecessary-says-firm-that-designed-it-offering-free-repairs/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/26/science-centre-closure-unnecessary-says-firm-that-designed-it-offering-free-repairs/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1806107457657221623) 2024-06-26T23:29Z 14.8K followers, 124K engagements "There is massive people power & community power out there to keep the Science Centre open and tear down these barricades says NDP leader @MaritStiles. Were going to keep the pressure up on the government whether Doug Ford spends his summer at the cottage or not" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1806339767195312274) 2024-06-27T14:52Z 14.6K followers, 23.4K engagements "Doug Ford cannot be trusted with your money says @BonnieCrombie speaking outside the Science Centre. She says she will appoint a special investigator to look into Doug Fords shady backroom deals which includes the decision to shut down the beloved facility" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1806343556249829470) 2024-06-27T15:07Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements "The fight to save the Science Centre gets physical as some politicians try to tear down the barricades that now surround it. Opposition leaders & advocates gathered at the facility calling on the Ford government to reverse the decision. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/27/opposition-leaders-call-on-ford-government-to-reopen-science-centre/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/27/opposition-leaders-call-on-ford-government-to-reopen-science-centre/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1806768192053706857) 2024-06-28T19:14Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements "I was heartbroken disappointed. This is discrimination. Parents in Ontario are being told their children with autism cannot start kindergarten in September because their school board does not have the resources to support them safely. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/04/parents-informed-school-lacks-resources-to-support-children-with-autism-safely/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/04/parents-informed-school-lacks-resources-to-support-children-with-autism-safely/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1808995837852131785) 2024-07-04T22:46Z 14.7K followers, 25.2K engagements "Keep the LCBO public Workers are picketing outside shuttered LCBO locations across Ontario today in the first ever #lcbostrike. There are concerns about job security & loss of public profits as the Ford government expands alcohol sales to convenience & retails stores" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1809258192947331339) 2024-07-05T16:09Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements "LCBO workers say they want to protect the $2.5 billion in LCBO profits invested directly into public services: we help pay for OHIP we help pay for public education. Doug Ford is willing to entertain any option that allows him to put public money into private hands" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1809337337916362864) 2024-07-05T21:23Z 14.7K followers, 17.6K engagements "The government is actually actively lobbying against its own workers that just blows us all away it really does the union representing LCBO workers is speaking out against the Ford governments new video & interactive map showing Ontarians alternate locations to buy booze" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1810356025037369587) 2024-07-08T16:51Z 14.7K followers, 12.4K engagements "Opposition critics are appalled it took the Ford govt just one weekend to build an interactive map to find booze while millions of Ontarians search for family doctors & child care. They simply have the wrong priorities said @ShamjiAdil. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/08/ford-government-published-map-of-alcohol-retailers-as-lcbo-strike-persists/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/08/ford-government-published-map-of-alcohol-retailers-as-lcbo-strike-persists/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1810477826497282062) 2024-07-09T00:55Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements "Premier Doug Ford refuses to concede to LCBO unions key demand: to keep ready-to-drink cocktails exclusively at the LCBO. Absolutely not. Let me be very clear: its done. Its gone. That ship has sailed its halfway across Lake Ontario. He then urges union to return to table" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1811087347095851213) 2024-07-10T17:17Z 14.7K followers, 25.6K engagements "The Ford government claims it will cost half a billion dollars to repair the Ontario Science Centre for issues that go far beyond the roof. Critics say the government has been intentionally negligent allowing the building to fall into a state of disrepair" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1811466799944282420) 2024-07-11T18:25Z 14.7K followers, 14.4K engagements "New list of repairs needed at Science Centre raising eyebrows: electrical systems Cooling Elevators The bridge Engineers said nothing about these things - now coincidentally all these things also need to be fixed by October @ShamjiAdil. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/11/ford-government-claims-repairing-science-centre-will-cost-half-a-billion-dollars/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/11/ford-government-claims-repairing-science-centre-will-cost-half-a-billion-dollars/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1811565696419074224) 2024-07-12T00:58Z 14.7K followers, 25.1K engagements "New: Ontarios Liberal leader @BonnieCrombie calls for LCBO chair to resign claims he is a close personal friend of Doug Ford & has donated tens of thousands of dollars to the PCs" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1811742677127377094) 2024-07-12T12:41Z 14.7K followers, 19.1K engagements "NEW: Ford government will allow licensed grocery stores to sell ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages & beer starting this Thursday accelerating the timeline [--] weeks amid the LCBO strike. One of the unions key demands was to keep RTDs exclusively at the LCBO" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1812856416228536511) 2024-07-15T14:27Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements "Its alarming whats happening in Ontario right now parents of children with special needs say theyre being denied safe & equitable access to education after a Toronto elementary school lost almost half its educational assistants. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/15/safety-concerns-after-toronto-school-loses-almost-half-its-support-staff/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/15/safety-concerns-after-toronto-school-loses-almost-half-its-support-staff/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1813232093507223565) 2024-07-16T15:19Z 14.7K followers, 11.5K engagements "NEW: its clear Doug Ford has no idea where LCBO revenues come from says @OPSEU disputing the premiers claims that LCBO makes money on wholesaling. OPSEU says retail accounts for 79.4% of profits. He should know this is a valuable asset making a lot of for the province" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1815791901481566430) 2024-07-23T16:51Z 14.7K followers, 55.3K engagements "The health ministers refusal to answer questions about the cost of expanding pharmacist powers is raising eyebrows: I have a feeling that Shoppers Drug Mart is actually standing to benefit a lot more from today's announcement than the patients of Ontario. @ShamjiAdil" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1816228747097297237) 2024-07-24T21:47Z 14.7K followers, 127.5K engagements "People in Ontario should expect better from their government. Family doctors are speaking out as the Ford government moves to expand pharmacist powers: this is a band-aid solution and its not gonna fix the crisis we have in healthcare. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/25/doctors-speak-out-as-ford-government-expands-pharmacist-powers/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/25/doctors-speak-out-as-ford-government-expands-pharmacist-powers/" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1816882468395405617) 2024-07-26T17:05Z 14.8K followers, 38K engagements "The Ford government is buying police helicopters to combat impaired driving ($134 million) while also increasing access to alcohol across Ontario ($225 million) expanding sales to corner stores & gas stations a year early. I asked the premier about his alcohol everywhere policy" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1817968940615876933) 2024-07-29T17:02Z 14.8K followers, 138.3K engagements "Theres been a dramatic rise in lunchroom supervisors & volunteers teaching students in Torontos classrooms with the TDSB using non-teachers [-----] times last year. Teachers blame cuts to education funding: schools are falling apart & teachers are leaving the profession" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1955032214770684029) 2025-08-11T22:22Z 13.8K followers, 68.2K engagements "We are being forced to choose who will receive care and who will not. We go home haunted by the harm we may have caused nurses at Queens Park are calling on the Ford government to implement mandatory minimum 1:4 staffing ratios which they say will save thousands of lives" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1955275802653728907) 2025-08-12T14:30Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements "Every shift in Ontarios understaffed hospitals forces nurses to make an impossible choice: who gets treatment & who doesnt. I struggle to get up Im so mentally drained RN Rachel Fleming tells us warning patients will die if the Ford govt doesnt mandate staffing ratios" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1955374404684378375) 2025-08-12T21:02Z 13.8K followers, 55.2K engagements "@ICGardner @SylviaJonesMPP Their statement is in the story" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1955375072157560902) 2025-08-12T21:05Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements "CityNews has learned the Ford government finalized a contract last month partially outsourcing Canadas largest healthcare project to a U.S. firm. The NDP says the $140 million contract to build the exterior of a Mississauga hospital should have been torn up amid the trade war" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1956003089892188565) 2025-08-14T14:40Z 13.9K followers, 139.9K engagements "We cannot expect kids to tough it out when smoke is frequent & heat waves are dangerous parents are calling on the Ford government to cool classrooms ahead of the new school year: these are not expensive projects its not building a tunnel or spa one parent tells me" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1957494751973827018) 2025-08-18T17:28Z 13.8K followers, 56.5K engagements "Every hot smoky day we delay: kids pay the price parents and advocates are calling on the Ford government to step in & do their job and outfit all Toronto schools with A/C as students prepare to go back to sweltering classrooms. Only 30% of TDSB schools have central air" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1957863377318887457) 2025-08-19T17:52Z 13.8K followers, 28.9K engagements "While frontline Ontario nurses say theyre burnt out that hospitals are overrun & patient care is suffering the health minister boasted about her governments record this week. Its very misleading. Being here at the bedside doesnt match what is being said one RN tells us" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1958295815161889031) 2025-08-20T22:31Z 13.8K followers, 19.7K engagements "This is ultimately an attack on all students in Ontario protesters say the Ford government is starving the education system to manufacture a school violence crisis and pave the way for the return of cops in classrooms: to keep schools safe we need to be funding not police" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1960837504845697087) 2025-08-27T22:51Z 13.9K followers, 21.2K engagements "Premier Doug Ford says hes been getting calls every day and people are done with these school trustees wasting money and theyre done with a lot of these school boards. But critics say this is a pathway to the elimination of school boards & towards privatization" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1961110829417320683) 2025-08-28T16:57Z 13.9K followers, 84.6K engagements "The Ford government is touting nearly $1B for new schools opening this fall but the repair backlog for existing ones has swelled to $16B. This isnt record spending its record neglect says @ETFOeducators @ETFOpresident" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1961598628268585451) 2025-08-30T01:15Z 13.9K followers, 26.7K engagements "Parents have been silenced. Its absolutely wrong. As students return to school critics are accusing the Ford government of attacking local democracy by stripping elected trustees of their powers. But Premier Ford says we dont need money in these Taj Mahal school boards" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1963005250106777722) 2025-09-02T22:24Z 14K followers, 63.6K engagements "The latest Eglinton Crosstown LRT delay is a direct result of all the delays. Some of the vehicles are a decade old & facing performance issues during 21-hour test days. The Metrolinx CEO couldnt promise it would open by end of year. I asked the premier if thats acceptable:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1964079598754230395) 2025-09-05T21:34Z 13.9K followers, 13.7K engagements "@StephenWickens1 Delivered in [----] but built in 2016" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1964159277213347865) 2025-09-06T02:50Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements "Almost [-----] Ontario students couldnt attend school last year because of a lack of special education supports. @OntAutism tells us the situation will worsen without school trustees: it would be a devastating loss for the community. All students have a right to an education" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1965175978512261578) 2025-09-08T22:10Z 14K followers, 35.5K engagements "This is political theatre @MaritStiles tells me as the Ford government threatens to eliminate school trustees. There are very tight restrictions on what trustees can spend money on. The government is grasping at straws at the end of the day most trustees have no budget" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1965411072208502999) 2025-09-09T13:44Z 13.9K followers, 13.4K engagements "Parents of children with disabilities tell us their kids are being denied a safe education: the government has starved the system for so long were all begging for scraps says @AmyLEngland whose 5-year-old son cant attend school because of a lack of support staff" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1966281857542295600) 2025-09-11T23:25Z 14K followers, 16.3K engagements "Trustees are turning the tables accusing the education minister of misusing taxpayer dollars. They point to a community BBQ totalling $23k 11k in Santa Claus parade expenses and $5700 for Toronto hotel stays. But Paul Calandras office explains those expenses are justified" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1966627338176606330) 2025-09-12T22:17Z 14K followers, 45.7K engagements "The education minister is demanding the chair of the Toronto Catholic board return almost $7000 worth of items purchased with taxpayer dollars including TV mounts headphones cameras & projectors. @PaulCalandra calls the expenses obscene & offensive" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1967620288075706426) 2025-09-15T16:03Z 14K followers, 47.3K engagements "Tried to challenge Premier Ford on speed cameras. A recent SickKids study found they cut speeding around Toronto schools nearly in half. Despite that he tells me the only thing proven is that they take money out of taxpayers pockets. He says speed bumps are a good alternative" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1968016373134835771) 2025-09-16T18:17Z 14K followers, 142.3K engagements "The Ford government is promising a balanced budget by [----] - but Ontarios financial watchdog says their forecast is off by $10.1 billion. The only way Doug Ford can balance the budget is with massive cuts to services people rely on says @stephaniebowman. More here:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1968704772501819503) 2025-09-18T15:52Z 14K followers, [----] engagements "Ontario public service workers are calling the Ford governments return-to-office mandate a slap in the face. Theyre currently in office [--] days a week and claim [--] remote days increases productivity saves taxpayer dollars on leasing office space & keeps roads less congested" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1969044137702830165) 2025-09-19T14:21Z 14K followers, [---] engagements "Almost [------] Ontario patients left emergency rooms without treatment last year according to a new report. "Every Ontario taxpayer is paying for access to healthcare especially when lives are on the line" said @ShamjiAdil. "Under this government they are not getting that."" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1969154139213967554) 2025-09-19T21:38Z 14K followers, [----] engagements "Where are the Ford governments appointed school supervisors Parents tell us they havent been able to get a hold of them since the start of the school year & have been forced to deal with critical issues on their own. We asked the education minister:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1970120241519747202) 2025-09-22T13:37Z 14K followers, 38.6K engagements "The premier says crime in Ontario has worsened over the past decade blaming the federal government & demanding they get their butt moving on tougher bail laws. But his critics point out crime also worsened under his watch with court delays allowing criminals back onto streets:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1970244623525159311) 2025-09-22T21:51Z 14K followers, 13.7K engagements "Vandals were first to cut down speed cameras in Ontario & CityNews can now confirm Premier Ford will be cutting them down for good. Critics say hes acquiescing to criminals & willing to get people killed to do something he thinks plays well with his voter base @JessSpieker" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1970975899442122909) 2025-09-24T22:17Z 14K followers, 20K engagements "After dozens of speed cameras were vandalized across Toronto Premier Doug Ford has made it official: he will ban them in Ontario. The timing of the announcement is raising eyebrows. I asked him if hes placating the vandals:" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1971333539640860911) 2025-09-25T21:58Z 14K followers, 24.6K engagements "Critics are calling the Ford governments hiring freeze at [---] provincial agencies like Ontario Health & the Landlord and Tenant Board hypocritical: this is coming from a government where the Premier's office doubled the sizeof its staff in the last [--] years @stephaniebowman" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1972677328229609763) 2025-09-29T14:58Z 14.1K followers, 21.7K engagements "Premier Ford has suggested swapping out speed cameras for crime cameras claiming they could help communities in Ontario getting hammered by car thefts & home invasions. But critics are calling it a nonsense plan: he's throwing spaghetti at the wall & seeing what sticks" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1973032678418186259) 2025-09-30T14:30Z 14K followers, [---] engagements "This looks like corruption said @MaritStiles after an AG investigation found potential preferential treatment in the Ford govts skills development funding with $126 million taxpayer dollars awarded to firms backed by lobbyists. The labour minister denied any wrongdoing" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1973506723441959026) 2025-10-01T21:54Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements "Ontarios education minister admits its unlikely the province will meet the $10/day childcare target without an infusion of federal funds. Theres a $2B shortfall after the Ford government spent the federal money for the program in [--] years instead of the [--] it was allocated for" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1973777301059072272) 2025-10-02T15:49Z 14.2K followers, 40.7K engagements "NEW: CityNews has learned the Ford government is restricting public access to school board committee meetings directing boards under its supervision including the TDSB to block livestreams. No reason given. @MaritStiles calls it an attempt to silence parents & cut transparency" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1975311134493450542) 2025-10-06T21:24Z 14.2K followers, 68.7K engagements "I asked Premier Ford why his govt directed school board committees to stop public livestreams of meetings & if hes blocking access to information for parents. He tells me he hasnt heard of this but will look into it. The education ministers office didnt provide a reason" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1975596249433973183) 2025-10-07T16:17Z 14.1K followers, 37.4K engagements "The teachers are telling us: classrooms are feeling unsafe backlash grows over increased class sizes for special needs students in the TDSB on the same week the Ford government restricted public access to special education meetings. This is silencing voices one parent said" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1975979986822807706) 2025-10-08T17:41Z 14.1K followers, 12.4K engagements "NEW: Ontario's education minister says hes reconsidering his directive to block school board meeting livestreams after backlash from parents. "The initial decision was to bring the temperature down focus on the work" said Paul Calandra. "I'm going to take a look at it again."" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1976674594972135624) 2025-10-10T15:42Z 14.2K followers, 29.2K engagements "Ontarios education minister said he banned livestreams of school board meetings to bring down the temperature. Critics fired back telling him to fund the system if he wants to cool things down. Paul Calandras now taking another look at the ban after parent backlash" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1978092472723964284) 2025-10-14T13:36Z 14.2K followers, 25.8K engagements "The premier & prime minister share opposing views on how to handle Trumps tariffs. We need to fight back said Doug Ford. Theres a time to hit back & theres a time to talk - right now is the time to talk said Mark Carney. The two met for a private meeting today" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/1978943844939960395) 2025-10-16T21:59Z 14.2K followers, [----] engagements "Its that time of the year again ðŸŒgo jays go #BlueJays #LetsGoBluejays" [X Link](https://x.com/TinaYazdani/status/979462338322489344) 2018-03-29T20:56Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @maritstiles @shamjiadil @bonniecrombie @stephaniebowman @ontariohealthc @occupyuoft @uoft @fordnation @opseu @icgardner @sylviajonesmpp @etfoeducators @etfopresident @stephenwickens1 @ontautism @amylengland @paulcalandra @jessspieker @trying2help @bruceteel
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"New today: education minister takes over Ontarios 2nd largest school board puts Peel under supervision to block dismissal of [--] teachers. Calandra also giving York Catholic board [--] days to respond to financial concerns. Critics say Ford govt will use any excuse to take control"
X Link 2026-01-28T23:17Z 15.6K followers, 41.5K engagements
"Drone footage shows the Science Centre roof appears to be unharmed days after record snowfall in Toronto. While the premier argues hes not going to chance having children in there advocates engineers & opposition critics tell us the closure was done under false pretences"
X Link 2026-01-29T22:31Z 15.6K followers, 55.8K engagements
"We are a sinking ship an Ontario educational assistant describes dire classroom conditions & calls on the Ford government for more supports. While the premier has promised [----] new educators she tells us EAs at her school dropped from [--] to [--] under Doug Fords watch"
X Link 2026-01-30T22:49Z 15.6K followers, 94.4K engagements
"Rebuilding public trust requires action Ontarios police watchdog is launching an unprecedented probe into police corruption investigating all [--] police agencies in Ontario. The probe was requested by Toronto police after criminal charges were laid against its own members"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:21Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements
"This is not the time to roll over. Premier Ford is standing firm on Ontarios ban on U.S. alcohol after Trump publicly complained about it for the first time & threatened to keep a bridge connecting Windsor & Detroit from opening. Its obviously working. Its an irritant"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:43Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The Ford government wont disclose the cost of its new Protect Ontario ad that debuted during the Super Bowl. The premier says its about telling people we have a plan. Critics call it gaslighting. Last year the govt spent a record $112M in taxpayer-funded partisan ads"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:56Z 15.6K followers, 50.5K engagements
"Two weeks are up. The Education Ministers deadline for the York Catholic board to come up with a new financial plan or face a provincial takeover has officially passed. Weve learned the boards financial plan will remain unchanged. The minister is reviewing their response"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:52Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements
"This is a historic day. The Ford government needs to accept this ruling and stop fighting workers. Ontarios top court has sided with workers ruling Bill [---] unconstitutional. Opposition members and union leaders are warning the government to back off and drop the fight"
X Link 2024-02-12T19:20Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Earlier today union leaders warned the Ford government that theyll make their lives hell if they appeal the Bill [---] ruling. Moments ago we learned Ford is dropping the fight & repealing the wage-restraint law after a 5-year battle. Full story:"
X Link 2024-02-13T00:05Z 14.4K followers, 14.6K engagements
"Hundreds of Toronto patients were left scrambling after a family doctor closed her practice and moved to a private health clinic that charges $5000 annually. This isnt about just one doctor and thousands of patients abandoned. Its about the erosion of our healthcare system"
X Link 2024-02-16T22:40Z 14.4K followers, 113K engagements
"The health minister is asked whether it is acceptable that a family doctor in Toronto closed her practice & moved to a private clinic charging patients up to $5000 annually. Sylvia Jones says her goal is for every Ontarian to have access to a family doctor (2.3 million dont)"
X Link 2024-02-20T16:24Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements
"New @OntarioHealthC report finds Ford government is giving unprecedented public money to private hospitals & clinics: funding is up 300%. Government is also paying more for surgeries at private clinics. Cataract surgery costs avg $500 at public hospital vs. $1200 at clinic"
X Link 2024-02-21T20:31Z 14.4K followers, 57.8K engagements
"Premier under fire for admitting he wants conservative judges appointed to courts suggesting theyre needed to handle a crime wave. Critics say the admission undermines the justice system: were not the U.S. politicians dont get to stack the courts"
X Link 2024-02-26T23:39Z 14.4K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Is this the solution for the unbearable gridlock in Toronto & the GTA The Ontario NDP are urging the Ford government to make the [---] toll-free for commercial trucks freeing up space on the [---]. @MaritStiles says the [---] is so underused you could land an airplane on it"
X Link 2024-03-04T19:16Z 14.5K followers, 21.7K engagements
"A striking difference between two east-west highways: bumper-to-bumper traffic on the [---] while the [---] is nearly deserted. Despite a push from the NDP the Ford government refuses to make the [---] toll-free for commercial trucks. Full story:"
X Link 2024-03-05T00:46Z 14.5K followers, 226.8K engagements
"New: the Ford governments contingency fund has grown to $5.1 billion according to a new FAO report. Thats up from $4 billion at the start of the fiscal year"
X Link 2024-03-06T14:15Z 14.5K followers, 15.4K engagements
"The Ford government spent more than planned in two key sectors this quarter largely to cover Bill [---] retroactive pay: Education: $2.6 billion or [----] per cent higher than planned Heath: $1.5 billion or [---] per cent higher than planned"
X Link 2024-03-06T16:12Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"As child care centres in Ontario warn they are at risk of closing without more funding the Ford government spent $146 million less than planned in Child Care programs according to the FAO report"
X Link 2024-03-06T16:26Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"While critics say the Ford government is hoarding taxpayer dollars as their contingency fund balloons to $5.1 billion the finance minister says its necessary to cover Bill [---] backpay and other expenditures. Full story here:"
X Link 2024-03-06T22:14Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"New poll: majority of Ontarians dont believe a long-term care bed should count as a home. The Ford government counted almost [-----] LTC beds towards their housing totals in [----]. Stop playing fast and loose with the numbers say critics. Full story:"
X Link 2024-03-12T16:35Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Doug Ford nicknamed Premier NIMBY after calling fourplexes a mistake that would anger residents of single-family suburbs. The premiers comments are deeply insulting said @MaritStiles. Not every Ontarian can afford a single-family detached home"
X Link 2024-03-21T23:30Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Will the Ford government make life more affordable for Ontarians when it delivers its [----] budget tomorrow The premier announced today he is extending the gas tax cut but opposition members say that only benefits gas companies. Full story here:"
X Link 2024-03-25T22:51Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The Ontario NDP are calling for a provincewide audit as the number of private clinics charging patients for care grows at an alarming rate. But the Ford government is refusing to comply. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/08/ontario-ndp-calls-for-provincewide-probe-into-patient-fees-at-private-clinics/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/08/ontario-ndp-calls-for-provincewide-probe-into-patient-fees-at-private-clinics/"
X Link 2024-04-08T22:14Z 14.5K followers, 33.5K engagements
"The Ford governments new housing bill will remove parking minimums around transit give building powers to universities & introduce a use it or lose it policy. But critics are calling it an unambitious random grab-bag of small-ball measures. Story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/10/ford-government-tables-new-housing-legislation/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/10/ford-government-tables-new-housing-legislation/"
X Link 2024-04-11T15:45Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"It appeared to be a rare moment of unity at Queens Park but there are now fears the Ford government is delaying an NDP bill declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic. The governments sudden change in tone led to a heated debate today. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/11/fears-ford-government-is-stalling-bill-on-intimate-partner-violence/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/11/fears-ford-government-is-stalling-bill-on-intimate-partner-violence/"
X Link 2024-04-12T00:13Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Scoop: at least [---] GO train conductors engineers & customer service ambassadors have been denied vacation for the remainder of the year. The news comes on the same day the Ford govt announced a huge expansion in GO service in the GTA. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/15/ontario-adds-300-go-train-trips-a-week-in-the-gta/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/15/ontario-adds-300-go-train-trips-a-week-in-the-gta/"
X Link 2024-04-16T01:15Z 14.5K followers, 98.5K engagements
"The Ford government is refusing to give the TDSB more money to help dig them out of a $26.5 million budget hole accusing the board of mismanaging its budget. But the board claims it has been underfunded for years & is now facing major cuts. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/17/toronto-district-school-board-facing-cuts-without-more-funding-from-province/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/17/toronto-district-school-board-facing-cuts-without-more-funding-from-province/"
X Link 2024-04-17T23:24Z 14.5K followers, 37.4K engagements
"EXCLUSIVE: New concerns there may not be enough GO train operators for upcoming service increases announced by the Ford government. The reality is we don't have enough workers as it is right now the union head tells us. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/04/19/not-enough-go-operators-upcoming-service-increases/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/04/19/not-enough-go-operators-upcoming-service-increases/"
X Link 2024-04-19T21:25Z 14.5K followers, 14.2K engagements
"Opposition leaders are demanding Premier Doug Ford apologize for comments he made in [----] when Umar Zameer was freed on bail to await his trial. Its inappropriate for any politician to comment on a legal proceeding and this is exactly why. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/22/opposition-calls-on-premier-ford-to-apologize-for-weighing-in-on-zameer-case/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/22/opposition-calls-on-premier-ford-to-apologize-for-weighing-in-on-zameer-case/"
X Link 2024-04-22T22:30Z 14.5K followers, 30.8K engagements
"New: the Keffiyeh ban will remain in place at the Ontario legislature after multiple PC MPPs voted against overturning it. This is the second time the NDP have attempted to overturn the ban"
X Link 2024-04-23T14:40Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"MPP Sarah Jama calls the keffiyeh ban in the Ontario legislature anti-Palestinian racism & refuses to take it off. We spoke with her & the speaker after he asked her to leave the chambers. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/25/mpp-sarah-jama-asked-to-leave-ontario-legislature-for-wearing-keffiyeh/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/25/mpp-sarah-jama-asked-to-leave-ontario-legislature-for-wearing-keffiyeh/"
X Link 2024-04-26T00:56Z 14.5K followers, 307.7K engagements
"Facing growing backlash Torontos police chief has apologized for comments he made following Umar Zameers not guilty verdict. Meanwhile Premier Doug Ford still wont apologize for comments he made when Zameer was initially granted bail. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/30/torontos-police-chief-apologizes-for-casting-doubt-on-umar-zameers-innocence/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/30/torontos-police-chief-apologizes-for-casting-doubt-on-umar-zameers-innocence/"
X Link 2024-05-01T00:41Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The Ford government has walked back a plan to allow high school students to enter full-time apprenticeships starting in grade [--]. After consultations with educators 80% of their academic year can be spent in skilled trades placements starting next year.: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/01/high-school-students-can-soon-spend-majority-of-year-in-apprenticeships/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/01/high-school-students-can-soon-spend-majority-of-year-in-apprenticeships/"
X Link 2024-05-01T22:50Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"BREAKING: Sarah Jama along with the the NDPs Kristyn Wong-Tam & Joel Harden have been kicked out of the chambers for wearing a keffiyeh"
X Link 2024-05-06T15:19Z 14.5K followers, 120.4K engagements
"The three MPPs kicked out for wearing a keffiyeh speak to reporters. Kristyn Wong-Tam implies this is just the beginning and more NDP members will wear keffiyehs in the coming days. Theyre not satisfied with the speaker scaling back the ban to just the chambers"
X Link 2024-05-06T15:25Z 14.5K followers, 12.8K engagements
"Heres the moment Sarah Jama donned her keffiyeh in the legislative chambers. She was warned right away but refused to leave until the speaker named her. The keffiyeh ban has been scaled back to just the chambers. It can now be work in the building"
X Link 2024-05-06T15:45Z 14.5K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Protesters at UofT are concerned about surveillance equipment they say is being used to monitor the encampment. They are demanding the university & Toronto police remove cameras and audio equipment they claim are trampling on their rights to peaceful assembly"
X Link 2024-05-11T16:56Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Toronto police & UofT deny using any surveillance equipment to monitor the encampment. Their responses here:"
X Link 2024-05-11T18:42Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Today at @occupyuoft: student representatives are meeting with @UofT admin in an effort to make progress on their demands. Some alumni are prepared to rip their diplomas publicly if the meeting goes poorly organizers say"
X Link 2024-05-12T18:03Z 14.5K followers, 32.5K engagements
"A desperate need for more foster homes in Ontario: new data shows more childrens aid societies are being forced to place kids as young as [--] in unsafe dirty & often bed-bug infested motels. Advocates are calling on the Ford government to fund the system: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/14/childrens-aid-society-agencies-placing-more-ontario-kids-in-unsafe-motels/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/14/childrens-aid-society-agencies-placing-more-ontario-kids-in-unsafe-motels/"
X Link 2024-05-15T00:39Z 13.9K followers, 10.7K engagements
"This is about passing public money off to the private sector frustration mounts as Ford govt spends $225M to fast-track booze to corner stores. Im concerned about convenience when I go to an ER & wait [--] hours. I dont care about where to get booze. https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/24/ford-government-to-spend-millions-to-fast-track-booze-in-corner-stores/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/24/ford-government-to-spend-millions-to-fast-track-booze-in-corner-stores/"
X Link 2024-05-24T22:16Z 14.7K followers, 30.9K engagements
"While the Ford govt claims a federal loophole is allowing private clinics to charge patients the Ontario Liberals say it can be closed at the provincial level. @ShamjiAdil tabled a bill thatll ban private nurse practitioners from billing patients. Story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/29/ontario-liberals-table-bill-to-ban-private-clinics-from-charging-patients/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/05/29/ontario-liberals-table-bill-to-ban-private-clinics-from-charging-patients/"
X Link 2024-05-29T22:50Z 14.5K followers, 18.8K engagements
"Happening now at Queens Park: thousands of healthcare workers & community members from across Ontario are protesting what they describe as the Ford governments plans to privatize healthcare & the closures of local hospitals"
X Link 2024-05-30T17:58Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"My boy is gone his laugh is a memory his light snuffed out too soon. I will forever be haunted heartbreaking words from Landyn Ferris mother. Advocates are now demanding the Ford govt take urgent action to protect vulnerable students. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/04/i-am-broken-my-boy-is-gone-mother-of-boy-found-unresponsive-at-school/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/04/i-am-broken-my-boy-is-gone-mother-of-boy-found-unresponsive-at-school/"
X Link 2024-06-04T23:17Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Premier @fordnation on interest rate cuts: I say to the Bank of Canada: its about time. Urges them to keep cutting rates"
X Link 2024-06-05T18:19Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Standing by at Queens Park where a cabinet shuffle appears imminent. Weve seen several ministers including Education Minister Stephen Lecce Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy and Minister of Long-Term Care Stan Cho in and out of the premiers office"
X Link 2024-06-06T20:31Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"#BREAKING Premier Doug Ford walks out of his office alongside his new cabinet. Still waiting for the official list"
X Link 2024-06-06T21:17Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Premier Ford is trying to sell us a bad deal says the union representing LCBO workers. Theyll be in a legal strike position on July [--]. Theyre looking for job security and an alternate alcohol business model in Ontario that doesnt include having alcohol everywhere"
X Link 2024-06-18T16:11Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Critics argue the Ford government has intentionally created an infrastructure crisis by not properly funding the Ontario Science Centre forcing its closure. But the government says this is indisputably a health and safety issue. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/21/ontario-science-centre-abruptly-closes-for-good/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/21/ontario-science-centre-abruptly-closes-for-good/"
X Link 2024-06-21T22:17Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"This is a health & safety matter the infrastructure minister says shes not going to keep the Science Centre open & risk the safety of children. Advocates arent buying it: they can spend a billion to cancel a beer contract early but cant spent $40 million to fix the roof"
X Link 2024-06-24T22:18Z 14.6K followers, 94.9K engagements
"With less than 5% of the Science Centre roof in need of repairs the architecture firm that designed the building says a full closure is unnecessary & rash. They are offering to pay for the fixes themselves in order to keep it open. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/26/science-centre-closure-unnecessary-says-firm-that-designed-it-offering-free-repairs/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/26/science-centre-closure-unnecessary-says-firm-that-designed-it-offering-free-repairs/"
X Link 2024-06-26T23:29Z 14.8K followers, 124K engagements
"There is massive people power & community power out there to keep the Science Centre open and tear down these barricades says NDP leader @MaritStiles. Were going to keep the pressure up on the government whether Doug Ford spends his summer at the cottage or not"
X Link 2024-06-27T14:52Z 14.6K followers, 23.4K engagements
"Doug Ford cannot be trusted with your money says @BonnieCrombie speaking outside the Science Centre. She says she will appoint a special investigator to look into Doug Fords shady backroom deals which includes the decision to shut down the beloved facility"
X Link 2024-06-27T15:07Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The fight to save the Science Centre gets physical as some politicians try to tear down the barricades that now surround it. Opposition leaders & advocates gathered at the facility calling on the Ford government to reverse the decision. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/27/opposition-leaders-call-on-ford-government-to-reopen-science-centre/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/06/27/opposition-leaders-call-on-ford-government-to-reopen-science-centre/"
X Link 2024-06-28T19:14Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements
"I was heartbroken disappointed. This is discrimination. Parents in Ontario are being told their children with autism cannot start kindergarten in September because their school board does not have the resources to support them safely. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/04/parents-informed-school-lacks-resources-to-support-children-with-autism-safely/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/04/parents-informed-school-lacks-resources-to-support-children-with-autism-safely/"
X Link 2024-07-04T22:46Z 14.7K followers, 25.2K engagements
"Keep the LCBO public Workers are picketing outside shuttered LCBO locations across Ontario today in the first ever #lcbostrike. There are concerns about job security & loss of public profits as the Ford government expands alcohol sales to convenience & retails stores"
X Link 2024-07-05T16:09Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements
"LCBO workers say they want to protect the $2.5 billion in LCBO profits invested directly into public services: we help pay for OHIP we help pay for public education. Doug Ford is willing to entertain any option that allows him to put public money into private hands"
X Link 2024-07-05T21:23Z 14.7K followers, 17.6K engagements
"The government is actually actively lobbying against its own workers that just blows us all away it really does the union representing LCBO workers is speaking out against the Ford governments new video & interactive map showing Ontarians alternate locations to buy booze"
X Link 2024-07-08T16:51Z 14.7K followers, 12.4K engagements
"Opposition critics are appalled it took the Ford govt just one weekend to build an interactive map to find booze while millions of Ontarians search for family doctors & child care. They simply have the wrong priorities said @ShamjiAdil. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/08/ford-government-published-map-of-alcohol-retailers-as-lcbo-strike-persists/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/08/ford-government-published-map-of-alcohol-retailers-as-lcbo-strike-persists/"
X Link 2024-07-09T00:55Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Premier Doug Ford refuses to concede to LCBO unions key demand: to keep ready-to-drink cocktails exclusively at the LCBO. Absolutely not. Let me be very clear: its done. Its gone. That ship has sailed its halfway across Lake Ontario. He then urges union to return to table"
X Link 2024-07-10T17:17Z 14.7K followers, 25.6K engagements
"The Ford government claims it will cost half a billion dollars to repair the Ontario Science Centre for issues that go far beyond the roof. Critics say the government has been intentionally negligent allowing the building to fall into a state of disrepair"
X Link 2024-07-11T18:25Z 14.7K followers, 14.4K engagements
"New list of repairs needed at Science Centre raising eyebrows: electrical systems Cooling Elevators The bridge Engineers said nothing about these things - now coincidentally all these things also need to be fixed by October @ShamjiAdil. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/11/ford-government-claims-repairing-science-centre-will-cost-half-a-billion-dollars/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/11/ford-government-claims-repairing-science-centre-will-cost-half-a-billion-dollars/"
X Link 2024-07-12T00:58Z 14.7K followers, 25.1K engagements
"New: Ontarios Liberal leader @BonnieCrombie calls for LCBO chair to resign claims he is a close personal friend of Doug Ford & has donated tens of thousands of dollars to the PCs"
X Link 2024-07-12T12:41Z 14.7K followers, 19.1K engagements
"NEW: Ford government will allow licensed grocery stores to sell ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages & beer starting this Thursday accelerating the timeline [--] weeks amid the LCBO strike. One of the unions key demands was to keep RTDs exclusively at the LCBO"
X Link 2024-07-15T14:27Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Its alarming whats happening in Ontario right now parents of children with special needs say theyre being denied safe & equitable access to education after a Toronto elementary school lost almost half its educational assistants. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/15/safety-concerns-after-toronto-school-loses-almost-half-its-support-staff/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/15/safety-concerns-after-toronto-school-loses-almost-half-its-support-staff/"
X Link 2024-07-16T15:19Z 14.7K followers, 11.5K engagements
"NEW: its clear Doug Ford has no idea where LCBO revenues come from says @OPSEU disputing the premiers claims that LCBO makes money on wholesaling. OPSEU says retail accounts for 79.4% of profits. He should know this is a valuable asset making a lot of for the province"
X Link 2024-07-23T16:51Z 14.7K followers, 55.3K engagements
"The health ministers refusal to answer questions about the cost of expanding pharmacist powers is raising eyebrows: I have a feeling that Shoppers Drug Mart is actually standing to benefit a lot more from today's announcement than the patients of Ontario. @ShamjiAdil"
X Link 2024-07-24T21:47Z 14.7K followers, 127.5K engagements
"People in Ontario should expect better from their government. Family doctors are speaking out as the Ford government moves to expand pharmacist powers: this is a band-aid solution and its not gonna fix the crisis we have in healthcare. Full story: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/25/doctors-speak-out-as-ford-government-expands-pharmacist-powers/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/07/25/doctors-speak-out-as-ford-government-expands-pharmacist-powers/"
X Link 2024-07-26T17:05Z 14.8K followers, 38K engagements
"The Ford government is buying police helicopters to combat impaired driving ($134 million) while also increasing access to alcohol across Ontario ($225 million) expanding sales to corner stores & gas stations a year early. I asked the premier about his alcohol everywhere policy"
X Link 2024-07-29T17:02Z 14.8K followers, 138.3K engagements
"Theres been a dramatic rise in lunchroom supervisors & volunteers teaching students in Torontos classrooms with the TDSB using non-teachers [-----] times last year. Teachers blame cuts to education funding: schools are falling apart & teachers are leaving the profession"
X Link 2025-08-11T22:22Z 13.8K followers, 68.2K engagements
"We are being forced to choose who will receive care and who will not. We go home haunted by the harm we may have caused nurses at Queens Park are calling on the Ford government to implement mandatory minimum 1:4 staffing ratios which they say will save thousands of lives"
X Link 2025-08-12T14:30Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Every shift in Ontarios understaffed hospitals forces nurses to make an impossible choice: who gets treatment & who doesnt. I struggle to get up Im so mentally drained RN Rachel Fleming tells us warning patients will die if the Ford govt doesnt mandate staffing ratios"
X Link 2025-08-12T21:02Z 13.8K followers, 55.2K engagements
"@ICGardner @SylviaJonesMPP Their statement is in the story"
X Link 2025-08-12T21:05Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements
"CityNews has learned the Ford government finalized a contract last month partially outsourcing Canadas largest healthcare project to a U.S. firm. The NDP says the $140 million contract to build the exterior of a Mississauga hospital should have been torn up amid the trade war"
X Link 2025-08-14T14:40Z 13.9K followers, 139.9K engagements
"We cannot expect kids to tough it out when smoke is frequent & heat waves are dangerous parents are calling on the Ford government to cool classrooms ahead of the new school year: these are not expensive projects its not building a tunnel or spa one parent tells me"
X Link 2025-08-18T17:28Z 13.8K followers, 56.5K engagements
"Every hot smoky day we delay: kids pay the price parents and advocates are calling on the Ford government to step in & do their job and outfit all Toronto schools with A/C as students prepare to go back to sweltering classrooms. Only 30% of TDSB schools have central air"
X Link 2025-08-19T17:52Z 13.8K followers, 28.9K engagements
"While frontline Ontario nurses say theyre burnt out that hospitals are overrun & patient care is suffering the health minister boasted about her governments record this week. Its very misleading. Being here at the bedside doesnt match what is being said one RN tells us"
X Link 2025-08-20T22:31Z 13.8K followers, 19.7K engagements
"This is ultimately an attack on all students in Ontario protesters say the Ford government is starving the education system to manufacture a school violence crisis and pave the way for the return of cops in classrooms: to keep schools safe we need to be funding not police"
X Link 2025-08-27T22:51Z 13.9K followers, 21.2K engagements
"Premier Doug Ford says hes been getting calls every day and people are done with these school trustees wasting money and theyre done with a lot of these school boards. But critics say this is a pathway to the elimination of school boards & towards privatization"
X Link 2025-08-28T16:57Z 13.9K followers, 84.6K engagements
"The Ford government is touting nearly $1B for new schools opening this fall but the repair backlog for existing ones has swelled to $16B. This isnt record spending its record neglect says @ETFOeducators @ETFOpresident"
X Link 2025-08-30T01:15Z 13.9K followers, 26.7K engagements
"Parents have been silenced. Its absolutely wrong. As students return to school critics are accusing the Ford government of attacking local democracy by stripping elected trustees of their powers. But Premier Ford says we dont need money in these Taj Mahal school boards"
X Link 2025-09-02T22:24Z 14K followers, 63.6K engagements
"The latest Eglinton Crosstown LRT delay is a direct result of all the delays. Some of the vehicles are a decade old & facing performance issues during 21-hour test days. The Metrolinx CEO couldnt promise it would open by end of year. I asked the premier if thats acceptable:"
X Link 2025-09-05T21:34Z 13.9K followers, 13.7K engagements
"@StephenWickens1 Delivered in [----] but built in 2016"
X Link 2025-09-06T02:50Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Almost [-----] Ontario students couldnt attend school last year because of a lack of special education supports. @OntAutism tells us the situation will worsen without school trustees: it would be a devastating loss for the community. All students have a right to an education"
X Link 2025-09-08T22:10Z 14K followers, 35.5K engagements
"This is political theatre @MaritStiles tells me as the Ford government threatens to eliminate school trustees. There are very tight restrictions on what trustees can spend money on. The government is grasping at straws at the end of the day most trustees have no budget"
X Link 2025-09-09T13:44Z 13.9K followers, 13.4K engagements
"Parents of children with disabilities tell us their kids are being denied a safe education: the government has starved the system for so long were all begging for scraps says @AmyLEngland whose 5-year-old son cant attend school because of a lack of support staff"
X Link 2025-09-11T23:25Z 14K followers, 16.3K engagements
"Trustees are turning the tables accusing the education minister of misusing taxpayer dollars. They point to a community BBQ totalling $23k 11k in Santa Claus parade expenses and $5700 for Toronto hotel stays. But Paul Calandras office explains those expenses are justified"
X Link 2025-09-12T22:17Z 14K followers, 45.7K engagements
"The education minister is demanding the chair of the Toronto Catholic board return almost $7000 worth of items purchased with taxpayer dollars including TV mounts headphones cameras & projectors. @PaulCalandra calls the expenses obscene & offensive"
X Link 2025-09-15T16:03Z 14K followers, 47.3K engagements
"Tried to challenge Premier Ford on speed cameras. A recent SickKids study found they cut speeding around Toronto schools nearly in half. Despite that he tells me the only thing proven is that they take money out of taxpayers pockets. He says speed bumps are a good alternative"
X Link 2025-09-16T18:17Z 14K followers, 142.3K engagements
"The Ford government is promising a balanced budget by [----] - but Ontarios financial watchdog says their forecast is off by $10.1 billion. The only way Doug Ford can balance the budget is with massive cuts to services people rely on says @stephaniebowman. More here:"
X Link 2025-09-18T15:52Z 14K followers, [----] engagements
"Ontario public service workers are calling the Ford governments return-to-office mandate a slap in the face. Theyre currently in office [--] days a week and claim [--] remote days increases productivity saves taxpayer dollars on leasing office space & keeps roads less congested"
X Link 2025-09-19T14:21Z 14K followers, [---] engagements
"Almost [------] Ontario patients left emergency rooms without treatment last year according to a new report. "Every Ontario taxpayer is paying for access to healthcare especially when lives are on the line" said @ShamjiAdil. "Under this government they are not getting that.""
X Link 2025-09-19T21:38Z 14K followers, [----] engagements
"Where are the Ford governments appointed school supervisors Parents tell us they havent been able to get a hold of them since the start of the school year & have been forced to deal with critical issues on their own. We asked the education minister:"
X Link 2025-09-22T13:37Z 14K followers, 38.6K engagements
"The premier says crime in Ontario has worsened over the past decade blaming the federal government & demanding they get their butt moving on tougher bail laws. But his critics point out crime also worsened under his watch with court delays allowing criminals back onto streets:"
X Link 2025-09-22T21:51Z 14K followers, 13.7K engagements
"Vandals were first to cut down speed cameras in Ontario & CityNews can now confirm Premier Ford will be cutting them down for good. Critics say hes acquiescing to criminals & willing to get people killed to do something he thinks plays well with his voter base @JessSpieker"
X Link 2025-09-24T22:17Z 14K followers, 20K engagements
"After dozens of speed cameras were vandalized across Toronto Premier Doug Ford has made it official: he will ban them in Ontario. The timing of the announcement is raising eyebrows. I asked him if hes placating the vandals:"
X Link 2025-09-25T21:58Z 14K followers, 24.6K engagements
"Critics are calling the Ford governments hiring freeze at [---] provincial agencies like Ontario Health & the Landlord and Tenant Board hypocritical: this is coming from a government where the Premier's office doubled the sizeof its staff in the last [--] years @stephaniebowman"
X Link 2025-09-29T14:58Z 14.1K followers, 21.7K engagements
"Premier Ford has suggested swapping out speed cameras for crime cameras claiming they could help communities in Ontario getting hammered by car thefts & home invasions. But critics are calling it a nonsense plan: he's throwing spaghetti at the wall & seeing what sticks"
X Link 2025-09-30T14:30Z 14K followers, [---] engagements
"This looks like corruption said @MaritStiles after an AG investigation found potential preferential treatment in the Ford govts skills development funding with $126 million taxpayer dollars awarded to firms backed by lobbyists. The labour minister denied any wrongdoing"
X Link 2025-10-01T21:54Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Ontarios education minister admits its unlikely the province will meet the $10/day childcare target without an infusion of federal funds. Theres a $2B shortfall after the Ford government spent the federal money for the program in [--] years instead of the [--] it was allocated for"
X Link 2025-10-02T15:49Z 14.2K followers, 40.7K engagements
"NEW: CityNews has learned the Ford government is restricting public access to school board committee meetings directing boards under its supervision including the TDSB to block livestreams. No reason given. @MaritStiles calls it an attempt to silence parents & cut transparency"
X Link 2025-10-06T21:24Z 14.2K followers, 68.7K engagements
"I asked Premier Ford why his govt directed school board committees to stop public livestreams of meetings & if hes blocking access to information for parents. He tells me he hasnt heard of this but will look into it. The education ministers office didnt provide a reason"
X Link 2025-10-07T16:17Z 14.1K followers, 37.4K engagements
"The teachers are telling us: classrooms are feeling unsafe backlash grows over increased class sizes for special needs students in the TDSB on the same week the Ford government restricted public access to special education meetings. This is silencing voices one parent said"
X Link 2025-10-08T17:41Z 14.1K followers, 12.4K engagements
"NEW: Ontario's education minister says hes reconsidering his directive to block school board meeting livestreams after backlash from parents. "The initial decision was to bring the temperature down focus on the work" said Paul Calandra. "I'm going to take a look at it again.""
X Link 2025-10-10T15:42Z 14.2K followers, 29.2K engagements
"Ontarios education minister said he banned livestreams of school board meetings to bring down the temperature. Critics fired back telling him to fund the system if he wants to cool things down. Paul Calandras now taking another look at the ban after parent backlash"
X Link 2025-10-14T13:36Z 14.2K followers, 25.8K engagements
"The premier & prime minister share opposing views on how to handle Trumps tariffs. We need to fight back said Doug Ford. Theres a time to hit back & theres a time to talk - right now is the time to talk said Mark Carney. The two met for a private meeting today"
X Link 2025-10-16T21:59Z 14.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Its that time of the year again ðŸŒgo jays go #BlueJays #LetsGoBluejays"
X Link 2018-03-29T20:56Z 14.7K followers, [--] engagements
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