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On the last day of winter, here's a little poem I wrote to celebrate Canada's winter! @CanadianPoets
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Chair medicine happens when Ontario ERs don't have space. Here is a sample of Ontario chair-care cases: 1-bowel obstruction needing emergent surgery 2-a mother having a miscarriage 3-bony pain from widespread metastasis 4-opening abdomen as a complication of surgery 5-a patient waiting shocking of their heart for arrhythmia 6-confused elderly patients whose family is holding them down from running away 7-a patient with URTI symptoms from a family with COVID beside patients with cancer and from nursing homes 8-an elderly patient with a bowel obstruction 9-an elderly patient with brain bleeding after a fall 10-an elderly patient with a fall and broken spine 11-a patient with STEMI awaiting transfer to the cath lab for emergent opening of their heart vessels 12-a dislocated shoulder 13-a dislocated elbow 14-a patient after brain surgery with confusion and unable to walk 15-a patient with a new brain cancer that can't walk safely 16-a patient who spent 40 hours in a chair @kellygrant1 @OntariosDoctors @CAEP_Docs
Ontario ER doctors raise alarm on hospital overcrowding. Three-quarters of Ontario ER doctors say their departments are critically or severely overcrowded. The pressures facing emergency care are growing, and patients are feeling the impact. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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I do NOT believe a word he says.
Honestly, would you believe anything Ford says? If you are sceptical about his island airport economic pixie dust you’re right. cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
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This is what eight years of Doug Ford has done to our healthcare. Patients who need a hospital bed are stuck in the ER for 17 hours. The government's own target is eight hours, and even that's too long. Three-quarters of ER doctors say their departments are critically overcrowded. Doug Ford broke our healthcare system. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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The Ford government is Wall to Wall CORRUPTION!
The @TorontoStar reports that Kinross Gold may have violated Ontario's lobbying rules by hiring a former @fordnation senior staffer before the required cooling-off period had ended. Read Full Report Here thestar.com/news/investigati… #GrassyNarrows #FreeGrassy
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We should force Dougie and his cabal of seeming criminals to spend a WEEK serving patients in our Hospitals. You know what I am talking about - the 12 hour shifts that are common inside hospitals.
Just imagine what the $200 million spa garage money can do to ease some overcrowding in hospitals... 🤔🤨😒🤬 #FordFailedOurHealthcare #FordFailedThePeople #FordFailedOntario #onpoli
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Ford also seized the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. That's the length of Front St. from Union Station to the CN Tower. Exhibition Place Ontario Place the Toronto Islands the island airport With Palantir building a mysterious something right in the middle.
New: Doug Ford’s government has been planning for a new multibillion-dollar convention centre, but won’t say how. #onpoli thetrillium.ca/insider-news/…
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#DougFordsOntario where his friends come 1st and regular Ontarians come last.
Ontario has fallen to last place on housing. While other provinces build, Doug Ford keeps getting in the way of Ontario's housing goals. It's time to get out of the way, it's time to get Ontario back in the business of building housing. globalnews.ca/news/11904820/…
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More CORRUPTION!
Details emerge on yet another lobbying effort from a former @fordnation staffer. Of course, the denials are BS. thestar.com/news/investigati…
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Has anyone noticed that only the PC Party ridings are getting free food? Ford and his PC party MPP's are throwing free parties in our parks, paid for with our taxpayer dollars, but only in their own ridings, not ridings who didn't vote for them. Isn't that rather rude? Corrupt?
When it comes to food, the @ClubBowmanville #Ribfest2026 sets the standard. This year's lineup brought together some of the best professional Ribbers from across Ontario. Great food, great music, and a great cause. What a fantastic weekend.
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👏👏👏👏 Thank you @DemocracyWatchr for demanding reversal of decision to allow @fordnation top advisor to work for Kinross Gold before the required cooling off period #FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
DWatch calls on Ontario Integrity Commissioner to reverse former Commissioner’s approval of top advisor for PC Party Premier Doug Ford’s Cabinet mining minister switching to work for Kinross mining company & also to investigate the minister. Details at: bit.ly/4xw997i.
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Every event like this puts pressure on Toronto Liberal Mo’s to break with Ford and oppose jets on the waterfront. Please attend and please let others know.
Are you concerned about the proposed jet expansion at the Toronto Island Airport and the devastating impact it could have on Toronto's waterfront, residents and the environment? 👉 This free webinar is a must-attend: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… #SaveOurWaterfront #CdnPoli #TOpoli
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ICYMI: JP Morgan is Palantir’s largest institutional investor. Palantir Canada's former president is Chair of Therme. Its all connected. #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli #DougFordIsCorrupt #CarneySoldUsOut
Carney's already sold us out... the fix is in. JPM gets the YTZ expansion, Carney gets the war bank, and Ford, w McNaughton and Nigro, get Palantir Central - the Convention Centre-CNE-Ontario Place-whats left of islands.
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Shut Ford Down ! #GENERALSTRIKE His ass out ! save Ontario !
Ford Shut Down Queen’s Park for 21 Weeks, almost until Halloween. After sitting for 30 days Ford government closed Ontario legislature until October 27. Time to remind him who he works for. This Ford government isn’t governing. It’s avoiding accountability gpo.ca/action_campaign/21-we…
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Island Airport is perfect litmus test for Liberal politicians, federal & provincial alike. If they block it, Carney & Co can lock up 416 support for a generation & gain ground elsewhere too. If they allow it, a true sign they're just conservatives in sheep's clothing.
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It’s a gold rush. ✔️ A senior Ford staffer is lobbied by a $45 billion gold gold mining company. ✔️ That staffer pushes through approvals for a controversial mine while ignoring Indigenous communities. ✔️ Said staffer leaves government to go work for the mining company. Who’s @fordnation’s government really working for anyway? 🤔 #onpoli
Star Investigation: As a Ford government staffer, he helped get through permits for a controversial gold mine. Now he works for the company as a lobbyist. #onpoli New from @EmmaMci: trib.al/WeC3iH3
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A safer Ontario means... not having Doug Ford as Premier.
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The idea Billy Bishop should become a regional hub is a complete joke. Security literally only handles a single person at a time. I challenge the government to try and show a business case. As @chrisglover says nobody will loan $5B to a business making $17M.
🚨 Breaking 🚨 Will taxpayers be on the hook for the $5 billion airport expansion that will destroy the Toronto Waterfront? The Toronto Port Authority says the expansion will be self financing, but with $17 million annual net revenue, how could they finance a $5 billion loan? #ONpoli #Cdnpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
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