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Dive into 'The Educator's March,' a poem celebrating our dedication to shaping futures. 📚✨ Let's advocate for a brighter tomorrow!
#EducatorsMarch
#EducationForAll
#TDSB
#ETFO
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We're here for our students!
We're here for our kids! We are protecting public education
#ETFOstrike
#ETFOstrong
#ETFO
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It’s not about the left...it’s not about the right...public
#education
is a human right💕
#cutshurtkids
#RedForEd
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Excuse me
@TrafficServices
how does giving cyclists a $110 ticket on a side street help keep us safe? Meanwhile the officer ignores cars running stop signs?
@m_layton
#TOpoli
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It’s unacceptable that we are 9 months into a global pandemic and there has been no action from the Ont. govt to legislate
#paidsickdays
for all. No worries if you missed the caravan today you can still send
@fordnation
a message
#NoCovidEvictions
#onpoli
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@XjusticeXpeace
@tdsb
@CIJAinfo
@MarcGarneauCI
CIJA fabricated a lie, which resulted in internet trolls targeting
#TDSB
students with incredible hate.
@tdsb
you need to sever your partnership with CIJA or else you are complicit in CIJA’s promotion of hate and discourse.
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Amazing show of support for
@osbcucscso
this morning outside the Sheraton Centre. Parents and their children are in full support
#cupe
#tdsb
#CutsHurtKids
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.
@rchernoslin
your comments are abhorrent. Blaming teachers is abdicating your leadership. The problem in
#TDSB
schools is large class sizes and lack of support for students with special needs.
#onted
Teachers returned to classes excited, only to be thrown under the bus. In 2024, we continue to fight for the schools our students deserve, including smaller class sizes, more student supports, better working conditions & addressing violence in classrooms
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Inspiring to see
@etfopresident
standing up for not only public education but public health care and all public services!
#tdsb
#TOpoli
#CutsHurtKids
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I’m fighting for a
#safeSeptember
b/c the public education system is the great equalizer✅ To start, we need caps on every classroom from K-12 of 15 children, ventilation systems that work and paid sick days for folks who don’t have ‘laptop jobs’ 🙏🏿
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$44.4 billion‼️
@fordnation
you’re spending like a drunken sailor⁉️You would rather starve our schools and hospitals in order to give your millionaire / billionaire buddies more 💲💲in their pockets. Parents are not fooled.
#cutshurtkids
#RedForEd
In 2019-20, Ontario offered 149 tax expenditures at a projected cost of $44.4 billion. Unlike program spending, most tax expenditures are not subject to any formal ongoing review by MPPs :
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@C_Mulroney
Ontario doesn't need new megahighways, we need public transit, walkable communities and climate solutions. No to the Bradford Bypass, and no to Highway 413
#NoMoreHighways
!
#Stopthe413
#StoptheBradfordBypass
#ONPoli
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The Conservatives want educational assistants earning an avg of $38K/yr to take a pay cut when they are on sick leave
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.
@tdsb
Trustees Patel &
@malikaGhousCA
must refocus their energies. Instead of erroneously targeting teachers being unwell for budget woes, they should be addressing the true challenges: systemic cuts, bloated class sizes, & dwindling number of support staff.
#EducationUnafraid
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@XjusticeXpeace
.
@tdsb
CIJA ought to have known that this this type of post would elicit a negative backlash on
#TDSB
students. In the wake of this incident, a major parent letter writing campaign has called on the
#TDSB
to sever ties with CIJA.
#TDSB
ban CIJA from our schools.
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School teachers, education workers, parents and students were there in solidarity too! ✊🏿💕
#ETFO
#onted
#onpoli
BREAKING: 200+ Health workers from across Toronto stand UNITED in protecting access to healthcare for everyone.
Treatment not trucks! Health not honking! Vaccines not vitriol!
Health workers stand united. ✊🏾
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Hey
@fordnation
a message from young people in
#Etobicoke
‼️”We’re not gonna take it”
#cutshurtkids
#RedForEd
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Workers deserve 10 permanent employer-paid sick days. No more temporary band-aid solutions. It's time for
@FordNation
government to prioritize workers' health.
#Justice4Workers
#PaidSickDaysSaveLives
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Concerned about ventilation in your local school? Tweet
@fordnation
&
@SFlecce
: “Will you release details of outstanding ventilation issues in every ON school?"
#safeseptember
#safeseptemberON
#onpoli
#onted
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.
@ontarionurses
are in contract negotiations for the first time since
#Bill124
was declared unconstitutional. Send a message calling for a fair deal for healthcare workers:
#SupportNurses
#BetterStaffingBetterCare
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Standing in struggle and solidarity with my sisters
@yolanda_bdacy
, Helen Victoros and
#OSSTF
#topoli
President Leslie Wolfe
#ETFO
@ElemTeachersTO
#ReverseTheCuts
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Public education is under attack! What do we do? STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
#carols
and
#protest
✊
#CutsHurtKids
@ElemTeachersTO
@ETFOeducators
#ETFO
#etfostrong
#onpoli
#ontedu
#ilovepublicschools
@fordnation
@Sflecce
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I’m a teacher in the public school system. I’m here because I want no more deaths! So I’m occupying the Premier’s office until he enacts law to protect agency workers
#OccupyFord
Sign the petition now:
#TOpoli
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Double
#vaccinated
Thank you
@VaxHuntersCan
and the amazing public health workers that made this all possible 🙏🏿💕
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HAPPENING NOW: at
@CHogarthPC
office in south Etobicoke ready to bring our demands for a
#SafeSeptember
. //
@ParentAction4Ed
@OntEdWorkers
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
#onpoli
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In light of Education Minister Lecce’s recent announcement that teachers should embrace real-time, live video-conferencing...how shall we as teachers address this⁉️ offer your POV Monday, May 11, 2020 at 4:00 pm
@BBFarhadi
#BuildingUnionPower
#TDSB
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@BLM_TO
@lauramccoy01
My family and I are here! The community is here and we are watching. Let them go!
@syrusmarcusware
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.
@tdsb
what are you doing to protect students and staff from the lies and misinformation being spread about them by
@CanadianFSWC
?
Pro-Israel group
@CanadianFSWC
teaches workshops in schools on antisemitism and the Holocaust. Two of its employees told the CBC that they were instructed to "report" students who make comments that are critical of Israel. This does not make students safe.
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We should not be forced to choose between school reopening and public health - an instructive response from classroom teacher
@WannamakerTara
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@fordnation
’s corporate buddies and wealthy donors from Starlight are evicting my neighbours at 55 Triller. Starlight made millions during the pandemic while making regular folx homeless. Organizing is not a crime!
@ParkdaleOrg
for ways to support folks at 55 Triller.
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From tax dodging and loopholes, to historically declining tax rates for the most wealthy, Canada is missing out on over $40 billion in revenue every year.
@fordnation
and
@Sflecce
are disingenuous saying
#onpoli
can’t afford to build the schools our children deserve.
#ETFOStrong
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@mer_cio
@TrafficServices
@m_layton
Everyday cars run through that stop sign and the
@TrafficServices
decide it’s cyclists they need to target⁉️This officer is watching it happen but doing nothing about it but giving cyclists a $110 ticket
#shame
#TOpoli
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A clear cogent explanation by Dr.
@JILLSLASTWORD
on how the Doug Ford government is privatizing health care in Ontario.
#onted
Today I spoke out AGAINST Ford's healthcare privatization scheme. Shame on this govt for attacking publicly funded care while people sit desperately waiting for surgeries that could happen TODAY if Ford would invest in public care. Enough is enough.
#onpoli
#supportnurses
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.
@Tdsb
you could take a lesson from
@PeelSchools
and
@HaltonDSB
they seem to value the fact that a snow day can be a valuable family day rather than a
#tdsb
pivot day. Stop changing your policies at the last minute. You look really bad.
#ETFO
#osstf
#cupe
#onted
Given the significant snowfall, we have made the decision to cancel school busses and close all TDSB schools to in-person learning for today.
All schools will be moving to remote learning.
➡️
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Every one wants schools to re-open ...but safely 🙏🏾 Teachers and education workers please join an Organizing Meeting for Safe and Equitable School Reopenings
#safeSeptember
Tickets, Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite
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These are very challenging times for me and my fellow educators. But I had a wonderful moment today. Ran into Hassan, former grade 3 student of mine from
#Rexdale
.
He is now a student at
#UoT
🎉.
I know it wasn’t easy for him but he did it!
#whyweteach
#TDSB
@ElemTeachersTO
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I support public health nurses & their fight for decent wages, a fair contract & good public health services. Show your support by signing here:
@OntarioNurses
@OFlabour
#SupportNurses
#onhealth
#onlab
#onpoli
#justice4workers
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#SafeSchools
@Sflecce
@fordnation
are possible if you listen to the people who have to work and learn in them!
#etfo
#osstf
#onted
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Today is the provincial walk-in for public education! What school will you be at?
#RedForEd
#WalkInforEducation
#ParentsAndEdWorkers
#solidarity
#CutsHurtKids
#NoCutsToEducation
#ETFO
#ONTed
@ETFOeducators
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Hey
@Sflecce
public schools have librarians 💕Your cuts mean we will have fewer at a time when we need more‼️
#cutshurtkids
#RedForEd
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Thank you Dr.
@BBFarhadi
for articulating what parents, teachers and students having been saying...the hybrid plan won’t work for many Ontarians. Labour day is eight weeks away and still no well-articulated plan for a
#safeseptember
:(
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I’ll be at my son’s Walk-In this morning at Essex Public School. Where will you be?
#RedForEd
#WalkInforEducation
#ParentsAndEdWorkers
#solidarity
#CutsHurtKids
#NoCutsToEducation
#ETFO
#ETT
#ONTed
#ONpoli
#CANlab
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Looking forward to reading Desmond Cole’s new book, dismantling racist institutions and ‘the pablum of diversity’
@DesmondCole
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The system isn’t broken it was built this way.
#justiceforejaz
#JusticeForDafonte
#justiceforregiskorchinski
#dandrecampbell
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Spec Ed workers are being sent back into classrooms next week without being vaccinated. Please
#prioritizespecedstaff
@Sflecce
@fordnation
@celliottability
#onpoli
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I’ve never been comfortable with negative campaigning. I don’t think most ETT Members are either. I do think what we need right now, is an ETT vision, not division. We need to channel our righteous anger at the real enemies.
#BuildingUnionPower
😍 -
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We are fighting for smaller class sizes and resources for children with special needs at George R Gould Public School
#Istrikebecause
#cutshurtkids
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NEW: Doug Ford's dream of building Highway 413 sparked a rowdy debate at Queen's Park on Thursday as opposition leaders strongly disapprove of the project.
"All of this damage for what? To save people 30 seconds?"
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Elementary teacher
@kimbutterfly
says fighting for public education, smaller class sizes and full day kindergarten is connected to stopping war. We have to invest in education❗️
#cutshurtkids
#NoWarWithIran
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Today
#ETFO
exec
@feliciansamuel
@ElemTeachersTO
exec
@yolanda_bdacy
,
@DrNatashaR
fellow
#teachers
, ed. workers and commUnity reminded
@liberal_party
that while
@tropicana_comm
presents itself as a social justice org. it is engaging in years of poor treatment and wage freezes.
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Dr.Tam children are feeling overwhelmed b/c many of their parents are struggling with record food costs and unaffordable housing. What children need is more care in our public health and education systems not less.
#EnoughIsEnough
#onted
Feel overwhelmed? There are strategies you can practice to help you cope.
@KidsHelpPhone
created a video in partnership with
@AboutKidsHealth
to help you manage moments like these in ways that work best for you:
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Wow
@fordnation
your friend Quinto Annibale, appointed by you as vice-chair, Liquor Control Board of Ontario was the one who purchased the ad that disparaged teachers‼️You haven’t changed since your high school drug dealing days
#cutshurtkids
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We are here to make it clear that when the Mi'kmaq are under attack for exercising their right to fish for a moderate livelihood we are all under attack. Send a message to
@JustinTrudeau
and
@BernJordanMP
calling on them to urgently take action to protect Mi'kmaq treaty rights.
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It’s a beautiful
#LabourDay2018
in solidarity with
@ausmalik
@lalalalachica
@yolanda_bdacy
and Terrance Kavahaugh!
#TogetherWeAreStronger
#mobilize4justice
#defenddemocracy
#goodjobs
#canlab
#onpoli
#TOpoli
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Hey
@VictorFedeli
we missed you at your fundraiser. What happened? Where were you?
#Frontline
educators came to welcome you at your fundraiser tonight. We shared with your guests that
#cutshurtkids
. We’ll see you soon❗️
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Mobilize Decolonize w/
@jonasspring
- Solidarity with Indigenous Nations across Canada💕Indigenous nations across the country are rising up to demand justice in response to threats and violence against land defenders from coast to coast.
#LandBack
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Whoa⁉️
@fordnation
i know you tell lies from your high school drug dealing days but
@Sflecce
is this what they taught you at private school❓Lie and hide the truth?
#CutsHurtKids
#NEW
:
@globalnews
reported on Dec 1st, gov’t consultations showed parents overwhelmingly rejected ⬆️ class sizes. Min
@Sflecce
has been deflecting Q’s on story for months...now that results have been revealed will he answer?
#Onpoli
#Onted
FULL STORY:
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Police are NOT the answer to every problem. I just joined
@UARRToronto
’s campaign to call for a new emergency service that can deal with mental health, domestic and sexual violence, homelessness, and more. Join here:
#notpolice
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@lalalalachica
was powerful tonight at the
#tdsb
special finance, budget and enrolment committee. She told them that they are elected to represent the best interest of our children and not administer
@fordnation
’s damaging cuts to public education
#CutsHurtKids
“Last year in 2019, Joint Health and Safety recorded 4000 violent incidents in classrooms. This is not the equitable learning environment we need [...] I urge our TDSB Trustees to stand with parents and educators to vote no to cuts.”
-
@lalalalachica
,
@ElemTeachersTO
President
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Hey
@soniahenri1
I’m sorry to hear that a politician who promised to represent ALL the people treated you in such a disrespectful way 😢But not surprised given the lies and deceit from
@fordnation
#Conservatives
#tdsb
@CHogarthPC
changed her mind about taking a picture with me because of my
#classsizematters
button at the Etob Santa parade. She did say I could call her office to make an appointment so I’ll surely get in touch.
@ElemTeachersTO
@ETFOeducators
#onpoli
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“When justice fails, block the rails!" We are here in support of
#WetsuwetenStrong
resistance to the
#CoastalGasLink
pipeline
#Wetsuwenten
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Every child deserves a school enriched by dedicated educators, not stripped of resources. It's time to look beyond the scapegoating and tackle the root causes.
#StrongerTogether
#AdvocateForEducation
#SupportOurTeachers
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I just sent a message to Toronto City Council asking them to keep their promise to fund poverty reduction in the 2019 Budget. That means child care, recreation programs, transit, and affordable housing. They vote Thursday. Send your message:
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The Minister of Education Stephen Lecce was trying to mislead the public again by claiming the government was 'introducing modest changes to current class sizes.' The announcement was full of lies and misinformation.
#ONPoli
#ONTed
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@JoshMatlow
@munakadri
It absolutely ridiculous... absurd ...that
#TDSB
and
@fordnation
are moving teachers out of the school buildings and collapsing classrooms. What’s wrong with having 10 - 15 students? That’s exactly what is needed. Just ask
@sickkids
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@malloy_john
@maria_gennuso
Support teachers and education workers as we fight for the schools our children deserve.
#tdsb
#TOpoli
#CutsHurtKids
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The commUnity calls for
#DefundThePolice
but instead
@TPSBoard
gives
@TorontoPolice
$30 Million for body cameras. 😡 No credible research to back it and police have felt emboldened by the presence of the camera.
#BlackLivesMatter
My early file on the Toronto police board's unanimous approval of what it calls a “a roadmap for comprehensive policing reform” — changes blasted by members of the public as falling far short of calls for real change.
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Our educators, parents, community members and students stand together in solidarity to fight for the future of Ontario’s public education.
#handsofffdk
#teachersolidarity
#classsizematters
#onpoli
#buildingbetterschools
@ETFOeducators
@ElemTeachersTO
@etfopresident
@lalalalachica
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Not surprised
@fordnation
refused freedom of information request from parents about class size consultations. No transparency from this government 😒
#ShamefulNation
#cutshurtskids
#NEW
: Ontario gov’t denied public access to results of class size consultations: advocacy groups
#ONpoli
“We are calling on them to stop hiding this information.“ parent Jessica Lyons tells
@globalnewsto
READ FULL STORY HERE
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Join us to talk about the importance of the Arts in the time of
#COVID19
, to nurture creativity and support emotional balance.
#BuildingUnionPower
#TDSB
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Amazing teachers and parents at Church Street Public School saying
#Istrikebecause
#CutsHurtKids
#TDSB
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@CharlieAngusNDP
@christoaivalis
@erinotoole
I wonder why
@erinotoole
is throwing gasoline on the fire???
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#ETFO
: I’m a member & I’m calling on you to lead. The time for bold action & true solidarity is now! Big diff btw saying we’re standing “shoulder to shoulder” w
@OSBCUCSCSO
& actually doing it.
@ETFOPresident
@DMastin55
@ShirleyBell8
@Rusnak_Monica
#39kisNotEnough
#OntEd
#OnLab
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The gap between the rich and the rest of us continues to grow under the policies of the Ford government, people are barely hanging on as he sweeps the rug from under us. I’m wearing black today because
#Fordisfailing
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No family should have to choose between food and a roof over their heads
#onpoli
autism
#NeedsBasedFunding
#NeedsBasedTherapy
#AutismDoesntEndAtFord
#NoOneLeftBehind
#CutsHurtKids
#CutsHurtEveryone
#CutsHurtkids
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Parents, students and teachers
#WalkInForEducation
at Essex JPS this morning demanding
@fordnation
and
@LisaThompsonMPP
stop their cuts to education!
#NoCutsToEducation
#CutsHurtKids
#ONpoli
#ONTed
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Homeless folx in Toronto most impacted by the pandemic being forcibly removed from
#TrinityBellwoods
. We spend over a billion dollars on law enforcement yet we cannot afford to house people in our city? Shame on you
@TPSOperations
and
@cityoftoronto
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