Beyond excited to share that I’m officially a Graduate Nurse. I included the picture of my mother graduating because her kind & compassionate nature, along with growing up around a nurse, really inspired me to get into this profession. I cannnot wait to join the front-lines. 🥳🎉
Tomorrow morning I’ll be writing my final exam for my nursing degree 😅 Please send me good vibes! Can’t wait to finish, get my license, and join the front-lines. 📚
💉Vaccines sitting in freezers in Ontario: 985,132
💉 Vaccines coming this week: 822,630
- 160K teachers in Ontario
- 25K grocery store workers from UFCWU
- 280K from CUPE
We could vaccinate all of these people above & still have 1.34 million left.
#CheckTheFreezerDoug
#onpoli
Hi everyone. I was in a really bad car accident this morning on my way to work because of the icy roads from the freezing rain on the highway. I’m a little shaken & banged up but feel very lucky nothing worse happened. Please drive carefully and stay safe. ❤️
If Justin Trudeau’s child had a stag-and-doe where some of Canada’s richest developers could pay for access to him, followed by legislation that benefitted them,
@PierrePoilievre
and the Conservatives would be screaming corruption & calling for his resignation.
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
When the Ford government underspends $7.2 billion towards critical services like health care, education, and social services in the name of deficit and debt reduction but will spend over $10 billion for a useless highway many don’t want - there’s a giant problem.
#onpoli
The Ford government is trying to privatize our health care system. Their playbook has been to starve public services with cuts and then call on the private sector to “fix” it. We must protect & invest in our public health system. Privatizing is not the answer.
#onpoli
Doug Ford says his gov is making life more affordable. They:
- Froze minimum wage for years
- Bill 124 froze all public sector wage increases at 1%
- Still no $10/day childcare
- Cut paid sick days
- Didn’t lower gas or hydro prices as promised
… Just to name a few.
#onpoli
As a nurse I have to disclose my entire immunization history, TB status, police check, and a million other things to work in a vulnerable sector. What’s the difference between those requirements and proof of being vaccinated against COVID?
@fordnation
@celliottability
#onpoli
Friendly reminder that Doug Ford knew Rod Phillips was in St. Barts for weeks and wasn’t “disappointed” or even cared until the public found out and it looked bad on him. Also his government is failing tragically at rolling out the vaccines. So there’s that too...
#onpoli
Everyone is jumping the sinking Ford ship. This signals something deeper going on in the Ford government. Regardless of who remains, we know that Ontario deserves much better than what we have now.
#onpoli
Amazing news from Canada! "Researchers from the University of Waterloo are working on a COVID-19 vaccine to be delivered through nasal spray, and used to both treat and immunize against the virus."
#COVID19
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
I am excited to share some personal news! I have accepted an offer to work as a Public Health Nurse in
#Ottawa
to help administer vaccines. This will be in addition to my regular job at the hospital, but I am ecstatic to be a part of the solution helping us get through COVID-19.
🚨News flash to Premier
@fordnation
: the pandemic will not be over in January and your announcement yesterday has completely undermined our tireless effort to get people vaccinated.
#VoteFordOut2022
#onpoli
So Doug Ford’s Conservatives are apparently sending out donation requests disguised as “invoices” for $300 now. I fear this will confuse and scam some people into thinking they owe this money. This is a new low even for the
@OntarioPCParty
.
#onpoli
If I hadn’t read Premier Ford’s cabinet list, I’d never know Sylvia Jones is the current Minister of Health. She has been completely absent as our health care system collapses. What is the Ford government doing to save it? Or is its destruction simply the end goal?
#onpoli
Premier Ford’s press conference today was a total disaster. In a time where we desperately need decisive & evidence-based action, we got the Premier blaming others, mixed messaging, and announcements about upcoming announcements. We need real leadership, now.
#onpoli
When you apologize & cry on television for screwing up this pandemic response, and then have your caucus vote against
#PaidSickDays
which we desperately need, your apology is not sincere. Atoning for your mistakes speaks louder than words.
@fordnation
#VoteFordOut2022
#onpoli
Let it be known Premier Ford has admitted Ontario could be doing up to 150,000 vaccines/ day, but is choosing not to claiming we “can’t ramp up just to ramp down”. Meanwhile 1.48 million vaccines are currently in freezers & we administered 52K today.
#onpoli
#CheckTheFreezerDoug
Look what my parents found… my old immunization record! This record proved my vaccination status and allowed me to attend school as I was immune to things like mumps, measles, rubella, polio, etc. All things we have achieved herd immunity with thanks to vaccines.
#onpoli
#onted
A reminder that a developer company with ties to Doug Ford’s conservatives took out a $100 million loan with 21% interest to purchase land from the Greenbelt shortly before the Ford government removed its protections and allow development. This needs to be investigated.
#onpoli
Don’t let Scheer and his Conservatives rile you up about Canada’s deficit. Yes it’s big and will have to be dealt with, but it saved our country from an economic collapse during a pandemic and continues to protect Canadians & businesses during extremely uncertain times.
#cdnpoli
Are people grasping how dangerous a move Ford using the notwithstanding clause is? His gov is abusing their powers to silence their critics in an attempt to win re-election by overriding a court decision that shot down their unconstitutional legislation. This is crazy.
#onpoli
I’m pretty disgusted by the xenophobic rhetoric coming from certain people and leadership candidates in the Conservative Party. Let’s battle their hate with positivity. Can we get
#ThankYouDrTam
trending?
Those rejoicing over the Prime Minister’s marriage separation need a serious hard look in the mirror at themselves. You should not find joy in others’ personal pain.
I challenge Premier
@fordnation
and Health Min.
@SylviaJonesMPP
to spend a day in the ER observing and talking to patients and healthcare workers. I doubt they’d be able to continue their “everything is A-OK!” rhetoric after that... at least with a straight face.
#onpoli
#BoycottLoblaws
is trending, but know that Sobeys, Walmart, and Metro have all ended their $2 danger pay too. They own other grocery stores like Food Basics (Metro), No Frills (Loblaws), FreshCo (Sobeys). These companies should pay their essential employees properly.
#cdnpoli
Instead of wasting $10 billion+ on highway 413 that will save drivers 30 seconds of time, how about we invest that into our crumbling health care system?
@fordnation
@SylviaJonesMPP
#onpoli
Calling it now. I think Ford government is purposely holding back on $10/day childcare so they can announce it closer to the election in June. There is no bottom with this government.
#onpoli
Mike Harris is personally responsible for privatizing long-term care in Ontario which has led to inhumane & unacceptable conditions for many residents & healthcare workers. Giving Harris the “highest honour” in Ontario is a disgrace.
#onpoli
We won’t forget that the Ford government:
- Waited two weeks to declare a state of emergency
- Lied about sending
#Ottawa
1500 OPP officers
- Refused to attend at least three trilateral meetings with the city & Feds to deal with the crisis
#ottnews
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
The Ford government is going to spend us into the ground to get re-elected. If re-elected, the severe cuts will restart. Don’t fall for these desperate election gimmicks. We deserve better.
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut
A motion for a Universal Basic Income for Canada passed at the
#Lib2021
convention with 77% of the vote. It is now ranked as the
#2
priority of 26 passed policy resolutions. This is really exciting.
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
#BasicIncome
#UBI
Ford is counting his lucky stars everyone is focused on John Tory right now. The fact developers benefitted from his gov’s shady decision to open up the Greenbelt shortly after their apparent pay-for-access to the Premier at his daughter’s event shouldn’t be forgotten.
#onpoli
I’m failing to understand how the Ford government will have underspent $5 billion in health care by 2024 while sitting on $19 billion in contingency funds, yet continues complaining about not having enough money for health care from the Feds. 1/2
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
Doug Ford’s license plate sticker bribe to voters will cost Ontario $1 billion in revenue. The self-proclaimed “fiscally responsible” Conservatives have blown up our debt & run record deficits for 4 years while making cuts to health care, education, social services…
#onpoli
Low voter turnout = the Ford government winning.
Please get out and vote early and encourage everyone in your life to do the same. Our health care & education systems, fight against the climate crisis, and so much more, depend on it.
#VoteFordOutJune2
#onpoli
#OntarioVotes
Doug Ford admitted he is willing to take advice from a neighborhood child over his entire science panel. Let that sink in.
#VoteFordOut2022
#onpoli
#onted
Doug Ford is now banking his re-election on re-implementing the
@OntLiberal
policies that he cut in the first place. Welcome back to 2018! What a waste of progress the last four years have been under this government. Ontario deserves so much better.
#VoteFordOut2022
#onpoli
People have the right to not get vaccinated. They do not, however, have the right to put others in harm’s way. Especially when they work in a vulnerable sector.
#onpoli
Glad
@StevenDelDuca
brought up Premier Ford being absent from the legislature over 80% of the time. A no-show Premier, who is keeping his government’s mandate letters secret, doesn’t deserve to be re-elected. That, and their abhorrent record...
#onpoli
#OntarioVotes
#Debate
While I was not successful in today's nomination election, I am incredibly proud of the campaign that my team and I ran. This is not the end of my political journey.
And you better believe that I will be fighting to make sure that Nepean and Ontario
#VoteFordOut2022
.
#onpoli
I’m so thankful to everyone who has supported me on this journey. Little did I know several years ago when I started out in politics, that thousands of people would put their faith in me.
It may not have been the result we hoped for, but tonight - my heart is full.
I am still disturbed by Doug Ford’s press conference yesterday. Constant finger pointing, lies about the vaccines, and teasing scary numbers as if we’re on a horrible reality show. Health Min. Elliott’s lack of compassion regarding LTC hurt too. We deserve so much better.
#onpoli
It’s rather funny seeing Andrew Scheer, who makes $264K annually and lives rent-free, accusing people of abusing CERB considering how much he has charged his own party for private school tuition, clothes for his family, a housekeeper, & a minivan.
#cdnpoli
Looks like Premier Ford’s director of media relations broke their government’s own advice and travelled to Saskatoon for the holidays based on the geotag in this now-deleted tweet. Everything is do as I say, not as I do with this government.
#onpoli
Min. Lisa MacLeod was announced as the Conservative candidate for
#Nepean
in the next prov election. Her record & behaviour has been detrimental to Ontario. I am seeking the Liberal nom to unseat her and make positive change. You can help me out: .
#onpoli
I’ll tell you why Doug Ford’s MPPs tweeting out posts for nurses week doesn’t sit well with me... they abandoned us when we needed them the most. They ignored our pleas for action when they could have made a difference. We’re here because of them and we deserve better.
#onpoli
Doug Ford really said it’s up to Ontarians to avoid a third wave. He’s sent us into battle with flip flops and t-shirt and expects a victory. If we fail, it’s our fault. Not the government who failed to provide any sort of protection or resources.
#onpoli
💉Vaccines sitting in freezers in Ontario: 985,132
💉 Total vaccines administered today: 59,567
Premier
@fordnation
please stop playing games with our lives. Implement
#PaidSickDays
, ramp up vaccine administrations, and a real lockdown. Mockdown 3.0 isn’t cutting it.
#onpoli
Nurses and healthcare workers being deployed to the ICU should have their second vaccine. They should not have to wait 4 months for it as they are working directly with COVID-19 patients. The Ford government needs to address this immediately.
@fordnation
@celliottability
#onpoli
Andrew Scheer and other Conservatives saying Trudeau politicized the Nova Scotia shooting to “push through Liberal ideologies” is the ultimate hypocrisy. I’m glad Canada has a government that acted immediately after such a tragedy. No one needs an assault weapon. Period.
#cdnpoli
Doug Ford’s entire pandemic strategy:
1. Do nothing
2. Ignore warnings
3. Wait & see if modeling comes true
4. Implement ineffective measures
5. Weeks later when in chaos, implement lockdown measures
Always late & reactive, never proactive. It never had to be this bad.
#onpoli
If Doug Ford can recall the legislature to override Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms (as he did in the summer), he can certainly recall it for an all all hands on deck response to Omicron. Ontario deserves so much better than this government.
#VoteFordOut2022
#onpoli
My fellow millennials - we have the numbers and power to stop
@AndrewScheer
and his Conservative Party from bringing Doug Ford’s disastrous policies and cuts across Canada. Together we can keep this progressive country moving forward! 🇨🇦
#UpToYouth
#CDNPoli
#elxn43
The Ford government is spending money on an obscene amount of ads like this trying to paint
@CUPEOntario
as villains. It feels like they’re focused on PR and have no interest in actually reaching a deal to keep students in class.
#onpoli
#onted
#IStandWithCUPE
Hi everyone 👋 Some personal news. I have tested positive for COVID. It has hit me pretty hard today. I am incredibly grateful that I am triple vaccinated and this isn’t worse.
If you haven’t already, please book your vaccine appointment here:
I’m sick and tired of having a government who comes up with last-minute pandemic responses that are solely based on their chances of getting re-elected. Ontario deserves so much better.
@fordnation
you caused this chaos.
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
If there’s enough money to pay private companies and their profits for health care delivery, then there’s certainly enough money to pay nurses and health care workers in the public system for these services.
@fordnation
@SylviaJonesMPP
#onpoli
While the Ford Conservatives march in labour day parades today, I’d like to remind them that they have a majority government and can walk the talk by repealing Bill 124, providing paid sick days, and raising the minimum wage to a livable one.
@fordnation
#onpoli
It is absolutely ridiculous that we still don’t know if students are going back to school in person on Monday. How are parents and teachers supposed to prepare for online learning (if it goes that way) in just a few days?
#onpoli
#onted
I'd also like to point out if this Arthur story is actually true, Premier
@FordNation
admitted to breaking his own stay-at-home order, showing up to a stranger's house uninvited, and then made a life-changing policy decision based off of that interaction.
#onpoli
#onted
Let’s be clear. Premier Ford is raging a battle against the Feds over the borders as a way to distract from his government’s colossal failure of handling the pandemic in Ontario. Misreporting vaccines, sitting on billions of relief funds, LTC is in crisis...
#onpoli
If schools are deemed essential & must stay open based on the ongoing narrative that Min. Lecce is pushing of schools being perfectly safe, despite worrying statistics, then teachers and education workers should be prioritized vaccines.
#onpoli
#onted
#CheckTheFreezerDoug
We are exactly one year away from the next provincial election in Ontario. Are you ready to vote out every single Ford Conservative MPP and vote in better candidates?
#VoteFordOut2022
#onpoli
The reason you don’t have to show a vaccine certificate for mumps, measles, etc. is because we’ve reached herd immunity thanks to vaccines. We are not there yet with COVID in part due to the variants and people refusing to get vaccinated.
I understand that PCR tests are not unlimited and need to be directed to areas of high priority, but I can’t help but think this is the Ford government’s way of suppressing the dramatically increasing case numbers. Every move they make is about re-election at this point.
#onpoli
Doug Ford has:
- Made strikes illegal
- Forced a 4-year contract on CUPE
- Broke a promise to protect the Greenbelt & will destroy its land
- Appointed developer & PC donor Cortelluci (who ran for Italian Senate under a far-right banner) to the York Police Services Board
#onpoli
A week ago Minister
@Sflecce
was preaching about how safe schools are. Now parks and playgrounds are closed. To say the Ford government’s messaging and decision making is chaotic would be an understatement.
#onpoli
#onted
Why were Ontario’s COVID vaccination clinics closed for 5 days? COVID doesn’t take a break.
Only 11,227 doses of vaccines have been administered in Ontario. We have the lowest doses administered per 100k population in the whole country.
#FordfailedOntario
#onpoli
Premier Ford asking healthcare workers to volunteer at vaccination clinics is insulting and a delusional plan. Nearly two years into this pandemic and we are exhausted, burnt out, and severely understaffed as it is.
#RepealBill124
#onpoli
Voting Conservative in Ontario’s election is a vote for:
- Privatizing health care
- Dismantling public education
- No paid sick days
- No rent control
- Destruction of our environment & ⬆️ emissions
- Out of control spending to benefit developers
#TheChoiceIsYours
#onpoli
#Nepean
MPP
@MacLeodLisa
said no one can attack her record. Let's look at her record:
- Destroyed Ontario's Autism Program
- Broke a campaign promise & cancelled the basic income program
- In 2019 cut $1B to social services
- Fired Ontario's child advocate
- Bill 124
#onpoli
Ontario is now the only place in all of Canada to not have reached a deal with the Feds for $10/ day childcare. The Ford government is saying no $10.2 billion towards childcare from the Feds because of nonsense political games. An
@OntLiberal
gov will get this done.
#onpoli
This scathing report from the Auditor General’s investigation on Doug Ford and the Greenbelt confirms our suspicions. This is as corrupt as it gets. Ford’s friends stand to make $8.3 billion off this.
This is an appalling abuse of government.
#onpoli
Every Conservative politician, including their new leader, supporting the occupation of
#Ottawa
is complicit. They are fanning the flames for the purpose of scoring cheap political points, dividing Canadians, and attempting to demonize the government.
#cdnpoli
The rapid tests chaos is solely caused by Doug Ford’s government. We’ve had over 20 million tests collecting dust on shelves for months. We knew things would get worse in the winter. A barely-baked plan was announced & poorly implemented when things got too bad.
#onpoli
I don’t understand why Doug Ford’s gov was & is so resistant to spending money on preparing for COVID, yet they were more than willing to spend $1 billion to get beer in corner stores, hundreds of millions to rip up wind turbines, $30 million on fighting the carbon tax...
#onpoli