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Thread on Doug Ford screw ups that cost Ontario taxpayer $$.
Cancelled well over $330 million in Environmental projects
Lost over $330 million to money laundering in Casinos
Lost over $42 million in Cannabis sales due to delayed store openings. /1
Cancelled well over $330 million in Environmental projects
Lost over $330 million to money laundering in Casinos
Lost over $42 million in Cannabis sales due to delayed store openings. /1
/2 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cut OHIP+ so families with sick children will have to seek private coverage first and pay deductibles and co-payments.
Cut planned mental health funding by more than $330 million.
Cut funding for the dementia strategy.
Cut OHIP+ so families with sick children will have to seek private coverage first and pay deductibles and co-payments.
Cut planned mental health funding by more than $330 million.
Cut funding for the dementia strategy.
/3 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
2019 Budget – cut provincial funding for public health by almost 1/3 (27%) and cut public health units from 35 to 10.
Municipalities revealed Ford government plan to cut and restructure ambulance services, down from 59 to 10.
2019 Budget – cut provincial funding for public health by almost 1/3 (27%) and cut public health units from 35 to 10.
Municipalities revealed Ford government plan to cut and restructure ambulance services, down from 59 to 10.
/4 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Ontario family employed by province stole $11 million of COVID-19 relief money.
416 'back-office' workers laid off as Ontario merges health agencies.
Ontario family employed by province stole $11 million of COVID-19 relief money.
416 'back-office' workers laid off as Ontario merges health agencies.
/5 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Close to 3,000 people are waiting for home care from a personal support worker or a nurse in Ottawa and staffing agencies warn it could get worse with the growing shortage of health-care workers across the province.
Close to 3,000 people are waiting for home care from a personal support worker or a nurse in Ottawa and staffing agencies warn it could get worse with the growing shortage of health-care workers across the province.
/6 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/12/06/news/seven-members-doug-fords-greenbelt-council-resign-conservation-authority-changes
/7 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups: https://twitter.com/laura_corbeth/status/1336076488072945667?s=20
/8 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Doug stated he would cut Hydro rates by 12%, instead they went up. https://globalnews.ca/news/7427396/ontario-hydro-rate-hike-covid19-savings-end/
Doug stated he would cut Hydro rates by 12%, instead they went up. https://globalnews.ca/news/7427396/ontario-hydro-rate-hike-covid19-savings-end/
/9 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-green-energy-wind-turbines-cancelled-230-million-1.5364815
/10 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cancelled Cap and Trade
Ended electric and hydrogen vehicle incentive program
Cut 700+ green energy projects
Shut down White Pines Wind Project
Cuts to protections of species at-risk
Cancelled Cap and Trade
Ended electric and hydrogen vehicle incentive program
Cut 700+ green energy projects
Shut down White Pines Wind Project
Cuts to protections of species at-risk
/11 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Removed electric vehicle chargers from GO station parking lots
Slashed 50 per cent of flood management funds given to conservation authorities
Eliminated funding for 50 Million Tree Program
Removed electric vehicle chargers from GO station parking lots
Slashed 50 per cent of flood management funds given to conservation authorities
Eliminated funding for 50 Million Tree Program
/12 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Ended Drive Clean, a mandatory biannual emissions test program for vehicles and light-duty trucks more than seven years old
Axed the Green Ontario Fund, which provided funds through cap and trade to help make properties more energy-efficient.
Ended Drive Clean, a mandatory biannual emissions test program for vehicles and light-duty trucks more than seven years old
Axed the Green Ontario Fund, which provided funds through cap and trade to help make properties more energy-efficient.
/13 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cancelled free prescription medication given to those under 25 through the Pharmacare program
Cancelled the opening of new overdose prevention sites
Cancelled free prescription medication given to those under 25 through the Pharmacare program
Cancelled the opening of new overdose prevention sites
/14 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cut the Liberals’ promised $2.1 billion over four years for new mental health funding to $1.9 billion over 10 years
Revoked current and future funding for the College of Midwives of Ontario
Cut the Liberals’ promised $2.1 billion over four years for new mental health funding to $1.9 billion over 10 years
Revoked current and future funding for the College of Midwives of Ontario
/15 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Scrapped funding for three supervised drug-use sites (two in Toronto, one in Ottawa)
Trimmed $1 million in funding from Leave the Pack Behind, an agency that helps young people quit smoking
Scrapped funding for three supervised drug-use sites (two in Toronto, one in Ottawa)
Trimmed $1 million in funding from Leave the Pack Behind, an agency that helps young people quit smoking
/16 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Rolled back sex-ed curriculum
Removed $100-million budget for school repairs (due to cancellation of cap and trade)
Cancelled Ontario's first planned French-language university
Rolled back sex-ed curriculum
Removed $100-million budget for school repairs (due to cancellation of cap and trade)
Cancelled Ontario's first planned French-language university
/17 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Removed $25 million from the Education Programs-Other (EPO) Fund, which will limit grants available for school programs like after-school jobs for youth in low-income neighbourhoods.
Removed $25 million from the Education Programs-Other (EPO) Fund, which will limit grants available for school programs like after-school jobs for youth in low-income neighbourhoods.
/18 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Dropped financial assistance for college and university students by more than $300 million
Removed free tuition for low-income students
Dropped financial assistance for college and university students by more than $300 million
Removed free tuition for low-income students
/19 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Scrapped over $300 million in funding for three satellite university campuses
Increased class sizes, potentially resulting in over 3,400 lost teaching jobs over next four years
Scrapped over $300 million in funding for three satellite university campuses
Increased class sizes, potentially resulting in over 3,400 lost teaching jobs over next four years
/20 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cancelled three summer curriculum-writing sessions, including one that was mandated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and two others relating to American Sign Language and Indigenous languages for kindergarten students.
Cancelled three summer curriculum-writing sessions, including one that was mandated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and two others relating to American Sign Language and Indigenous languages for kindergarten students.
/21 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Shutdown the Harmony Movement, which provides diversity, equity, and inclusion education
Scrapped the Ontario College of Trades
Shutdown the Harmony Movement, which provides diversity, equity, and inclusion education
Scrapped the Ontario College of Trades
/22 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Reduced legal aid by 30 per cent
Disbanded Anti-Racism Directorate
Withheld $14.8 million in promised funding from existing and new sexual assault centres
Reduced legal aid by 30 per cent
Disbanded Anti-Racism Directorate
Withheld $14.8 million in promised funding from existing and new sexual assault centres
/23 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Dissolved Ontario's Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, the tribunal that has awarded financial assistance to crime victims since 1971, as well as the law that provides financial aid to the victims of violent crime.
Dissolved Ontario's Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, the tribunal that has awarded financial assistance to crime victims since 1971, as well as the law that provides financial aid to the victims of violent crime.
/24 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cut Toronto City Council in half
Planned to cut funds to repair social housing
Asked municipalities and school boards to find 4 per cent in “efficiencies” (i.e., cuts) to services
Cut Toronto City Council in half
Planned to cut funds to repair social housing
Asked municipalities and school boards to find 4 per cent in “efficiencies” (i.e., cuts) to services
/25 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Retroactively slashed $5 million from the Ontario Arts Council. This resulted in the suspension of 5 programs including National and International Residency Project, Ontario Dances,
Retroactively slashed $5 million from the Ontario Arts Council. This resulted in the suspension of 5 programs including National and International Residency Project, Ontario Dances,
/26 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Publishing Organizations Projects, Theatre Training Projects, Travel Assistance: Ontario Contact/Contact Ontarois
Publishing Organizations Projects, Theatre Training Projects, Travel Assistance: Ontario Contact/Contact Ontarois
/27 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cancelled the Indigenous Culture Fund
Dropped grants for the Ontario Music Fund by more than 50 per cent
Reduced funding to regional tourism organizations by $17.5 million
Cancelled the Indigenous Culture Fund
Dropped grants for the Ontario Music Fund by more than 50 per cent
Reduced funding to regional tourism organizations by $17.5 million
/28 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Announced the termination of the Beer Store contract, jeopardizing 7,000 jobs
Cut $9.5 million from Tourism Toronto (25 per cent of funding) and $3.4 million from Ottawa Tourism
Announced the termination of the Beer Store contract, jeopardizing 7,000 jobs
Cut $9.5 million from Tourism Toronto (25 per cent of funding) and $3.4 million from Ottawa Tourism
/29 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Celebrate Ontario, which provides funding for music and arts festivals across the province, lost $7 million from its annual budget
Celebrate Ontario, which provides funding for music and arts festivals across the province, lost $7 million from its annual budget
/30 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cut $1 billion from social services across the board
Scrapped Basic Income Pilot Project
Cancelled $1 increase minimum wage
Cut $1 billion from social services across the board
Scrapped Basic Income Pilot Project
Cancelled $1 increase minimum wage
/31 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cut Workplace Safety Insurance Board payments to injured workers by 30 per cent
Killed Bill C-148, which provided part-time workers the same pay as full-time workers, guaranteed 10 days off (2 days paid) and more
Cut Workplace Safety Insurance Board payments to injured workers by 30 per cent
Killed Bill C-148, which provided part-time workers the same pay as full-time workers, guaranteed 10 days off (2 days paid) and more
/32 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Removed rent control for new units
Severed library services funding in half
Ended the Roundtable on Violence Against Women
Removed rent control for new units
Severed library services funding in half
Ended the Roundtable on Violence Against Women
/33 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Slashed $84.5 million funding for children and at-risk youth, including children’s aid societies
Cut $15 million from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
Slashed $84.5 million funding for children and at-risk youth, including children’s aid societies
Cut $15 million from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
/34 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cut funding to MaRS Discovery District
Eliminated funding for public policy think tanks such as the University of Toronto’s Mowat Centre, which conducted research on Ontario’s role in Canada and the world, as well as the Institute for p1 of 2
Cut funding to MaRS Discovery District
Eliminated funding for public policy think tanks such as the University of Toronto’s Mowat Centre, which conducted research on Ontario’s role in Canada and the world, as well as the Institute for p1 of 2
/35 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Competitiveness & Prosperity, launched under former PC premier Mike Harris
Cut funding to two artificial intelligence institutes by $24 million
Competitiveness & Prosperity, launched under former PC premier Mike Harris
Cut funding to two artificial intelligence institutes by $24 million
/36 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cancelled a technology accelerators program of $9.5 million, a college-based applied research projects worth $6.7 million; $5 million in funding to the Institute for Quantum Computing
Cancelled a technology accelerators program of $9.5 million, a college-based applied research projects worth $6.7 million; $5 million in funding to the Institute for Quantum Computing
/37 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cancelled technology accelerators program - $1.5 million in funding to the Lazaridis Institute, and $750,000 for bioindustrial innovation.
Cancelled technology accelerators program - $1.5 million in funding to the Lazaridis Institute, and $750,000 for bioindustrial innovation.
/38 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Pared $5 million in funding for stem cell research
Eliminated funding for Gambling Research Exchange Ontario
Pared $5 million in funding for stem cell research
Eliminated funding for Gambling Research Exchange Ontario
/39 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups:
Cut all funding for Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation, a pilot program led by Toronto's Ryerson University to collate research on employment and training
Cut all funding for Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation, a pilot program led by Toronto's Ryerson University to collate research on employment and training
/40 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-military-ltc-report-1.5585131
/41 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups: https://twitter.com/pressprogress/status/1332121679208837121?s=20
/42 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups: https://nowtoronto.com/culture/art-and-design/doug-ford-cuts-indigenous-culture-fund/
/42 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups: (cuts tracker list) https://twitter.com/Tammyocanada/status/1336101262685843457?s=20
/43 Thread on Doug Ford screw ups: Greenbelt article in which Doug Ford promises to open it up to developers along with a video in the thread https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1336395685541842944?s=20
