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#onpoli

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SnowshadowII :maple:

Ontario where they keep voting conservative.

"Nearly 80 per cent of SWO hospitals ended 2024 with a deficit: Report
“This report finds that the Ontario government’s funding and policy decisions are responsible for a provincewide hospital funding crisis, and this has triggered a serious workforce crisis,” Longhurst said.(And patients are turned away)

“Rather than simply funding hospital deficits, the provincial government continues to encourage for-profit involvement that’s destabilizing Ontario’s public health-care system,” added Longhurst, a doctoral candidate in human geography and health policy researcher at Simon Fraser University. "

#Ontario #Onpoli #Canada #Health
#DougFord

simcoereformer.ca/news/local-n

simcoereformerNearly 80 per cent of SWO hospitals ended 2024 with a deficit: ReportCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives claims southwestern region hospitals more than doubled amount spent on for-profit staffing agencies
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Ned Yeung

So by now I assume you've heard that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers has issued a 72-hour strike notice, effective tomorrow. Our posties could walk out in the morning, if Canada Post doesn't lock them out, like they did last Christmas.

Keep in mind that our postal workers have been fighting to keep postal services accessible to all. When they gave strike notice last Christmas, they proposed a rolling strike which would not have disrupted services. Canada Post responded with a lockout, which shut the whole operation down. Our posties went on to volunteer their time to ensure vital government assistance cheques were still delivered - for free. Our government responded by ending the strike with a Back to Work order, extending the current contract to May 22, 2025 (today), taking away the postal worker's position of leverage over the Christmas season.

Looking over the current offers on the table, Canada Post is dead set on increasing workload and occupational hazards, while resisting an increase in pay that comes close to making up for inflation and cost of living increases over the course of the last contract, while suspending benefits and hiring out part-time staff over the stability of full-time positions, demanding two-tiered wages so that newer employees can be paid even less.

cupw.ca/en/cupw-receives-globa

Now I've heard a lot of talk about "Canada Post should operate like UPS/FedEx/Purolator" (the latter of which is owned by Canada Post, I might add). This is based on a gross misconception that Canada Post fails to be profitable because of mismanagement or waste. That is not the case. What makes Canada Post different than the others is a guarantee of coverage and accessibility, which they have taken on as a crown corporation. This is why Canada Post loses its profitability, because of guaranteed service which private operations (including Purolator) do not have to abide by.

Canada Post is a national service and SHOULD be nationally funded.

When people say that "Canada Post should operate like a business", I don't think they realize what that means. It means that rural locations should not be allowed access to parcel delivery, period. It means that seniors should have no access to mail delivery that they can pick up themselves. It means that if servicing your area is not profitable, you don't get mail. Period.

My union conducts business all over Alberta, with locals in the big municipalities of Edmonton and Calgary, as well as locals in smaller communities all across the province. When Canada Post was shut down last Christmas, that meant that we had to switch to Purolator (FedEx has crossed strike lines and are not an option). That meant that we could not deliver to any of our locals in more rural communities. That meant that the only way they got mail was from a union member or staffer PERSONALLY delivering it to them.

This, on a permanent and national level, is what it would mean for Canada Post to "run like a business". No, that is not the answer. The answer is publicly funding Canada Post, and/or implementing solutions which the CUPW have proposed, such as implementing a postal banking system used in a number of other countries throughout the world.

The only answer that Canada Post corporate can come up with? Cut services until profit margins appear.

Stand with CUPW and our postal workers, and save our national postal service.

#cdnpoli#abpoli#onpoli
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SnowshadowII :maple:

Every day I am more disgusted with Ontario voters! It's not supposed to be a race to the bottom.
You never cease to let down every vulnerable person in the province, first the disabled and homeless, then those who need healthcare and education, now you're showing off your racism. 👇

Ontario home of the Maple MAGA
#Onpoli #Ontario

cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont

CBCOntario wants to expand vehicle stop-and-searches. Some experts say it could lead to racial profiling | CBC NewsThe Ford government says it wants to give police more powers to stop and search vehicles without a search warrant in a new effort to stop car thieves, but some criminal lawyers say the move could violate people's rights and lead to racial profiling.
May Likes Toronto

Ontario's proposed Bill 5 allows special economic zones to suspend labour laws. cupe.ca/ford-and-bill-5s-speci

From the article:
"Buried in Schedule 9 of this omnibus bill, now at second reading in the Ontario legislature, is the wide-ranging power to create “special economic zones” anywhere in the province. Within these zones, the provincial government can suspend or override all existing laws and regulations around labour conditions, health and safety, and environmental protections, as well as municipal regulations

"Under Bill 5, the Ford Conservatives could turn entire cities – like Toronto or Windsor or Sudbury – into special economic zones. Any region could be named one in which fundamental labour rights and protections no longer apply, including those around child labour, the right to refuse unsafe work, and even basic meal breaks."

Canadian Union of Public EmployeesFord and Bill 5’s “special economic zones” bring worst US-style labour practices to our province, warns CUPE OntarioImagine going to work in a town or city where, by government decree, workers had no right to health and safety, a minimum wage, or employment protections, including the right to recourse when they were injured, fired or mistreated on the job.
#onpoli
SnowshadowII :maple:

Stand With First Nations. Call Ford!
We just voted for Democracy, let's keep it!

"..attend the public hearings, address the standing committee, spearhead and support rallies and take any action that may be required to halt Bill 5."

"Premier Ford do not stir the hornet’s nest. This is not the Wild West. Ontario cannot act outside its own laws—or ours.”"

"At its core, Bill 5 hands virtually unchecked power to Cabinet through the creation of Special Economic Zones, which would bypass First Nation jurisdiction, environmental safeguards, accountability and public oversight. "

#DougFord #FirstNations #Onpoli
#Treaty #Indigenous #legal
#Ontario #Environment #Democracy

windspeaker.com/news/opinion/r

Windspeaker.comRobinson Huron chiefs say they will not sit idly by on Bill 5 violation of Canada’s treaty relationshipsThe Robinson Huron Chiefs are demanding that Premier Doug Ford honour treaty commitments and ensure that First Nations consent is obtained for any decisions impacting their lands, rights, and futures. The Ontario government quietly tabled Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act—a sweeping piece of legislation that would erode First Nation rights and could repeal the Endangered Species Act.
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽

Australia 1, Canada -1

"Right now what I see in this design, to me there’s nothing there. There’s really nothing. There are no safety systems to speak of.” Nijhawan warned about a loss of “safety culture” throughout Canada’s nuclear industry."

Australia did a deep dive into nukes and found it the most expensive option. Ontario ignored the facts.

rabble.ca/columnists/ontarios-

#Nuclear#OnPoli#CdnPoli
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Ev Delen

I note that #DougFord briefly toyed with the idea of re-purchasing the 407 but then fell silent on the subject.

Undoubtedly it would be cheaper to expropriate the 407 and revert the tolling structure to the way it was meant to be, but instead he wants to build yet another tunnel.

One might conclude he was invested in construction and tunnelling firms given his penchant for dreaming up tunnel projects for every transportation challenge.

7/7

#Toronto#ONPoli#TOPoli
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Ev Delen

In 1999 Mike Harris leased the 407ETR for 99 years (functionally sold) to a private consortium. He used the proceeds to fix a hole in the government’s finances so he could claim he was a good financial manager.

The new owners were not interested in trucks bypassing Toronto, they only wanted profits, and quickly revamped the toll structure to favour cars since they occupied less road space and created less maintenance causing wear and tear.

6/7

#Toronto#ONPoli#TOPoli
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Ev Delen

Have you ever noticed how the 407 is mostly paved with concrete rather than asphalt? That is because concrete lasts longer under heavy loads, such as trucking.

However, the fate of the expressway would veer in a completely different direction from the plans with the election of the Harris “Common Sense Revolution™” Conservatives.

5/7

#Toronto#ONPoli#TOPoli
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Ev Delen

The idea was that the toll for trucks would be about the same as the cost of a truck sitting in traffic on the 401. Therefore shipping times would be reduced but costs should be the same, and there is a guaranteed revenue stream. Cars would be allowed on the highway but the thinking was many motorists would favour the 401 since there were lower costs associated with that route.

4/7

#Toronto#ONPoli#TOPoli
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Ev Delen

Under the Rae NDP administration, governing during a recession, the decision was made to make the highway a toll road, and that brought with it an opportunity. The 407 route was mostly along green fields and there was a need for more serviced land near expressways for industry.

The 407 wasn’t just going to be a bypass for the 401, it would be a truck bypass freeing up room on the 401 where it would better serve people.

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#Toronto#ONPoli#TOPoli
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Ev Delen

The 407 can be traced back to plans during the 1950’s highway building frenzy, but by the late 1980’s the need for a #Toronto bypass had become apparent and it was greenlit by the Peterson Liberal admin.

Just-In-Time trucking was taking off and the 401 had become extremely congested because of increasing numbers of big rigs, many of which originated from the US Border and were passing through the city to destinations like Montreal and beyond.

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#ONPoli#TOPoli#Ontario
Ev Delen

THAT IS WHAT THE 407 WAS FOR YOU BUMBLING FOOL!

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it… though the conspiratorially minded may conclude that they are repeating history because they know the outcome and plan to profit from it.

I hope that PM Carney tells Doug where he can shove his tunnels…

A 🧵 on the history of the 407ETR.

theglobeandmail.com/canada/art

#ONPoli #TOPoli #Toronto #Ontario #DougFord

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The Globe and Mail · Ford asks Carney to support Highway 401 tunnel in new letter about priority projectsBy Laura Stone
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