I know this was posted a couple of days ago, but I saw it on Instagram and had to post. NDP MPP Chandra Pasma schools Education Minister Paul Calandra on education funding. It is calm, collected and savage

The provincial gov is allowing supervisors who replace school board Trustees to earn up to $350,000/year plus $20,000 in expenses. Our 10 Trustees, 3 Student Trustees, association fees, and expenses cost $185,291 in 2023-2024. I thought the gov wanted to save money? globalnews.ca/news/1152049...

Internal documents obtained by the NDP reveal Metrolinx covered up serious problems tunnelling under Highway 401 for the Scarborough Subway Extension, forcing highway lane closures & months of repairs that were not disclosed to the public globalnews.ca/news/1152183... #onpoli

Doug Ford gave $100 million in your tax dollars to his campaign manager through his Skills Development Slush Fund. #ontario #onpoli #dougford #ontpoli #frankdomenic🍁

Rohit Gupta, the TDSB supervisor, will earn $350,000 a year +$20,000 in expenses to get the board “back on track” despite an auditor finding no evidence of financial mismanagement. [email protected] [email protected] A former Metrolinx advisor getting things back on track is just perfect.

With no new money for schools in the Ford govt’s mini budget, educators are calling it “deliberate neglect” of “struggling students.” #cdnpoli

NEW: Last week, we confirmed that supervisors at Ontario school boards are expected to bill $350,000 per year for their work. Now, we can confirm they'll also be eligible to claim up to $40,000 in expenses over two years. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152049...

Remember who the tunnel and highways are really for: friends of Doug. Using taxpayer 💰 on projects like this that don't do anything substantive to improve transportation is a way to repay construction and developer friends. This man is asset-stripping Ontario to reward donors and friends. #OnPoli

The Provincial Government's plan to cut Ontario’s conservation authorities from 36 to 7 could threaten watersheds and communities. 🌊 Ontario Nature has made recommendations to protect these vital wetlands. Read more by @anushkayadav.bsky.social here: thepointer.com/article/2025... #onpoli

I can’t even with this shit 🤬

Join the ONDP on Thursday, November 13 at 6 PM (ET) for an action meeting against #Bill33! With MPPs Chandra Pasma and Peggy Sattler, you’ll: 📞 Call Conservative MPP offices 📧 Send coordinated messages 📱 Mobilize on social media 💻 RSVP for the Zoom link → bit.ly/3LwNpow#Bill33 #OSSTF #OntEd

Join parents from across Ontario for an important virtual town hall being hosted by the Ontario NDP on November 13 to say NO to #Bill33. Take action for smaller class sizes and stronger local voices in #OntEd schools 🏫💪 RSVP: https://www.ontariondp.ca/stand-up-for-education-now

And this is always, always the agenda of Doug Ford and every other conservative politician Because when you educate the masses, they're more likely to notice you trying to pull one over on them

Bill 33 isn’t law yet. Call your MPP (especially if they’re PC) and Ford this week and tell them you do not support this bill and to Fund our Schools!! #onted #onpoli

Ontario's new education bill means less say, more red tape for parents, warn critics in Durham Region. #onted #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tell your MPP that Bill 33 isn’t about supporting students and strengthening education – it’s about silencing parents and the local communities who know our schools best. #onted #onpoli

Ontario's Fall Economic Statement: THE WORST: "Despite widespread food insecurity, growing encampments, & social assistance rates that sentence recipients to deep poverty, the increase in children, community & social services funding is 0%" .. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #onpoli #onted

I'm attending The People's Forum this Friday — will you join me? The People's Forum will be a place to discuss the proposed firing of Trustees & end of renter protections Doug Ford is rushing through without public input. RSVP: OntarioNDP.ca/the-peoples-forum #topoli #onpoli #onted

These unelected, unqualified, partisan appointees who are getting $350,000 from taxpayers are making decisions behind closed doors and the Ford government is perfectly fine with it. Parents deserve transparency. Communities deserve a voice. #onpoli #onted

Mortifying and completely preventable. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

On this stormy November day in Ontario we remember another storm 50 years ago today that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald.

This is not sustainable. And that’s part of the privatization agenda. Break the public system and then point to privatization of education as the solution. It’s a genius plan. And our kids will pay the price.

The result is increased student frustration, dysregulation, and overwhelm. Burned out staff that are leaving education in droves. Students with special education needs and language learning needs going without support and falling behind. Kids falling through the cracks.

Since 2018 when Doug Ford became the Premier of Ontario, #OntEd has struggled to make ends meet. Specialized supports and programs have been stripped away from students. Student safety is the only reason EA support is assigned, and it’s typically shared between several students.

Public schools need to be appropriately staffed so that ALL students can have access to an education. We’ve reduced our expectations to “try your best to keep kids alive and unharmed” instead of “make sure all kids have the resources they need to be safe and learn at school”.

Educational programming can include sensory activities and calming spaces, but kids need to be working on actual learning goals, or else it’s not really school. It’s glorified babysitting. Providing supervision within a school building is not the same as providing an education.

Education needs to be more than walking the halls with an Educational Assistant or spending time in a sensory room. Actual educational programming needs to be happening for ALL kids.

Doug Ford is trying to ram through dangerous legislation that will harm endangered species. Take action now: davidsuzuki.org/expert-artic...

His tunnel would: ▶️Cost $50–$100 billion ▶️That's $9000-$18000 per Ontario Household ▶️Add just 1 lane each way ▶️Snarl traffic for 10+ years with construction

Doug Ford refuses to release a 2021 study for 401 tunnel that found a “potential for 401 roadway collapse” Now he’s spending another $9 Million of our 💰 on a do-over. #ONpoli globalnews.ca/news/1151529...

Really great interview, should be watched. The known benefits for bike lanes on main streets are being espoused by those retailers who work on those streets. Excellent.

The special education funding formula is broken in #OntEd. Too many children are being left behind. youtu.be/2yFBsHE2wAY

Our public education system has been starved, and now is being taken over by the government. Attacks on democracy don't need to look like what Trump does. Please wake up Ontario! #onted #onpoli toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/e...

Ontario is in a homelessness and affordability crisis. This government knows it but still chooses different priorities. It’s not that we “can’t” fund supports. It’s that they won’t.

9.1 million dollars could pay the salary of many educational assistants to keep students safe and open up access to equitable education. What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment? #Priorities #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151529...

Lots of this will be popping up this week. Bollards are coming soon. These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete. They slow down turning vehicles. learn more here www.toronto.ca/services-pay... And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)

Especially when “overspending” by trustees is allocated more budget for real student needs than the province provides

File alongside putting in clauses that prevent people from suing the Ford govt when its policies will kill & injure people.

"I don't know how they sleep at night," NDP Leader Marit Stiles said Thursday. "I'll just say it... I think very few people really believe this is a real thing." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It isn't. Please send $9M to cycleto.ca/donate

Today the Ford government voted to and debate and skip public hearings on #Bill33. It’s not law yet. Call and email and tell Ford and your MPP to Withdraw Bill 33!! #onted #onpoli

Calandra has no idea how much those unelected supervisors with zero education experience has spent so far, for their part time jobs. Yet, he continues to rail on about a trustee buying a parent a 15 dollar milkshake at a meetup! This is not about money.

Today, I asked the Minister why he thinks it’s acceptable to pay Conservative insiders $350,000 a year to ignore parents and refuse accountability. Parents, kids, and educators deserve better. #onpoli #onted

Ontario's schools need maintenance but taking over for ELECTED officials and charging our local school boards $350k for government interference isn't the maintenance needed. #DougFord, crushing democracy at the grassroots level! #onted #cdnpoli #onpoli toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/e...

This is part of a pattern: concentrating power, bypassing debate, and weakening public institutions. We can’t just shake our heads; we need to organize, speak up locally, and support people pushing back.

You've got 18ish days to comment on Bill 60, Ford's latest anti bike lane laws! Read our blog on taking action, the importance of identifying intersections w other communities affected & what your local cycling advocacy groups are doing to fight back! www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/bill-60...

Not me utterly failing to stick to the script and spilling my guts out over the phone to the very kind and patient staffer taking messages for the premier’s office… anyway, it’s not a done deal yet. Call call call. #NoToBill33 #OntEd #OnPoli

NEW: The Ford government is moving to limit debate and public hearings on several pieces of legislation, including a bill which will make it easier for Queen’s Park to sideline trustees and take control of school boards. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1151241...

Ford's instincts are anti-democratic. We've seen it again and again but voters have not understood -- or maybe not cared enough to stop him. #OnPoli

And the anti-democratic avoidance of public hearings continue. This is what creeping authoritarianism looks like. None of this is good ‘for the people’ or for public education in Ontario. #onted www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...