Education. Queen's/U of T Alum.
Ontario, Canada
Joined February 2011
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therese macneil retweeted
🇨🇦 ONTARIO HAS MONEY TO PROMOTE ITSELF. WHAT ABOUT FEEDING HUNGRY KIDS?
Doug Ford’s government spent a record $117 MILLION on advertising last year.
Ontario’s Auditor General found that $42.5 MILLION in the previous year’s advertising would have failed the province’s former rules against partisan government promotion.
Not ads explaining how to access services. Ads designed to make the government look good.
Meanwhile, Ontario’s annual provincial contribution to school nutrition programmes is just $38.3 MILLION.
That’s less than the cost of advertising the Auditor General flagged.
Should taxpayers be paying more to improve the government’s image than the province contributes to feeding hungry children at school?
therese macneil retweeted
I don’t understand how the government is not intervening. If the government knew about the possible sale of Stellantis to Roshel, there’s no way they would support the purchase if they knew this. Something is off about this whole transaction.
therese macneil retweeted
From @theqpobserver @sabrinananji
MPP Michael Tibollo, who was caught with claims of a degree from a school he never attended, is caught with the highest percentage of AI-generated statements at Queens Park.
therese macneil retweeted
Having university-educated people in the workforce isn’t the issue though - the career colleges selling basic business courses to hundreds of thousands of “students” to supply cheap labour to Tim Hortons and Amazon is what exploded.
therese macneil retweeted
All education workers union attempted to negotiate with @fordnation @PaulCalandra last March in good faith. Have been working without a contract since the end of August.
Don't believe for one minute that @OntarioPCParty cares about your kids. Kindergarten to university. #onpoli
therese macneil retweeted
The Conservatives are dismantling democracy day by day.
These guys have literally dismantled entire democratic levels of regional government and replaced them with their own hand-picked regional chairs.
These chairs have unchecked power to raise property taxes, hire and fire senior staff, and veto local bylaws - and the Conservatives did this just after millions of Ontarians voted in municipal elections.
Unbelievable.
U.S. citizens just sent a resounding message to Trump's authoritarian rule in the midterms. Hello! Texas just voted in a Democratic senator and governor.
I predict voters will reject Doug Ford if he continues down this authoritarian path.
Ontario appoints 8 regional chairs with "strong mayor" powers. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/11/…
therese macneil retweeted
To serve one’s community is to believe in something greater than ourselves. Today we honor those whose courage and sacrifice remind us that dignity, freedom, and shared humanity are ideals worth standing up for.
therese macneil retweeted
You’re not the only one waiting impatiently.
I guess that’s what happens when you buy off law enforcement.
therese macneil retweeted
The Core Duties of the Premier of the Province are as follows. Doug Ford has failed badly in most. I challenge anyone to go through this list and do Doug Ford's report card as if his job depended on it.
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I was very disappointed that @tdsb Supervisor Gupta, @TDSBceo or any staff member couldn’t find the time or show the respect of behalf of TDSB students/staff to lay a wreath at the Etobicoke Cenotaph today, during the Remembrance Day ceremony.
1 Civic Centre, one of the TDSB’s administrative buildings, is located literally 500m from the Etobicoke Cenotaph. Bloordale Middle School students paid tribute by respectfully reciting “In Flanders Fields”.
The act of remembrance is not just a thought but sometimes an action of participation.
Lest we forget.
therese macneil retweeted
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
therese macneil retweeted
Hey @fordnation The leak happened in July. Weeks later, an odorous, milky-white substance was discovered in a nearby stormwater retention pond connected to West Creek in Cambridge, prompting an environmental response and cleanup. The public wasn't notified until November. Why?
therese macneil retweeted
My Dad never talked about it except to say he near froze to death
My dad was a Can POW in Germany. He spent his entire life defending the disenfranchised & upholding human rights. He taught us that life was precious & required us to uphold the dignity of each person. These were Lessons, well learned. His war diary is a testament to his courage.
therese macneil retweeted
🇨🇦 REMEMBRANCE DAY — LEST WE FORGET
They came from farms, factories, fishing villages and city streets.
They were teachers, students, parents, neighbours and friends. Ordinary Canadians who answered an extraordinary call.
Some never came home. Others returned forever changed.
They served in different generations, under different circumstances, but their sacrifices belong to all of us.
Today, we honour the fallen, remember our veterans, and thank those who continue to serve.
At 11 a.m., let’s give them two minutes of something our world could use a little more of.
Silence.
Lest we forget. 🌺
