@JenGilbert
 Cornwall, Ontario
Joined February 2009
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I’m fed up with the rich getting richer, while workers struggle to get by. That’s why I’m saying Enough is Enough and taking action. Join me: wesayenough.ca/ #EnoughIsEnoughON
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More than 1,000 principals across Ontario say they're seeing more behavioural issues, lack of self-regulation, and unaddressed mental health challenges with no access to social workers and psychologists, a survey finds. cbc.ca/news/canada/london/te…

Teachers, principals seeing more outbursts and less self-regulation, survey finds | CBC News

Walk the halls of an elementary or high school these days, and you'll see anxious kids, many unable to regulate their emotions, fearful from the lasting effects of the pandemic and unable to cope. 

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All who learn & work in ON schools deserve to do so in safe conditions! The Ford gov needs to provide full funding for anti-violence training programs + hire mental health support staff to address violence in & around schools #OntEd #OnPoli #ProPublicEd thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01…

Teachers calling on Ontario to fund training, hire staff to address school violence

TORONTO - The Ontario government should provide funding for anti-violence training programs and the hiring of mental health support staff to address violence in and around schools, a union represen...

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BREAKING: The Ford government now says its intention is to APPEAL the court ruling which overturned Bill 124. globalnews.ca/news/9312631/o… #onpoli

Ontario intends to appeal court decision that struck down Bill 124 | Globalnews.ca

Bill 124, introduced in 2019, capped wage increases for hundreds of thousands at one per cent per year over a three-year period.

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Can anyone assist #GrenvilleOPP? We are looking to speak to this couple in relation to a theft that occurred outside a business on Ryans Well Drive in @North_Grenville at the end of October 2022. If you have any information please call #OPP on 1 888 310 1122. ^ac
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"You have no idea what you have started. Here's a look inside the Ontario Legislature as CUPE members protested the government's unprecedented use of the notwithstanding clause to force a contract on 55,000 education support workers. #onpoli #onted
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NEW: Ford government sources say the province is unlikely to go after individual CUPE members who strike on Friday with a $4,000 fine It would go against the Premier’s brand, sources say, of sticking up for the little guy. (Not my words) globalnews.ca/news/9245981/o… #onpoli #onted

Province unlikely to fine individual CUPE workers who strike Friday, sources say | Globalnews.ca

The province and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are locked in a battle over contract negotiations as strike action looms.

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You always have a choice Lecce. Once again you are choosing to leave the table and impose an unreasonable contract on the lowest paid workers in the education system! #Shame
Colin D'Mello | Global News
@ColinDMello31 Oct 2022
BREAKING: Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the government has "no other choice but to introduce legislation tomorrow" to "ensure students will remain in-class" #onpoli #onted
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The right to strike was never *granted* by government. It was *won* by workers. Labour, it's time to remember our history. #onted #onpoli
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"Negotiations." Okay, then.
Stephen Lecce
@Sflecce31 Oct 2022
Kids will be in class. Enough is enough.
Retweet if you agree! #Solidarity with @osbcucscso & @CUPEOntario
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Another $365M that could have been used to strengthen public education in Ontario! The total payments to parents over the past 2 years must be at or above $2 billion dollars! Money that is desperately needed for supports and resources in the Ontario education system!
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@CP2420 Oct 2022
#BREAKING Ontario to pay parents up to $250 per child to catch up in school cp24.com/news/ontario-to-pay…

Toronto, Canada and Global Breaking News – CP24

Most recent News stories and video from CP24

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So the Ford govt is taking $365 MILLION out of schools & classrooms in order to hand it out to parents for... Tutoring? iPads? Cost of Living? Lecce couldn't clearly say what this money is for... But we know where it's really needed and that's in the classroom! #OntEd #EQAO
Lecce speaking at podium

ALT Lecce speaking at podium

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Replying to @bunsenbernerbmd
Political Science.
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ah, memories
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Mandatory training? Done!
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Two days at school getting organized, meeting new special needs kids, and reviewing plans for the year, and already I am achy, exhausted, and staying way too late.
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Bród stole the show @PresidentIRL event.
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A reminder that the Ford government spent $1.8 billion less than planned on health care in the last fiscal year. The Ford government’s plan: Step 1 - Starve a system of its needed funding & resources Step 2 - Privatize to “save” said system. #onpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/f…

Fiscal watchdog finds Ontario spent $7.2B less than planned, projects smaller deficit | CBC News

A report by the Financial Accountability Office found the province spent $7.2 billion less than it budgeted for in the last fiscal year and could have a deficit $5.4 billion smaller than planned.

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