As a teenager growing up in #Ontario, I always envied the kids who spent their summers #TreePlanting; they'd come back from the bush in September, insect-chewed and leathery, with new muscle, incredible stories, thousands of dollars, and a glow imparted by the knowledge that they'd made a new forest with their own blistered hands.
A reminder that Premier Ford is offering family doctors a 0% increase at a time when there's a dire shortage & family doctors are fleeing in droves.
The Ford govt says they're "trying to get more family doctors" but the fact that the $38 per patient visit hasn’t increased in more than 5 years proves they really aren't.
Also 💥 #DougFord's pharmacist reimbursements for those bogus phone "medication checks" are DOUBLE what a family doctor get paid per in person visit.
Hey 🇨🇦
Make sure your #measles vaccines are up to date if you're travelling to 🇺🇸 for March Break.
Florida is 'lettin' it rip'
Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected. The virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace where the infected person coughed or sneezed.
So, things are bad, I need an extraction. I will not survive a summer in this attic apartment with the levels of smoke and heat this summer is gonna produce.
I am basically looking for someone to "foster" me for a few months (deets in thread) in either the #easternOntario or #guelph areas. A kind of hippie room & board situation. Access to healthy food, and loving human contact.
NEW: In addition to the RCMP's criminal investigation, Ontario’s auditor general has confirmed a further investigation into the #DougFord government’s use of minister’s zoning orders (MZOs) — a development fast-tracking tool the Conservative government has issued at an unprecedented rate.
I want a family doctor
I want a public health office that is concerned with...public health
I want affordable rents
I want well-funded education for all
I want special education supports for those kids that need it
I want paid sick days
I want Emergency rooms open and functioning every day
I want our seniors well cared for
I want our green spaces left as they are
"In less than one year, #Ontario has become one of the leading jurisdictions in #Canada at providing healthcare services through 3rd party for-profit investor-owned shareholder pharmacies"
"Practising medicine is not "an assessment" It is a history, physical exam, differential diagnosis, testing where needed, plan for follow-up & documentation accessible to others.
Ontario could support publicly funded primary care, but it chooses for-profit corporate earnings"
"The antifascists today not only managed to break police lines but also kettled the fascists for 2+ hours, effectively denying them the space and ability to demonstrate." #DefendPride#LGBT#LGBTQ#Pride#Pride2023#Ottawa#Ontario
FFS The province of #Ontario is being run on burner phones and hotmail accts. You're not a high school anymore, Premier.
"Ford's office "was far more involved" in the Greenbelt land swap than the premier has maintained — It is unclear why personal email accounts were being used to conduct official government business."
I’d really love to see the #ONstorm hashtag take root here on #mastodon
I miss the breadth and variety of up-to-the-minute posts available on the sinking fascist platform I can no longer bring myself to use (account deleted). We are under a severe weather watch here in Stratford this evening.
New paper from another of my pandemic heroes, Prof. D. Fisman using #Ontario on & off again mask mandates as a natural experiment.
tl;dr masks & mandates work & significantly reduce economic impact of pandemics.
Impact of community mask mandates on #SARSCoV2 transmission in Ontario after adjustment for differential testing by age and sex
> Mask mandate effectiveness in models predicting test-adjusted case counts was higher, ranging from 49% to 76%. The prevented fraction associated with mask mandates was 46%, with 290,000 clinical cases, 3,008 deaths, and loss of 29,038 quality-adjusted life years averted from 2020 June to December, representing $CDN 610 million in economic wealth. ... Community masking saved substantial numbers of lives, and prevented economic costs, during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.
Remember when Premier Ford appointed former police chief Mark Saunders as Ontario Place "advisor" for a cool $700 an hour? And then proceeded to actively campaign for Saunders & robocalled people urging them to vote the ex-cop for #Toronto mayor?
👉 Today, an FOI request has revealed there were NO recommendations, NO reports or advice from Mark Saunders during his tenure. Nada. Basically a six figure salary to do nothing.
So after months of listening to the Conservatives blame rising grocery prices solely on the Prime Minister, Canadians have learned that Pierre Poilievre has a Loblaw's lobbyist on the Conservative Party payroll.
👉 PP's chief advisor, Jenni Byrne, is a registered lobbyist for Loblaws in #Ontario. 😳 Same company that's taking over our public healthcare.
Premier Ford just raised your energy bills far more than the carbon tax.
#Ontario families will be paying $600 more annually (with no carbon rebate) to subsidize Enbridge after #DougFord overruled the Ontario Energy Board.
"Eliminating the carbon "tax" benefits the corporations while taxpayers pay the price. The Ford govt is ignoring all the experts and keeping Ontarians hooked on fossil gas even as cheaper, cleaner options become available."