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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 6h

Please vote for Trustee. Calandra is doing his damndest to show people don’t care about public education. Ask friends who they are voting for and why.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 6h

Which ward are you in? And which school board? Toronto elections has the list of candidates by Ward. TDSB wards changed this year due to Ford to make it confusing. If you’re in Willowdale or York Centre I would suggest Brandon Choi as a person who prioritizes students and has done his homework

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

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FatRaccoon 🦝🎈 @fatraccoon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Some people want to be leaders. Some people want to be "the boss". These are not the same.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

F123ing questions that did not apply. I also gave that robot a rating of 2. To Canada Post’s credit a real person called me back, resolved the issue, and gave me useful information. He gets a 10/10. Just let me talk to a real person from the get go. @canadapostcorp.bsky.social

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Last week I called #Canada Post over an mis-delivered item and got an AI chatbot that walked me excruciatingly slowly through a bunch of options that did not apply. I gave it a rating of 2/10 so it directed me to a webpage where an online AI chatbot walked me painfully slowly through the same…

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I want a dislike button, or better yet a “Ford sucks” button. Can that be a thing?

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

After putting overpriced and backordered bandaids, kleenex, pencils, markers, duotangs, and photocopy paper in my cart, I had a few dollars left over, so I thought I'd buy a few binders for our Strong Start program. I looked in the "Clearance" section of the Staples teacher portal.

Binder for $22.49 on clearance at staples

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My latest column for Forward Weekly. Why you should absolutely vote in Alberta’s referendum, even if the process seems absurdist and performative. Indeed, BECAUSE it is absurdist and performative. #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada

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We Can’t Boycott Our Way Out of a Meaningless Referendum | By Paula Simons | Forward Weekly

Forward Weekly feature for September 20, 2026.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

- school boards range in size from 100s of students to 235,000 - trustees could represent one school or >50 schools - the highest current honorarium is $28,000 - arbitrary cap will limit who can afford to run for election - this will limit public engagement at large boards, not improve education

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today is the deadline to comment on this regulatory registry (proposed legislation) that would cap school boards trustee honoraria at $9000 regardless of the size of the school board. #onpoli #ontario #dougford #tdsb #canada www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/submit-comme...

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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli

A group of Indigenous women holding signs to raise awareness for MMIWG. There are large poster boards of pictures of the missing women. They are on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the location of Canada's federal government.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Still enjoy listening to the Little Guy from Shawinigan and his pearls of wisdom. #canada

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#Ontario families, take a moment to fill out and circulate this back to school survey! forms.gle/CfQ7dCe42S8B... It's initiated by parents in Toronto, but can be used across the province!

Back to school survey for Ontario families from the Toronto Education Advocacy Network

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 10/09/2026

Facing record youth unemployment and cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program, Ontario students see a broken bargain. Journalist Kunal Chaudhary reports on how a stagnant school model is struggling to compete with a harsh economic reality: thewalrus.ca/ontario-school-absente…

On the left: an image of identical, spaced-out white school desks against an orange background. Desks on the edges of the image are fading into the background. On the right: text that reads “More than half of Ontario students aren’t showing up. A former chronic absentee explains why.”

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Jean Chrétien: "It looks like they don't know what to do. When your big thing is to change the name of a lake, it's because you're running out of arguments. It is a very weak gesture, to be cheap and nasty. Lake Ontario is not suffering. It's a lake." #cdnpoli

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Doug Ford vs. Toronto - Daughter: Why does Ford hate Toronto? Me: Oh he hates everyone. While he is consumed by his petty spite for TO he is letting the rest of the province burn. thelocal.to/toronto-city... #onpoli #ontario #dougford #canada

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Doug Ford vs. Toronto | The Local

Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

LOL. I would have used the same quote to describe Ford.

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We are stronger now than when the United States started this trade war. More unified, more determined and more ambitious.

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Bernadette🍁🍁🇨🇦🇨🇦 @bernadette59.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is the kind of politics we don’t need! Paid actors playing parents, reading scripted lines, attacking teachers! Don’t fall for this sit!!

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Nandana @nandanainthegarden.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

#Alberta looks the same, plus the #UCP has given #publiceducation funds to flipping #charterschools #NotWhatSmithRanOn #LiesbyUCP

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Chris Alexander Wants to Be Mayor of Toronto, God Help Us “The controversial former Harper minister has crashed the race with a thin platform and a whole lot of baggage” BY TAYLOR C. NOAKES Updated Aug. 23, 2026 #cdnpoli #canada #toronto #torontoelection thewalrus.ca/chris-alexan...

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Chris Alexander Wants to Be Mayor of Toronto, God Help Us | The Walrus

The controversial former Harper minister has crashed the race with a thin platform and a whole lot of baggage

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Marshe Summers @skymckinnon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We can totally do this with Pike Place Market.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Ontario school funding shortfall continues to grow, reaching $6.5 billion since 2018 Chronic underfunding, not financial mismanagement, is the problem in Ontario schools. Year after year they are asked to do more with less. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #onpoli #education #dougford

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Ontario school funding shortfall continues to grow, reaching $6.5 billion since 2018 | CCPA

Chronic underfunding, not financial mismanagement, is the problem in Ontario schools. Year after year they are asked to do more with less.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

TDSB, TCDSB and other supervised school boards reveal millions in deficits despite major cuts #onpoli @tdsb.on.ca #dougford

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I hope educators across the province are ready for Ontario Day tomorrow with lessons and resources they’ve created on their own time in order to follow a directive from the Minister of Education in the curricular document that was delivered to principals five days ago. 🙃

Top Left: The destruction of the Cinesphere at Ontario Place by Doug Ford.

Top Right: The closure of the Ontario Science Centre by Doug Ford.

Bottom Left: Signs telling Doug Ford to keep his hands off The Greenbelt.

Bottom Right: A sign says that an emergency room is closed overnight because of Doug Ford.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

TDSB supervisor Rohit Gupta has cut: • 145 teachers & 28 community workers from Model Schools, impacting 50K students in 150 schools • 72 elementary ESL teachers • 15 diagnostic Kindergarten programs • 5 of 7 outdoor ed centres • Tippett - library resources, science kits, novel sets, etc. 🤬 #OntEd

Left: Ontario's Minister of Education, Paul Calandra.
Right: Former Metrolinx advisor, Rohit Gupta

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

When they announced they were banning social media for children did they also announce banning VPNs? Or any indication if it will be more than the “yes I’m 19” button needed to buy nicotine and cannabis vape products online?

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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 09/06/2026

The ministry has introduced a mandatory PA day for teachers to discuss AI's potential, train teachers how to use AI to draft and edit writing work, to strengthen critical thinking, or as a research tool).

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Public education is in trouble in this province. The government is not listening to educators. If you believe we need to #SavePublicEducation, please join the fight. #OntEd #OnPoli

A picture of Paul Calandra beside his contact information.

paul.calandra@pc.ola.org

Constituency Office
905-642-2588
1-866-531-9551

Ministry Office
Ministry of Education
5th Floor
438 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M7A 2A5
416-325-2600

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Doug Ford was booed at Fraud Fest. Then he ran away. Thank you @opseusefpo.bsky.social. This is the energy we need, Ontario.

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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 21/06/2026

Cool cool cool, hand one of these out to the folks ✔️driving extra far to find an emergency dept that's open ✔️languishing for so long on the autism waitlist that your kid "ages out" and receives zero support (👋 that's me!) ✔️paying hundreds/yr to access primary care b/c ON won't follow federal law

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Doug Ford’s team edited a pic from #FraudFest so it looks like a sea of blue shirts, except that all of the people whose shirts were changed to blue have a 3-line slogan on them - Worth Fighting For. Sloppy work by desperate people. I love it. Oh! I think I found the same 2 people in both pics.

A woman with long hair stands beside a bearded person wearing a Blue Jays cap and a purple shirt that says, “Worth Fighting For,” in an unedited picture from Doug Ford’s desperate ploy to get people to like him by handing out free hot dogs.

A woman with long hair wearing a blue shirt stands beside a bearded person wearing a cap and a blue shirt in a blurry, edited picture from Doug Ford’s desperate ploy to get people to like him by handing out free hot dogs.

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Yes & no. I find some men physically desirable, but the energy needed to engage men was rarely worth it. If society would stop raising men who are leering and creepy, who accept that a conversation with another human as ‘just a conversation’, then women wouldn’t have to “put up with them”.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

If we had a crime rate trajectory like this motor vehicle fatality chart there would be calls for cops on every corner. tc.canada.ca/en/road-tran...

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ArtsNScience @borgalerp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Funny… not funny. The @thebeaverton.com nails it every time. Also please stop using shopify.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"After analyzing federal and industry records, including never-before-examined data on vehicle dimensions, we found that the rise of large pickups and S.U.V.s is an important factor." i'm sorry but how the fuck is this correlation just coming to light now?

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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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