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Wendy Crowley 🇨🇦 💪#Ptb

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Forest dweller beside a beautiful lake. An optimist by nature, but lately feeling the strain of disinformation and the destruction of our planet. #elbowsup

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 14h
The sign being used in stores across Canada, thanks to Trump. =====================
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Graeme Bayliss @gbayliss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wrote about Premier Doug Ford's apparent indifference to human life for @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
thestar.com
Graeme Bayliss: His cyclist friend was killed. Why did Doug Ford’s response include ‘lmao’?
No one is expecting the premier to mash out the Bixby letter on his iPhone. Yet we might expect more than this.
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ford can spin and blame the feds all he wants, numbers don't lie. Ontario's staring down a $13B deficit, record unemployment, costs skyrocketing, public services starving.
toronto.citynews.ca
Ontario posts deficit as health care, education spending surges
The province reported health-sector investments rose by $6.6 billion, or 7.2 per cent, compared to 2024-25.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Ford govt is actually making stealth cuts to education funding. “... the FAO estimates that real provincial operating funding to school boards will decrease to $15,074 per student in 2026-27, $14,850 per student in 2027‑28 and $14,775 per student in 2028-29.” #OntEd #OnPoli
thestar.com
Ontario’s education funding per student is decreasing after inflation, watchdog finds
The government says Financial Accountability Office of Ontario’s figures don’t provide the full picture.
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
School Budget 2025: $90,000 School Budget 2026: $51,000 Please remember this when Doug Ford and Paul Calandra try to tell you about the historic and unprecedented investments their government has made in education and how greedy teachers are always asking for more. #OntEd
Doug Ford and Paul Calandra
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Rose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
These services... Why is Doug Ford maintaining this relationship with Staples, for these matters pertaining to voters? Time to decouple.
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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 11/09/2026
“Yes, Canada is a generous, open country and Canadians are tolerant and kind. But never mistake our generosity for weakness. Never mistake our tolerance for lack of determination. And never, never mistake our kindness for softness.” — Jean Chrétien, speaking at 9/11 commemoration in Gander, N.L.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
They killed the building, and now they are killing the institution. Senseless. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
Ontario Science Centre lays off entire science department as part of restructuring
Government is building a new $1-billion science centre at Ontario Place
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Catherine Fife @waterloompp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Ontarians are being told to buy local. They expect their government to do the same. Ontario teachers don't want to get ripped off buying paper from a US giant like Staples when local businesses can provide the same products. They want to support Ontario businesses, just like the rest of us."
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Alan Drummond MD @dralandrummond.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My letter in today's Globe and Mail:
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Made in Canada is the greatest movement to boost the economy we have ever had. Be part of something great. Let’s spread the word by sharing this post. 🇨🇦 👊 🚫 🇺🇸 🖕
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andrew @teachrprecarity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As the school year begins and teachers’ unions’ collective agreements expire, it’s important to consider six myths circulating and causing confusion about the work of teachers in the Ontario public education system. #onted www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
thespec.com
Six education myths in Ontario
Underfunding of education began in the 1990s and Doug Ford has made it worse.
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Every day is a good day to call Doug Ford to tell him how you feel about his craven corruption, his secrets and lies, and the terrible things he is doing to Ontario. Premier's Office 416-325-1941 premier@ontario.ca Constituency Office 416-745-2859 doug.fordco@pc.ola.org #PhoneFordFriday
Doug Ford looking shady. As usual.
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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Doug Ford is not Captain Canada. Don’t be fooled.
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What do you have to hide Doug? Ford is slowly eroding the media’s access to the government, because they know their policies are unpopular. Press freedom is a critical part of our democracy and the Ontario Greens will always be transparent and available to our media, since we have nothing to hide.
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Colin D'Mello | Global News (@ColinDMello) on X
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who just held a news conference style event in Mississauga, without any members of the media says: “Thank God, we don’t have the media. No questions, no answers. We are good to go.” #onpoli
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 02/09/2026
David Mastin, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, slammed the “shoddy rollout” of the $750 spending accounts. He also questioned why, amid a trade battle, the government is giving lucrative contracts to American firms. New from @krushowy.bsky.social:
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Your reminder that Albertans vote on a referendum next month on whether the province should cut off temporary residents from health care and education — without knowing if Danielle Smith would do that to the 260,000 migrants already in Alberta. (Her office won't say) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
ANALYSIS | What some immigrants could lose if Alberta votes yes to Danielle Smith's questions | CBC News
To many voters, the various questions on the Oct. 19 ballots that cover social services for newcomers will appear confusing and contradictory.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #notothenine
albertaviews.ca
Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fellow Canadians, please repost the heck out of this. The con man is conning us out of our territory. www.alternet.org/trump-lake-o...
alternet.org
'Emergency': Trump biographer warns the president just 'invaded Canada'
On Friday, a prominent biographer of President Donald Trump took to social media to warn that the commander-in-chief had “invaded Canada.”
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Holy crap. Danielle Smith issued an "Alberta Day" statement this morning... And then reissued it, removing the acknowledgement of First Nations peoples in Alberta. And included a shout out to oil and gas instead. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Staples (🇺🇸) is now open for some ON teachers. How do prices stack up against the TDSB supply centre for classroom basics? TDSB: $290.38 Staples: $668.98 Staples Teachers: $584.56 But Paul Calandra took over the TDSB claiming financial mismanagement and Doug Ford wants you to #BuyCanadian. #OntEd
A chart comparing the prices for basic classroom items such as dry erase makers, tissues, and pencils for the TDSB distribution catalogue, the regular Staples website, and the Staples for Teachers website where elementary classroom teachers can spend $750 each from the $60M Doug Ford and Paul Calandra moved out of public education classrooms and programs that support students. A chart comparing the prices for basic classroom items such as dry erase makers, tissues, and pencils for the TDSB distribution catalogue, the regular Staples website, and the Staples for Teachers website where elementary classroom teachers can spend $750 each from the $60M Doug Ford and Paul Calandra moved out of public education classrooms and programs that support students. 

The totals are:
TDSB: $290.38
Staples: $668.98
Staples Teachers: $584.56
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have NO regrets about leaving Musk’s site. But I wish I could extend my reach here, with Alberta’s referendum hard upon us. Don’t be shy. Please follow. Please recommend me to your friends. I post about Canadian politics, Alberta, Edmonton, and an absurd array of other topics! #cdnpoli
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Ontario's new subway cars are being built by a Japanese company in Maryland…A $140 million contract at the new Peter Gilgan Hospital went to a U.S. company. Every elementary teacher's $750 classroom supply card can only be spent through American-owned Staples..” Petition in the link below.
canceluscontracts.ca
Cancel U.S. Contracts
Ontario's money is going to American companies. Doug Ford is the one signing.
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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh yeah, there's a stupid "should be a scandal" flying under the radar in Ontario right now. When you spend some time considering it, the stupidity of the process hits like a chalk board eraser smacking you up the back of the head. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
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Ontario elementary teachers can buy classroom supplies from Staples using $750 spending cards
Ontario elementary teachers will be able to buy school supplies from Staples starting this fall.
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 26/08/2026
Noteworthy: #Toronto mayoral candidate Chris Alexander was photographed with MP James Bezan at an ABN conference, an org founded by virulent antisemites The same group worked for years to whitewash the legacies of Ukrainian WW2 collaborators #cdnpoli #TOpoli www.noakesworthy.com/chris-alexan...
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Robert De Niro supports Canada, and so do I. In response to Trump's criticisms of our neighbors, remaining silent is not an option. Advocate for Canada. Advocate for democracy.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If Doug Ford has no haters, it's because I'm dead. Growing up under Mike Harris, I've witnessed decades of us trying to recover from those years and we never really did. We're gonna be suffering from Ford's greedy policies for literal generations.
theglobeandmail.com
Online gambling increased among Ontario teenagers, survey finds
Since the province became the first in Canada to open its online gambling market to private operators, it’s become North America’s most competitive market
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'll be teaching twenty Gr 3 students this fall. This partial back-to-school order would cost $290.38 through my school board and $668.98 at Staples. #DougFord loves talking tough about protecting us from Tr*mp, but he's taking $60M out of public education and handing it to an 🇺🇸 company. #OntEd
A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples.A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples.

The total for the school board is $290.38.
The total for Staples is $668.98.
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grwilli.bsky.social @grwilli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🇨🇦🍁🐈‍⬛Pass this on!! He is saying what we are all thinking🇨🇦🍁
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thanks to Doug Ford and Paul Calandra, 80,000 elementary educators have to order classroom supplies from Staples this year instead of from their school boards. I decided to do a little comparison shopping for school supplies many of us will have to order over the course of a school year. 🧵 #OntEd
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Cheryl C 🇨🇦 @carleysue.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🇨🇦 Elbows Up Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 Support Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 Boycott U.S. 🇨🇦
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Separatists released their Constitution for the ”Republic of Alberta”. I’m glad they showed us who they really are. This document should be on every coffee table, warning us all of what will happen to Canada if we don’t vote, speak out, protect our democracy and our way of life.
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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Another story of more red tape while trying to simply renew a drivers license in Alberta. www.facebook.com/share/p/1CJt... #Alberta #abpoli
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/08/2026
Ken Paxton’s office helped bury records involving hundreds of lab animals, including at least 100 dogs subjected to painful testing. Now, Meidas News has obtained disturbing photos and video of what he fought to keep hidden.
meidasnews.com
Ken Paxton Helped Bury the Records on 400 Tortured Lab Animals.
Ken Paxton is no stranger to cover-ups. But one episode that's gone largely unreported is the fact that Paxton's own office actively helped conceal evidence of
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump pauses tariffs on Canadian goods for three days to give Natalie Harp time to review the deal.
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Give Voice AB - Resistance, rooted in community. @givevoiceab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Another #DaleNally FAIL Minister of mistakes. #abpoli
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Ontario Greens Demand Data Centre Moratorium Until Rules In Place @MikeSchreiner, @OntarioGreens, want regulations in place BEFORE new hyperscale data centres are approved. What do you think? #onpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/IHX37MThDow
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Ontario Greens Demand Data Centre Moratorium Until Rules In Place
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Back to school for teachers and students. Back to smear campaigns by Doug Ford and the Cons. It's not about sick days. It's about distracting you from the fact that the provincial govt has intentionally underfunded public education since 2018 to create a "useful crisis." Don't fall for it. #OntEd
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"There always has to be accountability." ...that's the least of our issues." -Premier Doug Ford Reality check: It is THE issue. 🧐 Show us the books. @thestar.com @alonghurst.bsky.social
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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
hello friends 👋🏼 let's help 🎥 @therachellebarn 💛 insta july 25th post 🫠 let's let our love for animals lead ✊🏽🐴✊🏻 please & thank u in advance 🌿💛💛🔆🙋🏽‍♀️🎈🌼💐🔆💛💛🌱
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Pierre PoiLIEvre wouldn’t last a minute on the job in Canada 😂😂😂
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I will say, I have yet to see a single tough-on-crime Conservative complain about her previously being out on bail, her lenient sentence, the fact that she seems to be continually breaching the terms of her house arrest so she can "work" for Rebel "News," or this latest affront. Not. One. Peep.
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Mclaren231 @mclaren231.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hey, #maga #republicans #conservatives you fascist racist nazi terrorist misogynistic child fuckers. youtube.com/shorts/9kL85...
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Nothing humbles a superpower like a spreadsheet
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
More leaders need this backbone. Premier Kinew (MB) just said what millions were thinking after Trump and U.S. politicians attacked Canada instead of helping during a wildfire crisis. 👏🇨🇦🔥 #CanadaStrong #USDemocracy #Pinks
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In case you were wondering what Stephen Lecce, Minister of Energy and Mines, is doing today as wildfires rage across the province, he's complaining about the heat while making a pipeline announcement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eplp...
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Canadian Loyalist 🇨🇦 @shakespearesgal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Yup … technology is not all it’s cracked up to be … #cdnpoli
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 09/07/2026
New provincial laws are making it harder to access government records in Canada
theconversation.com
New provincial laws are making it harder to access government records in Canada
Three provinces have passed laws that make it easier for governments to withhold, delay or dismiss requests for public records — and Ottawa may be next.
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Follow the legal bribes? "Ontario and Alberta are building natural gas plants despite lower costs of renewables A new report found wind energy is cheaper than gas-fired power in both provinces. So why are they still leaning on gas?" corporateknights.com/energy/ontar... #ableg #onpoli
corporateknights.com
Renewable energy is cheaper than building natural gas plants
Ontario and Alberta are building new gas power plants while a new report shows renewable energy is getting less and less expensive
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patderoch.bsky.social @patderoch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Tell Doug Ford: The Northern Shield crude oil pipeline is all risk and no reward for northern Ontario, and for Canada more generally. Take on minute and tell him that across northern Ontario we’re saying NO. Again. #onpoli #cdnpoli share.nwmd.social/s/foHF2txQ
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Northern Shield Pipeline - We said "NO" already. We're saying it again.
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