Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

[adma]

I think most schools already make those decisions.

Well, isn't that the Ford way? Taking undue credit?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Again? Perhaps a reference to Juli? He was a lot of places (Toronto, London, York) before the OPP.

Not just Juli - but apparently he led the investigation on the Cons 407 investigation.

AoD

 

[lenaitch]

Not just Juli - but apparently he led the investigation on the Cons 407 investigation.

AoD

Could be - I don't recall that. I suspect they spent late last week beating the bushes of the senior staff of every large police service in the province until they found one that didn't either laugh in their face or run away screaming.

 

[steveintoronto]

Could be - I don't recall that. I suspect they spent late last week beating the bushes of the senior staff of every large police service in the province until they found one that didn't either laugh in their face or run away screaming.

They missed the best choice by their standards:
Niagara Parks Police chief fired and under investigation
StCatharinesStandard.ca·20 hours ago

 

[Videodrome]

So, Doug is changing his promise of no job losses to no frontline job losses?

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

So, Doug is changing his promise of no job losses to no frontline job losses?

Yeah because management-level people are elites or something and not "real" employees, like the "real Ontarians" outside of Toronto.

 

[Videodrome]

Colin D'Mello CTVNews
@ColinDMello

Oh my. Amy Fee - Parliamentary assistant to Social services Lisa MacLeod - tells the CBC she might have to take out a line of credit, borrow from her parents to make up for the $110,000 her family spend on autism therapy.

MPP Amy Fee says KidsAbility layoffs a 'difficult' decision, but autism program changes needed | CBC News

KidsAbility announced this week it has had to lay off nine workers and it's directly linked to funding changes in the Ontario Autism Program. MPP Amy Fee says she understands it was a difficult decision, but she also says changes to the provincial program were necessary.

www.cbc.ca

Her husband works two jobs, she gets a decent salary as an MPP and they are still unable to pay for their kids to get the help they need.

 

[Northern Light]

MPP Amy Fee says KidsAbility layoffs a 'difficult' decision, but autism program changes needed | CBC News

KidsAbility announced this week it has had to lay off nine workers and it's directly linked to funding changes in the Ontario Autism Program. MPP Amy Fee says she understands it was a difficult decision, but she also says changes to the provincial program were necessary.

www.cbc.ca

Her husband works two jobs, she gets a decent salary as an MPP and they are still unable to pay for their kids to get the help they need.

Yet she says she's still supportive of the changes. I'm not sure how she rationalizes that...........very odd.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Yet she says she's still supportive of the changes. I'm not sure how she rationalizes that...........very odd.

I guess she figured it'd be better staying on the buttered side of the toast.

AoD

 

[Northern Light]

Education 'reform' out today from the Ford Gov't.

I will link the backgrounder below.

My notes:

Class size stable in elementary grades (small increase in 4-8, less than 1 pupil per average class).
Class size skyrockets for secondary grades from average 22 to 28.

New Health Curriculum including sex ed. doesn't appear to be a problem on its face. Even gender expression is still there, as is consent and sexting.
What is not clear is if there are any changes in the opt-out provisions for parents.

There are some funding cuts with a couple of smaller streams being zero'd.

The bigger funding cuts are related to the secondary grades average class size change, as well as a shift to require students to take 4 e-learning (online) courses in HS.

I like that such courses will be available. Making 4 mandatory is likely a cost-cutting exercise as it reduces on-site attendance for High Schools.

Backgrounder here:

Ontario Newsroom | Salle de presse de l'Ontario

news.ontario.ca

 

[narduch]

There's going to be a lot of job losses for teachers.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

From the Globe:

The ties that bind Doug Ford and Mario Di Tommaso, the bureaucrat behind OPP personnel decisions

A Globe examination raises questions about Di Tommaso’s distance from the Ford government and his role in the events that led to the failed appointment of Ron Taverner as OPP commissioner

www.theglobeandmail.com

AoD

 

[Videodrome]

On cellphone ban, @LisaThompsonMPP says teachers will use their own discretion in the classroom and cellphone can be used for learning purposes in class.

Another backtrack?

 

[PinkLucy]

That's pretty much what happens now.

 

[tiffer24]

MPP Randy Hillier has been permanently expelled from caucus and blames premier's office | CBC New

Letter says it's over a lack of 'clapping, retweeting and cheerleading' for PCs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/otta...pc-suspension-1.5055964?__vfz=medium=sharebar