Despite Premier Doug Ford’s announcement that some of his proposed funding cuts are being reversed, cuts to Kensington Market’s St. Stephen’s Community House remain intact.
CHATTER: Clinic not spared by Ford’s reversal (Summer 2019)
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EDITORIAL: Time for Ford to press “eject” (Summer 2019)
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A recent poll confirms that Doug Ford’s favourability ratings are falling hard and fast. His level of support is lower than Kathleen Wynne’s was at the end of her tenure, lower, as the president of Mainstreet Research Quito Maggi says, than any incumbent premier has ever seen this soon after being elected.
GREENINGS: Not sure what’s worse, climate crisis or denying it? (Summer 2019)
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CHATTER: St. Stephen’s safe-injection site loses provincial funding (May 2019
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on CHATTER: St. Stephen’s safe-injection site loses provincial funding (May 2019
On April 1, the provincial government, led by Premier Doug Ford, announced they would keep funding fifteen overdose prevention sites in the province, while cutting funding for three. St. Stephen’s Community House in Kensington Market located on Augusta Avenue is one of the two sites at risk of closure in Toronto.
EDITORIAL: Ford’s angry budget (May 2019)
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The most recent Ontario budget targets Toronto for over $177 million in annual provincial funding cuts. The targeted cuts are to Toronto’s programs in healthcare, child care, legal aid, tourism, and transit. In exchange, Premier Ford’s province-wide base gets a few shiny trinkets, and as a whole the budget still fails to resemble the kind of plan that could lead our province in the direction of fiscal balance.
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EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May 2019)
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FORUM: Meddling in municipal affairs (May 2019
May 28th, 2019 · 1 Comment
Province’s intrusion will impact quality of life
By Michael Layton
Since the province decided to cut Council in half, there has been a clear trend of decision making that aims to marginalize the City of Toronto and its residents’ voices on many critical issues. The trend continued this month as the province revealed details of their plan to try and steal our subway, and made life-and-death decisions about addiction treatment.
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FORUM: Taking a stand against Ford’s cuts to education (May 2019)
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MPP decries slashing of school budgets province-wide
By Jessica Bell, MPP (University—Rosedale)
Every child in Ontario deserves a quality public school education.
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GREENINGS: Plastic ban born of necessity (May 2019)
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China done with being the world’s dumping ground
By Terri Chu
The Ontario government has announced it is mulling a ban on single-use plastics. As environmentalists rejoice at the small bone this gas guzzling loving government throws at us, we should all take a moment to thank China for this small miracle from the “red tape cutting” bandits.