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In the last Ontario election, more than 6 million eligible voters did not vote. That’s 6 million voices missing from the conversation about our province’s future. Advanced polling happens today and tomorrow. Please make sure your voice is heard. www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in...

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Amazing speech by Illinois governor @govpritzker.illinois.gov - this is the spirit needed in this moment

Doug Ford: "You get good healthcare when you have a good economy!" Common Sense: You get a good economy when you have good healthcare.

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I really wish Americans would stop treating the continued existence of Canada as the sort of thing they can do amusing thought experiments about.

Funding has dropped by $1500 per student in #OntEd under the Ford government. Our schools are literally crumbling, and supports for student needs have been stripped away. Ontario students deserve better. Please vote accordingly.

NDP Candidate stepping down to avoid vote splitting. If this were to happen in many more ridings, Ford would be gone for good. #cdnpoli #onpoli #peipoli

This is fascism.

Some good news for a change: thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-l...

Please: Anyone but Doug Ford. Ford is uniquely unqualified and unsuited to be a leader for this moment. His years in office have been defined by shortages — a lack of homes, doctors, teachers, jobs, skilled workers, subways, buses, and bike lanes. #Opinion

Directly into my veins yes please

Musk killed these people.

There’s one thing I would really, really like Canada to remember: Perfection is the enemy of good. None of us are perfect. Politicians, including very good people in political life, aren’t perfect. Job 1 - Ditch Ford. Vote strategically. Job 2 - #MarkCarney Chose Canada.

When Trump threatens Canada's existence, says our border is an artificial line on a map, and says we should be part of the US, he sounds exactly like Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler. It doesn't help that his right hand man flung perfect Nazi salutes at his victory celebration. Believe the threat.

Great list of Canadian labour follows! Thanks @lukelebrun.ca !

The Conservative government has had 5 years to #CleanTheAir in #OntEd schools. Ford has prioritized alcohol over student learning conditions, again and again. We deserve a government that will finally prioritize our kids. Props to @chandrapasma.bsky.social for her advocacy.

Share of eligible voters in 2022 Ontario election. This is ridiculous. Technically, "Did Not Vote" won the election. Across all of North America, the complacency and apathy of the voting populace threatens the fabric of society. Get off your lazy asses and vote.

Gaza is Palestinian land. It always will be. Trump is a convicted felon. If he attempts to invade Gaza the United States will be become a gangster regime. But his threats amount to crimes against humanity. The world needs to be there for the children ofGaza.

Getting out of the immediate moment of crisis was always a prerequisite. But we're a very dumb country if we allow this Sword of Damocles to continue to be hung over us. Keep buying Canadian, keep diversifying trade, keep thinking about a world with a less reliable America. Let's learn something.

Canada is responsible for less than 1 percent of drugs and less than 1 percent of illegals into the US. The US is responsible for 70 percent of drugs and 95 percent of guns into Canada. Who is the problem here?

The fact that Canada did NOT have US banks on our soil is one of the things that protected us from the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. Letting them in makes us vulnerable.

Breaking: Punxsutawney Phil sees the shadow of death and fall of an empire, so there will be 6 more weeks of winter and then groundhogs inherit the earth.

Etobicoke Doug pictured today popping his head out of his den and predicting another four years of winter in Ontario hospitals and schools.

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

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Dear grocery stores, this is the way.

I was just speaking with someone about this - he’s letting China off easily re tariffs and clearing out of their way in international organizations, leaving them to dominate in terms of international influence. Sure seems purposeful…

#MadeInCanada #PledgeForCanada

Doug Ford is counting on cold weather keeping us at home instead of at the polls. Let’s stay cozy and vote by mail! Applications to vote by mail close on Feb. 21. Start the application now and you’ll have plenty of time to make sure your vote counts on Feb. 27. votebymail.elections.on.ca #OnPoli

Who thinks that a Liberal NDP alliance would easily destroy Doug Ford?

Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era

We have 28 days to convince every person we know in this province that it’s time to rid Ontario of Doug Ford

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Hey Ontario, Never forget that Doug Ford has been slowly starving our public schools of funding to encourage wealthier families to send their kids to private schools. Pass it on.

If you can drop off fliers, make phone calls, send texts, deliver signs, knock on doors, or have other skills, time, or talents to share, now is the time to volunteer to help out your local candidate. www.ontariondp.ca/volunteer?ak...