@KWPeace on a related note:

Headline:
Ontario hospitals announce job cuts, nearly three-quarters of hospitals in deficit

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/04/24/ontario-hospitals-announce-job-cuts-nearly-three-quarters-of-hospitals-in-deficit/

You can't 'balance the budget' when there isn't enough to get the job done.

All while #thugFord allocated funds to buy a jet 🤪

Ontario hospitals announce job cuts, nearly three-quarters of hospitals in deficit

Several Ontario hospitals have announced job cuts in recent months as they try to climb out of financial holes, a situation critics say will likely keep repeating. While the government gave hospitals a $1.1-billion funding boost this year, the Ontario Hospital Association had said the need was more than double that. More than 70 per […]

CityNews Toronto

This looks like a great *itch list of issues with #thugFord 's government in Ontario:

https://piefed.ca/topic/canada/provinces-territories/on

#onpolitics #onpoli #NeverVoteConservative

Ontario

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Yeah, no surprise there! It's like Dougie''s trying to keep up with his idol Donnie ... 🤪

While it's Ontario tax payers that are footing the bill for #thugFord 's extravagance, it's not the province that made the decision. It was the Conservative Government - that was NOT selected by about 80% of eligible Ontario voters.

Ontario government buys $28.9M private jet for Doug Ford's use

Province says used jet will allow 'certain, flexible,' travel, opposition leaders dub it the 'gravy plane'

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-private-jet-9.7167824

#onpolitics #nevervoteconservative

Ontario government buys $28.9M private jet for Doug Ford's use | CBC News

The provincial government has purchased a pre-owned private jet for $28.9 million to be used by Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

CBC

#thugFord 's #Conservative s strike out at the environment yet again. If nothing else, they're consistent. 😔

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act is dead | The Narwhal

"The Ontario government has officially repealed its Endangered Species Act and replaced it with weaker legislation, almost a year after first proposing to do so."

https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-species-conservation-act-enforced/

#nature #endangeredspecies #anythingforabuck #onpoli #NeverVoteConservative

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act is dead | The Narwhal

Proposed under Bill 5, Ontario’s Species Conservation Act is officially in force, leaving many at-risk plants and animals, like redside dace and barn owls, unprotected

The Narwhal
Ontario education minister tells schools to keep graduation ceremonies strictly ‘apolitical’

Ontario’s education minister defended a letter he sent to school boards this week, calling for graduation ceremonies to be 'strictly student-centred, apolitical, inclusive and respectful.'

CTVNews

Apparently #ThugFord sees himself as Trump 2.0 ... 🤪

#onpolitics

How do you feel about #ThugFord 's OSAP cuts?

Over 34,000 supporters across 9 petitions so far ... so many to choose from!

Sign one, sign then all ...

https://www.change.org/m/fix-osap

Fix OSAP · Movement

Students and community members across Ontario are mobilizing in response to recent changes to tuition policy and the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). Following the government’s February 2026 announcement to lift the tuition freeze and adjust the grant-to-loan balance, multiple petitions have emerged raising concerns about student debt and access to post-secondary education.

Change.org
@stephanie maybe he could just threaten to assault them in a Canadian Tire parking lot like he does to Canadians… 🙄 #JudgeJuryAndPremier #ThugFord
Looks like my $200 bribe from #ThugFord won't arrive before the election. They used addresses on file from 2023 tax filling instead of updating it worth their own Service Ontario database. Since we moved, they have to reissue it in 4-6 weeks.
Nearly time to say goodbye to #ThugFord #ONpoli