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Ontario limits medical residency spots for international grads, despite doctors' shortage | CBC News Ontario’s government is introducing new requirements that will see fewer residency spots for internationally trained doctors, even as it faces a doctors' shortage.

Public health listed “lack of access to a family doctor” a key driver of the #Ontario measles outbreak.
And so of course the Ford government makes it harder to add more fully trained doctors by requiring a senseless “where did you go to high school?” check.

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Doug and his Ministers never miss an opportunity to make a situation worse by adding their own bigotry and racism.
I am quite sure they see all attention as personal benefit and have no regard for how much damage is caused by perpetuating stereotypes.

#onpoli #garbageingarbageout

Automatic tax filing, permanent school food program coming in budget: Carney Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a series of affordability measures Friday, making good on some spring campaign commitments ahead of the fall budget.

Amazing!
“The federal government is making the national school food program permanent. Providing meals for ~ 400,000 children, Carney is committing to working with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners “to expand the program into more schools.”

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Disability advocate concerned TDSB meeting changes will shut parents out | Globalnews.ca A prominent disability advocate says the Ford government's decision to stop live-streaming meetings at the school boards it has taken over is "troubling and undemocratic."

Education Minister blocks broadcast of Special Education and Parent Involvement committee meetings at #Ontario school boards under supervision further decreasing parent access to resources and information to support children’s needs.

#onpoli #education
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“These issues ripple out to affect the entire classroom. A stable workforce of skilled staff with specialized training who are *compensated competitively* is essential if inclusion is to be a reality and not just a slogan.”

Many autistic students are denied a full education — here’s what we need for inclusive schools Integrating autistic students fully and meaningfully in classrooms is important for their education, for broader classrooms as well as for families’ employment security and well-being.

“Importantly, increased funding is also necessary. School staff, such as education assistants, are often required to support far too many students, with a lack of replacements when they are absent.”

#onpoli #Ontario #inclusion #education

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The Ontario Hospital Association says hospitals had a collective deficit of $360M last year and face more pressures this year.

Ontario hospitals say they're underfunded by $1 billion https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/ontario-hospitals-say-they-have-1-billion-in-funding-needs/

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Ford Government Restricts Livestreams of School Board Meetings, Raising Transparency Concerns The Ford government has quietly directed Ontario school boards to block public livestreams of their committee meetings, a move critics warn represents a step backward for accountability and public …

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#onpoli #ontario #government

Hint hint #Toronto

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Slide promoting #TLSkyChat on October 8, 2025. Topic: “Banned Books Week.” Includes reminders to use #TLSkyChat, respond to Q1–Q3, and start replies with A1–A3. Text invites discussion on protecting the freedom to read. Resources at tlskychat.com.

📢 Celebrate #BannedBooksWeek with your #library people! Tomorrow’s #TLSkyChat starts at 8pm EST / 5pm PT. Questions are already posted here 👉 www.tlskychat.com/schedule

#TLSky #Librarians #Skybrarians #EduSky

‘Something doesn’t smell right’: $100 million in Skills Development Fund grants traced to lobbyists with ties to Ontario premier Clients of lobbyists with ties to Ontario's premier and his office snagged at least $100 million in Skills Development Fund grants, according to an analysis of the data by CTV News.

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There has been amazing support from actual neighborhoods but vehement opposition from people who don’t even live nearby, a few who cared more about losing a poorly maintained parking lot…

Etobicoke residents sue City over proposed homeless shelter A community group in Etobicoke is suing the City for $1 million in damages over the plan to build a homeless shelter.

Same “housing for seniors at risk of homelessness” went up in my neighborhood a few years ago. It’s a beautiful, quiet building with an inter-generational learning partnership with nearby schools. Collaboration with the city also improved local infrastructure.

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Make them pay it back, including the Ministers they are connected to. Start by repossessing all their Muskoka cottages…

Province blocking livestreams of school board committee meetings The chair of the TDSB's special education advisory committee says the government has given no reason for arbitrarily banning live streaming.

Doug Ford is more concerned about alcohol than he is about education & transparency.
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Always…he is blocking every livestream of every educational meeting and report given. Hiding everything the “Supervisors” are doing to our Boards of Education. #TDSB #TCDSB #onted #onpoli

Blocking not only livestreams, but also agendas, minutes and documents from meetings. I got this response from Toronto Land Corp (TDSB subsidiary, manages $12 Billion in Toronto properties). #onted #onpoli

Province blocking livestreams of school board committee meetings The chair of the TDSB's special education advisory committee says the government has given no reason for arbitrarily banning live streaming.

#Ontario Min of Ed cancelled webcasts of Special Education committee meetings calling public access “a forum for politics”.
The government believes that parents advocating for their children’s needs & disability is unnecessary “politics”.

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Toronto Education Action Network (TEAN) has a public facing linktree site. There you’ll find a public google drive with advocacy and support information for school councils, parents, and education supporters.
#toronto #education #onpoli
#edusky

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More shit for the Ontario voter to eat. Eat it up yum.

Saugeen First Nation celebrates getting their beach back Saugeen First Nation is celebrating having a beach returned to it after a surveying error from the 1850s excluded it from the reserve.

Saugeen First Nation in Ontario joined together for some sun and sand to celebrate getting their beach back.

The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Ontario school boards urge Ford to halt plan to scrap speed cameras | CBC News Ontario's school boards are jointly urging the provincial government not to proceed with Premier Doug Ford's plan to get rid of speed cameras.

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Speed kills, speed kills children and children are more important than the Ministers in Ford’s cabinet who keep getting hit with speeding tickets.
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Minister of Education has ordered supervised school boards to stop publicly broadcasting meetings including @tdsb.on.ca Special Education committee

In addition to removing elected representatives & public decisions the Minister of Education has ordered supervised school boards to stop publicly broadcasting meetings including @tdsb.on.ca Special Education committee, cutting parents off from information to advocate for their children.
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Ontario’s move to eliminate school trustees could stifle parents’ concerns, critics say In June, the province appointed supervisors to oversee the finances and operations of four school boards, largely sidelining trustees

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Red signs that read "ALL DAY PARKING" advertise the entrance to a parking lot beside Wasaga Beach.

But change is coming. The town has long alleged having a provincial park inside its boundaries impedes economic growth, and Premier Doug Ford is listening. In May he announced a plan to remove more than half the beach — and all of the plover habitat — from the park and transfer it to the town. (4/6)

The uncertain future of Wasaga Beach | The Narwhal The Ontario government is handing part of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the town, leaving many wondering what will be left to protect it

What’s going on at Wasaga Beach? It’s a question our readers have been asking us to look into for months. So we sent @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @a1please.bsky.social to Wasaga to document a town — and an ecosystem — at a crossroads. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach... (1/6)

BREAKING: Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general Ford government labour ministers overruled civil servants to fund skills training by groups with lobbyists, according to a scathing new report

BREAKING: The Ford govt has given groups hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars against the advice of civil servants who’d evaluated their applications, per Ontario’s auditor general.

@thetrillium.bsky.social has been covering this story in depth.

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Doug Ford’s 'common-sense conservation' is a fast track to extinction, experts warn With Bill 5, the Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species and wetlands, dismantling decades of work to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development

Doug Ford’s ‘common-sense conservation’ is a fast track to extinction, experts warn.

The #Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development.

New from @xavierrichervis.bsky.social:

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