#Tag
Ok wow, delightful development.
I went over to my MPP's office in Tears on Thus, they called ODSP. Mistake got fixed,
CHEQUE IS IN THE BANK! 🎉
I have enough to pay rent. I am gonna be ok.
For everybody who kicked in to make sure I had a buffer to weather this glitch, reach out if you want a refund. Otherwise I promise to use remaining funds for benevolent shenanigans. 😈
It meant so much having ya'll reach out (boosts/words/cash) and catch me when I was falling. Beautiful fekkin humans. 🥲✨
Doug Ford’s frivolous yet mean-spirited attacks on people who cycle in Toronto is dangerous and divisive. But it’s certainly had its intended effect of distracting from his shady deals with property developers.
“Ahead of Wednesday's hearing, Longfield said the case was about ensuring the government respected the rule of law. ‘The Ford government is wasting time and public money on a bad-faith culture war, against the advice of its own experts, at a moment when Ontarians need leadership focused on real solutions for real challenges,’ he said in a statement.”
So instead of doing anything to solve existing problems - like figuring out how to keep myself fed, to sort out health plan (OHIP doesn't cover half of what I need and that's destroying my finances), to build relationships w new doctors, to get help with the covid brain injury, to figure out how to do things without being able to drive, to just get home and systems set up so I'm not floundering All The Fucking Time..
I am putting out fires that never should have lit up.
This shit is so exhausting and demoralizing. This propensity to gate keep and withhold is counterproductive, and frankly, abusive.
It costs more money to keep people in constant crisis that to Just Fucking Help them.
I'm sure I've cost several months of ODSP just in ER visits alone.
Disabled people aren't failed humans to be tossed aside.
We are PEOPLE. We matter. We have lives and places in our community.
Stop making so fucking hard to exist.
#ONpoli
Honoured to have the endorsement of CUPE Ontario, which represents 300,000 workers — 40% of the Canadian Union of Public Employees’ total membership.
I stand with their heroic members as they educate, care for us, and keep the province running every day — and fight to protect our precious public systems from privatization and underfunding.
Their full statement of support can be found here: https://cupe.on.ca/cupe-ontario-has-endorsed-avi-lewis-as-leader-of-canadas-new-democratic-party/
“Riders don’t care about divided responsibilities; they just want good, reliable service.
Toronto council wants to encourage more transit use for a growing city, but the credibility of transit depends on systems that work.”
Review of Line 6 issues from @swanboatsteve.bsky.social
#onpoli - Ontario hospitals have point of sale systems now. It's worse than it looks on the surface.
The Local is always worth reading:
https://thelocal.to/uninsured-births-ontario/
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