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Valerie Roney
@vlrny@disabled.social  ·  activity timestamp 1 hour ago

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. 🥲✨

Valerie Roney
@vlrny@disabled.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 36 minutes ago

This is my MPP btw. Excellent human being. And all the staff are fekkin brilliant and kind.

https://mikeschreinermpp.ca/

In case anybody wants to send them a thank you. Or refresh yer soul snooping on the site of a gov't rep that is earnestly working for their constituents. ✊
#ONpoli #ONgreens

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Mark Connolly 🍻 🚴🏼‍♀️ (he, him, his)
@uxmark@mstdn.ca  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

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.”

#ONpoli #BikeTooter #Greenbelt

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-cyclists-to-defend-bike-lane-challenge-in-court-9.7064937

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Valerie Roney
@vlrny@disabled.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

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.

Valerie Roney
@vlrny@disabled.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

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

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Avi Lewis
@avilewis@mstdn.ca  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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/

#cdnpoli #canlab #onpoli #NDP

CUPE Ontario

CUPE Ontario endorses Avi Lewis for NDP leadership - CUPE Ontario

Toronto – CUPE Ontario has endorsed Avi Lewis as leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party. The endorsement was approved Monday by the CUPE Ontario executive board, following a unanimous recommendation from the union’s political action committee. CUPE Ontario is encouraging its members, and all workers in Ontario, to renew or sign up for membership in…
A graphic with a text box over a photo of Avi Lewis marching with CUPE Ontario. The quote in the text box is from CUPE Ontario and says: "The Lewis campaign reflects long-standing demands from [CUPE Ontario] members... With Avi Lewis as leader, we believe the NDP can deepen its connection with workers and communities, and build the broad coalition needed to deliver real change."
A graphic with a text box over a photo of Avi Lewis marching with CUPE Ontario. The quote in the text box is from CUPE Ontario and says: "The Lewis campaign reflects long-standing demands from [CUPE Ontario] members... With Avi Lewis as leader, we believe the NDP can deepen its connection with workers and communities, and build the broad coalition needed to deliver real change."
A graphic with a text box over a photo of Avi Lewis marching with CUPE Ontario. The quote in the text box is from CUPE Ontario and says: "The Lewis campaign reflects long-standing demands from [CUPE Ontario] members... With Avi Lewis as leader, we believe the NDP can deepen its connection with workers and communities, and build the broad coalition needed to deliver real change."
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CodeRedTO
@CodeRedTO@mstdn.ca  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

“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

https://www.thegrindmag.ca/not-so-rapid-transit-on-finch/

#TOPoli #ONPoli #Line6 #Line5 #TTC #Metrolinx #Transit

The Grind Magazine

Not-so-rapid Transit on Finch

Why is the new Line 6 so slow, what’s being done to fix it, and will the Eglinton LRT be as bad? Transit expert Steve Munro digs into the nitty-gritty.
Screenshot of linked article showing photo of Line 6 light rail vehicle crossing an intersection, nearby private car traffic.

Headline reads: Not-so-rapid Transit on Finch
Screenshot of linked article showing photo of Line 6 light rail vehicle crossing an intersection, nearby private car traffic. Headline reads: Not-so-rapid Transit on Finch
Screenshot of linked article showing photo of Line 6 light rail vehicle crossing an intersection, nearby private car traffic. Headline reads: Not-so-rapid Transit on Finch
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May Likes Toronto
@mayintoronto@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

#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/

The Local

And How Will You Be Paying for Your Baby Today? | The Local

When I first came to the pediatrics unit as an idealistic medical student, I ran into an uncomfortable reality about our universal health-care system.
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