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Since being elected into office, Doug Ford has wasted my tax dollars by:
- unconstitutionally attacking union rights with B124 and wasting countless millions fighting for an obviously unconstitutional law
- bringing beer into corner stores 10 months early
- trying to use a one-size-fits-all approach to overrule municipal planning committees' decisions on sprawl (FYI - sprawl increases taxes and reduces services, but you all already know that and clearly don't care)
- promoting a record number of MPPs who do absolutely nothing to cabinet and/or parliamentary assistant positions
- selling off public goods to enrich shady developers and other private interests
- building a multi-billion dollar highway to save an average commuter 30 seconds of travel time (allowing Doug Ford to funnel more public money into the hands of his friends)
- wasting money on OPS real estate (and increasing emissions via commutes), when the pandemic has proven that the vast majority of OPS work can be done from home
- underfunding our healthcare, including wasting money on agency nurses instead of increasing pay for nurses employed within our public healthcare system, so it can be increasingly privatized (which, as shown by the disaster that is privatized long-term care, created by your conservative predecessor, the outcomes will be MUCH worse and will cost more money)
- underfunding education so the future citizens lack the critical thinking to recognize just how much contempt Conservative politicians have for their electorate
- hoarding federally-provided COVID funds to offset the wasteful spending and reduce the deficit, instead of spending it to save the lives it was intended for
- buying votes for the 2022 election by cancelling license plate renewal fees (this has cost over $2 billion so far, which will just continue to increase as the years go on)
- the plan to buy votes for the upcoming early election will cost another $3.2 billion
This wasteful spending amounts to TENS OF BILLIONS which could be better spent by IMPROVING the public healthcare system, not adding a profit motive through privatization.
And now Doug Ford wants to further interfere with the safety of pedestrians and increase gridlock by removing bike lanes? There is ample proof that encouraging people to bike and/or use public transit will actually reduce gridlock and trying to introduce more cars into downtown areas will do the opposite, but Doug Ford's Conservative party prefers spreading propaganda around how having more lanes will reduce traffic, despite them KNOWING THIS IS NOT TRUE.
Doug Ford needs to stop pretending to be the Mayor of Toronto and do his job as the Premier of ONTARIO, which is to make our future better. INVEST IN PUBLIC HEALTHCARE. INVEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. INVEST IN EXPERTS PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. Stop with this "cOmMoN sEnSe" BS that has no lasting positive impact for the future of our province.
This government is a disgrace and you should all feel ashamed of yourselves.
Submitted October 23, 2024 3:47 PM
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Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
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