Sara
@sarablue.bsky.social
she/her. toronto.
i guess this is a public education stan account now.
i guess this is a public education stan account now.
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Join parents from across Ontario for an important virtual town hall being hosted by the Ontario NDP on November 13 to say NO to #Bill33.
Take action for smaller class sizes and stronger local voices in #OntEd schools 🏫💪
RSVP: https://www.ontariondp.ca/stand-up-for-education-now
Take action for smaller class sizes and stronger local voices in #OntEd schools 🏫💪
RSVP: https://www.ontariondp.ca/stand-up-for-education-now
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Join parents from across Ontario for an important virtual town hall being hosted by the Ontario NDP on November 13 to say NO to #Bill33.
Take action for smaller class sizes and stronger local voices in #OntEd schools 🏫💪
RSVP: https://www.ontariondp.ca/stand-up-for-education-now
Take action for smaller class sizes and stronger local voices in #OntEd schools 🏫💪
RSVP: https://www.ontariondp.ca/stand-up-for-education-now
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And this is always, always the agenda of Doug Ford and every other conservative politician
Because when you educate the masses, they're more likely to notice you trying to pull one over on them
Because when you educate the masses, they're more likely to notice you trying to pull one over on them
Tell your MPP that Bill 33 isn’t about supporting students and strengthening education – it’s about silencing parents and the local communities who know our schools best. #onted #onpoli
Stronger Schools Start with Local Voices | Know More
Email Your MPP!
nwmd.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
And this is always, always the agenda of Doug Ford and every other conservative politician
Because when you educate the masses, they're more likely to notice you trying to pull one over on them
Because when you educate the masses, they're more likely to notice you trying to pull one over on them
Bill 33 isn’t law yet. Call your MPP (especially if they’re PC) and Ford this week and tell them you do not support this bill and to Fund our Schools!! #onted #onpoli
Ontario's new education bill means less say, more red tape for parents, warn critics in Durham Region. #onted #onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario's new education bill means less say, more red tape for parents, warn critics in Durham Region | CBC News
An Ontario education bill will make it more challenging for parents to advocate for their children in elementary and high schools, critics in Durham Region say.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Ontario's new education bill means less say, more red tape for parents, warn critics in Durham Region. #onted #onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario's new education bill means less say, more red tape for parents, warn critics in Durham Region | CBC News
An Ontario education bill will make it more challenging for parents to advocate for their children in elementary and high schools, critics in Durham Region say.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Ontario's new education bill means less say, more red tape for parents, warn critics in Durham Region. #onted #onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tell your MPP that Bill 33 isn’t about supporting students and strengthening education – it’s about silencing parents and the local communities who know our schools best. #onted #onpoli
Stronger Schools Start with Local Voices | Know More
Email Your MPP!
nwmd.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Ontario's Fall Economic Statement: THE WORST: "Despite widespread food insecurity, growing encampments, & social assistance rates that sentence recipients to deep poverty, the increase in children, community & social services funding is 0%" .. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #onpoli #onted
Ontario Fall Economic Statement: No help on the way - CCPA
Last May, CCPA’s detailed analysis of the Ontario budget argued that it failed to address years-long funding shortfalls, leaving the province vulnerable to the economic storm on the horizon.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Ontario's Fall Economic Statement: THE WORST: "Despite widespread food insecurity, growing encampments, & social assistance rates that sentence recipients to deep poverty, the increase in children, community & social services funding is 0%" .. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #onpoli #onted
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I'm attending The People's Forum this Friday — will you join me?
The People's Forum will be a place to discuss the proposed firing of Trustees & end of renter protections Doug Ford is rushing through without public input.
RSVP: OntarioNDP.ca/the-peoples-forum #topoli #onpoli #onted
The People's Forum will be a place to discuss the proposed firing of Trustees & end of renter protections Doug Ford is rushing through without public input.
RSVP: OntarioNDP.ca/the-peoples-forum #topoli #onpoli #onted
RSVP: The People's Forum
Doug Ford is shutting down debate to rush through two new laws, Bill 33 and Bill 60. So we're convening The People's Forum to hear from working people on the front lines who deserve to be heard before...
OntarioNDP.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm attending The People's Forum this Friday — will you join me?
The People's Forum will be a place to discuss the proposed firing of Trustees & end of renter protections Doug Ford is rushing through without public input.
RSVP: OntarioNDP.ca/the-peoples-forum #topoli #onpoli #onted
The People's Forum will be a place to discuss the proposed firing of Trustees & end of renter protections Doug Ford is rushing through without public input.
RSVP: OntarioNDP.ca/the-peoples-forum #topoli #onpoli #onted
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On this stormy November day in Ontario we remember another storm 50 years ago today that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
![A meme depicting a woman staring at her phone with one hand on her head, with the following text below:
IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD?
What your Great Lakes maritime history-obsessed teen's text messages actually mean:
brb = bell rang bro
rofl = rang out for lost (crew)
bff = big freakin' freigher
lol = Load of Ore on the Lake
smh = shift minutes to hours
glhf = Great Lakes hella freighter
tbh = taconite be haulin'
stfu = steer the freighter upwind
tfw = that freakin' witch (of November)
asl = a ship lost
gg = Gitche Gumee
idc = immoderate deadweight capacity
btw = beneath the waves
afk = a freighter kaput
hbd = hauler's beacon down
ily = iron load yonder
jk = just [24] kilometers
lmao = lost my abyssal ore
nbd = north bound draft
glhf = good lord, hold flooding
omg = obliteratingly massive gales
tmi = too much iron
wtf = White Fish (Bay)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccm7gttkbfs2eyyrlpshmeun/bafkreib6ughtj23oqdskaisavrueyn6fijujbp2e663h6p6ukx74lbibyu@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On this stormy November day in Ontario we remember another storm 50 years ago today that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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This is not sustainable.
And that’s part of the privatization agenda.
Break the public system and then point to privatization of education as the solution.
It’s a genius plan.
And our kids will pay the price.
And that’s part of the privatization agenda.
Break the public system and then point to privatization of education as the solution.
It’s a genius plan.
And our kids will pay the price.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is not sustainable.
And that’s part of the privatization agenda.
Break the public system and then point to privatization of education as the solution.
It’s a genius plan.
And our kids will pay the price.
And that’s part of the privatization agenda.
Break the public system and then point to privatization of education as the solution.
It’s a genius plan.
And our kids will pay the price.
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The result is increased student frustration, dysregulation, and overwhelm. Burned out staff that are leaving education in droves. Students with special education needs and language learning needs going without support and falling behind. Kids falling through the cracks.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The result is increased student frustration, dysregulation, and overwhelm. Burned out staff that are leaving education in droves. Students with special education needs and language learning needs going without support and falling behind. Kids falling through the cracks.
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Since 2018 when Doug Ford became the Premier of Ontario, #OntEd has struggled to make ends meet. Specialized supports and programs have been stripped away from students. Student safety is the only reason EA support is assigned, and it’s typically shared between several students.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Since 2018 when Doug Ford became the Premier of Ontario, #OntEd has struggled to make ends meet. Specialized supports and programs have been stripped away from students. Student safety is the only reason EA support is assigned, and it’s typically shared between several students.
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Public schools need to be appropriately staffed so that ALL students can have access to an education. We’ve reduced our expectations to “try your best to keep kids alive and unharmed” instead of “make sure all kids have the resources they need to be safe and learn at school”.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Public schools need to be appropriately staffed so that ALL students can have access to an education. We’ve reduced our expectations to “try your best to keep kids alive and unharmed” instead of “make sure all kids have the resources they need to be safe and learn at school”.
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Educational programming can include sensory activities and calming spaces, but kids need to be working on actual learning goals, or else it’s not really school. It’s glorified babysitting. Providing supervision within a school building is not the same as providing an education.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Educational programming can include sensory activities and calming spaces, but kids need to be working on actual learning goals, or else it’s not really school. It’s glorified babysitting. Providing supervision within a school building is not the same as providing an education.
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Education needs to be more than walking the halls with an Educational Assistant or spending time in a sensory room. Actual educational programming needs to be happening for ALL kids.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Education needs to be more than walking the halls with an Educational Assistant or spending time in a sensory room. Actual educational programming needs to be happening for ALL kids.
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Doug Ford is trying to ram through dangerous legislation that will harm endangered species. Take action now: davidsuzuki.org/expert-artic...
Ontario’s nature is drowning in deregulation. Grab a paddle.
Ontario’s Unleashing the Economy Act would gut species protections and open the door to lawless development.
davidsuzuki.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Doug Ford is trying to ram through dangerous legislation that will harm endangered species. Take action now: davidsuzuki.org/expert-artic...
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His tunnel would:
▶️Cost $50–$100 billion
▶️That's $9000-$18000 per Ontario Household
▶️Add just 1 lane each way
▶️Snarl traffic for 10+ years with construction
▶️Cost $50–$100 billion
▶️That's $9000-$18000 per Ontario Household
▶️Add just 1 lane each way
▶️Snarl traffic for 10+ years with construction
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
His tunnel would:
▶️Cost $50–$100 billion
▶️That's $9000-$18000 per Ontario Household
▶️Add just 1 lane each way
▶️Snarl traffic for 10+ years with construction
▶️Cost $50–$100 billion
▶️That's $9000-$18000 per Ontario Household
▶️Add just 1 lane each way
▶️Snarl traffic for 10+ years with construction
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Doug Ford refuses to release a 2021 study for 401 tunnel that found a “potential for 401 roadway collapse”
Now he’s spending another $9 Million of our 💰 on a do-over.
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
Now he’s spending another $9 Million of our 💰 on a do-over.
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
Ontario awards $9.1M contract to study Hwy. 401 tunnel concept | Globalnews.ca
Internal studies into the concept at the Ministry of Transportation were paused in 2021 and found there was a 'potential for roadway collapse.'
globalnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Doug Ford refuses to release a 2021 study for 401 tunnel that found a “potential for 401 roadway collapse”
Now he’s spending another $9 Million of our 💰 on a do-over.
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
Now he’s spending another $9 Million of our 💰 on a do-over.
#ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
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Really great interview, should be watched. The known benefits for bike lanes on main streets are being espoused by those retailers who work on those streets. Excellent.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Really great interview, should be watched. The known benefits for bike lanes on main streets are being espoused by those retailers who work on those streets. Excellent.
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The special education funding formula is broken in #OntEd. Too many children are being left behind.
youtu.be/2yFBsHE2wAY
youtu.be/2yFBsHE2wAY
Special Education Funding in Ontario
YouTube video by Kimiko Shibata
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The special education funding formula is broken in #OntEd. Too many children are being left behind.
youtu.be/2yFBsHE2wAY
youtu.be/2yFBsHE2wAY
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Our public education system has been starved, and now is being taken over by the government.
Attacks on democracy don't need to look like what Trump does.
Please wake up Ontario! #onted #onpoli
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/e...
Attacks on democracy don't need to look like what Trump does.
Please wake up Ontario! #onted #onpoli
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/e...
Education minister defends $350K salaries to school supervisors to fix school board spending
Several Ontario school boards will need to find $350,000 in their budget to pay for the Ford government’s school supervisors. In June, the province appointed supervisors to five school boards, includi...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our public education system has been starved, and now is being taken over by the government.
Attacks on democracy don't need to look like what Trump does.
Please wake up Ontario! #onted #onpoli
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/e...
Attacks on democracy don't need to look like what Trump does.
Please wake up Ontario! #onted #onpoli
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/e...
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Ontario is in a homelessness and affordability crisis. This government knows it but still chooses different priorities. It’s not that we “can’t” fund supports. It’s that they won’t.
9.1 million dollars could pay the salary of many educational assistants to keep students safe and open up access to equitable education.
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
Ontario awards $9.1M contract to study Hwy. 401 tunnel concept | Globalnews.ca
Internal studies into the concept at the Ministry of Transportation were paused in 2021 and found there was a 'potential for roadway collapse.'
globalnews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Ontario is in a homelessness and affordability crisis. This government knows it but still chooses different priorities. It’s not that we “can’t” fund supports. It’s that they won’t.
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9.1 million dollars could pay the salary of many educational assistants to keep students safe and open up access to equitable education.
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
Ontario awards $9.1M contract to study Hwy. 401 tunnel concept | Globalnews.ca
Internal studies into the concept at the Ministry of Transportation were paused in 2021 and found there was a 'potential for roadway collapse.'
globalnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
9.1 million dollars could pay the salary of many educational assistants to keep students safe and open up access to equitable education.
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
What could $9.1 million do for healthcare, public transit, supportive housing, or the environment?
#Priorities #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151529...
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Lots of this will be popping up this week. Bollards are coming soon.
These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete.
They slow down turning vehicles.
learn more here
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)
These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete.
They slow down turning vehicles.
learn more here
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Lots of this will be popping up this week. Bollards are coming soon.
These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete.
They slow down turning vehicles.
learn more here
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)
These are painted curb radii reductions, holding space until we can build them in concrete.
They slow down turning vehicles.
learn more here
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
And before anyone asks "why pink"... (continued..)