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Home/design/life/food/politics/community aid/movies/funny stuff. Recovering Opinionista™️ in her Crone years.

Toronto, ON
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@vickysanderson
Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Doug Ford seems to think of children merely as future workers, rather than fully realized human beings who have needs beyond learning arithmetic.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Phone lines to Doug Ford’s riding office 416 745 2859, the Premier’s office 416 325 1941, and Hamilton Police 905 546 4771 are all jammed after the arrest of @CarymaRules . #onpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Waiting for @HamiltonPolice to explain why they arrested @CarymaRules for trying to enter @fordnation event when she was clearly invited. What is the charge? #OntarioElection2022
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Today, I saw an Indigenous woman putting a poster about #MMIW on a statue of Macdonald at Queen’s Park get handcuffed. Five police cars showed up. This, for calling attention to violence against Indigenous women. Don’t look away, Canada.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Get rushed to hospital. ER Nurse suggests I have an ectopic pregnancy +gets things moving quickly. After surgery, Ward nurse sits/holds my hand while I cry. Another recognizes that my wound has become infected and alerts doctor. Both of them hug me when I leave. Shut up, Cory.
@CoryBMorgan
Cory Morgan
5 years
Go to a hospital wing, observe half a dozen RNs sitting in the central island drinking coffee, shuffling paper and complaining of their lot in life while an LPN makes the rounds to patients. There is room for cuts.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Dear worried parents everywhere, When I was 8, I was in hospital for the entire second half of the school year. I did no course work - only read books and kids’ magazines, did puzzles, and watched every single episode of I Love Lucy, and countless old movies.
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
This is what a provincial Minister thinks is the proper response to a damaging storm. No thanks that folks are safe, no gratitude for the emergency services who worked all night, no direction for those affected by flooding. Instead, a dig at @AndreaHorwath ’s NDP. Very revealing.
@MacLeodLisa
Lisa MacLeod
6 years
Still can’t find the chaos in Toronto the NDP is claiming. Beautiful morning in the Provincial capital.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Follow up question: How many green energy projects did he cancel and how many charging stations did he rip out?
@ColinDMello
Colin D'Mello | Global News
2 years
PC leader Doug Ford says he believes in climate change and counts electric vehicle production as one of the measures designed to prevent climate change. #onpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Tell that to Cameron Montgomery, the unqualified head of @eqao whose salary was inflated many times over compared to previous head.
@jackhauen
Jack Hauen
4 years
"The gravy train is over at Queen's Park. It's done. It's done," Premier Doug Ford declares to PC members at the party's policy conference.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Your government axed a minimum wage hike, killed a health curriculum that talked about consent, and prematurely shuttered a Guaranteed Basic Income project. You called female reporters crazy and bitches. Easy on the loudmouthing about women’s rights stuff, @fordnation .
@fordnation
Doug Ford
4 years
Happy International Women’s Day! Today, and everyday, I am proud of the strong women in my life, and thankful to live in a province that is committed to creating equal opportunities for everyone. #IWD2020 #WomensDay
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Even in the middle of negotiations, @Sflecce is having the gov send out press releases noting “union-led” disruption. What a dumb strategy and what an excellent way to ensure teachers continue to think he’s a jerk. #onpoli #cutshurtkids
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@thewritertype May I please use Cannibal Suffragettes for the name of the geriatric neo-punk grrl band I’ve been thinking of forming?
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Insulting to suggest that only parents have an active interest in a well-funded, inclusive, evidence-driven education system. All concerned citizens understand that a healthy education system is foundational to a healthy society. Retweet if you agree.
@Sflecce
Stephen Lecce
5 years
“We’re with Lecce — firmly on Team Parent” RT if you agree. #onpoli #SupportForParents
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
This strikes me as tone-deaf. I think people want leaders who show they can rise above partisanship during a crisis, not try and use it to score political points.
@erinotoole
Erin O'Toole
4 years
Today, Trudeau made it clear he has no plan to stop the spread of the virus that has shut down other western countries:
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Fire him and we take to the streets.
@TTCNewsroom
TTC Media Relations 📰🚌🚋🚈
2 years
With respect to a video making the rounds of an unauthorized subway announcement. The #TTC is aware of this incident and it’s being looked into. This is not an appropriate way to advise customers of delays in service.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Love your kids. Keep them safe. Read to them. Play with them. Listen to them. That’s enough right now. They’ll be fine. Just like I was.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Funny, that’s what Toronto said when in the middle of a municipal election, Ford unilaterally changed our civic structure.
@ColinDMello
Colin D'Mello | Global News
2 years
NEW: Premier Doug Ford says he’s “disappointed” to hear the Federal environment say he could intervene in any Greenbelt development. “This is our jurisdiction.” #onpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
To be clear, I think it was Queen’s Park security who restrained her. Police showed up later. Seemed a ridiculously exaggerated response.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Her government erased LGBT kids from a health curriculum and killed an Indigenous curriculum and arts program. Ignorance/erasure hurts kids. Ms. Thompson knows her government’s plan is to provoke a full strike to try and turn public sentiment against teachers. For shame.
@LisaThompsonPC
Lisa Thompson
5 years
For the last 3 decades, parents and students have experienced labour strife in education, regardless of the political stripe of the Govt. Union leaders said their escalation would not impact kids - but it does. It always does. #Unacceptable #StrikesHurtKids
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Starting to feel sorry for him. He looks so uncomfortable. No wonder. This is disastrous performance. And these points are supported by @fordnation #Willowdale MPP Stan Cho, who said having a teacher as a partner gave him insight into education. #commsfail #policyfail #onpoli
@tylerwatt90
Tyler Watt 🇨🇦
5 years
Can we give these journalist an award for calling out Education Minister Stephen Lecce on his constant lies about the #osstf strike? This was great. #ONPoli #ONTed #NoCutsToEducation #KingVaughan
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
This is why we love teachers. And this is why I will fight the numbskulls who characterize them as lazy, overpaid babysitters. They are a bedrock of society.
@aperrottatweets
Anthony Perrotta, M.Ed
5 years
Happy Friday to my MPP @Sflecce . I I’m leaving my house at 6:30am to meet a group of Gr .10s who need help shooting a scene for a short film they’re producing. Just thought I would help you #knowmore about what #onted teachers do to support their students. @OECTAProv
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Extraordinary dumb tweet. Extraordinary. No-one is saying online courses are universally dumb. And emergency measures at a University can’t be equated with an untested, underfunded system for high school students. Such a goofy position to take.
@brianlilley
Brian Lilley
4 years
As we have been told time and again by @AndreaHorwath @maritstiles @HarveyBischof and others, online courses are awful and stupid and dumb and come from Alabama..... Wait.... What.... Harvard? Will they reconsider now? Probably not.
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Vicky Sanderson
3 years
@drandrewb In #Willowdale @StanChoMPP used his influence to block safe, cost-effective supportive housing, aligning himself with a small group that characterized folks who would live in them as dangerous criminals. 64 ready-to-go units sit locked and empty in a parking lot. It’s -22 here
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
And may I suggest that anyone in my feed who, like me, is an older white woman seething over injustice to an Indigenous woman also take the time to follow five new accounts from Indigenous women? Because that’s who we really, really need to listen to.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@karenkho Bake bread and make soup and pretend that Idris Elba is coming over to eat it.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Teachers have been chanting and singing non-stop since I got here at 11.45. Almost constant honks of support. #oned #onpoli #topoli
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
On a day when thousands of people experiencing homelessness struggle to shelter from a storm, @LilyChengTO sent out an email that supports the notion that they are a threat to our community. Shameful. Dangerous. Irresponsible. Please #willowdale , stand up against this!
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Ford Nation will sing God Save the Queen, but won’t do a land acknowledgement.
@OntarioNDP
Ontario NDP
4 years
Statement by @solmamakwa this morning: Today, for the first time since I have been the MPP for Kiiwetinoong, the British national anthem God Save the Queen will be sung here in this Chamber. For me, the singing of God Save the Queen is a celebration of Ontario’s colonial past. 1/
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Just a reminder that during a public health emergency @FordNation MPP Stan Cho is blocking constituents who disagree with his government's policies from getting updates from him or asking questions. #onpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Her government eliminated the Indigenous Culture Fund - so I think we all know what she means by “all Ontarians”.
@MacLeodLisa
Lisa MacLeod
5 years
Making arts accessible and attainable for all Ontarians!
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@iusuallydont @nwikyernest @igobygabby @ARTandREC @xxyxyzx @Gaynete @Amusir_ A man telling women how women should behave with other women and insisting he’s more aware of their motivations than they are. What a suprise! Because that happens so rarely, right?:)
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
And you know what? It had no lasting ill effect. In fact, I think I am Pretty Much A Genius®️or at least an Okay Person Who Isn’t Criminally Stupid™️. So don’t worry if you’re not getting all those work sheets done, or if you struggle with Grade 3 math.
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@CP24 @celliottability , you must know this is a completely ridiculous notion. What a mess you folks have made of this file and what a disgrace that none of you has the backbone to stand up for an evidence-based curriculum that has the wide support of educators, experts and parents.
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Vicky Sanderson
3 years
@apihtawikosisan On July 1, 2019 I saw 5 police cars roll up on an Indigenous woman at Queen’s Park who had taped a MMIWG sign 2 a statue of JAM. Cops roughly ziptied her hands behind her. As I watch the Ottawa mayhem, it’s so obvious that police are absolutely making those choices.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Does that include giving them a living wage and paid sick days?
@CanadianGrocer
Canadian Grocer
4 years
Walmart Canada is partnering with Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global to help its store associates cope with stress.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Average class size is 12 at Century Private School.
@MichaelParsa
Michael Parsa
4 years
Had a great time welcoming and chatting to students from the Century Private School in Richmond Hill. I hope you all enjoyed your visit to Queen' Park.
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Vicky Sanderson
3 years
@Garossino Your husband tells you how to vote? You’re a lucky lady!!!! I had to wait for Warren to tell me!!!
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Vicky Sanderson
5 months
@Michellel1126 @3nigmatic_01 @DrJenGunter @RyanMarino Too much Botox makes your brain go funny.
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@MacLeodLisa @WomenON @janet_humserv @AmyFeePC @KarahaliosPC Your government just cancelled an expert panel offering strategies to reduce violence against women. That you position yourself as a champion of women would be laughable if your government wasn’t fuelled by ideology and policies that makes us less safe.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Repeating once again that on Canada Day 2019, I saw four or five cop cars pull up on an Indigenous woman at Queen’s Park who had taped a #MMIWG sign to a JAM statue. Her hands were cuffed behind her and she was shoved about. For a piece of paper and some tape.
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RadioGenoa
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Coutts police honors, greets and hugs truckers who have blocked the US - Canada border for 18 consecutive days.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 months
@hannah_mclaugh If people are consistently “missing the point”, it’s terrible communications because it’s clearly not getting the message across. Also it’s traumatizing and triggering to survivors. Who does that help?
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
@mynamesnotgordy With respect, sir, long time home-office workers know that underwear hats can provide hours of amusement. And as long as they are freshly laundered, it’s good, clean fun. Please leave us our simple pleasures.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@SenatorHousakos Aren’t you getting taxpayer dollars too? I’m not seeing the value, myself.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Why does the province of Ontario have to rely on private donations to fight COVID 19? And why are we relying on MPPs to pick up and deliver these items? I think those are fair questions - ones which @StanChoMPP refuses to answer.
@StanChoMPP
Stan Cho
4 years
Yesterday I met with Robert of Vinclum Consumer Goods! This business - which manufactures and distributes household goods - has generously donated boxes of sanitizer and PPE to help #Ontario in its fight against #COVID19 ! Thank you! #OntarioSpirit #COVID19Ontario
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Vicky Sanderson
9 months
The awkwardness and silence of the white establishment - of which I am a part - has never been more clear or more dangerous to me. We are upholding violence and oppression. Where have I been looking for the last 65 years?
@ShreeParadkar
Shree Paradkar//श्री पराडकर 🍁
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The awkwardness of the establishment in this moment is *chef’s kiss*
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@MacLeodLisa @WomenON Your government killed guaranteed basic income, weakened labour laws, shut down a committee aimed at reducing violence against women, and removed consent from sex ed. It’s painfully obvious that you don’t represent or stand up for Ontario’s women.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
@cathyacrowe @LilyCheng Important to note Ms. Cheng consistently recognizes voices that characterize homeless people as a danger to the community, but blocks and ignores those who beg that she educate herself/back off harmful rhetoric. I am one of those people:there and many more like me in #willowdale .
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Mr. Cho's Chief of Staff told me he + Mr. Cho personally decide who gets blocked. And no, they don't have to explain why. Mr. Cho's staff also hides/blocks commenting on his #Willowdale FB page. @fordnation serves itself, not its constituents. #onpoli #topoli
@Elise_ekd
Elise Davis (she/her) 🇨🇦
4 years
It's been over three (3) weeks since I emailed my MPP Stan Cho asking why he's blocked me on twitter. I still have not received a reply. Here is my email from today. #onpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
1 year
Supporting Chloe Brown is NOT a waste of anything. It’s an investment in the city, and the people who make it work.
@JordanaMyles
Jordana Myles
1 year
I voted yesterday for @chloebrown4TO and even though I have a lot of people telling me it’s a waste, I don’t know how voting with your heart for someone you actually believe in to lead could EVER be a waste. I’m proud to have voted for Chloe.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Starting to think @FordNation isn’t that good at math. Maybe team members like @StanChoMPP should do the same math test they want to make mandatory for teachers? Ontario's deficit was $7.4B last year — far lower than the Ford government claimed it was
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Have formally asked @fordnation MPP Stan Cho to provide me with evidence that I bullied or harassed his staff or made racist comments online. No response so far. #onpoli #topoli : Toronto residents upset after their MPPs block them on Twitter
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
This is why we need a mandatory Indigenous curriculum, starting at the earliest grades and being a requirement for a high school diploma.
@OSSTFtoronto
Toronto Teachers
4 years
We are wonder, @Sflecce , when you were honoured with the war bonnet shown over your shoulder in this photo. Surely as the @OntarioPCParty gov’t Minister of #Onted you are not displaying this as a decorative item. #Onpoli #onted #fnmi
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Wake up, Canada. This is us.
@CityNewsYEG
CityNews Edmonton
4 years
Anti-racism rally cancelled in Red Deer after hate groups disrupt event.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
MPP Stan Cho cites 2 studies suggesting class size doesn’t affect student outcome; ignores vast evidence suggesting otherwise. He shrugged at research showing @fordnation Health Curriculum changes were dangerous 2 kids. His goal isn’t well-being of kids: it’s 2 please the boss.
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@MacLeodLisa @WomenON @fordnation told an opponent she had a “nice smile”, said he could “handle” leadership challengers bcoz he comes from a household of women, and denigrated female reporters 4 doing their job/called one a bitch. Clean up your own house before you play the empowerment card.
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Vicky Sanderson
1 year
Maybe because more folks trust Olivia Chow to be authentically and reliably progressive? Maybe because for some folks it’s not about getting policies out first, but getting them right?
@EricaEhm
Erica Ehm
1 year
#TOpoli Someone please explain to me how Olivia Chow is polling so high? Her platform is just plain weak. Today she announces opening libraries on Sundays. @JoshMatlow announced this on April 14 PLUS he showed how he would pay for it. Here’s that thread:
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@connie_walker Enraged and astonished by the casual arrogance Mr. Clarke seems to approach this with. What a profound insult to the memory of Ms. George.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@8maggiemay @Kathleen_Wynne @Mikeggibbs I meant old times when Harris was decimating the system and Ms. Wynne was doing something about it as a parent volunteer:)
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@emmyvassos Aside from the shocking ignorance this reveals, it’s astonishing that a comms pro for this gov, which drops billions of taxpayer $ on carbon tax challenge noone wants/ breaking contracts/propaganda “news”, thinks this tweet is a good idea. @fordnation comms are a hot mess.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
@breakfasttv It IS a public health emergency. The question is why we’re not treating it as such.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
@gtlem Astonishingly stupid tweet. Mind-bendingly hypocritical. Every party does this, including the one you shill for.
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Vicky Sanderson
3 years
@jdeq Seeing swastika flags fly two days after Holocaust Remembrance Day made me sick to my stomach.
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@KatlynHarrison @lraitt So all the women in the Liberal cabinet are there because of a quota and not because of talent, experience or hard work? Regardless of which political party one support, that’s some seriously sexist bullshit.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@NewStarWoman Thank you for sharing this. I am glad to hear she was not charged.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
I think these @fordnation MPPs should have to explain why they block constituents. In doing so, MPP Stan Cho has created two sets of constituents-those he thinks worthy of getting local information and those he thinks do not, because their views don’t align with his. #ontpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
Daily request to @LisaThompsonMPP to share info about where people can get a copy of 1998 #sexedcurriculm that will taught this fall + how consultations 4 the new curriculum will be different from that done for the 2015 doc. These “for the people” types aren’t very forthcoming.
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@MacLeodLisa Remember when your boss kept telling Kathleen Wynne he liked it when she smiled, and when he called a female reporter doing her job crazy? Given your position as an Internationally Renowned Feminist, I would love to hear your thoughts on that.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Zero plan for and zero leadership on a safe return to school. Wondering again why Mr. Cho remains silent on this, given that he repeatedly told voters having a partner who’s a teacher would give him “special insight” into the education file. #covid19 #onpoli
@StanChoMPP
Stan Cho
4 years
Today Premier @fordnation announced Stage III of #Ontario ’s Economic Re-Opening Plan! While Toronto is not yet ready to enter this stage - good news is coming soon! Hang in there #Willowdale ! More info: #COVID19Ontario #COVID19
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
As Health Minister, is there any concern on your part, @celliottability , that during the #covidontario crisis @fordnation MPPs like Stan Cho are blocking constituents from seeing their announcements, and refuse to answer their phone or email questions? #onpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@geekylonglegs Kids these days.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@m_layton @waheedaharris I'm light of the Ujiri incident, may we also recall that Mr. Ford supported carding, and that when criticized 4 not meeting w a Black community group, he boasted about taking Black kids to his cottage, as if charity, rather than justice, is the answer to racial injustice.
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Vicky Sanderson
10 months
Open the warming centres, @MayorOliviaChow @LilyChengTO . This is cruel.
@Rev_Alexa
Alexa
10 months
Oh no! -1 tonight & 100+ refugees w/o winter gear on streets. 🙏 Deliver sleeping bags/blankets/coats/scarves/gloves @ 129 Peter St between 8-9 PM tonight. We will deliver them to folks. We asked City to open warning centres. They said no! Will update if that changes.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@Rod_in_South_AB The notion that this woman should be arrested for taping a piece of paper to a statue is beyond ridiculous.
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Vicky Sanderson
1 year
I think $400,000 was around the amount my Councillor, who is on the Police board, suggested could be cut from the budget if we eliminated winter maintenance on public bathrooms. Our priorities are mixed up. #willowdale #connectedcommunity
@Diana_C_McNally
Diana Chan McNally
1 year
Imagine if we had transparency re: Toronto Police's $1.16 billion budget. Instead, it takes FOI requests to surface a $400,000 expenditure of public money on a pro-police podcast and TikTok campaign, neither of which has any impact on "public safety."
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
@IshatReza @HamiltonPolice @fordnation I think we know the answer to that. It’s the thing @fordnation says doesn’t exist - systemic racism.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Anyone else in #Willowdale remember @StanChoMPP campaigning on the promise that as the partner of a #teacher , he’d have special insight into #education + #schools and that he’d be an especially effective advocate for students? Has anyone heard him comment on any of the following?
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
OK, now THAT'S funny. And I really, really, really needed it.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 months
@jamieklingler Can the rest of us ask that you show some sensitivity to what triggers others? We are not “debating the issue”, btw, we are debating whether it’s crappy comms. Which means it’s crappy comms.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Lily Cheng has a significant online following in #willowdale . For months, she communicated to followers that people without homes are dangerous, that women are being assaulted by them + that their very nature inclines them to inflict violence, that “hurt people hurt people”.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Hope @dmrider @TorontoStar ask #willowdale candidate Lily Cheng for the data she uses to support her claim that women are being criminally assaulted by residents of a homeless shelter. Because mischaracterizing people experiencing homeless as a threat can cause real harm. #topoli
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Also blocked. Mr. Cho told me he was not aware of it. Minutes later, his chief of staff Ryan Cole told me that he and Mr. Cho has discussed the matter and decided that I am not sufficiently respectful. Neither had a response to why he blocks rather than mutes.
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Elise Davis (she/her) 🇨🇦
5 years
Can any of my followers think of anything I've tweeted that is so offensive to warrant being blocked by my local government representative? Has this happened to anyone else? Creepy that our government officials are tracking us and blocking what they don't like, silencing us.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
The fella who recently denounced bullying in schools now wants to “name and shame”.
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Stephen Lecce
5 years
It’s time we name & shame OSSTF’s unacceptable demands: They want a $1.5B compensation increase, or else there'll be further strikes. This is wrong. And I won’t sit idle. #onpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Seems like a lot of empty space in the North York Centre main corridor. Looks to me like there’s room to let unhoused people come in and warm up. Why are we doing these kinds of things in #willowdale , #topoli #shelter #warming
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
I am barreling through A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by @WordsandGuitar , but I keep turning back to this page. What a terrific book. What a great writer.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Standing beside #Willowdale @OSSTFtoronto #specialed #teacher /niece of Bette Stephenson, a champion of #onted whose name @Sflecce @StanChoMPP would do well to google. Try and make it out to Mr. Cho’s office before 2 to show your support. #onpoli #cutshurtkids
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Vicky Sanderson
1 year
Noting on this July 1st that only 13 of the 94 calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 2015 report have been made.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
@tinapittaway No, you are not. That is stupid and cruel and unsettling for kids, who are already experiencing emotional stress and whose outlets for activity have been severely curtailed.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 months
Since @LilyChengTO doesn’t care to tell #willowdale constituents can you PLEASE RETWEET this to let folks know North York Civic Centre (5100 Yonge St) is open for cooling. Right next door to the north is the Library - also cool - in every sense.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
@OntarioLine @gordperks But shouldn’t the people of Ontario get to know who is running an account that promotes it? Is it government funded? Why does it need to be a secret? Who does that benefit?
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
Odd that @StanChoMPP thought 59 people experiencing homelessness were a threat to neighbours of 175 Cummer in #willowdale but his government @fordnation knew for weeks that dangerous hooligans were about to invade Ottawa, and did nothing. #topoli
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Vicky Sanderson
1 year
Can’t get through to your office, @JohnTory to tell you that hanging around to push this budget through is bullshit.
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Vicky Sanderson
2 years
I don’t understand why Stephen Punwasi is deleting comments like the one I made below? Any clues, #topoli ?
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
Pro tip: an opinion piece is not “compelling evidence” unless it offers fact-based evidence beyond “this is what I think.”
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Stephen Lecce
4 years
Share this compelling defence of merit-based hiring by @jamiljivani : “A true meritocracy should value teaching ability, including cultural competencies and community relationships, above seniority.” #ONpoli
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
I repeatedly asked my MPP Stan Cho for an explanation of this. Not only did he decline to answer, be blocked me on SM and refuses to answer any email queries I put to him. #onpoli
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Parker Robinson
5 years
HERE IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO REVIEW !!⁦ @fordnation ⁩ ⁦ @PaulCalandra ⁩ 140K-a-year EQAO job for failed PC candidate sparks criticism | The Star
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Vicky Sanderson
6 years
@HonSFletcher @loriphillipstoo You need to apologize for this.
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Vicky Sanderson
4 years
The same @fordnation who says he has “respect for Indigenous communities” refuses to include a land acknowledgment in the Legislature but insists on singing God Save the Queen in it, and killed Indigenous curriculum and culture funds.
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Vicky Sanderson
5 years
Remember when @FordNation was going to fix a broken insurance system and lower rates? Is this cosmetic move being applauded by MPPs + the insurance industry to distract from a lack of real change/savings? #Willowdale has lots of traffic problems - this isn’t one of them. #onpoli
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Stan Cho
5 years
Drivers in #Ontario can now display proof of auto #insurance electronically - meaning more choice and more convenience. Learn more:
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Vicky Sanderson
3 years
I have a very close friend in hospital who will not be coming home. The idea that she-and people caring for her-face hours of being shouted at by numbskulls, is appalling. Pls do something NOW, @JohnTory @fordnation @StanChoMPP @JohnFilionTO This is inhumane.
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