Ontario politics commencing June 11 2018

Student walkouts against Ford show labour the way

Thousands of students from every corner of the province walked out of classes today and yesterday in a massive show of opposition to the recent attacks on education, including its rollback of the “sex ed” curriculum, and cancellation of discussions to include more Indigenous knowledge and history in school curriculums. Reports suggest that as many as 40,000 students took part in the #WeTheStudentsDoNotConsent Ontario student walkout....

Aristotleded24 wrote:

Support for PCs drops, while support for the NDP, Greens, and Liberals rises

I was quite surprised to see Liberlal support rise that much, considering how unpopular the previous Liberal government was. That said, my takeaway from these numbers is that Ford is very beatable.

A lot of the anti-Liberal vote was anti-Wynne and she predicted her own defeat but asked people to support the Liberals because she knew she was so unpopular. It's not surprising that the Liberal poll numbers have improved somewhat considering that. 

 In the final days of a volatile election campaign, Kathleen Wynne went from vying to stay on as Ontario’s premier to fighting for her party’s survival.

The Liberal leader and longtime politician had already acknowledged what she could no longer ignore – that for a variety of reasons, many people simply don’t like her – but had urged voters to look past personality and focus on policy.

But when neither that admission nor her policy savvy at the final leaders’ debate managed to turn the tides, and with polls showing the Liberals in danger of losing official party status, Wynne made an unexpected play.

Predicting her own defeat, she urged voters to nonetheless support her candidates, saying a Liberal presence was needed to hold the next government to account.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4254511/ontario-election-kathleen-wynne-figts...

 

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Join us November 17th. We’re co-creating a day long climate justice event, in continuity with previous People's Climate Assemblies! The Toronto People's Assembly on Climate Justice 2018 will feature workshops, panels, and assemblies on themes of Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination; labour and economics; migrant justice; violence against people and land; food, medicine and sustainable alternatives; the far right and climate change.

The Toronto People’s Assembly on Climate Justice asserts that climate change is not a future social and ecological crisis, but a current one and that those most impacted are those most marginalized. Rich nations like Canada contribute significantly to global emissions, though do little for harm reduction, adaptation or mitigation of the global climate crises. Over the past decades, governments and industries globally have inhibited real action on climate change and global emissions have continued to increase. To this end, we seek to center the voices and wisdom of those most impacted, and seek solutions from the grassroots.

***Toronto People’s Assembly on Climate Justice 2018 Theme Statements***

***Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Determination*** Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty have proved to be critical pathways to creating healthy relationships with the land, as well as ensuring its protection. Resource extraction, military force, and settler-colonialism contributed to the creation of so called ‘Canada’. Those communities currently on the front lines of struggle have much to teach about the impacts of resource extraction and parallels with the past. Today, broken treaties are used as the basis to push through many projects that impact both local communities and the global climate. Those pursuing climate justice need to act with integrity to support Indigenous, Metis and Inuit Peoples asserting sovereignty over their lands.

We’ll be hosted by the ***Multifaith Centre at University of Toronto*** an accessible space. Free lunch and entertainment will be provided!

New Democrats led by Andrea Horwath have taken a three-point lead in vote intention in Ontario ahead of an expected provincial election this June (36% NDP versus 33% PCPO

https://angusreid.org/provincial-politics-quebec-ontario-election/

Was that poll before or after Doug's photo op of him shoveling snow?

kropotkin1951 wrote:

Was that poll before or after Doug's photo op of him shoveling snow?

Before. It was Jan. 12, and the photo op was this Monday, Jan. 17. But somehow I doubt Dougie will get much of a bump from his snowstorm antics.

Michael Moriarity wrote:

kropotkin1951 wrote:

Was that poll before or after Doug's photo op of him shoveling snow?

Before. It was Jan. 12, and the photo op was this Monday, Jan. 17. But somehow I doubt Dougie will get much of a bump from his snowstorm antics.

I expect the opposite of a bump with his snow shoveling. Shoveling snow is a new one but probably less effective than his normal shoveling of bullshit.