{"id":8208,"date":"2019-07-15T10:33:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T14:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=8208"},"modified":"2020-05-25T17:06:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T21:06:54","slug":"fact-checks-and-firsthand-accounts-of-key-ford-government-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/fact-checks-and-firsthand-accounts-of-key-ford-government-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact checks and firsthand accounts of key Ford government cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(July 11, 2019)<\/p>\n<p>By: Maya Bhullar, rabble.ca<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rabble.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large_story_850px\/public\/46679517755_4554811021_k.jpg?itok=p2hEbILn\" alt=\"Photo: Premier of Ontario Photography\/Flickr\" width=\"461\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The legislative assembly of Ontario will be returning from summer break after 144 days and after the 2019 federal election. Here is a comprehensive\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flare.com\/news\/doug-ford-changes-for-ontario\/\">list of the cuts and canceled programs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0made by the Progressive Conservatives and Ontario Premier Doug Ford in their first year. Since firsthand accounts and fact checks are useful tools for activists, the Activist Toolkit has pulled together links to accounts\u00a0and fact checks for a few of\u00a0the cuts. The federal Conservatives and their leader Andrew Scheer\u00a0are using Ford&#8217;s recipe of being vague on policy and making\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/ontario-debunking-the-conservative-party-policy-of-ford-and-scheer\/5673619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promises to find painless savings<\/a><\/span>. Let&#8217;s use tools like this to make sure that they do not get away with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beer Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cancelling the Beer Store contract will have an upfront cost of $1 billion. However,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2019\/05\/10\/1821776\/0\/en\/Beer-Store-employees-launch-campaign-to-save-jobs-and-keep-beer-prices-low.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFCW Local 12R24<\/a><\/span>\u00a0also asserts that &#8220;Ontarians will pay more for beer and put 7,000 good-paying jobs at risk with the PC government&#8217;s plan to sell alcohol in corner stores, even though Premier Doug Ford promised no one would lose their job.&#8221; Let&#8217;s stop sharing the soundbite about a &#8220;<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/just-one-company-left-selling-one-dollar-beer-1.4949315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buck a beer<\/a><\/span>&#8221; because it is<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5194217\/doug-ford-beer-sale-battle\/\">not true<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Changes to education funding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/fact-checking-doug-ford-we-analyze-his-claims-on-school-sizes-math-and-student-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact check<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of Ford&#8217;s statements about the rationale for his education changes and cuts. As you can see, it is mostly hyperbole and lies. You can find tools from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/studentssayno\/posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Students Say No<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingbetterschools.ca\/tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ETFO&#8217;s Building Better Schools<\/a><\/span>\u00a0campaign,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/CFSON\/posts\/?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Federation of Students Ontario<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osstf.on.ca\/public-education\/no-cuts-to-education\/the-truth-on-education-cuts.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario\u00a0Secondary School Teachers Federation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicteachers.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/aefo.on.ca\/fr\/english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L&#8217;Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO)<\/a><\/span>, whose members were\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/tdsb-cuts-shortfall-province-cuts-1.5134526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit particularly hard\u00a0by the cuts<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.todaysparent.com\/family\/special-needs\/how-changes-to-the-ontario-autism-program-will-hurt-kids-like-my-son\/\">a parent of an autistic child&#8217;s account<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of why the cuts will hurt them,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/rabble.ca\/blogs\/bloggers\/views-expressed\/2019\/04\/ontario-education-cuts-mean-fewer-teachers-fewer-courses-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a high school teacher&#8217;s account of the looming cuts to classes<\/a><\/span>, and an\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DalPnQ4KgvY&amp;list=PLwTZwwfjCfIBsp53zf0TNzAWZzfdzbHaG&amp;index=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IBEW union steward talk<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>about how cuts have impacted his union&#8217;s ability to help at-risk youth. Here is a more complete list of the cruel\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-education-programs-funding-cuts-1.4948200\">cuts to programs which help at-risk youth<\/a><\/span>. There are definitely things which need to be addressed to improve our schools but\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/fact-checking-doug-ford-we-analyze-his-claims-on-school-sizes-math-and-student-protests\">Ford&#8217;s proposed changes are based on hyperbole and misinformation<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuts to health care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Health Coalition has been keeping a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/mounting-health-care-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running list<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of Ford&#8217;s cuts to health care and his efforts to privatize parts of our medical care system.<\/p>\n<p>Before the election this\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nursesunions.ca\/an-open-letter-from-ontarios-front-line-nurses-to-pc-leader-doug-ford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open letter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from\u00a0Ontario nurse members of the Canadian Federation of Nurse Unions summed up the holes in Doug Ford&#8217;s promises perfectly.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As advocates for our patients, nurses know that cutting 4 cents of every dollar spent by government will mean at least $6 billion in cuts. Because health-care funding amounts to 42 per cent of government spending and due to the absence of details about your plans, we have to assume this means your proposal to find &#8220;efficiencies&#8221; will result in $2.5 billion cut from health-care spending. Cutting $2.5 billion in health-care spending is equal to cutting 25,000 registered nurses from the bedside.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that he is in power, he is\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/doug-ford-ontario-no-job-cuts-layoffs-public-sector-1.5048662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">going back on his promise<\/a><\/span>\u00a0not to cut jobs, and nurses are being laid off and their jobs are not being filled. Hallway medicine is getting\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/sudbury\/hospital-health-sciences-north-overcrowding-1.5139909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worse<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by all\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvo.org\/article\/what-hallway-health-care-looks-like-in-ontarios-most-crowded-hospital-system\">accounts<\/a><\/span>. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ochu.on.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Ontario Council of Hospital Unions<\/span><\/a> has launched a summer campaign to raise awareness about the cuts and the impact this will have on the quality of care. Reach out to them for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuts to programs which help poor kids and families<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the first thing Ford cut, without waiting for the results of the pilot, was the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t33UVDIX0z8\">basic income pilot project<\/a><\/span>\u00a0which was slated to help 4,000 people in three communities in Ontario. The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Basic%20Income%20Canada%20Network%20doug%20ford&amp;epa=SEARCH_BOX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basic Income Canada Network<\/a><\/span>\u00a0continues to fight for basic income all. Here are some\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t33UVDIX0z8\">accounts<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from the people it helped. The government has also clawed back the transition child benefit, impacting 600 families in the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/kitchener-waterloo\/transition-child-benefit-waterloo-region-families-impact-1.5151874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterloo region alone<\/a><\/span>. It has also eliminated the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) which targeted assistance to\u00a0low-income students &#8212; here is a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/westerngazette.ca\/news\/what-exactly-do-the-osap-changes-mean\/article_67585e0e-3077-11e9-98a2-7b38eeffd284.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great breakdown<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of what the changes to OSAP really mean.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuts to programs for First Nations communities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another cut right after Ford took power was the<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-why-is-doug-ford-silent-on-indigenous-especially-education-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancellation of the scheduled consultation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0with First Nations to develop a new curriculum for Ontario schools about Indigenous people. In May, with limited consultation and no clear roll-out plan, the government released a new curriculum with many gaps as\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/ontario-s-new-indigenous-curriculum-arrives-with-many-questions-left-unanswered-1.5144558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anishinaabe educator Colinda Clyne, points out<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span> This curriculum is for\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/first-nations-leaders-upset-after-ford-government-makes-indigenous-courses-optional-1.4432945\">elective not mandatory\u00a0classes<\/a><\/span>. The government also has also slashed $5 million from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.narcity.com\/news\/ca\/on\/doug-ford-is-continuing-to-cut-funds-by-slashing-dollar5-million-from-the-indigenous-culture-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Indigenous Culture Fund<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and cut\u00a070 per cent of the funding for the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/countysustainabilitygroup.com\/2019\/05\/18\/doug-ford-cuts-70-per-cent-of-money-for-centre-helping-first-nations-protect-wildlife-and-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anishinabek\/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre (A\/OFRC)<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuts to programs which protect the environment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario just released a report\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2018\/11\/13\/news\/ontario-environment-watchdog-dianne-saxe-cant-believe-how-much-filth-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealing<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that over 1,300 tonnes of sewage had been dumped into Ontario waterways in 2018 and setting out ways to protect our water. Meanwhile\u00a0the Progressive Conservatives\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2019\/01\/04\/news\/ontario-environment-watchdogs-say-doug-ford-just-gutted-law-protects-your-rights\">announced<\/a><\/span>\u00a0they were eliminating three provincial watchdogs, including environment, in one short paragraph of their November 2018 fall economic statement. This is just one of many assaults on programs which protect the environment.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot more cuts. I just don&#8217;t want to exhaust you with resources. Please read this thorough\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flare.com\/news\/doug-ford-changes-for-ontario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compliation put together by\u00a0<em>Flare<\/em><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and find out about the cuts that matter to you.\u00a0This summer join the\u00a0people organizing against the damage Ontario&#8217;s Progressive Conservatives have wrought and don&#8217;t let the Conservatives win the federal election.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Activist Toolkit Blog is the place to catch up on what&#8217;s new with the Toolkit. With weekly roundups of newly added tools, highlights of featured tools and extra multimedia content, you&#8217;ll get up to date info on grassroots organizing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo:<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/premierphotos\/46679517755\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier of Ontario Photography\/Flickr<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/rabble.ca\/blogs\/bloggers\/activist-toolkit-blog\/2019\/07\/fact-checks-and-firsthand-accounts-key-ford-government\">Read the full article here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(July 11, 2019) By: Maya Bhullar, rabble.ca The legislative assembly of Ontario will be returning from summer break after 144 days and after the 2019 federal election. 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