Waterloo, Ontario
Joined February 2008
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Kevin Thomason retweeted
NEW: The Ford government has been promising a balanced budget since 2019 - and has never delivered.
Today, the Finance Minister revealed they're pushing their plans for a balanced budget by another year.
globalnews.ca/news/11746458/…
#onpoli
Kevin Thomason retweeted
While the world invests in better transit, under Ford's watch, Metrolinx is making GO trains slower. How did we find out? Through our FOI work. Maybe this is what the government doesn't want you to know.
thestar.com/news/gta/metroli…
Kevin Thomason retweeted
Highway 413 will pave over thousands of acres of prime Ontario farmland—all to save drivers 30 seconds.
I spoke with Dean Orr, a young farmer and planning student whose farm is at risk, about what this highway means for his family's business.
Kevin Thomason retweeted
Buried in Doug Ford's fall budget are changes that will remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach-o… #onpoli
Kevin Thomason retweeted
When Ford took away the region’s authority for urban planning & opened up ~2,300 hectares for new suburbs, including SW Kitchener, he undid Kevin Eby's work to ease urban sprawl, protect farmland & safeguard the region’s drinking water.
therecord.com/news/waterloo-…
#FightForFarmland
Kevin Thomason retweeted
With everyone hiding behind an NDA re the #WilmotLandGrab, is it any wonder people don't trust what @RegionWaterloo and @WREDC_Tony have to say? @mbAIDC stated on X that QScale will not use agricultural land. But what if the Region makes it shovel-ready?
#FightForFarmland
Kevin Thomason retweeted
Premier Doug Ford :
❌Open For Business
❌Getting It Done
❌For the People
❌Protect Ontario ⬇️
Kevin Thomason retweeted
Wasaga Beach "is Ontario’s second-most visited provincial park and home to critical habitats...These lands belong to the people of Ontario, not to developers or insiders with political connections to Premier Doug Ford.
@BarrieToday tinyurl.com/m5y88feu
#wasagabeach – at Ontario, Canada
Kevin Thomason retweeted
If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
Kevin Thomason retweeted
This needs to be stopped in its tracks when it comes to the Legislature in October. cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/w… #onpoli #OntarioParks
Kevin Thomason retweeted
“This has never been about who is going to take credit for a piece of legislation, this is about righting and correcting an injustice in our long term care system. My bill is up for grabs for any government member who would like to bring it forward.” #onpoli #TillDeathDoUsPart
Hope remains for Till Death Do Us Part legislation kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/0…
Kevin Thomason retweeted
Remember when Ford said we'd pay for healthcare with our OHIP card, not our credit card?
He lied. Extra billing for "uninsured services" is now policy.
#ONpoli #OntHealth
NEW: $6,000 per surgery, and the ability to offer patients "uninsured upgrades."
That's part of the package private health facilities will receive if they're greenlit by the Ford government this summer.
Critics are calling for more patient protection.
#onpoli
Kevin Thomason retweeted
As goes Norway, so goes the rest of the world.
Combustion engine cars will be like the steam engine – quaint, but primitive.
Kevin Thomason retweeted
In typical Doug Ford gov't fashion, there's big changes being proposed on the Friday before a long weekend. Once again, these changes implicate conservation authorities. And once again, there are few details in the release about what these changes are.
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1…
Kevin Thomason retweeted
Join your community tonight at 6 p.m.
Bill 5:
📌 bypasses First Nations’ Rights
📌 Weakens heritage & archaeology requirements
📌 Repeals Endangered Species Act & Species Conservation Act
📌 Fast tracks permits
📌 Eliminates public participation in the oversight
#bill5
Kevin Thomason retweeted
Good. Now repeal Bill 5.
NEW: Premier Doug Ford is apologizing for his “cap in hand” comments yesterday and said he was speaking from a place of passion.
Ford says he wants to ensure everyone’s working together.
#onpoli
Kevin Thomason retweeted
Metrolinx can’t even decide on a “vision”for expanded commuter services.
This doesn’t inspire “confidence” Minister. #onpoli
Ontario transport minister 'very confident' in Metrolinx as GO Expansion scaled back thetrillium.ca:443/insider-n…
Kevin Thomason retweeted
".. instead of “Greenbelt” was “G*,” which the IPC report says made it “virtually impossible to find relevant records,” Ford government condemned for deleted Greenbelt emails, use of codewords /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… #Onpoli #HandsOffTheGreenbelt
On a day that we can't even see the sun for all the smoke as our country burns, here's an excellent article on how Doug Ford's new Bill 17 will prevent the essential Green Building Standards we need:
therecord.com/news/canada/fo…
Speak up against Bill 17 and for the better buildings!
