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Ontario education workers vote 96.5 per cent in favour of strike
TORONTO – No surprises. An overwhelming 96.5% of members of the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) voted in favor of a strike. This was stated today during a conference in Queen’s Park, the president of the union representing guardians, early childhood educators and school administrative staff Laura Walton. Now, Walton said, the negotiating team can return to the negotiating table “with a clear indication of the level of member support for cupe’s proposals.”
Ontario’s Science Table: “The healthcare system is falling down”
TORONTO – A finale shock: exiting the scene, the Covid-19 Science Advisory Table – set up to deal with the pandemic and dissolved in September – painted a gloomy picture of the state of health in Ontario. Unequal distribution of access to primary care throughout the province, lack of data and serious general communication problems, inability to contact family doctors, exhausted health personnel. A disaster, in short. Continue reading→
Nuts: Dead air space and dismal democratic environment
TORONTO – One listens to radio, I imagine, for background [sometimes relaxing] noise. Occasionally, the radio personality and the production team behind the program on air strike a chord. Recently, on my drive in to work, the host of Radio 1010 expressed incredulity at the system’s response to the Oakville teacher who made gigantic prosthetic mammary glands famous by wearing them to a shop class.
Inflazione, lavoro, mercato immobiliare: la tempesta perfetta per la recessione
TORONTO – Il Canada per ora non si trova in recessione, ma si stanno creando tutte le condizioni per una crisi economica nel prossimo anno. Ne sono convinti numerosi analisti economici che hanno sottolineato come anche buona parte degli indicatori prefigurino una recessione nel nostro Paese che potrebbe iniziare alla fine del 2022 e durare alcuni mesi nel 2023…
Violenza sessuale, Thompson e Meredith nei guai
TORONTO – Il vicesindaco di Toronto Michael Thompson e l’ex senatore di Ottawa Don Meredith, dovranno rispondere di accuse di violenza sessuale…
YCDSB: le scuse, un esonero e un’inchiesta
TORONTO – L’ambiente tossico e disfunzionale dello York Catholic District School Board sembra essere stato risolto, almeno per ora. Martedì, dopo mesi di respingimenti, il presidente del consiglio ha presentato una mozione per discutere le accuse di discriminazione e molestie etniche contro cinque amministratori di origine italiana, ma nel contesto del Codice di Condotta…
Toronto Deputy Mayor Thompson and former Senator Meredith, charged with sexual assault
TORONTO – Toronto Deputy Mayor Michael Thompson and former Ottawa Senator Don Meredith (in the pics above) will face sexual assault charges.
An apology, an Exoneration and an Investigation at YCDSB
TORONTO – The toxic, dysfunctional environment at York Catholic District School Board appears to have been resolved, at least for now. Tuesday, after months of push-back, the Chair of Board entertained a Motion to discuss allegations of discrimination and ethnic-based harassment against five trustees of Italian background as a breach of Conduct.
Fatal crash on 400 Highway, police looking for driver who walked away
Police is looking for a driver who walked away after fatal Highway 400 crash happened around 3am in the southband lanes near the exit for Rutherford Road in Vaughan.
Centrale nucleare, in attività altri 30 anni?
TORONTO – L’Ontario prevede di prolungare la vita dell’importante centrale nucleare di Pickering e sta cercando di vedere se è possibile mantenere in funzione l’impianto per altri 30 anni al fine di colmare una prevista carenza energetica. Il ministro dell’Energia Todd Smith ha dichiarato di aver chiesto all’Ontario Power Generation (OPG) di mantenere l’impianto in funzione oltre il 2025…
