Ontario is a place where everyone should be free to wear whatever piece of clothing proudly reflects their heritage. Our legislature should be no different. 🧵

That’s why when I found out last week that legislative security had recently begun prohibiting the wearing of keffiyehs by Members, staff and the public, I wrote the Speaker to urge him to change this ruling.

Wearing cultural & national clothing items in our Assembly is something we should be proud of. It is part of the story of who we are as a province. Palestinians are part of that story, and the keffiyeh is significant not only to them but to many in the Arab and Muslim community.

We must make it clear to everyone who works in and visits our provincial legislature that all cultures will be treated with equal respect. Read my letter here:
ondpcaucus.com/keffiyehs_in_t…

We've unearthed documents revealing the Ford Conservative's secret plans for 'Phase 2' at Ontario Place....

They'll override any law, pave over our lakefront , give away millions of $$, to benefit their insider friends while Ontarians struggle

globalnews.ca/news/10371585/…

I've warned the Ford Conservatives about this for months... as have our hospitals.

Time and again I've heard from hospitals struggling to make payroll because they are hemorrhaging health dollars to private staff agencies.

The govt knows what to do. They are making a choice

Some Ontario hospitals “have been forced to take out high-interest loans from banks… to continue operating.” Hospitals in deficit to provide basic healthcare | Ottawa Citizen ⁦Elizabeth Payne⁩ #healthcare ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new…

Metrolinx's CEO says he won’t guess what year the Eglinton Crosstown will open.

It’s not supposed to be guess.

Imagine being paid almost a million dollars a year for no information and no results.

If you want to see accountability, sign our petition: bhutila.ca/crosstown-dela…

2/2 Experts are saying this could amount to genocide.

All crimes need to be investigated and prosecuted.

Canada must call for a ceasefire and the release of all hostages now.

This Conservative-Liberal deal to leave the 600 thousand residents of #Brampton on the hook with a 34% tax hike is disastrous.

#ONpoli

In 2021, Canadian journos called on newsrooms to provide fairer coverage of Israel-Palestine. Some were pulled off coverage, deemed “too biased.” I didn’t sign on, fearing for my job as a national anchor. 3 yrs later, the issues persist. I signed this one: docs.google.com/forms/d/1_xGOU…

We worked together across the aisle to support the unanimous passage today of an NDP-sponsored motion at the Ontario Legislative Assembly calling to expand Canada's list of who can be evacuated from #Gaza to #Canada to include Ontarian family members like siblings and parents.

Watch the my full 15-minute The Mehdi Hasan Show interview with Prime Minister Netanyahu's senior adviser Mark Regev, in which he says they 'might' have a deal on the hostages and in which he and I debate war crimes, propaganda, & Amalek/'nuke Gaza' references:
youtube.com/watch?v=HD-yRu…

This government has wasted years making shady deals with their friends and not building the affordable housing we need.

Now the Premier is under RCMP investigation. Is his caucus worried he'll be implicated in the criminal #Greenbelt Grab?

#ONpoli