Doug Ford has come a long way for a guy who made his mark selling labels for his father’s printing company. Today, in the midst of a pandemic, he is immersed in the multi-billion dollar health and education business of the Ontario government. And with no effective direction or even opposition to the Government in Ontario, our hospitals and schools are teetering on the edge.
If the second wave of the pandemic in Ontario reaches anywhere near the depths of what the experts are forecasting, we are in serious trouble. In the rush to get the province out of its multi-tiered lock downs, Doug Ford’s conservatives have trapped the province in an under-funded, under-manned health care system and a rapidly changing education system.
What we are seeing today is desperation. While trying to rely on the medical profession for its expertise in medicine, we find that this party, has little, if no, expertise in running the government.
The government is faced with the same problems in both education and health. They could be in need hundreds of teachers and medical personnel and are reaching into the pool of retirees. The only problem is you can only reach so far back. People who have been away from the system for five to ten years are likely to be well past their ‘use before date.’ They have not kept up. There should have been up-dating sessions for the past five months.
The situation faced by teachers is its own circumstances. Faced with new computer-learning and often larger classes, teachers are digging in their heels. While the government is assuming that the youth of the students will limit the number of casualties, they had not realized that the average teacher is more vulnerable.
The Ford government is a reactionary government. The only plan is to try to balance the budget while only spending what has to be spent. The objective is to run the government in accord with their dogma. They are not running it for you.
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