Education. Queen's/U of T Alum.
Ontario, Canada
Joined February 2011
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therese macneil retweeted
Science faces an existential threat from the Trump administration, which means that a lot of scientists are losing their jobs. Some of us have spoken up against that, at great personal & professional cost.
I am not sure how many of my colleagues truly recognize how much danger our fields are in, much less the broader community. Our health, our food, our economy, our security, our power, our liberty…they all depend on science.
Without it, we are poorer, sicker, weaker, less competitive, dumber, and unable to thrive. Attacking science is attacking society.
In her keynote speech at IDWeek, my friend & colleague @celinegounder honored those who have put their careers on the line as a service to science & to the world in front of thousands of infectious disease experts. She kindly included me in this extraordinary group. I am so grateful to Céline for everything that she has done & continues to do for science & public health. ❤️💪
And after the elections, I am going to have a lot more to say about my own story.
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therese macneil retweeted
they left millions stranded without a doctor for years, then complained that hospitals were seeing those people? where were they supposed to go?
They have built a wall of lies around themselves hoping voters will be too busy surviving the mess to exercise their duty to challenge. Feed everyone populist rhetoric enough, keep them in dire need & here we land minus proper care, essent supports, destroying the common good.
therese macneil retweeted
When so many families are struggling just to eat, this excuse doesn’t cut it. That’s OUR tax money. If anyone else did this at their job they would be fired. Like, actually FIRED. No whatever @fordnation did here.
therese macneil retweeted
Greens have warned the Ford government for years that Ontario can’t rely on the US to manage our waste.
Now, tariffs have backed Ford into a corner and his solution is to force landfills onto communities and burn our garbage, creating toxic air pollution for everyone.
Once again, the Ford government is forcing communities to pay the price for its failures.
therese macneil retweeted
Largest debt ever - with the lowest funded services ever. Plus, Ford consistently fails to protect *any* jobs - even the ones that are Trump/tariff related. 🤦♂️
NEW: The Ford government is planning to run $36 billion in deficits over the next three years, as the province braces for the long-term impact of the trade war with the United States.
That includes a nearly $4B contingency fund for this year, pushing the deficit higher than COVID times.
#onpoli
therese macneil retweeted
On Monday, Ontario Liberals are forcing a vote in committee that would call on the auditor general to do a full forensic audit of OSAP.
The Ford Conservatives will likely argue that KPMG is already conducting an audit. But there’s one major difference: KPMG’s findings may never be made public. An Auditor General’s report would be publicly released.
Ontarians deserve to know where their money went, what went wrong, and who is responsible.
The Ford Conservatives have a choice to make on Monday: transparency or secrecy. #onpoli @OntLiberal @LFairclo
All of this = gross negligence on the part of our provincial gov. They are public servants who continue to betray our public trust with healthcare, educ, emergency prepared, social services, transportation, housing ……
On Thursday, Ontario's Finance Minister delivered his fall financial update.
He reported nearly $17 billion in new debt and worsening cuts to healthcare, education and colleges/universities, with no new supports for workers and families.
He's still planning for 401 tunnels, a relocated science centre, and lots of self-promotional advertising.
Too bad @fordnation's priorities aren't your priorities.
therese macneil retweeted
Add to this please that a Public Inquiry into Mike Harris Jr & Jill Dunlop’s incompetence in handling wildfires in #NWOnt this fire season. Please fight for this. The public needs to know what “actually” happened.
#DougFord's government is cutting WSIB jobs in #ThunderBay.
Meanwhile a PC MPP was asking a lobbyist working on "success fees" to sell tickets to "the ones we just helped." Ontarians deserve to see every text.
#onpoli
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therese macneil retweeted
Premier Ford and his government are trying to pass legislation to weaken environmental regulation when they already fail to enforce existing protections each and every day.
Find our Take Action toolkit on Hamilton’s air quality at robinlennox.ca ✅
Together, they resort to blaming the patient & health professionals for their gross mismanagement. Time for the focus to turn towards the real problems.
therese macneil retweeted
#DougFord's government is cutting WSIB jobs in #ThunderBay.
Meanwhile a PC MPP was asking a lobbyist working on "success fees" to sell tickets to "the ones we just helped." Ontarians deserve to see every text.
#onpoli
Add to this please that a Public Inquiry into Mike Harris Jr & Jill Dunlop’s incompetence in handling wildfires in #NWOnt this fire season. Please fight for this. The public needs to know what “actually” happened.
#DougFord's government is cutting WSIB jobs in #ThunderBay.
Meanwhile a PC MPP was asking a lobbyist working on "success fees" to sell tickets to "the ones we just helped." Ontarians deserve to see every text.
#onpoli
therese macneil retweeted
Canada’s immigration system is focused on cheap labour. It isn’t “growing the economy” with skilled workers. It is growing profit margins by firing Canadians.
💥 REPORT: Canada's manufacturing lobby has been demanding more foreign workers while the industry has laid off nearly 50k Canadian workers in the past two years.
The Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters lobbied the federal government 94 times in 12 months to remove the 10% foreign-worker cap per plant and to modernize the TFW program—while 40,000 manufacturing jobs vanished from the January 2025 peak and another 13,000 were lost this past year.
therese macneil retweeted
This is an excellent article with evidence to back up every corrupt step of the way. It is clear the Ford gov't is a corruption machine driven by bribes, favours and connections all within the PC Party. This may be Ford's "American way" but it is not how we do business in Canada.
A PC MPP helped ‘Mr. X’ with MZOs — and got his help raising $10Ks: integrity commissioner report thetrillium.ca:443/news/the-…
therese macneil retweeted
#ONpoli
"businessman" Doug Ford is without a doubt the worst fiscal manager in Ontario's history
Doug Ford's government is cutting vital services to the bone while overspending on luxury projects.
What we saw in the fall economic statement is what we already knew: Ford's is running the worst government for fiscal management.
#onpoli
therese macneil retweeted
It is important to point out that Ontario is responsible for a massive 38% of Canada's economy. Ont. unemployment is at a record high because the Ford gov't is practising drip down economics. Millions of dollars wasted on ads and gifts does not work.
ctvnews.ca/business/article/…
