I will not forget young Crystal, a student with disabilities, who sat in her wheelchair, and quietly told me; “Irwin I used to believe that the role of education is to lead society, to what it can be; but now, I know schools are just modelling what society is and Read more
This time of year brings a heavy weight for many. The holiday season, regardless of what holiday we may mark, is meant to be a time of joy. It is a day we are told to be with “family” and those we love and those who love us. You know the drill. At Read more
Surely a home – an affordable, safe, comfortable roof over one’s head – is not too much to ask for people who live in Don Valley West. Yet for so many in our riding, that simple but profound measure of a good life is precarious at best – and at Read more
Statement On NDP Day of Action on Housing Date; November 28, 2022 Every person in Ontario, including Don Valley West, deserves a safe stable roof over their heads under which they can create a home . The Conservative and Liberal governments in the past and present have made it harder for Don Valley families Read more
Release date ; November 20, 2021 A Province Children Deserve National Children’s Day, on November 20, is a day celebrated in Canada and around the world to mark the adoption in 1989 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Former Ontario Child Advocate (2008-2019) and current NDP Candidate Read more
I know if you are reading this you have your own reasons “why you run”. You have your own reasons why you vote, why you read this email, why you might attend a meeting, why you donate to causes and if you haven’t done those things and more yet, you Read more
What the Ford government has done with its constant gaslighting and unrelenting assault on democracy and trust is unforgiveable. It is a well-known fact that Tommy Douglas said “courage my friends, it is not too late to build a better world”. What you may not know is that my late Read more
The other day I was contacted by a young girl in care. She told me her worker had suggested she message me on Facebook. She told me a story of horrors about her former foster home, She said she witnessed what she termed beatings. She said, “we were locked in our rooms from the Read more
“These are signs that we have a Provincial government in name only. Using a sports analogy our government “has lost the bench”. Here’s the thing. Big government is expensive. It is ineffective and inefficient. Business can do almost anything much better than government. Bureaucracy is bloated self-serving, overpaid, full of gravy from the Read more
Why is it that the Minister for Children and Youth in this Province change more often than any other. Why do Ministers have no experience in this field, yet get to make decisions that throw parents into chaos, child care providers to close, and no trust at all. Why are the Ministers Read more