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Starting May 1, MiWay is making transit more affordable in Mississauga.

✅Children aged 6-12 ride for FREE with a valid PRESTO card
✅$1 all-day fare for seniors 65+

Learn more about this 1 year pilot here 🔗 ow.ly/qph550NyOuF

Books of Condolences will be available tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. in the Great Hall at City Hall and at community centres throughout the city.

More information: http://ow.ly/jLRX50MCV5b

Starting tomorrow at 10 a.m., a Book of Condolences for Hazel McCallion will be available to sign in the Great Hall at City Hall and at community centres throughout Mississauga. All are welcome to come pay tribute to Hazel’s life and legacy.
More here: mississauga.ca/hazel

171 plausible burials found at former residential school site in Kenora, Ont. A survivors group is investigating the site of the St. Mary’s Indian Residential School, which operated under different names from 1897 to 1972.

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People are losing loved ones every day from toxic substances, yet the Premier refuses to treat the issue with any real urgency.

Municipalities should not have to bear the brunt of the raging opioid crisis. We need provincial leadership now.

I'm calling on Ford to work towards decriminalizing drugs and more:

is a super-sprawler highway that will:

❌ Destroy 2000 acres of farmland
❌ Pave over 75 wetlands
❌ Cost taxpayers $10B
.. just to save commuters 30 seconds 🤦🏻‍♀️

Premier, we need more .

What an insult to blame the health human resource crisis on overworked & underpaid healthcare staff taking a holiday.

The Ford govt has had years to implement solutions & failed to get it done. , fast track international staff & actually spend your budget.

Today, I join the 200+ advocacy groups calling on Doug Ford to immediately double social assistance rates & to tie all future increases to inflation.

Ontario Greens were the only party committed to doubling in our last election platform. Anything less is insufficient.

Legislated poverty is wrong, Premier. Persons with disabilities deserve more support than the mere 5% your govt has promised.

Inflation has made life 'a fight every day' for these Ontario disability support recipients | CBC News Some people living on Ontario Disability Support Program payments say they're struggling even more than usual to pay for essentials as the cost of goods and services rises.

The cost of everything, including food, shelter & transportation have skyrocketed.

Yet Doug Ford refuses to increase ODSP rates by more than 5%.

This is unacceptable, Premier. We need to now & tie all future increases to inflation.

The first step to fixing Ontario's system is by repealing . Let's get it done.

It currently takes the avg Ontarian 15 years of full-time work to save enough to purchase a home.

This needs to change.

We desparately need to create more pathways to homeownership for Ontarians. Our plan:
✅ https://gpo.ca/housing/

Toronto suspends some city work due to COVID-19 budget crunch Unless Toronto receives additional funding from Ottawa and Queen’s Park, it will have to cut its 2022 capital budget by $300 million.

Indigenous science framework removed from Ontario elementary school curriculum Ministry of Education staff directed to delete the language that also included examining the ‘scientific and technological knowledge systems and perspectives of various cultures’

To Doug Ford: We have solutions at our fingertips that don’t require more research, studies, and task forces.

It's time for real leadership to solve the . Let’s get to work.

1.5 million homes over the next 10 years is needed to address the .

No more half-measures. Every Ontarian deserves to find an affordable place to call home.

✅ Let's build homes w/o paving over nature: https://bit.ly/3u2C4kh

Our Slow Streets have rolled out in some neighbourhoods across Mississauga.

What’s a Slow Street?

They’re a temporary traffic calming measure where traffic devices & signage are installed to help physically narrow the neighbourhood street to slow drivers down as they pass

Slow streets:

⚠️Encourage drivers to slow down
🚗Limit traffic to local vehicles
🚶🚲♿Provide more space for you to move like walking, wheelchair or cycling

Request a Slow Street or report a broken or moved device by contacting 311.

Learn more: http://ow.ly/PQwi30sn4IN

We know life has become far too expensive for Ontarians.

Ppl are finding it harder & harder to put food on the table & keep the lights on.

There are steps we can take at a provincial-level to address this crisis. I will keep fighting at Queen's Park to get this done.