Tag: We Own It
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Just say No to Doug’s cannabis plan: OPSEU’s Thomas
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the union intends to make the privatization of cannabis sales a hot-button issue in the upcoming municipal election. “OPSEU will rally behind progressive candidates who oppose Premier Ford’s half-baked scheme,” said Thomas. “The only people who applaud this trainwreck are former political staffers who stand to make…
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Not the time to rehash half-baked cannabis schemes: OPSEU President Thomas
Toronto – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says Premier Doug Ford is irresponsibly throwing caution to the wind with his move to privatize cannabis sales. During the debates in the provincial election campaign, candidate Ford pledged to maintain the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) model, and to defer to frontline experts, arguing that they know better…
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Community leaders say: we want public plowing
More than 1,000 Ontarians have written to their politicians demanding a return to public plowing. And Ontario’s political and community leaders are responding. Across the province, politicians are urging the government to come clean on the future of Carillion snow-plowing in Ontario. Many of them say those plowing contracts should be brought back under public…
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Thomas tells Kenora: we’re making privatization an election issue
People in Kenora packed into a We Own It town hall meeting on April 4—and hundreds more tuned in via social media—all eager to help ensure that privatization is a major issue in the upcoming provincial election. Kenora We Own It town hall”We’ve got 57,000 people signed up on this campaign—that’s a heck of a…
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Orono saves its public LCBO
In an inspiring display of community organizing and activism, the people of Orono have persuaded the provincial government to reopen their public LCBO store, just a month after it was closed. “Orono may be small, but they’ve sent a big message to all of Ontario: when you come together as a community, you can win,”…
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NDP only party to earn an A on We Own It Privatization Report Card
Toronto – By taking a strong stand against privatization, the NDP is the only party to earn an “A” in the We Own It campaign’s pre-election Privatization Report Card. “Andrea Horwath has made it clear that under her watch, no more public services will be privatized,” said OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas, who launched the…
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OPSEU President demands candidates live up to LCBO promise in Orono
Orono – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is demanding that Liberal Lou Rinaldi, and all the candidates in the riding of Northumberland Peterborough South, live up to the government’s commitment to maintain the profitable LCBO outlet in the community of Orono. “Less than two months ago, Lou Rinaldi stood in front of me and a…