Tricia Heslinga @advoctformygirl

I completely forgot to post this act of Easter Kindness. Thank you kind strangers, for remembering my kids and bringing them some Easter goodies. #KindnessOfStrangers #Easter2023

Doug Ford put highways before kids. He likes to talk about #gridlock. Well, our children are in GRIDLOCK! Over 50K kids are stuck on the Ontario Autism Program Waitlist. That waitlist isn’t moving. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli #NeedsBasedTherapy #OAPTransparency #NeedsBasedEdu

It was great speaking with Mark about Bill 74. We will continue to do whatever it takes to win this simple solution for the most vulnerable Ontarians. thespec.com/local-hamilton…

The OAC has been working diligently to get this info to the right people for some time. The problem: the bureaucrats & ministers in charge didn’t have the foresight to know this would happen & they didn’t want to hear from us. Thank you to @MTaylorNDP @ChandraPasma #50KIsNotOk

Ontario NDP Press Office @ONDPPressOffice

a year ago

NDP MPPs and the Ontario Autism Coalition sound alarm on the abrupt change to the Legacy Autism Program From @ChandraPasma #onpoli ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-mpps-…

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Thank you to @MTaylorNDP & @ChandraPasma for helping us spotlight this issue. School boards are unaware & unprepared bc of a lack of information from MCCSS and MOE. It’s time for us to work together @MichaelParsa & @Sflecce. This could have been avoided. #50KIsNotOk #onpoli

Monique Taylor @MTaylorNDP

a year ago

Time and time again, the government continues to make harmful choices that leave parents and children without support, information, and a way forward. Read the full statement from @ChandraPasma and I below:

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@RedState66 @krassenstein Oh shut up. We are tired of every Republican standing up and supporting a man that you know as well as we do is not just a criminal but is immoral. Beat your Christian heart and tell us how much the Ten Commandments mean and then support Donald Trump? Hypocrites, all of you.

This is my daughter Emma. Emma is Autistic. Emma believes she can do anything she sets her mind too. I challenge each and every one of you to advance your thinking from Autism AWARENESS to Autism ACCEPTANCE. There is a DIFFERENCE . AWARENESS is great, but ACCEPTANCE is the key

This Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month @OntAutism is launching a new campaign! Autism doesn't end at any age & neither should required support, services, therapies. If you're in Toronto (Yonge & Dundas) look up! Our message is playing on 2 billboards all April. #AutismIsLifelong

Another day, another disappointing performance from @MichaelParsa in the legislature. He was questioned today by @LiseVaugeois about what the government will do to ensure diagnostic and clinical services are accessible to autistic children in northwestern Ontario. 1/5

In his first response, @MichaelParsa doesn’t answer the question, and instead chooses to do a little grandstanding to try and sell the general points of the autism program development. Does he mention northern issues/concerns? Not even once. 2/5

In the supplementary, @LiseVaugeois tries to get @MichaelParsa back on task, asking whether the government will provide incentives to get practitioners to the area, and provide travel grants for kids who need it to ensure proper access to the support they need. 3/5

@MichaelParsa again avoids the important questions about northern accessibility, choosing to speak in vague generalities of leaving no one behind. It’s painful to watch another Minister defend a program that has CONSISTENTLY left kids behind. 4/5

@MichaelParsa needs to turn things around. It’s time for real answers. Real progress. Autism families will not tolerate BS talking points that mask years of @fordnation’s failures on this file. We deserve better. 60,000 autistic children deserve better. #onpoli 5/5

.@fordnation #FordIsALiar Save the date folks. The Supreme Court hearing on Doug Fraud's hidden mandate letters is coming up. We all know what's in them, we see it everyday. But we need to see why Dougie has fought so hard to keep them from the public

Yesterday, I was proud to read in signed petitions from across Hamilton supporting my new private members bill, Bill 74: The Missing Persons Amendment Act, 2023. Would you like to show your support for Bill 74? Check out the online petition: moniquetaylormpp.ca/vulnerable_per…

OAC President @Alina_Cameron spoke w media about the abrupt change of MCCSS minister last week. @OntAutism hopes Minister Parsa is open to communication & leads the ministry w transparency & compassion. Thank you @TBTNews_TBay! #50KIsNotOK #onpoli youtube.com/watch?v=DONepy…

@CityNewsTO Rebate my ass ….. you rebate 5% the grocery bill goes up 7% ……. Time to Tax the snot out of the grocery chain on their profits over the previous year. Every dollar you make above profit from the previous year profit you pay 150% Tax. 🤔

@CityNewsTO So we aren't doing anything to stop the greedy grocery stores from gouging all Canadians just to net record profits for their shareholders and instead are throwing a few pennies at the poorest of the poor? I wonder who the Government works for? The people or the grocery stores?

On March 9th, I told Amanda's story and questioned this government on what they were doing to address the autism assessment backlog, and get Amanda's family the services they need. Their answers were unsatisfactory, so I debated them last night. Families deserve real solutions.

Under @fordnation - Hospitals are in crisis. - Greenbelt is under attack. - People on ODSP are struggling. - Autistic kids are languishing on lists. - Grocery chains are gouging Ont. - Public ed is being set up to fail. -Continues to reward donors & "friends" - Scandals daily