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Joan Faux
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Concerned about our future. Bioregional regeneration, truth & reconciliation, equity, healthcare, public education, water, democracy, design, research, integrity, empathy. Doing many things
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Healthcare is a provincial responsibility. The people gaslighting everyone about the issues with healthcare in Ontario are these two, not me.
They underfund publicly funded healthcare providers shift $billions to for-profit surgeries & staffing agencies, ‘announce’ future construction projects
photos of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Premier/Minister of Health Sylvia Jones.
August 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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New version
Pierre Poilievre sitting atop a dark horse wearing a blue denim shirt with lips pursed as he’s blowing on the end of a handgun he is holding, pointed upwards. A woman wearing a sloppy cowboy hat is standing next to the horse. The thought bubble above the horse says in “GET THIS IDIOT OFF MY BACK !!!”
August 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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A fun moment from the Parade at Voices of the River in Glen Morris August 10th
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Voice of the River is happening tonight (Aug 6th) in #Cambridge, #Kitchener on Friday (8th), Glen Morris on Sunday (10th), #ParisON (15th) & more. The finale is at Ohsweken (23rd).
Come out and have fun along the #GrandRiver!
Learn more:
www.ruralcreativity.org/projects/gra...

#Waterloom
Voice of the River performances for Summer 2025. See link in post to learn more.
August 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Voice of the River community play performances are happening along the #GrandRiver!
Learn more:
www.ruralcreativity.org

#Cambridge #Kitchener #ParisON #BrantCommunity #Brantford #Dunnville #Ohsweken
Voice of the River Performance Schedule for summer 2025. Visit link in the post to learn more.
August 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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No it’s not working for me. The message says access to the article expired (see screenshot)
screenshot of article - paywall is present
August 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Grand River, north of Paris.
July 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Ontario’s population declined Q2 2025.
People can’t afford (or don’t want) to live here anymore.

Creating lawless Special Economic Zones won’t fix this.
Repeal #Bill5
#ONpoli #canpoli

betterdwelling.com/canadian-pop...
A bar chart showing Canadian population growth by province for Q2 of 2025. Overall Canadian population grew. Ontario showed a decline, along with BC but not as significant as ON. QC showed a small decline. NL showed nearly zero change. Alberta had significant growth. MB and SK had much less growth than AB. NB NS and PEI showed some slight growth. Source Statistics Canada; Better Dwelling link to article is in the post
July 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Let’s make a thread of Grand River photos!
a view of the Grand River from an overlook at Paris Ontario showing downtown Paris, Penman’s dam and the rail bridge with lots of lush green trees along the river.
July 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Protestors calling for #Bill5 to be repealed unfurl huge #KillBill5 banner in the audience while Doug Ford is on the stage at #FordFest in Etobicoke Friday evening.
Appears to be a security person in military gear on the roof of the building behind the stage.
#ONpoli
Two protestors hold up large white banner with painted message Kill Bill 5 in bright red. In the background Doug Ford is on a stage that had 3 red blue and white Ford Nation signs. On the rooftop of the building behind the stage there appears to be a security person in military gear.
June 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Way to go #WaterlooRegion
earning a Dishonourable Mention for the CAJ Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy.

#WilmotLandGrab
#FightForFarmland
#CANpoli
#ONpoli #CanadaSky

kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/08/23/w...
Screenshot from article linked in quoted post. It says: This year’s Code of Silence jury also agreed to bestow a dishonourable mention to the Region of Waterloo, located in the heart of southwestern Ontario’s greenbelt. Community groups and journalists have faced an up-hill battle to get access to information from the region on a controversial mega-project that will impact local farmland. “Local residents have been kept completely in the dark,” Jolly said. “They don’t know why this parcel of land was chosen or for what potential purpose. And when they’ve tried to use the freedom of information system to find out they’ve been met with repeated roadblocks. It’s completely Sisyphean.”
May 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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#AllTheWeather
yuck
Screen capture of Radar image of southwestern Ontario on April 2, 2025: a rainbow of colours all over the map that indicate rain, heavy rain, mixed freezing rain/ice pellets and snow is all happening.
April 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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It’s time #Ontario
#Hamilton #Niagara
#BrantfordBrant #Waterloo #London #Ottawa #Kingston #GTA #Toronto #Sudbury #ThunderBay
#Muskoka #NorthBay #Kiiwetinoong #JamesBay
#VoteFordOut
#ONpoli #CanadaSky
#onelxn
Photo of Doug Ford with podium sign “Ptotect Ontario from Doug Ford” Message on white brick background: Hold Doug Ford Accountable. Cuts to Public Healthcare - Closures, Long Wait Times - Privatization, RCMP Investigation - Attacks on Greenbelt, Wasting $ Billions on Backroom Deals for Beer & Booze, Destruction of Ontario Place for Private Megaspa, Ontario Science Centre Closure, Cuts to Education, Housing Shortage, 80,000+ without homes, Attacks on farmland, municipal government, democracy. Announcements without action is failure. VOTE
February 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Tonight! Provincial Candidate Debate in #KitchenerConestoga
#WaterlooRegion
#Wilmot
Open to the public!

20Feb2025 at 7PM
Wilmot Rod & Gun Club, 2607 Bleams Rd, New Hamburg
Will Mike Harris Jr show up?
#ONpoli #CanadaSky
@jodisz.bsky.social
@wilmotcan.bsky.social
Poster for Kitchener Conestoga riding event: Provincial Candidate Debate, Thursday Feb 20 at 7:00pm at the Wilmot Rod & Gun Club, 2607 Bleams Rd, New Hamburg. Background is a map of the riding. Moderators will be Ashley Schuitema and Angie Hallman In the top right corner there is a photo of of a microphone.
February 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Where's Will? A #BrantfordBrant FAQ re: incumbent PC Will Bouma. Rumours are circulating Will attended Trump's inauguration in January.
NEWS: Will was in Washington "making contacts"...
#ONpoli #CanadaSky #onelxn
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@charlieangus104.bsky.social
Image of the side of a red and white milk carton with the side facing to show an image of Brantford-Brant PC incumbent Will Bouma wearing a red & white striped hat and shirt (similar to a Where's Waldo cartoon). There is a bright yellow starburst at the top with Brantford-Brant MPP inside. Above the image of Bouma is the word MISSING. A banner across his image has the message "Where's Will?". Below the image is a list of points: Never in the office Won't take your calls Auto replies to your emails Afraid to debate his record No availability to the media. At the bottom in white letters on a red background is the message: "Expiry Date: February 27. Vote him out."
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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You can vote at the local Election Ontario office any day - no need to wait for Advance Voting days.
#ONpoli #canpoli #CanadaSky #onelxn
#OntarioVotes

www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in...
Description of ways to vote in Ontario election: voting by mail, at your local election office, at an advance voting location and on election day, February 27, 2025. Link to full information is in the post.
February 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Wake up #Ontario 🚨
Projected seat counts barely changed since Feb 6th

Vote for the Unity Candidate to #StopVoteSplitting

cooperateforcanada.ca/heres-how-yo...

PC 99
NDP 13
Liberal 9
Green 2
Independent 1
63 seats = majority

#ProvinceOverParty
#VoteFordOut
#onpoli #ONpoli
#CanadaSky
Bar chart of Ontario seat projections as of Feb 11, 2025. PC 99 NDP 12 Liberal 9 Green 2 Independent 1 Source: 338Canada.com polling analysis
February 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Wake up #Ontario 🚨
Seat counts are what matter, not the provincial projected popular vote. Current seat projection as of Feb 6 2025 - brought to you by #VoteSplitting
Cooperation is needed to #StopVoteSplitting
PC 101
NDP 12
Liberal 8
Green 2
Independent 1
63 seats = majority
#onpoli #ONpoli
Bar graph shows the Ontario projected seats in the provincial legislature, from polling analysis by 338Canada.com as of Feb 6, 2025. A majority requires 63 seats. PC 101 NDP 12 Liberal 8 Green 2 Independent 1
February 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Trump: Goods from Canada will have 25% tariff
Trudeau: Canada is set to impose series of tariffs on goods from the US
Doug Ford: I’m going to spend $Billions to twin the Garden City Skyway and expand the QEW [a highway that carries a lot of Canada-US traffic]

#onpoli #canpoli
Doug Ford standing at a podium with a microphone. Message on the front of the podium: PROTECT ONTARIO FROM DOUG FORD
February 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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#DougFord has been selling #Ontario off for parts with backroom deals, has failed on housing (remember the 1.5 M homes promise?) and is creating instability by calling an expensive early election when we need stability and unity.
#VoteFordOut
#VoteThemAllOut
#onpoli
Ontario Premier Doug Ford with a goofy expression on his face wearing a blue hat with a message “Canada is not for sale (just Ontario) image source: @jennyleeshee@bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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I’m with Raffi!
#RejectPP
#canpoli
Screenshot of TwitterX post by Raffi Cavoukian @Raffi_RC January 5, 2025: I’m Canadian 🇨🇦 and I reject Poillievre. 💯 #RejectPP
January 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Merry Christmas Cheryl! from Ontario ✨❄️✨
The background is a winter scene with snow covered trees and bushes. The message says “Merry Merry Christmas & Cheers for the New Year!” in bright red letters
December 25, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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A huge reason the Conservatives win so many seats is the centre left vote is split between parties. The Cons know this & stoke division.
Also most of the media messaging (with all the polling & projections) is Conservative controlled.
#canpoli #onpoli
Chart showing almost all of the major Canadian newspapers endorsed Conservatives in recent Federal elections.
December 20, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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Wow! What a show tonight.
#AuroraBorealis
#CountyOfBrant #Ontario #Canada
A photo of northern lights in the night sky with large streaks of bright red and green. There is a dark line of trees visible at the bottom. A photo of northern lights in the night sky with a large swath of bright red. There is a dark line of trees visible at the bottom. A photo of northern lights overhead. There are swirls of bright red with a ribbon of green below.
October 11, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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Some context for Fight For Farmland rally today Aug 28 at 6pm in Kitchener

www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/28/n...

#onpoli #Wilmot #WaterlooRegion #FoodSecurity #Farmland #Ontario #FightForFarmland
Message in black block letters on a sienna coloured background says: “WE ARE NOT A WILLING HOST beside this is the Fight For Farmland logo Details: Wednesday August 28 Region of Waterloo Council Meeting Join us at Council Chambers, 150 Frederick St in Kitchener at 6:00pm “Let’s make this our biggest rally yet! Together, we can send a powerful message to our Region that we are UNWILLING HOSTS! Join us and stand strong for our community! Don’t forget your signs!” For parking and more info visit: FightForFarmland.com Punkeydoodles Steve will be playing his hit 770 Acres live! Hear from area farmers and guest speakers! Beside this is a black & white photo of protestors, one carrying a sign that says “SAVE OUR FARM! SAVE OUR FOOD!” and wearing a t shirt that says “NOT WILLING HOST” Below the photo is a drawing of a box of Corn Flakes cereal with a message “Non perishable food item donations for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region will be gratefully accepted.”
August 28, 2024 at 3:59 PM