{"id":21736,"date":"2019-05-28T15:25:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=21736"},"modified":"2019-05-28T15:25:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:25:56","slug":"we-support-libraries-nomorecuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/28\/we-support-libraries-nomorecuts\/","title":{"rendered":"We support libraries #NoMoreCuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NoMoreCuts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21737\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NoMoreCuts-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NoMoreCuts-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NoMoreCuts-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NoMoreCuts-768x766.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NoMoreCuts-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NoMoreCuts-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NoMoreCuts.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Jill Andrew, MPP for Toronto-St. Paul\u2019s and Ontario NDP Culture critic, was joined by library users and workers for a press conference today highlighting her motion calling on Doug Ford to reverse his library cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Ontarians learned that the Ford Conservatives had cut funding to both the Ontario Library Service-North and the Southern Ontario Library Service by 50 per cent. Since then, layoffs have occurred at both library services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe heartbreaking impacts of Doug Ford\u2019s cuts to libraries are already being felt,\u201d said Andrew. \u201cWe\u2019re hearing about people without bookstores in their community, researchers unable to access the materials they need to do their work, people who need of large-print books, seniors\u2019 book clubs being unable to get enough copies of their reading selections, and we\u2019re hearing about dedicated library workers losing their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just another example of Doug Ford dragging Ontario backwards. He\u2019s prioritizing access to booze over access to books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, communities hurt by Ford\u2019s cruel cuts to library services are speaking out. Brock Township Library Board has written a letter to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and several municipal councils, such as in Timmins and Hanover, have passed resolutions urging the government to restore funding to the affected Library Service agencies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOntario communities deserve better than to have vital library services ripped away,\u201d said Andrew. \u201cThat\u2019s why the NDP is calling on this government to fully restore this funding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Andrew, MPP for Toronto-St. Paul\u2019s and Ontario NDP Culture critic, was joined by library users and workers for a press conference today highlighting her motion calling on Doug Ford to reverse his library cuts. &nbsp; Last month, Ontarians learned that the Ford Conservatives had cut funding to both the Ontario Library Service-North and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-provincial"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 02:17:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21738,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21736\/revisions\/21738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}