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  • - It's been one tough year under

  • the Ford Conservative regime.

  • With cuts to education funding

  • and more cuts and cancellations to public services,

  • life in Ontario has become much more difficult

  • for families and for workers.

  • No doubt, it's been a hard year for all of you.

  • With all of these challenges,

  • I want to say just how proud I am

  • of the work that you have done

  • to defend publicly funded public education.

  • Inside schools, just like this one behind me,

  • it's you, the teachers, early childhood educators,

  • educational support professionals,

  • and professional support personnel,

  • that spend hours and hours to prepare,

  • create and deliver high-quality education.

  • Know that you make a difference in the lives of students.

  • This year, we mobilized and engaged community members

  • to mount a fight back against cuts,

  • and I can tell you that it's working,

  • and it's gaining momentum.

  • Over a 100,000 people have joined us

  • to email their MPP about class size.

  • More than 30,000 attended the April 6th rally

  • at Queen's Park,

  • and thousands more across Ontario signed a petition,

  • attended a community rally, wore our button.

  • They also dressed in red on Fridays

  • and shared messages on social media.

  • Together, we took action and said no to cuts.

  • And for all of this,

  • for your work to defend and to deliver public education,

  • and for always going beyond, I want to thank you so much.

  • Our collective resistance to stand up for children

  • is making a difference.

  • After that last school bell rings in June,

  • please take the time to reenergize and recharge,

  • and then let's continue to talk to our neighbors and family.

  • Ask them to join the fight

  • and hold their local MPP accountable.

  • We must keep the pressure on because students are worth it.

- It's been one tough year under

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    林宜悉 posted on 2020/02/25
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tough

US /tʌf/

UK /tʌf/

  • adjective
  • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • Very difficult to do or deal with
  • Difficult; requiring considerable effort or endurance.
  • (of food) difficult to cut or chew.
  • Having strict standards
  • (Of meat) difficult to cut or chew.
  • Being firm and not easily bent or broken
  • Being strong physically or mentally
  • Being difficult to persuade
  • Unpleasant or unfortunate.
  • Capable of violence
  • other
  • To endure a period of hardship or difficulty.
  • noun
  • A rough and aggressive person.
  • other
  • To make (someone) physically or emotionally stronger.
engage

US /ɪn'gedʒ/

UK /ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ/

  • verb
  • To attract and hold someone's attention.
  • To employ or hire someone.
  • To start to fight with an enemy
  • To hire someone for a task or job
  • To have or hold the focus or interest of someone
  • To interlock or cause to interlock.
  • To carry out, participate in; be involved in
  • To participate or become involved in something.
  • other
  • To attract and hold someone's interest or attention.
  • To begin fighting or attacking.
  • To begin fighting or attacking.
  • To employ or hire someone for a specific task or role.
  • To hire or employ someone.
  • To interlock or cause to interlock.
  • To bind oneself by a promise or contract; to pledge.
  • To attract and hold someone's attention.
  • To employ or hire.
  • other
  • To participate or become involved in something.
  • To participate or become involved in.
doubt

US /daʊt/

UK /daʊt/

  • noun
  • Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
  • A possibility that something is not as it appears or is stated to be.
  • verb
  • To question the truth or certainty of something
  • other
  • To distrust or disbelieve.
  • To feel uncertain about; lack conviction in.
  • other
  • A feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.
community

US /kəˈmjunɪti/

UK /kə'mju:nətɪ/

  • noun
  • Group of people who share a common idea or area
  • An interacting group of various species in a common location.
  • A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
  • A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
  • The European Economic Community.
  • A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
  • A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
  • An interacting group of various species in a common location.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • A group of people who share a craft or profession and learn from each other.
  • A group of people who interact with each other primarily through online platforms.
  • A group of people who interact with each other primarily online.
  • An organized group of people with a common interest or purpose.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • A group of people sharing common characteristics or interests.
  • A group of people living in a particular area or locality.
  • Joint ownership or use.
  • adjective
  • Relating to or shared by the people in a particular area.
  • Relating to or characteristic of a community.
  • Relating to or done by a community.
  • Relating to or shared by the people in a community.
  • Shared or participated in by all members of a group
  • other
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
  • Joint ownership or use.
  • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
pressure

US /ˈprɛʃɚ/

UK /'preʃə(r)/

  • noun
  • Anxiety caused by difficult problems
  • Force, weight when pressing against a thing
  • Strong persuasion to do something
  • other
  • To apply pressure to something
  • Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.
  • To apply physical force to something.
  • other
  • The burden of physical or mental distress.
  • The difficulties in your life
  • The force exerted per unit area.
  • Force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries
  • The act of exerting influence or control.
  • Political or social force or influence.
  • A sense of urgency or stress caused by time constraints.
  • A feeling of stressful urgency caused by expectations
  • other
  • The exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it.
  • The use of persuasion, influence, or intimidation to make someone do something.
  • The continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
  • The force applied in printing to transfer ink to paper or another surface.
  • Stress or strain caused by demands placed on someone.
  • verb
  • To apply force to something
  • To persuade or force someone to do something
quality

US /ˈkwɑlɪti/

UK /'kwɒlətɪ/

  • noun
  • Feature associated with someone or something
  • A distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something
  • A characteristic or feature of something
  • High social standing
  • High level of worth or excellence
  • other
  • The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something
  • The degree of excellence of something.
  • adjective
  • Of a high standard
  • Of high quality.
accountable

US /əˈkaʊntəbəl/

UK /əˈkaʊntəbl/

  • adjective
  • Be responsible to someone or for some activity
  • Required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible.
  • Required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible.
worth

US /wɚθ/

UK /wɜ:θ/

  • preposition
  • Deserving of (a particular action).
  • noun
  • The quality that renders something desirable or valuable.
  • The quality of being good or deserving praise.
  • The monetary or material value of something.
  • other
  • the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
  • adjective
  • Having a specified value.
  • other
  • having a particular value, especially in money
conservative

US /kənˈsɚvətɪv/

UK /kənˈsɜ:vətɪv/

  • adjective
  • (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
  • Resistant to change
  • noun
  • Person with traditional ideas; doesn't like change
momentum

US /moˈmɛntəm/

UK /mə'mentəm/

  • noun
  • Speed or force that is gained when something moves