Poem 12: Ontario Budget

I see Doug Ford and Vic Fedeli made it back to Toronto just the other day

They were hiding from all the teachers in the city of North Bay

When they heard the educators were going to form a crowd

It wasn’t in their best interests, so they didn’t stick around

They hid out in this northern city, his treasurer’s provincial seat

They had to get out of Toronto, they couldn’t take the heat

They both got back to the capital once the coast was clear

In time to announce their budget, both grinning ear to ear

Once again the scholars are taking it on the chin

This is the area where I have chosen to begin

He has initiated performance clauses for colleges and universities to adhere

If they don’t reach their target, sixty percent of their provincial funding could disappear

Low income people are no longer eligible for free tuition

Just when we were finally starting to help them in their situation

Over seven hundred million cut from post secondary education as well

The future of our children is going all to hell

Money to indigenous people has been cut close to half as a result

Why is it our native people we continue to insult?

He’s cancelled the clean drive program, hasn’t he heard the warning?

Another politician that continues to ignore global warming

Remember your last colonoscopy? Remember feeling sore?

You won’t be getting a sedative for that procedure anymore

These are just a few examples of the cuts he wants to put in place

Not one of these I’ve mentioned so far have I chosen to embrace

Twenty eight billion dollars for Toronto people, all of Ontario will chip in to pay

To develop their city’s transit and get them on their way

Now he wants to open all the bars at the stroke of nine

Will it become a fad to eat your breakfast with some wine?

For some reason he wants drinking in public parks to be a legal act

This will be a choice of each municipality to enact

As for the last item of discussion, Mr. Ford, I thought you’d like to know

If you want to attend a legal tailgate party, then shuffle off to Buffalo

The patience for this new Premier is already wearing thin

Voting for him was never popular, we were just tired of Kathleen Wynn

Bob Rae continues to haunt the NDP, seems there’s nothing they can do

It’s time to reconsider this third party, instead of concentrating on just two