Dear Pierre
@PierrePoilievre
,
I am a liberal Muslim woman. Goldie
@gghamari
is supposedly fighting for women like me against some scary men who are trying to take away our lip gloss. I urge you to believe me, Goldie does not represent me or anyone I know. She is an arrogant,
From this day forward, there is no pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel which side are you on bla bla bla.
You’re either pro-genocide or anti-genocide. Pick one.
I'm very very very excited to share that
@PeelSchools
will be providing feminine hygiene products in secondary schools as part of our 2020-2021 just approved budget!
Dear
@fordnation
, I am a concerned Ontario citizen who up until a few hours ago didn’t know who
@gghamari
was. Since then I’ve come to learn she is one of your MPPs. My concern is that this lady does not appear to do any work.
In the past 24 hours she has tweeted over TWENTY
🚨 “I hope you guys never need healthcare from
@UofT
. That’s all I can say”
Dr.
@TheaWeisdorf
is a physician. To raise awareness:
📧 Chief HR Officer
manson.locke
@unityhealth
.to
Dear Melanie,
@melaniejoly
Where are you Melanie? Are you okay? Something very big happened today and you went MIA.
I know it’s the first day of BBQ season and you’re busy. We all are. But Melanie, you can’t pretend this didn’t happen. You’re gonna have to issue a statement.
After nearly two decades as a Liberal, which if you do the math is most of my life, next federal election I will be:
- Voting
@NDP
- Donating to the
@NDP
- Fundraising for the
@NDP
- Putting an
@NDP
sign on my lawn
- Campaigning for the
@NDP
in all Mississauga ridings,
Politicians and community leaders have a huge responsibility to ensure they don’t spread misinformation and hate. Yesterday’s mania that infiltrated Twitter by the political elite was unnecessary and harmful. Every leader who tweeted needs to retract their dangerous tweets.
Organizers of a pro-Palestinian demonstration that passed by a Toronto hospital are accusing the prime minister and the city's mayor of spreading misinformation.
Dear Pierre,
@PierrePoilievre
I see you trying hard and I know everyone is fed up with Baby Trudeau and that includes me. But listen, you gotta be in control of your caucus. You can’t let people go out there causing ruckus and ruining everything for you. You’re working hard
Peaceful protester wearing a pretend suicide vest at the
#AlQudsDay
rally in Toronto.
No big deal.
This morally bankrupt Liberal government has decided this is the Canada they want.
#cdnpoli
Everyone else hears your silence
@JustinTrudeau
Dear Melanie
@melaniejoly
,
What is happening to you this week? You spend all day posting pictures and making instagram reels and whenever something important happens you pull a disappearing act.
The International Court of Justice ordered an end to the atrocities in Rafah.
Is he serious? He’s that surprised that majority of MPs including in his own party aren’t in favour of the indiscriminate murder and starvation of innocent civilians? Does this guy watch the news or is he just fed information by lobbyists? I’m sorry Trudeau lied to you dude, he
"I think it's the first time in my parliamentary career that I've had a reflection like this where I truly felt, last night, that a line had been crossed," Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says when asked re: his future with party after passage of Israel-Hamas war motion.
#cdnpoli
I’m still waiting for “the condemners” to condemn this guy. You see they are like a sports team, they either condemn together or be quiet together.
Please tell us how we should think about this because we don’t know how to use our brains without your tweets.
It’s now been more than 12 hours since this guy shot a nail gun at protesters while shouting “Every f*cking Palestinian will die” & not a single 🇨🇦 official has said a word. Apparently a guy in a Spider-Man suit climbing buildings & waving a flag is more of a threat to Canada.
To any of my
@liberal_party
friends and there are many who are upset that I’m leaving, tell Soulless Justin
@JustinTrudeau
and Genocide Melanie
@melaniejoly
to leave, take a clear stance against genocide and I’ll come back. Easy.
Be more outraged.
It has not escaped me that
@gghamari
likes to tweet a lot of photos of herself. So I thought to myself, two can play that game.
This is what a liberal Muslim woman looks like. Free, happy, at peace. And yes that tattoo says “freedom” in Arabic. It does not require you to spend
This was powerful.
A full length mural of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, a healthcare worker, a superhero.
Inside of a
@PeelSchools
, at
@StephenLewis_SS
, in the heart of Churchill Meadows.
It's going to feel different walking in here.
It took me sometime to come up with the words today. As an Arab Muslim woman, who has been involved in Canadian politics since I was a teenager, this tells me: “you don’t belong here.”
There are no words for the sounds coming from the Rafah border. I came here to continue advocating for a ceasefire and more aid to enter gaza. I’m also here to learn more about the feasibility of airdropping aid into the region.
Dear Melanie
@melaniejoly
,
Thank you for reminding Lebanese people that complete hell is coming their way. Believe me, we are all aware. And yes, those who can get out of Lebanon should immediately but a lot of people won’t be able to get out for many reasons.
Melanie, I’m
The safety of Canadians at home & abroad is our top priority.
As the security situation in Lebanon becomes increasingly volatile, now is not the time to travel to Lebanon.
For those currently there, it is time to come home, while commercial flights are available.
Not good enough. You will never be forgiven
@HonAhmedHussen
@JustinTrudeau
You starved a civilian population including women and defenceless children while a highly trained army indiscriminately attacked them.
We will never forget.
CBC News has learned that the government has decided to airdrop aid into Gaza. A Canadian government source says that the airdrop will happen within the next week.
Unless they can provide proof of a public statement, I don’t want to see a single politician at any mosque or any Iftars this Ramadan and moving forward.
Things need to change in our community. Protesting your hearts out while not being engaged in politics doesn’t work, being
Dear all reporters,
Now that the ICJ ordered an end to the military operation in Rafah, can someone follow up with Melanie
@melaniejoly
about the arms embargo? The Liberals are swearing up and down that there have been no arms exports since earlier this year and the NDP are
Nothing against Mark Carney or any potential successor for
@cathmckenna
, but when an extremely accomplished woman retires from politics or public life, the story should JUST be about that.
.
@fordnation
is refusing to remove
@gghamari
from caucus following the unearthing of dangerous
#Islamophobic
posts online. He is out of touch with the concerns of the community.
P.s. thank you to the reporters who asked him 😊
Wow. Melanie’s
@melaniejoly
newly installed conscience is working overtime. Tweeting on Friday night.
Melanie, I already gave you a list of what you need to do. Support the ICC, ICJ, arms embargo, recognize Palestine as a state, and regret not calling for a ceasefire months
Someone asked me the other day why I’m seemingly “throwing away” my political career.
I said: “I have no interest in becoming Ahmed Hussen.”
I wish you resigned before that
@UNRWA
announcement.
Ahmed, I had so much pride in you. We all celebrated you when you became an MP and first became a Minister.
You have lost your supporters. You have lost your community. You have lost your friends.
You have lost your way.
Your UNRWA announcement was your “Barbaric Cultural
This is a disgusting and racist tweet by a provincial MPP. Once again the anti-keffiyeh rhetoric is ignorant AF. Imagine if someone said that about any other cultural attire, they’d be cancelled immediately. But because it’s Palestinians who the west has successfully dehumanized
Hey
@JustinTrudeau
@melaniejoly
, can you tell us if the company that designed the tail kit for the GBU-39 bomb dropped on Rafah last week has a Canadian connection? The document below suggests it does.
Canada sent $28 million worth of weapons in the midst of all this? What happened to our peacekeeping country
@JustinTrudeau
?
I can’t believe I helped this man become leader. He turned out to be the worst prime minister we’ve ever had and I’m not just talking about this issue.
Canada sent $28 million worth of weaponry to Israel amid its ongoing massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.
That is horrifying.
Which is why I along with
@jeremycorbyn
and 200+ parliamentarians across the world are backing
@ProgIntl
call for a ban on arms exports to Israel.
Look who suddenly grew a conscience 24 hours later. Hey everybody gather around, Melanie has a conscience now.
You and Justin
@JustinTrudeau
need to resign.
We are horrified by strikes that killed Palestinian civilians in Rafah.
Canada does not support an Israeli military operation in Rafah.
This level of human suffering must come to an end.
We demand an immediate ceasefire.
Hybrid Learning for Secondary: We need to advocate that
@Sflecce
properly funds
#OnEd
so this is not a consideration for Sept.
Parents, your child deserves their teacher's full attention.
Put simply, the hybrid model is garbage.
#NoHybrid
#HybridHurtsKids
@ETFOPeel
@OSSTFD19
Thank you
@nccm
for shining a light on this MPPs history of spreading
#Islamophobia
. Enough is enough. Taxpayers don’t pay MPPs to spend their time spreading hate online.
@fordnation
@PaulCalandra
fire this woman.
7/7. Enough is enough. Our leaders are supposed to be fighting
#Islamophobia
, not spreading divisive messaging. We ask Premier Ford
@fordnation
to take swift action if MPP
@gghamari
still refuses to apologize and retract.
Dear Jagmeet
@theJagmeetSingh
,
Please bring the motion back. Only include statehood. Force a vote. Make them all stand and be counted so they can face the wrath of their communities at election time. Heather is amazing
@HMcPhersonMP
, she can do it. Don’t worry even if it passes
Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre continue to oppose the recognition of a Palestinian state.
A dehumanizing position that is harmful to the peace process for both Palestinians and Israelis.
Spain, Ireland and Norway have joined much of the world in doing so today.
As Prime
When I was younger and full of hope, I decided to serve as one of
@JustinTrudeau
Peel Region co-chairs for his leadership race. Our team signed up almost 7000 supporters for him which was the second highest number of supporters in the entire country - almost exclusively from the
Dear Justin,
@JustinTrudeau
I always thought that if any Prime Minister in my lifetime would make a two state solution a reality, it would be you. Not only because you talked such a big game but also because it appeared, at least in my view, that you truly believed in it.
And there you have it folks. The truth is
@JustinTrudeau
has been worse to the
#Muslim
community than Harper. He’s just been much better at lying.
Why are there still Muslim staffers in the Prime Minister’s office and
@liberal_party
in general? Why haven’t you walked out yet?
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
NEW: Canada exported $30,641,495.83 in military goods and technology to Israel in 2023, more than any other year on record. There is every reason to believe that many of these weapons were used in Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. We need a two-way arms embargo now.
I am Arab. I am Muslim. I’m not religious. I have a slowly increasing tattoo count. I believe all people are equal and in equity to help those who are marginalized in society reach their potential.
I am a strong believer in democracy, free speech, and a staunch defender of
And yet,
@JustinTrudeau
’s government refused to include anti-Palestinian racism in the anti-racism strategy. Someone needs to tell this guy we don’t need his words of condemnation on Twitter or his thoughts and prayers, we need him to actually do his job.
Doing your job > Empty
Just three years after the terror attack that took the lives of Our London Family, we find ourselves in a frustrating yet familiar place.
A residence standing up for Palestinian human rights was repeatedly threatened and damaged before being set ablaze in what authorities are
In SS, a teacher told me I would never make it to University & if I did, I wouldn't do that well.
I hold two undergrads, one graduate degree (including a teaching degree).
Educators need to understand they do not have ability to predict the future based on one class or grade.
It’s high time we stop tolerating and making excuses for racist and ignorant education staff. Racists need to immediately exit our schools and classrooms. This wasn’t a teaching moment it was simply racist. That’s it, no other explanation.
@HaltonDSB
needs to take action here.
We're troubled by
@HaltonDSB
Guidance Counselor likening a student to a terrorist for wearing a keffiyah-a cultural piece of clothing. We've alerted
@HaltonDSB
administration. More updates coming soon.
#noroomforhate
Dear
@PaulCalandra
,
26 hours ago, I did not know who
@gghamari
is and would not have recognized her at a grocery store. But since then, I have learned a lot about this endlessly tweeting MPP. I wrote the attached note to
@fordnation
to which she responded by asking me if I
Dear
@fordnation
, I am a concerned Ontario citizen who up until a few hours ago didn’t know who
@gghamari
was. Since then I’ve come to learn she is one of your MPPs. My concern is that this lady does not appear to do any work.
In the past 24 hours she has tweeted over TWENTY
We are horrified by strikes that killed Palestinian civilians in Rafah.
Canada does not support an Israeli military operation in Rafah.
This level of human suffering must come to an end.
We demand an immediate ceasefire.
Patrick was welcomed at many mosques. Why? Because Brampton was one of the first cities in Canada to listen to the concerns of the community, raise their voice and call for a ceasefire when the federal government was dragging its feet. Good job Patrick. 👏
Be more like Patrick.
To welcome
#Ramadan
, I visited Jame Makki Masjid, Jamiat Ul Ansar, and the Bramalea Islamic Cultural Centre in Brampton.
Muslims around the world are embarking on a communal month long test of faith where they will abstain from food and water from dawn to sunset each day during
NEW - Toronto Police:
“There have been no arrests made “Regarding immigration status, this is not information that we track nor do we disclose the immigration status of suspects or victims.”
Justin
@JustinTrudeau
, I agree with you. And I thank you for supporting the ICJ. But Justin, we can’t just blame others for our own failures. You’re not helpless here. You can recognize Palestine as a state tomorrow. Tomorrow, you can do it.
Do it Justin. Do it tomorrow.
I love when people prove my point for me. All the folks commenting in support of
@gghamari
are saying
#Islamophobic
things. Without a filter, without even pretending.
@fordnation
, do you understand what she’s done now?
I struggle to understand what’s going on today in Ontario. That a political party just so openly opposes a cultural and ethnic identity is beyond my understanding, that a handful of MPPs can just scream “No” to the presence of a cultural clothing item in the legislature and go
Where are our incessantly outraged politicians today? If you’re not outraged about what’s going on in
#Rafah
, you have no soul, no moral compass regardless of what party you belong to.
So all this time
@gghamari
has been pretending to be Muslim and speaking on behalf of Muslims? That’s next level Islamophobia
@fordnation
Never heard of that before. Also please note that Iranians are not Arabs. So this whole tweet is her pretending to be a member of a group of
I come from a Muslim background. My grandmother is a devout Muslim. I, however, converted to a different faith many years ago.
Other than that, this is a great article and I encourage everyone to read it.
#IRGCterrorists
#cdnpoli
#JavidShah
Requiring testing but not vaccination is an ineffectual sop to anti-vax movement - there is no “charter right” to infect other people with lethal diseases. Solidarity and public health are important values
#Covid19
#GetVaccinated
#AGlobalPandemicRequiresAGlobalResponse
This is MPP
@gghamari
. She gets “concerned” when she hears a group of
#Muslims
say “Aallah-o Akbar”
@fordnation
doesn’t wanna fire her.
In 2026, let’s fire him.
#onpoli
P.s. we won’t get bamboozled with some parent rights divisive BS.
Nice try
@gghamari
. Did you read my entire Twitter feed with all your free time as an MPP? Because you work so hard right?
Of course I condemn Hamas and the Oct 7th attack.
You on the other hand, really need to get a life and maybe spend some time answering your constituents’
Dear
@NokhaDakroub
.
You haven't mentioned Hamas at all or denounced them. That is very concerning to me as a Canadian citizen.
Do you condemn Hamas terrorists and their genocidal attack against innocent Israelis on October 7? Yes or no?
I work a lot, actually. My constituents
Scheer's plan of $4K/yr to send kids to private schools = worst plan ever. I'm a single mom, public school supporter, can't afford to send my kid to private school. Why should I have to pay for private education I can't participate in? Strengthen
#publiceducation
instead, thanks.
I will be watching this vote very closely on Monday. I hope to see all members of the Liberal caucus vote for it regardless of what
@JustinTrudeau
and
@melaniejoly
want. I am especially hopeful that members of cabinet will vote for it.
@HonAhmedHussen
this is your opportunity.
I’m sorry
@Sflecce
. I’m having a real hard time taking you seriously.
Remember this? A teacher at
@PeelSchools
using Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting stereotypes of Jewish, Muslim men and Black women? There were no consequences and you did nothing.
Some of us have been
I’m sorry, I’m so tired of this whole “Liberal Muslim woman has a right to spread
#Islamophobia
” thing.
I am a liberal Muslim woman and
@gghamari
managed to attack me. Don’t believe me? I have five tattoos. One of them actually says the word “Freedom.”
And I think
@gghamari
Canada, repeat after me: it's not Islamophobic to call out radical Islamofascist ideology that threatens our western democratic values.
Iranian women won the Times Magazine "Heroes of 2022" for the
#WomanLifeFreedom
movement, a pro-democracy movement in Iran which is fighting
The biggest losers of yesterday’s debate were definitely the conservatives. Although the day didn’t start off that way. It was supposed to be an easy day for them. They were supposed to sit back watch the Liberals and NDP beat each other up, let a few members make speeches and
My motion to develop a comprehensive anti-Islamophobia strategy was approved at last night's
@PeelSchools
board meeting.
Grateful for the support of community organizations & looking forward to forging ahead with this important work.
@nccm
@UARRToronto
@MEAPTweets
@CASSAOnline
Thank you
@DipikaDamerla
. This is appreciated. To all upcoming mayoral candidates, please note that the Muslim and Arab communities make up 20% of Mississauga’s population. And if you don’t have a clearly articulated statement on this issue at this point, no one will give a shit
This MPP just tweeted her own dating profile 🤣🤣🤣
You know
@fordnation
,
@PaulCalandra
this is why your government keeps getting in trouble. You don’t have serious thoughtful people on your team. Just a bunch of attention-seekers who have zero interest in working on issues that
I also want to impart some knowledge on
@gghamari
and
@fordnation
. While her advocacy for women’s rights in Iran is justified, the entire Middle East/Arab & Muslim world aren’t Iran. Iran is one country that doesn’t even share a language or a culture with the rest. I was born in
Spineless Justin
@JustinTrudeau
and Genocide Melanie
@melaniejoly
don’t like to actually do anything meaningful. They prefer to pacify us with very delayed empty words while our hearts burn. Shame on them both.
Meanwhile
@JustinTrudeau
told media he opposes the "situation" in Rafah.
When asked what he was going to do about it, he walked away.
You don't get to walk away from genocide and war crimes.
That's called complicity.
It is time Canada cut off all resources that are aiding the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Sign the petition to cut off the metals used to build weapons that kill Palestinian civilians and chiildren.
We cannot be complicit in war crimes.
Sign your name here:
I’m sorry Brett. My original tweet had nothing to do with the Middle East. The fact that
@gghamari
saw what looks like an Arab or Muslim name and she immediately went to asking me about a terrorist group is clear bigotry. If she took the time to get to know me, she’d know I’ve
@NokhaDakroub
@PaulCalandra
@gghamari
@fordnation
I did not know who you were 26 seconds ago Nokha, but the question is a valid starting point for any discussion on Gaza. I'm glad you condemn Hamas. The fact is that many people going to these hate rallies do not.
More empty words from Melanie
@melaniejoly
. When are you going to have a real arms embargo? When are you going to sanction war criminals? When are you going to summon the ambassador? When are you going to recognize Palestine as a state?
Stop talking and DO something.
We are still waiting for the Prime Minister (
@JustinTrudeau
) to say something on the record today after the entire world saw the horrifying and apocalyptic images coming out of Rafah, of children being blown to pieces and people being burned alive.
We note that Minister Joly
In case you're just tuning into my feed & wondering what's going on, the Minister of Education
@Sflecce
just took over the second largest school board because of human rights issues.
Never happened before.
Oh &
@TrusteeMcDonald
& I been fighting for ⚖ 6 years.
& WE WON.
Got to pick this up today!
Honoured to receive a 2020 Practice Award from
@THP_hospital
this year especially. Very meaningful to be recognized during a pandemic when you'd never think anyone is noticing.
Big thanks to my incredible inpatient team/teams for the nominations! ❤💪
Dear
@JoeBiden
I cheered for you in Parliament.
I have hoped for your success.
But responding to genocide demands leadership.
If the
@TheDemocrats
support a criminal regime murdering and starving people in Rafah then you are unfit for the moment.
Not much else to say.
Thank you
@kristynwongtam
for defending our freedoms. What did we expect when all those other politicians kept condemning protestors and asking police to do more? I guess they were hoping to see some police brutality on our streets. Well, here you go. How do you feel about
Yesterday’s kettling of protesters in Regent Park by the police has me concerned for anyone who suffered intimidation & violence. We need to know what happened and why. My statement is here.
#TorCen
Today’s motion in the House and the government negotiating its way to support it mean one thing:
The narrative on the issue has significantly changed. Palestinian Human Rights are no longer easy for the political class to ignore and a Palestinian state is now a part of the
I never quite understood the value the
@NDP
and
@OntarioNDP
bring to all of us up until this year. I used to be one of those people who thought they should merge with the Liberals and of course as someone who spent too much time on political campaigns (I’m recovering from that
In 1980, Ireland was the first European Union member state to endorse the establishment of a Palestinian state. Canada spent a whole month fretting about it and yesterday after a whole lotta DRAMA didn’t end up doing it - 44 years later.
Ireland has always been boss on this
Irish Prime Minister to Biden: "We see our history in the eyes of the Palestinians, a story of displacement, deprivation, a denied national identity, forced migration, discrimination, and now hunger."
A little birdie told me
@gghamari
has been spoken to about her twittering behaviour. Is it true
@fordnation
? Was it you? Blink 3 times at today’s press conference if it was you and I will know. Or was it you, Paul?
@PaulCalandra
Dear all reporters, ask him if he had a talk with
#BreakingNews
@gghamari
apologized for the hurt and harm she’s caused with her tweets.
Good. Now go delete these unfortunate tweets and don’t do it again.
It was nice meeting you Goldie!
I have and will continue to be a strong voice in defending women’s rights, condemning terrorism, and speaking out against dangerous extremist ideologies in Iran and around the world.
However, in doing this, some of my social media posts did not clearly distinguish between
NEW:
@PeelSchools
Human Rights Office will be moving off-site (outside of Central Board Office) to ensure confidentiality & ensure that our community & staff are able to access this support without fear or concern of retribution.
Next week ALL EDUCATION WORKERS IN
#PEEL
will be eligible for vaccination against
#COVID19
. Starting in priority neighborhoods & moving across the region.
This is incredible news! I ENCOURAGE ALL
@PeelSchools
staff to GET VACCINATED as soon as offered.
We WILL get through this.
I have known Dipika for many years. I have been a supporter of hers at times. However, this is not something I can get past. Especially in June - the month we commemorate 1984. She does not deserve to be Mayor. This is just the last straw for me.
#neverforget1984
#SikhGenocide
This is a great step towards true equity in public education. Streaming is an outdated practice that limits students at an early age from being able to achieve their full potential.
So happy to hear de-streaming is going provincial. Great work
@Sflecce
!
I don’t care who you are or who you think you are. I don’t care if we’re best friends or acquaintances. As of today, you’re either pro-genocide or anti-genocide. Pick one.
As a citizen of both countries, I regret to inform you that all the photo-ops in the world are not going to make up for the genocide of our neighbours the Palestinian people that you so enthusiastically supported and cheered on for months before you agreed to call for a ceasefire
During my meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, Nabih Berri, I reaffirmed Canada’s steadfast support to the Lebanese people and the urgent to form government to address the challenges faced by the people of Lebanon.
Dear all reporters, please everyone ask him about the
@gghamari
#Islamophobic
tweets situation. Also ask him how much time are MPPs supposed to be spending online? I would think if you’re a busy MPP you usually have your staff tweet on your behalf and/or probably tweet 1-4 times
NEW - Premier Ford will make an announcement and take reporter questions at 8:30 Friday morning in Mississauga. It will be just his second time taking reporter questions in 63 days. Ford will be joined by the Solicitor General. Coverage on
@CityNewsTO
Listen to
@avilewis
. Canada’s reputation as an honest broker in the world is now buried beneath the rubble in Gaza.
And who buried it? None other than Prince Charming himself
@JustinTrudeau
.
This genocide is changing history.
Longstanding narratives are being laid to rest, buried in the rubble of Gaza.
⛔️Israel guarantees Jewish safety
🙅🏻♂️The IDF is "the most moral army in the world"
🚫Canada is an honest broker
My thoughts from a recent
@FacultyJewish
event: