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From me today in
@springmagca
The short-sighted and unecessary campaign of attrition being waged by orgs and opportunistic politicians against Capital Pride only serves to make all marginalized communities including Jews and 2SLGBTQ+ communities unsafe:
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BREAKING: Netanyahu says the air strike in Rafah on Sunday was "a tragic mistake" and adds that it will be investigated
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Leftists: "We want to lower the retirement age."
Centrists: "Fascism it is then."
French President Emmanuel Macron meets far-right politician Marine Le Pen amid France prime minister talks
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I just want people to understand that despite all the right-wing propaganda, literally NO ONE has died of an overdose at a safe consumption site in Canada because they do exactly what they're supposed to do - prevent overdose deaths.
Without them, people will die.
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@CIJAinfo
@MarcGarneauCI
They're so obviously saying Trudeau.
Cmon guys this is getting ridiculous.
CIJA knows that the people aren't behind them so their only way of breaking us is trying to criminalize speech. Enough.
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We asked the workers if they were okay and then they thanked us for saying that.
Any movement that doesn't care about the safety of workers isn't a working class movement at all. 2/2
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Yesterday as I took a bit of a break from the blockade to warm up in a nearby Tim Horton's there was a couple making workers feel uncomfortable by not wearing masks.
My friend and I told them to put their masks on if their movement really stood up for workers. They left. 1/2
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Folks no sign of Pat King or any new convoy folks.
Situation is safe and we have shown great power today from the community but still trying get folks out of here as safely as we can.
This was a win today. Let’s continue to organize in other ways like this and mutual aid.
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Say it again for the people in the back:
It was never about the hostages.
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How extremely out of touch do you have to be to see mass grassroots mobilization against the far-right and CONDEMN it.
Residents have been forced to stand up for themselves because of your lack of leadership
@JimWatsonOttawa
.
October 24th, 2022 can't come soon enough. 2/2
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My terrifying, unsafe experience as a Jew at the
#UOttawa
student encampment 😱😱
The most difficult place to be a Jewish Canadian is on university campuses. Today we held a press conference where Jewish students from across the country told their stories. Tomorrow hearings at the Justice Committee begin.
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There are thousands here in
#Ottawa
.
Hard to do justice to the sheer number of people here.
I've been to a lot of marches and protests but this is probably one of the biggest ones I've ever been too.
#CeasefireNOW
#100kforGaza
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This tweet is meant for everyone who's ever thought they didn't have enough experience to run for office.
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When
@RogersHelps
executive, Kye Prigg is prompted by
@VassyKapelos
on the Rogers-Shaw merger and the degree to which the telecoms industry is monopolized by private corporations in Canada, Rogers' lawyer steps in and abruptly ends the interview:
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I find it incredibly absurd that the political class in Ontario is telling poor and disabled folks on OW and ODSP that they should live on less than $1500/month when the federal government basically admitted with CERB that everyone needs at least $2000/month to survive.
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To "Freedom Lovers" coming to
#Ottawa
on July 1st, I've got a message for you - people fucking live here.
I don't give a shit if you think you can do whatever you want because this is "Canada's capital."
These are our neighbourhoods and we deserve to live free of harassment.
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Blockade of convoy coming into town right now on Bank and Riverside.
Need some folks to help.
Come on down.
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The landlord lobby using the murder of two tenants by their landlord for bringing up safety concerns in their apartment to make it easier to evict people is one of the most sadistic things I have ever seen and speaks to the absolute heartlessness of the industry.
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This is a screenshot from
@macklemore
's new music video "Hind's Hall" about ten seconds in - It's Tabaret Hall at the
@uOttawa
encampment!
A testament to their organizing and the impact they're having on the movement across the country and the world.
We should be proud.
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Just came back from a walkthrough with a friend from the
#Ottawa
truck convoy. About ten minutes into our walk, we were yelled at and physically threatened just for wearing our masks.
The streets are bare and trucks are parked everywhere even in the middle of the road. 1/5
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My dad called today to tell me tht for the first time in his life, hes voting
@NDP
after 70 years of his life voting for Conservatives and Liberals.
He said to me: "You know Sam, I've spent most of my life voting against something but this time I wanted to vote for something."
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Hey y'all just so you know it's okay to call out the double standard in use of force between these protests and others and also at the same time not want overly-militarized police to violently beat people regardless of who they are.
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Actual quote from
@JimWatsonOttawa
on
@CBCNews
: "I admire the gutsiness of the people who are standing up to those who want to break the law in our city but it takes scarce police resources away from those central communities that need that coverage and protection …” 1/2
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We're facing convoy occupiers across the street now.
They're shouting "freedom" and "Climate change is fake" if you needed any idea of where their politics lie.
Good group of us here though.
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Me when I hear Rogers internet is down across the entire country:
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Folks, if
@OttawaPolice
wanted these occupiers gone almost three weeks ago they could have done it then. They didnt/don't need expansive powers to do it.
This was never a question of resources but a question of the complicity that police have with the far-right.
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People always criticized Stephen Harper for his lack of emotion so I'm glad that Conservatives have finally found someone who can really relate to people
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Absolutely wild that right now in Quebec you can walk your dog past 8PM without worry but get a fine for $6000 for being homeless.
Anyone in Quebec caught outside between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. can face a hefty fine, with very few exceptions. Homelessness is not one of them.
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Sorry but I'm still not over what
@BonnieCrombie
posted regarding Mount Sinai Hospital.
Saying protesters "infiltrated the hospital intimidating Jewish patients" when they clearly did not is incredibly dangerous misinformation from the leader of a mainstream political party.
I’ve been torn up by the accounts of protestors infiltrating Mount Sinai Hospital, intimidating Jewish patients and doctors, and threatening our already weakened healthcare system.
These antisemitic actions are intentional attempts at destabilizing the safety and security of
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The University of Toronto apparently spent close to $1 million to get their injunction today.
Instead of just simply continuing to negotiate with students they spent $1 million to try and remove them.
Absolutely absurd.
U of T is spending "close to a million dollars" on the injunction application process, according to an estimate by the Community Justice Collective, part of the legal team representing encampment participants.
Source:
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Enough of this disingenuous bullshit already.
They're calling on people to boycott Aroma Espresso Bar, an Israeli franchise, because they operate branches in illegal settlements like Ma'ale Adumim, built on top of Bedouin and Palestinian villages, where only Jews can live.
Jews in Canada will not hide or cower, we will not waiver in our resolve to stand against these hateful boycotts. We will never stand by idly as Jews and Jewish business are targeted. Got a feeling that Aroma will be busier than ever next week.
#BDSFail
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The so-called Freedom Convoy blocked off Wellington Street for three weeks before any massive arrests took place by
@OttawaPolice
- the Palestinian community and their allies blocked it for...5 hours before arrests...
Seems about white.
Ottawa Police have moved in to
remove peaceful pro-Palestinian protestors from in front of Parliament Hill. I asked an officer why they're arresting + removing- he said: "Because they're blocking the road. They've been here for hours".
Pretty lmtd understanding of free speech!
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This state of emergency should be followed by more financial supports like the
#CERB
.
Low-income people arent going to survive another lockdown if they cant access benefits and the govt knows this.
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Big news coming out of Montreal - the injunction made against the McGill encampment in an effort to get it removed has been rejected in court.
A big win for the Palestine solidarity movement and students and the broader community protesting everywhere ✊
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They've overtaken our city and have made life difficult for people who actually live here.
Let's be clear on what this is: this is a right-wing occupation of our city. They have millions of dollars and have said again and again that they're not leaving any time soon. 2/5
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I was extremely moved by today's march especially when workers and neighbours cheered on the thousands of us who took up our streets.
Today was about hope, solidarity and letting the far-right know they can't break us.
Get a good nights rest because tomorrow we keep organizing.
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Dr. Kieran Moore has only been talking for about two minutes but has mentioned how masking is really important at least five times but then says that we shouldn't require it.
The cognitive dissonance is killing me.
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Just came back from Vancouver and it's a beautiful city but I have never seen a more blatant and literal display of wealth disparity in Canada.
$5 million units literally tower over people as they suffer from a lack of affordable housing and toxic drug supply crisis.
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Where were you during the
#BattleOfBillingsBridge
?
I have been to a lot of protests and rallies in my life but today was something I've never experienced before.
Extremely tense at times but an amazing mass showing of direct action and solidarity from the
#Ottawa
community ✊
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True story: I worked on a political campaign a couple of years back and when consulting on policy around dental care, I talked with a Professor of Dentistry in favour of universal dental care and he told me not to cite him because it could have implications for his job. (1/4)
BREAKING: Dentists refuse to sign up for The Trudeau Government's 'Communist Style' dental plan because of the lack of transparency - and the disinformation campaign about associated costs.
President of the Canadian Dental Association Heather Carr is concerned about the
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Everyday in Israel's longest-running mainstream paper there are articles calling out Israeli war crimes and the far-right, Netanyahu govt, while in the West you would quickly gain the moniker of "terrorist sympathizer" for doing so.
We need an honest dialogue on this conflict.
War crimes can be committed not only by people with Kalashnikovs riding Toyota trucks. They can also be committed from defense headquarters in Tel Aviv, or from the pilot’s seat in a fighter plane or helicopter, Michael Sfard writes
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This was only possible because of community pushback otherwise Artur would have never faced accountability as has been the case in the past for his other problematic posts.
Interesting though that his post remains up on his profile despite the "harm" he believes it caused.
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Our government will suspend funding for aid to refugees before they suspend funding for weapons that have led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
Absolutely appalling.
Canada unequivocally condemns the October 7th attack on Israel. I am deeply troubled by the allegations relating to some UNRWA employees. I have instructed Global Affairs Canada to pause all additional funding to UNRWA pending the outcome of the investigation. Read my statement:
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I've been to many protests in
#Ottawa
and never have I seen the
@OttawaPolice
post a graphic like this on their social media before any of them
Seems like the only "safe space" they're interested in providing is one for the same system that upholds their power: White supremacy.
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Have never seen this before, three fare inspectors just uselessly standing by a bus stop downtown waiting to catch someone.
Their 3 salaries combined is about $250,000 imagine how that money could actually improve our transit system if spent on something that actually mattered?
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People who promoted ending mask mandates and lifting protections like
@VeraEtches
and
@fordnation
apparently did so to improve "mental health" but more people have told me in the last three weeks how much their mental health has deteriorated than I've heard in the last two years.
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The far right extremism of this protest isn't just a "fringe" part of it. It's a significant part and it showed while we were walking and
#cdnmedia
really needs to start doing their jobs and stop downplaying it. 4/5
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There are events here in Canada where foreign real estate companies are literally illegally selling land in the West Bank and you've said nothing about it.
Enough with the PR campaign.
Canada’s position is clear: the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank endangers the prospects for a two-state solution and we call for perpetrators of extremist settler violence to be held accountable.
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Here now at the in-person
@OttawaPolice
Services Board not one police officer is wearing a mask. Not one.
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I love how Catherine McKenna always tweets as though she was never the Minister of Environment.
We should have high speed rail in the corridor. We would if the clear priority was on getting people out of planes and ↘️ GHGs, linking major centres, and increasing productivity. This is not about a slightly faster milk run. We need to think bigger as a country.
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Hundreds of Jews were out today at the National March in
#Ottawa
for a
#FreePalestine
and a
#CeaseFirelnGazaNOW
from all over Canada.
It was powerful to be with so many others who continue to say
#NotInOurName
and demanding justice for Gaza.
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The whole argument against the
#psacstrike
is "private sector workers have it worse so be grateful."
Main reason public sector workers "have it better" is because unions have fought to make it better.
If anything this is an argument for mass unionization of the private sector.
GUNTER: Dear federal workers: Here's why you're despised
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@OttawaPolice
just forced residents defending their community out of the way to move a convoy truck. Shame.
We're still blocking one lane of traffic.
Clear what side police are on
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I think I now know the name of every retired police chief across Canada.
Thanks
@CBCNews
for your totally unbiased coverage.
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After this
#ottcity
council meeting, I'm even more convinced that the only people that will keep us safe is each other and that what we did on Sunday at Bank/Riverside was the right thing to do.
Looking forward to standing up for residents this weekend with you all again ✊️
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Forcing remote workers, some who live a 45 minute commute or more away, to an office (they dont even have enough space anymore) just because it makes the bosses "feel better" is awful nonsensical policy that serves absolutely no one.
BREAKING: Treasury Board Secretariat announces new hybrid work policy requiring public servants in the core public administration to work in the office a minimum of three days a week.
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Its tough to say but seems like the only thing that will make these folks flinch is organizing and solidarity and those of us who are privileged and have the comfort of being safe need to step up and think of what we can do to make sure that happens.
These ppl cant stay here 5/5
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Tonight, we disrupted a
@liberal_party
fundraiser (and had hundreds protesting outside) and showed them that while thousands are dying in Gaza that there cannot be business as usual.
We need a permanent
#CeasefireNOW
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Its been a difficult day. This is steps from where I grew up.
I've been to many services here, friends and family went to the school nearby.
The safety of Jews, Palestinians and those of any faith are intertwined, whoever did this doesnt care abt peace or liberation for anyone.
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Canada:
-No clean drinking water in indigenous communities
-Wealthiest 1% own more than 25% of the wealth
-We have no official database of people killed due to encounters with police
-Indigenous ppl make up 30% of the prison population despite being 5% of the total population
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Marching now. There must be at least 1000 people here on late notice on the right side of history calling for a ceasefire.
#Ottawa
isn't as sleepy as you think.
#CeasfireNOW
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This is literally just a kid saying...wait for it...Free Palestine...
If freedom and equality for all is something that disturbs you, maybe you're the problem.
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While people needlessly suffer in this city from lack of affordable housing, lack of access to healthcare, childcare and other services
@ottawacity
approved a nearly $400 million
@OttawaPolice
budget so they could...harrass high school students protesting dress code violations...
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I can't stand it.
@globalnews
is streaming the speeches of the
#TruckerConvoy
right now regardless of the content.
Don't remember this happening for most other protests in our city.
The long-term normalization of the far-right is on
#cdnmedia
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Remember in 2017, the same year of the Mosque attacks when
@CIJAinfo
fought vociferously against a motion to condemn Islamophobia in Canada because they didn't like the word Islamophobia.
I sure do.
Today we mourn the six lives lost during the murderous attack in the mosque at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City in 2017.
Everyone has the right to feel safe in their houses of worship. Muslims in Canada should be able to practice their faith without fear of violence
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I'll still be wearing a mask tomorrow because I support workers, immuno-compromised folks, the disabled community and everyone else for who "just learning to live with COVID" isn't good enough.
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After their owner, Tammy Giuliani's massive outspoken support of the
#OttawaOccupation
and now this on the day
#RoeVWade
was overturned please stop shopping at Stella Luna.
There are better places to get frozen treats in
#Ottawa
.
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Was just listening to a
@cbcradio
segment on labour shortages.
They listed three reasons for the shortage not one was because of low wages or bad working conditions.
They called health benefits "perks."
Why dont they interview workers instead of business owners for a change?
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Within hours of a Palestine solidarity demo stopping by a hospital in Toronto there were statements of condemnation from the Mayor, MPs, MPPs and even the Prime Minister.
A pro-Israel counter-protestor brought a literal nailgun to threaten pro-Palestine protesters and nothing.
What is fast becoming clear is the constant rush to misrepresent pro-Palestinian protests as threatening is both wrong and dangerous, as are attempts to obscure the facts around why peaceful protests are happening.
This is creating more divisions that are leading to violence and
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If
@fordnation
really wants to prove he wants to negotiate in good faith one of the pre-conditions for coming back to the bargaining table should be the immediate resignation of
@Sflecce
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Sorry folks phone died from cold.
Tense situation down here.
Peaceful on our side but convoy folks including Pat King said they're coming here.
People are trying to de-escalate the situation.
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I'm in Centretown right now and I hear a lot of honking...so much for that injunction...
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Imagine your whole thing being trying to disprove that residential schools were bad.
Once again Barbara Kay is an absolute ghoul.
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And
@OttawaPolice
are not going to speed up their time of departure either - if they could they already would have.
This is a "movement" that supports police (as you can see) and as we've seen evidence of this weekend many police in
#Ottawa
support them too 3/5
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This is the president of the Canadian Police Association saying that progressives who fight for things like more affordable housing and wealth redistribution are worse than far-right demagogues if you had any question about if they have any political biases or not.
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This is absolutely absurd.
In classic
@AHousefather
fashion, he leaves out essential details in order to cause an uproar.
The event that folks are protesting is an event where a real estate firm is trying to sell homes from *ILLEGAL* Israeli settlements to Canadians.
Clearly the message has not sunk in yet so let me repeat. Demonstrating outside of Jewish institutions to protest against Israeli actions is antisemitism pure and simple. It should not be happening in Thornhill or anywhere else in Canada.
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When ODSP was introduced in 1998 it was $930 - meaning that it has only gone up $239 in the last 24 years.
Even if it were just pegged to inflation it would be $1555.77 in 2022 meaning that anything lower than that isn't a raise - it's a cut.
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At the end of the day we were there and all the far-right transphobes were not.
We outlasted them as we always have and students and parents walking out of Broadview Elementary greeted is with cheers and support that made that hectic day all worth it.
Solidarity always wins.
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This is extremely concerning.
I'm seeing a lot of literal nazi propaganda stickers popping up around downtown
#Ottawa
.
If
@ottawacity
is really committed to fighting anti-racism why has the only action I've seen been from individual residents taking these down? 1/2
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Just came back from the pharmacy to get my 2-month prescription of ADHD pills. I paid $270.
The pharmacist said: "This is really expensive for someone without insurance are you sure you want to pay that?"
"What choice do I have?" I said.
Pharmacare can't come soon enough.
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Really
@AHousefather
?
As Passover begins, I would ask Canadians to reflect on the fact that yesterday our Prime Minister & Leader of the Opposition both needed to issue statements about antisemitic demonstrations in our streets. The last 6 months were the worst in 300 yrs. of Canadian Jewish history.
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Large crowd now encircling the Shaw Centre as the
@liberal_party
has its holiday party today to tell
@JustinTrudeau
and his colleagues that a non-binding ceasefire vote isn't enough - we need a permanent ceasefire, to end the sale of arms, end the siege and end the occupation.
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The
@OttawaPolice
have arrested 4 people so far supporting trans kids yet I've seen far right "Save Canada" protesters punch people and be overtly violent here and they're still walking around as if nothing has happened.
We know whose side the police are on.
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@JimWatsonOttawa
While we're at it just gonna slide this petition on demanding
@JimWatsonOttawa
resign 🙃🙃
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One big element of convoy organizers and their supporters is the extreme focus on religion specifically Christianity.
At different events this weekend while counter-protesting, I saw multiple speakers cite scripture at length and ppl literally bowing to James Topp. 1/2
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There's something particularly disgusting about a sitting Premier using a Holocaust Remembrance Day event as an opportunity to condemn students for protesting a genocide.
Never again means never again - for everyone.
NEW: Premier Doug Ford, during a Holocaust memorial event at Queen's Park, turns his attention to pro-Palestinian demonstrators and campus occupiers.
"We need to remove those people," Ford says. "These universities have to make a move."
Ford calls the protests "disturbing" and
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A statement will definitely work just like it worked the last dozen times.
Why don't you stop sending absolutely empty statements and start suspending arms and military exports instead you cowards.
NEW: PM
@JustinTrudeau
, with Australia & New Zealand, just released joint statement on reports of Israel’s planned military operation in Rafah:
“We urge the Israeli government not to go down this path. There is simply nowhere else for civilians to go.”
Full statement:
#cdnpoli
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Throughout the campaign
@_MarkSutcliffe
ran on austerity, dividing suburban and downtown residents and making life more comfortable for the wealthy and well-connected at City Hall.
This isn't a vision we can accept.
Take some rest but tomorrow we organize.
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Beside the fact that Indigo CEO Heather Reisman founded an org that literally materially funds and supports the IDF it is so utterly disingenuous to see people continue to frame Indigo, a massive corporation worth over a billion dollars as some mom-and-pop Jewish-owned business.
The former chair of the
@YorkUniversity
sociology department is one of hate criminals charged with targeting Jewish businesses. Left-wing academia in Canada has well and truly lost its way.
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Out here right now with folks trying to blockade another convoy coming to
#Ottawa
the
@OttawaPolice
are actually helping the convoy move around the city. Not blocking them at all and trying to push us out of the road and being complicit.
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