Green Party Critic For Mental Health And Addictions and Candidate for Courtenay-Alberni. Proud lefty, social justice advocate and animal lover. He/him.
I’m truly honoured to be named to the Shadow Cabinet of the
@CanadianGreens
as the Critic for Mental Health and Addictions. Our social safety net has abandoned vulnerable populations in so many ways, and it's time we lifted them up to a better standard of living. 🧵
#cdnpoli
The version of the Canada Disability Benefit proposed in Tuesday’s budget is not what the disability community has been calling for, and it’s not what this government had promised.
People with disabilities deserve better.
#cdb
#dtc
#Budget2024
#cdnpoli
The
#CDB
announced in the budget today would only give
#PWD
a MAXIMUM of $2400/year, would not come into force until June, and payments would not even start until July of 2025. This is a slap in the face to everyone who fought so hard for this to become law.
#cdnpoli
#Budget2024
A new Angus Reid poll out today confirms that people across the country agree with what disability advocates have been saying for years now: the federal government has got to get on with funding the Canada Disability Benefit, even if it is imperfect.
#cdb
#pwd
#cdnpoli
@andreasereda
@CharlieAngusNDP
@CPC_HQ
This kind of behaviour cannot be tolerated and the Conservatives should be ashamed for fanning the flames against the medical profession like this.
@richardzussman
Except decriminalization has nothing to do with the amount of fentanyl in BC. It took hold of the supply back in 2015/2016 before the BC NDP were in power. This article has a number of inaccuracies.
Budgets are about priorities. Tomorrow, the federal government has an opportunity to prioritize helping Canadians thrive. We’re pushing for them to take it.
#cdnpoli
#Budget2024
I don't care what any right wing rage farmers have to say about
#safesupply
or drug users. I will advocate for them as people who deserve to live.
#cdnpoli
Countless people with disabilities and organizations that serve them have come forward to share that the government’s proposal for the Canada Disability Benefit contains nothing that they have been advocating for.
#cdnpoli
#cdb
#dtc
#pwd
#LastStand
@MaritStiles
Pretty convenient for you to say that now that you've kicked her out of your caucus and showing Arab, Muslim, Palestinians in your province aren't welcome in the Ontario NDP
#onpoli
There's nothing complicated about keeping
#PWD
in legislated poverty. The
@CanadianGreens
have been calling for a
#CDB
to be implemented for nearly 3 years now and we still have seen no action from this government. If we can allocate $2B on a whim to AI, we can do the same here.
on today's
@CBCEarlyEdition
, John Rustad once again claims that SOGI-inclusive education is comparable to the atrocities of residential schools. at 6:50 in the second segment:
Hegemony? Do you or
@ZivoAdam
know what the word even means? Or are you being deliberately obtuse? Either way, we have not entered a period of new ideas at all. We have regressed to a period of prohibition and forced institutionalism.
#cdnpoli
#safesupply
“Whatever the future holds, one thing is clear: the hegemony of harm reduction is ending. The Overton Window has shifted and we are entering a period of new ideas to solve a horrendous national problem.”
#LdnOnt
@vancolour
@CHEK_News
@CHEK_media
This answer demonstrates a profound lack of understanding on how substances work. Maybe I should discuss this with him since I use stimulant safe supply?
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will support the budget, ending any speculation of a possible snap election, though not sure too many people thought the NDP would vote against it
#cdnpoli
#Budget2024
Jeremy and Eris should be lauded as heroes, and not treated as criminals. We are in a public health emergency. This is squarely on the shoulders of the
@bcndp
for letting this toxic drug crisis go unchecked for nearly 8 years.
#bcpoli
#FREEDULF
Green leader Sonia Fursteneau is talking to Airbnb owners in a closed-door meeting. She's focusing on the process by which the NDP stripped Airbnbs of legal status — and says legal non-conforming status shouldn't have been taken away.
@AndreaWoo
This is why you're a journalist, and he is clearly not. He's so far out of his depth. Shame on
@nationalpost
for continuing to platform a worthless hack.
@kerriclaireneil
I think it's more than that. Dana Metcalf is widely known to be a bad actor when it comes to 'discussing political views', rather than someone who is just misinformed. That's the difference. But hopefully this is a good learning experience and you take it in stride.
Not this garbage again. The
@Conservative_BC
party is playing games with trans people's lives when this isn't even an issue. Stoking fear and division is not a political policy, it's bigotry.
#bcpoli
NEW - The BC Conservatives have introduced legislation to restrict trans gender female athletes to participate against women in publicly funded sports in the province.
#bcpoli
This week, the House is going to vote on the federal budget — including our plan to ask the very wealthiest to pay a little more, so we can give everyone a fair shot.
I know how I’m voting.
"The Committee report to the House that it asks the federal government to commit that the Canada Disability Benefit be implemented, and immediately delivered to persons with disabilities in the first quarter of 2024."
#cdnpoli
#cdb
#pwd
@RaynaRambling
Absolutely. Lack of education is almost always the issue. If more people knew how dangerous alcohol can be, we wouldn't have such a cavalier attitude around its use.
Youth don’t die from safer supply. Youth die from poisoned supply. Youth don’t die from safer supply. Youth die from poisoned supply. Youth don’t die from safer supply. Youth die from poisoned supply. Youth don’t die from safer supply. Youth die from poisoned supply. Youth don’t
Youth don’t die from safer supply. Youth die from poisoned supply. Youth don’t die from safer supply. Youth die from poisoned supply. Youth don’t die from safer supply. Youth die from poisoned supply. Youth don’t die from safer supply. Youth die from poisoned supply. Youth don’t
Alberta's toxic drug deaths have risen 25% from 2022 to 2023 since they ended their
#safesupply
programs. The evidence is clear - harm reduction works and needs to be expanded. Get your rhetoric out of the way and let the medical profession do its job and save lives
#cdnpoli
Radical hard drug advocate says one thing to a parliamentary committee and another thing in private.
Stop taxpayer-funded narcotics that get sold to kids. Fund treatment & recovery. Bring our loved ones home drug-free. Common sense.
No tax dollars went to DULF, the BCCSU conducted research into the compassion club's findings for its program of administering drugs to its clients. They found that deaths went down, overdoses plummeted and interactions with police were cut in half.
#cdnpoli
David Eby & the NDP funnelled your tax dollars to DULF - a group that trafficked illicit drugs purchased from the dark web and gave media interviews about it.
The NDP knew exactly who they were funding.
#bcpoli
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!
Harm reduction opponents will stop at nothing to justify killing drug users. We need to lift the fog of outdated prohibition policies and start treating the toxic drug crisis with evidence based solutions that will save lives.
#cdnpoli
#safesupply
1.6 million Canadians with disabilities live below the poverty line. New numbers released by the federal government say the Canada Disability Benefit will only lift about 25,000 adults out of poverty, despite promises made by a federal minister. .
Two days before asking this question, Minister Khera had committed to providing a list of every person and org consulted that called for the CDB as proposed in the budget.
It's 16 days since that commitment, and I’ve yet to receive this list. My team and I will keep pressing.
If that's the case, you need to enforce an immediate arms embargo, recall your diplomats from Israel, impose sanctions, call for an end to the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, and recognize the State of Palestine
#cdnpoli
1/2 Canada is deeply concerned by reports on the torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, including sexual violence. Such treatment is never justifiable, in any context.
This is abhorrent. Striking a children’s hospital — and the innocent children inside — cannot be justified.
My heart goes out to the families who are grieving — and Canada’s commitment to Ukraine remains as strong as ever.
You and the rest of the
@NDP
voted for that bill anyway, even knowing how bad it was for
#PWD
. The Greens voted against it on principle and will continue to call for a
#CDB
indexed to inflation along with a
#UBI
and
#HousingForAll
.
#cdnpoli
The Liberals promised to lift Canadians with disabilities out of poverty, but $6 a day is so far from enough. Along with the rest of the
@NDP
, I will continue to advocate for legislation that makes sure people living with disabilities are lifted out of poverty.
#disabilityrights
Is this all you've got? Tired drug war rhetoric from the 1980s? Clearly you don't understand how harm reduction works, so get out of the way and let medical professionals save lives so they can make it to treatment. Dead people can't recover.
#cdnpoli
NDP-Liberals handing out tax-funded opioids is causing more chaos, destruction, and death in our streets.
Cut off the the activists, bureaucrats & hackademics who profit off the misery.
Ban hard drugs. Defund drug dens. Bring our loved ones home drug-free:
These are coloured smoke canisters.
@MelissaLantsman
must issue a full retraction and apology, and
@PierrePoilievre
should also call for her resignation as Deputy Leader of the
@CPC_HQ
. What a disgraceful thing to say.
#cdnpoli
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
then Mo asks him why his government is rejecting any significant expansion of safe supply, and Eby says, "i dont understand how stimulant safe supply could ever work," which is an acknowledgement of a lack of imagination.
and untrue
We will fight this all the way to the Supreme Court. We cannot allow
@PierrePoilievre
to condemn thousands of drug users to death in alleyways or alone at home.
#cdnpoli
#safesupply
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says supervised consumption sites are just “drug dens” and that he will close them if his party forms the next government.
via
@globeandmail
#HarmReduction
#ToxicDrugCrisis
Canadians can now offer comment on the
#CDB
on the Canada Gazette. I've submitted mine. The
@CanadianGreens
will continue to hold this government to account for their failures on the Canada Disability Benefit and to remove the barriers to accessing the benefit.
#DTC
#cdnpoli
@maxfawcett
Goodness, how many ghost writers did this bio have? It reads like at least 4 or 5 different people contributed a paragraph each. At least I did mine all by myself.
I was standing right in front of the so-called "genocidal chants" during the Pride parade as we marched up to the intersection. No one called for Israel's destruction. The organizers of the protest were overwhelmingly queer POC. Were you there?
#cdnpoli
#pride2024
We have to understand that winning elections is only part of a bigger movement. We have to organize in the streets, on campuses, in our workplaces and in our communities.
I know what the polls say. But the idea of a Canadian government led by Pierre Poilievre still disturbs me. We’re at a crossroads. Voters want change but many of the changes he’s proposing are heartless or have failed in the past. Yet Trudeau’s government is weak.
How do we win?
Everyone can agree that people living with disabilities should have a guaranteed, livable, basic Income.
Beginning July 2025, the Newfoundland and Labrador Disability Benefit will offer up to $400/mo. It builds on the Canada Disability Benefit, which will provide up to $200/mo.
It was a pleasure to chat with
@guyfelicella
today. We talked about the toxic drug crisis, the notorious history of Kingsway, and the need to legalize and regulate
#safesupply
as part of a complete harm reduction program in Canada!
#cdnpoli
Without an immediate replacement plan for these sites, people will die. We have to expand wrap around services for people, not take them away
#cdnpoli
#harmreduction
Great idea! I'm a renter too and looking forward to consulting with housing orgs on how the
@CanadianGreens
can improve lives for people. Everyone deserves a place to call home.
#cdnpoli
My favourite part of the
@ChristianCullis
campaign: These flyers on the housing crisis, made in consultation with housing orgs, that are being delivered to every rental building in the riding!
Hello friends! I'm excited to announce that I'm seeking the nomination for the
@CanadianGreens
here in Courtenay-Alberni. It's been a long time coming.
#cdnpoli
#cdngreens
🧵
The evidence has been clear. Decriminalization has not gone far enough and needs to be expanded, full stop. This is a government driven by opinion polls and fear instead of evidence.
#bcpoli
The evidence has been clear. Decriminalization is a failed experiment & needs to be ended, full stop. This is a government driven by ideology instead of evidence.
#bcpoli
My work continues👇. The Liberal Government’s version of Disability Benefit is woefully inadequate. It must be fixed. The
@NDP
continue the fight until no person with a disability is legislated into poverty.
#liberalFail
The
@CPC_HQ
is actively coordinating smear campaigns with
@nationalpost
columnists in order to sabotage the
#SafeSupply
programs, as limited in scope as they are. This kind of behaviour is atrocious and cannot be tolerated. People are dying due to the toxic drug supply.
#cdnpoli
UNBELIEVABLE
Dr. Sereda lied about "safe supply" diversion to youth at committee.
She has already received $6.5M from Trudeau to fund her dangerous experiment.
We need an emergency meeting but the NDP-Liberal-Bloc vacation coalition wants to hide the truth.
Today we face with a heavy heart the tragic loss of 182 people due to toxic-drug poisonings in our province in the month of April. This is more than just a number as each person was irreplaceable to their families, friends, coworkers and neighbours.
Adults with a valid Disability Tax Credit certificate and who meet the eligibility criteria can now apply to the
#CanadianDentalCarePlan
.
Find out more:
NEW - BC is functionally re-criminalizing drug possession and drug use in all public spaces. Police can resume seizure/arrests.
Decriminalization will remain only in private residences, shelters, overdose prevention sites, and healthcare sites with outpatient addictions services.
@ToddDohertyMP
@andreasereda
The program is not dubious, it is evidence based and supported by the medical community, experts and front line workers. What she said was accurate. There is no evidence to support the claim that children are accessing
#safesupply
. Stop your
#AttacksOnFacts
#cdnpoli
The Green Party is calling for an immediate increase in funding and the implementation of evidence-based strategies to ensure that everyone in Canada has access to safe, affordable housing. Read my joint statement with
@ElizabethMay
and
@morricemike
below:
The point of lifting
#PWD
out of poverty is not for them to participate in the economy. It is so they can live. Period. We have to rid ourselves of the obsession with humans as mere cogs in the economic wheel that is capitalism.
#CDB
#UBI
#cdnpoli
When everyone can participate fully in the economy, Canadians, & our country all win.
We’re kickstarting the National AccessAbility Week 2024 with our third Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion. 1/2
So the disability community has been calling for years for a
#CDB
and the minister responsible announces a *checks notes* Air Travel Summit. Does she not know that there are
#PWD
living in legislated poverty right now?
#cdnpoli
Dignified, respectful and equal access to air transportation for Canadians with disabilities is non-negotiable.
That's why we’ve announced that on May 9 we’re summoning airlines to Ottawa for Canada’s first National Air Accessibility Summit.
⬇️
The Liberals are doubling down on the unfounded allegations that
@UNRWA
employees were members of Hamas, and as a result, Gazans will continue to starve to death amidst being bombed into oblivion
#cdnpoli
#FreePalestine
Please see my joint statement with
@AHousefather
regarding UNRWA and humanitarian aid into Gaza. // Ma déclaration avec
@AHousefather
concernant l'UNRWA et l'aide humanitaire à Gaza.
Every generation we allow housing to stay a commodity, the farther down the hole we all fall into debt. We need to a new strategy to ensure
#HousingForAll
and a
#UBI
is a large part of that strategy.
#cdnpoli
Canada will allow 30-year mortgages for first-time home buyers. This means that for the same monthly payment you can get $50k more credit to bid housing prices higher, in exchange for paying $200k more in interest long-term.
A better solution would be land value tax. 1/4👇
A slick presentation from a pseudo journalist does not represent the facts. However, so far we have allowed the Conservatives to scare people into believing this narrative.
#cdnpoli
#safesupply
Defeating Drug Addiction: Smarter Solutions Than Safe Supply. A shocking, sad, and informative presentation by Adam Zivo and Aaron Gunn. People need to be informed on the TRUTH of “safe supply” and “Diversion”
We need to stop “safe supply”, and focus on PREVENTION, Detox,
The evidence and lived experience of health care professionals and community members is clear - SCS save lives and improve recovery outcomes. Conservative politicians who say otherwise are deliberately misleading the public.
#cdnpoli
#harmreduction
We have decades of experience and reams of evidence on safe injection sites: deaths prevented, overdose reversed, brain injury avoided, EMS and ER interactions diverted, getting people care, linking and starting people on treatment, rebuilding trust in healthcare 🧵
Israel must strike first and strike hard, eradicating every security threat with relentless force. The mission must be relentless and unyielding until every adversary, including the civilian supporters, fully grasps the magnitude of their defeat. This is a battle for survival,
Alongside thousands of people across Canada I am speaking up for
#RainbowEquality
. That’s why I’m proud to sign
@queermomentum
’s Pledge to Defend Rainbow Equality! Learn more about how you can support a more free and equal Canada:
@RyanMarino
This is perhaps the biggest reason why we need to legalize and regulate. People will do drugs no matter how hard you wag your finger at them. Might as well make sure it's safe to consume.
@elenoresturko
No tax dollars went to DULF, the BCCSU conducted research into the compassion club's findings for its program of administering drugs to its clients. They found that deaths went down, overdoses plummeted and interactions with police were cut in half.
#cdnpoli