Alex Burton

engaged citizen, prosecutor, father, husband. Tweets are my own, (he/him) on the traditional lands of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

Have no posted here since end of July. When the brand was changed to X I decided it was time to go - just can't support a platform run by someone who's behaviour, opinions, & language is so damaging. You can find me on the other platform run by the other guy (it's not perfect).

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

@eastsidedads We'll that's an easy one... blocked.

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

Hello @ParkBoard. A coyote was seen in Douglas park. Not sure if someone else reported this, but it is next to a playground for little kids and not a natural habitat for coyotes. I am hoping something can be done to address the situation before someone is hurt. Thanks.

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

It is the Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval.
This day remembers the Acadian Expulsion, which began on this day in 1755.
From 1755 to 1764, 11,500 Acadians were deported from the Maritimes. Of those, over 5,000 died.

Learn more 👇
https://t.co/HAXGsK6bGg

[Tom Harrington @cbctom]

Terry Fox would have turned 65 today.

Just saying his name still makes hearts fill with pride.

More than 40 years after he ran his final steps. 🇨🇦💪🏻

[Ben Murane 🇨🇦 @benmurane]

75% of Canadian Jews oppose the judicial overhaul.

The largest Jewish institutions in the US, UK, and everywhere else -- including JFNA -- have come out opposed to the judicial overhaul.

What on earth are @UJAFederation @JewishVancouver @FederationCJA waiting for?

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

@thomasjuneau @DougSaunders Respectfully disagree. Differnce btw supremacist and supremacy is dancing on the head of a pin & certainly many of your readers won't make a distinction. I know the term is used in Israel - in Hebrew - when used in English IMO it conotes what I said.

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

@DougSaunders @thomasjuneau No one calls Paelstinians who want a country from the mountains to the sea Muslim supremacist, nor are any of the list of nations built on ethno-national identity called supremacist. Report on & criticise Israel, but try to avoid language not used for similar situated states. /2

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

@DougSaunders @thomasjuneau Agree w/ some of what @Thomasjuneau says, & recognize its hard to write about Israel, but the use of "Jewish supremacy" is not accurate or helpful. There are radical, right-wing members of the gov't. Use of that phrase is tied to labelling Israel a racist, apartheid state.../1

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

Disappointed by this statement from the @jfederations. One of Israel's great response to criticism is that it is a liberal democracy, under the rule of law, w/ an independent judiciary. The present gov't action undermines that & makes defending the Zionist project harder.

[The Jewish Federations of North America @jfederations]

.@jfederations are deeply pained over the growing polarization we have witnessed in Israeli society as a result of the judicial reform process. It’s clear that the work of building our Jewish State continues, and we reaffirm our commitment to this work.

[CIJA @CIJAinfo]

We join @ukrcancongress in condemning the vandalism against a Canadian-Ukrainian summer camp. Targeting a place young people frequent makes this crime even more despicable.

[Kamal Khera 🇨🇦 @HonKamalKhera]

May today be a time of deep reflection and unity. Today, we also recommit ourselves to the fight against antisemitism, ensuring that prejudice and hatred have no place in our society. Together, let us work towards a future where tolerance, understanding, and respect prevail.

[Humans of Judaism @HumansOfJudaism]

CONDOLENCES: Holocaust survivor David “Dugo” Leitner was born in Nyíregyháza, Hungary in 1930. He was just 14 when the Nazis invaded his hometown and sent him and his family to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Dugo was assigned sewage duty and narrowly escaped the gas chamber numerous times, including on Simchat Torah when he was among 50 children removed from the crematorium to perform labor.

On January 18, 1945, Dugo, along with 60,000 other Auschwitz prisoners, was forced on a Death March to Mauthausen and Gunskirchen. Exhausted, freezing, and starving, Dugo dreamt of “bilkelach,” or mini challah rolls. His mother, who did not survive, always told him that they would go live in Eretz Yisrael where “bilkelach” grew on trees. After the war, Dugo immigrated to Israel in 1949, and on his first visit to the Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, he encountered a local delicacy that reminded him of the “bilkelach” - falafel balls. For him, the falafel became a symbol of his survival.

So, every year on January 18th, the anniversary of the day he was forced on the Death March, Dugo would eat falafel as a way to commemorate his family and the millions of other Holocaust victims. He invited everyone to join him in this ritual and hold up a sign that says “Am Yisrael Chai.” Dugo passed away today at the age of 93, but people around the world will continue to eat falafel each year in his honor.
May his memory be a blessing.
Contributor: @Jggoltz

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

@ProfKHarrison Could be true, but people have real Q's. Are we still going on vacation, but on electric airplanes, or will flight become a thing of the past. Will we all be driving electric cars or using only mass transit. Will we be able to eat strawberries in Dec? Who is talking about this?

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

@ProfKHarrison Respectfully, folks working in climate, those producing studies & advocates, must take some responsability. We shout #ClimateCrisis, but everyone is too scared to provide specific details of what change looks & feels like. So, far, it's everything stays the same w/ less carbon.

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

@ProfKHarrison 100% agree. I ask this question all the time. We have the data, we have the technology & know how, but not the will. Yes, 70% of America's support carbon neutral by 2050, but when asked what that looks like, or if they'd give up their car the answers are different. /1

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

This nonsense is just wrong. Fact check it from any reliable source from any country except Russia. Putin never officially sent troops in (remember the men in green!), so how does he withdraw troops in good faith. #RFK Jr. is ad dangerous as Trump.

[Acyn @Acyn]

RFK Jr: Because of our pushing the Ukraine into the war—

Hannity: We pushed them to it or did Putin invade—

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

@acoyne 100 % agreed

[Justin McElroy @j_mcelroy]

An underrated part of the problem with B.C. Ferries is that in the last 30 years the province gained an extra 1.5 million people, but the number of sailings and the size of the ships is pretty much what it was in the 1990s

[Alex Burton @AlexSBurton]

Not like @acoyne to miss a news cycle... like the one where this exchange took place after the winning candidate made an ill-advised & provocative statement suggesting the governing party is beholden to the Communist Party of China. Maybe he just felt it was best to look forward.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Bravo to both of you. More of this spirit, please.