Dylan Lineger

Activist CEO, former civil servant & union leader. 'When the going gets weird, the weird get going.' ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

Later today, 7pm est, we will be talking about #poverty and the process to file a United Nations complaint against #Canada in lead up to the International Day to Eliminate Poverty on October 17th. Below in the 🧵you will find links to reports and evidence for the complaints.

[Mitchell Tremblay @ODSPoor]

In recognition of the 17th being International Day to Eliminate #Poverty, join Case Against Poverty's live Twitter space on October 15th at 7 pm EST to learn how to file a #UN Human Rights Council complaint from anywhere in #Canada.

We will cover how to word it, who and where to send it, what uses the letter has after filing and a brief overview of our organization. Our guest is Dylan who gained a lot of experience with tribunals and appeals work as a union activist while working at the Ontario Disability Support Program #ODSP.

Please bring any questions to the live space and we will address them during the event.

Set a reminder for our upcoming Space!

https://t.co/U0K4mDNGzI

@caseXpoverty

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

@nejsnave Please don't abandon a strong endorsement of the Green platform. Weak wording doesn't rally people. Get out the vote in every way possible.

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

@nejsnave Endorsement of the Green platform gives power after the election too. Waffling endorsements are more confusing than saying The Green platform is good. However in fptp each riding is a strategic vote.

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

@nejsnave Most polling is aggregate provincial rather than riding to riding which is odd for a FPTP system.

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

@nejsnave We shouldn't underestimate how many rural voters pissed off about the American tilt of PCs. They will vote Green even if they wouldn't vote Liberal or NDP. A Green endorsement can move seats from safe to not.

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

@nejsnave The polling always lags intention so with this short a campaign, get out the vote is most critical to defeating PC.

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

@nejsnave Basic income models I work on suggests $47,600 as a baseline for a national average funded by royalties on natural resources with a disability insurance to adress additional / exceptional costs.

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

@nejsnave I was OPSEU for 15 years

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

@nejsnave I have hosting packages for Case Against Poverty already if the site needs a back end for free.

[jennifer evans 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇨🇦 @nejsnave]

https://t.co/OAvJ2qan0y

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

There is no freedom of religion until there is freedom from religion.

Apostasy is not a crime.

Blasphemy is not a crime.

Fairytales are not the basis for policy.

Organizations engaging in institutional violence shouldn't get tax breaks.

#atheist #atheism

[Mitchell Tremblay @ODSPoor]

The youtube episode is here: 'Inside the country that kills disabled people'.

I sat down with famous youtuber (#TylerOliveira) @tyleraloevera to discuss #MAiD, #homelessness, #poverty, #coercion and more.

https://t.co/fCuy70LRfn

Please retweet!

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

Hi! Interested in being on the Board (or any role) of a non-profit dedicated to ending legislated #poverty in #Canada? Join Case Against Poverty (DM me). We are raising $5m to fund 14 connected legal challenges. Pledges to [email protected], we will collect in 2025.

[jennifer evans 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇨🇦 @nejsnave]

featuring the one the only @odspoor "It’s social murder’ — is Canada’s assisted dying a model or a warning?" - The Times of London https://t.co/tkvaI7oI0O

[Mitchell Tremblay @ODSPoor]

My interview a few weeks ago with The Times Of London, they sent a photographer a few days later.

'Tremblay has struggled over the past two decades with #homelessness and insecure accommodation, which he said exacerbated his #mentalhealth problems. His monthly allowance barely covers the rent on his home in #Guelph, Ontario — the province with the highest rate of #euthanasia.

“When we lose our housing and have a disability, it just compounds so quickly,” he said. “It has been so bad that I even wished I had cancer, anything, just so I would be covered.”

With seven diagnosed mental health disorders, most of which he has suffered through his entire adult life, he is sure he would qualify under an expanded Maid. He said he knew dozens of others in his situation who would be likely to apply for assisted death should it be made available, describing a “rush for the doors”.

Krista Carr, executive vice-president of Inclusion Canada, a disability rights group, said her organisation received about ten calls a month from people like Tremblay. “Situations have gotten so desperate that they are wondering if there’s any other choice,” she said. “It’s a lot cheaper for the system to end people’s lives than it is to support them to live well.”

Tremblay has mixed feelings. He still struggles with the problems that prompted him to consider assisted death but in many ways is grateful to still be alive and has begun campaigning for greater disability benefits.

“It’s not a black and white issue for me,” he said. “I support MAiD, while at the same believing Canada should, and could, be doing more.

“I felt coerced — by poverty, by my situation — when really I needed proper support. It made me wonder just how many assisted death patients felt like I did.”'

https://t.co/3OLXZtOaXt

#maid #assisteddying

[Case Against Poverty @caseXpoverty]

@ODSPoor @DylanLineger If you do not wish to file a formal complaint but want to share your experience with disability & State treatment you can send an email to:

The Special Rapporteur for Disability – Mandate established in 2014, renewed in 2023. Ms. Heba Hagrass (Egypt) [email protected]

[Case Against Poverty @caseXpoverty]

@ODSPoor @DylanLineger If you do not want to file a formal complaint you can share your experience with poverty in Canada and email:
The Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. - Mandated 1998, renewed in 2023. Mr. Olivier de Schutter (Belgium) [email protected]

[Case Against Poverty @caseXpoverty]

@ODSPoor @DylanLineger If you prefer to mail a complaint:

Complaint Procedure Unit
Human Rights Council Branch
OHCHR – Palais Wilson UN Office at Geneva
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

Postage for standard letter mail is appropriately $3.30 from Canada.

[Case Against Poverty @caseXpoverty]

@ODSPoor @DylanLineger While October 17th is a symbolic day, there is no deadline. The UN Human Rights Complaint is an open process and can be done any time. If you would like help with your complaint, feel free to DM the campaign.

[Case Against Poverty @caseXpoverty]

@ODSPoor @DylanLineger As discussed, a complaint can be done with as little as 3 paragraphs.
1. Introduction and what the complaint is.
2. The what happened and any evidence/witnesses.
3. Remedy, what you need from Canada.
Note: This UN process is ringing the alarm bell. They can't fix it directly.

[Dylan Lineger @DylanLineger]

It's October 17th and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty again. The 2024 Theme:
Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies.
https://t.co/1Za6n6yOF6
Space is about the UN complaint process & @caseXpoverty

[Mitchell Tremblay @ODSPoor]

https://t.co/3wzZGFo06H

Here is the recorded space for those who could not make it, it starts about 4-5 minutes in, ignore the silence of setting up. Thank you so much to everyone who came in or is listening now, thank you to our expert @DylanLineger / @caseXpoverty!

#canpoli #polican #csnpoli #poverty