Happy 157 Canada Day 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Reflecting on Canadian history evokes a tapestry of human stories, Indigenous heritage 2 the arrival of explorers and settlers.
Our history is of resilience, struggles inclusivity, equity, tolerance, humility + reconciliation & we need 2 do more.
NEW: Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is strongly considering entering the race for Ontario Liberal Leader, Global News has learned, with the Peel Region politician now on the doorstep of a decision that could be finalized within the next week.
https://t.co/zKTeax9CvM
#onpoli
An honour to host @SenatorSalma at the speaker series for the Rotary Club of Ottawa for the “Adventure In Citizenship”. Her work and dedication are a source of pride and inspiration for Muslim women in Canada and worldwide.
Heartbreaking and unacceptable to see worshippers subjected to this level of violence at one of the holiest sites in the Muslim religion, during the holy month of Ramadan #AlAqsa
This government not only undermines our public education system through a lack of funding, but is actively -and fearessly- anti-student. #OnPoli#OnEd@OSSTF
This side by side comparison of total expenses in Ontario perfectly illustrates how @fordnation has been targeting education.
In 2019 education was 18.2% of provincial expenses.
In 2023 we are down to 17%.
That's with the new childcare funding.
#onpoli#onted#osstf
This week, Ottawa Police launched a traffic enforcement campaign in school zones. Today and every day: slow down in school zones, stop for school buses. Keep students safe #Ottawa.
Shameful, repugnant & undemocratic #OCDSB needs 2 think long & hard about equality, freedom & right to speech for all. Protecting the rights & freedoms of transgender & other students must be balanced. Discussions, discourse, debate and disagreement must be part of the process!
Ottawa progressive public school trustee Dr. Nili Kaplan Myrth shut down a concerned parent speaking at a yesterday’s board meeting “on the grounds that (his speech created) an unsafe environment for people who identify as gender diverse.”
Source: Robin Larocque, YouTube
“This isn’t about washrooms anymore. That’s no longer what we are talking about. That should be what we are talking about, but we can’t, because instead we have to talk about whether we can talk at all”
Full video: https://t.co/6tx6JXBL6z @OCDSB@nilikm