Someone needs to hear this: it’s not a measure of strength or of commitment to stay in a dysfunctional relationship. We need to stop viewing breakups or divorces as failures— sometimes, they’re great acts of self love.
And stop saying that CUPE’s ask is unrealistic. The problem isn’t that their ask (now 6%) is too high. It’s that your expectations are too low because you’ve been conditioned to expect and accept less by a system that sees you as fodder for someone else’s wealth accumulation.
Pierre Poilievre's new plain language act will cancel terms like First Nations & Indigenous and make it all Canadian again, anyone else falls under the Indian Act circa 1876..
Not satire.
If you want to know why women freeze when confronted with anger and rage, read this thread. It’s not just the anger and rage from familiar abusive partners that causes us to freeze. For many of us all displays of anger and rage can trigger our freeze response
Note. It’s pretty hard to intimidate a woman who defied the Russian secret police, who stood up to Putin and Trump, and who can run circles around most bullies, in high heels, no less. She greets him in an open friendly way, then strides coolly into that elevator when he goes off
Decoding Dougisms:
Getting shovels in the ground: Overpriced patronage projects for my donors
Everything in the kitchen sink: Nothing
Getting it done: Doing nothing
Laser focused: Up at the cottage
All hands on deck: You’re on your own
My heart breaks: I couldn’t care less
We know he supports the police, the firemen, the construction workers, the developers, but give me one female-dominated group of Ontario labourers that Doug Ford supports. I'll wait. #onpoli#onted
The Ontario government is letting our public healthcare system collapse to make you frustrated. To make you think a private for-profit healthcare system would be better. To make you want to give up on an equitable healthcare system for all...Don't let them fool you!
Ontario Health Minister won't rule out privatization as option to help ER crisis aka happy to pay agencies x 4 our hourly rate but won't REPEAL BILL 124 @ontarionurses@fordnation @NurseWithSign @NursesWant
Average annual cost of incarcerating a male inmate in a Canadian prison: $111,202
(Twice that for women)
Average annual cost of supportive housing unit: $24,000