Honored to be stepping up as Co-chair of @AFN_Updates 2SLGBTQQIA+ National Council, and to be joined by a diverse & talented team of people from First Nations all over Canada. Thank you Duane Gastant' Aucoin for your leadership as Council Chair! 📷📷📷 #LGBTQ2S#TwoSpirit
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is proud to announce that Duane Gastant’ Aucoin (Yukon) has been selected as the new Chair of the AFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Council, with Berty Leamon (Newfoundland) stepping into the role of Co-Chair.
Duane and Berty bring decades of experience as Two Spirit advocates, community leaders, cultural champions, and have been a driving force in our work since the Council's inception. Please join us in congratulating Duane and Berty as they lead us forward in unity, pride, and purpose. 💜🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #LGBTQ2S #TwoSpirit
A Xmas greeting for St. John's East MP @Joanne_NL,
Can you ask Santa to bring some windows & doors for these housing units? Some have been in this condition for 15 months+
We were hoping for a community centre but beggars can't be choosers.
Fr: Your forgotten constituents
Since 2010, profits of top health insurers have hit a collective $371 billion.
$120 billion was funneled shareholders.
Meanwhile, half of US adults say they can’t afford an unexpected $500 medical expense.
We do not have to keep living like this.
@ironyandash Absolutely. It feels like they limit their policies based on what they think they can convince the Liberals and Conservatives to do, rather than trying to pitch new ideas and inspiring people to vote for better solutions.
Nobody gets excited about a half-baked cake: do better.
When I look back into December this time last year, sadly it was about tent city, homelessness, and rising costs. Did government actually accomplish anything…or is it just back into the shadows? @StJohnsTelegram
Folks, we're living in a Second Gilded Age.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the First Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back. Watch.
Guess who directly profits off for profit Healthcare in the US? Pierre “I’m an every day Canadian” Poilievre. He invests in Vanguard GL VAL funds which has holdings in Universal Healthcare, Cigma group, and multiple others.
They're back!! Tbh this feels like it could be a tv show or a movie at this point... whenever I think of *Backhoe Bandits* I think of home alone and the "sticky finger bandits"
MUN Students For Palestine are hosting a teach-in on Colonialism in Gaza by Professor Lori Lee Oates at the Arts and Administration building lobby on December 12th at 7PM.
The @CityofStJohns is threatening an 83-year-old resident with a $5,000 fine over a mural on her property that reads #ArmsEmbargoNow, in reference to Canada's supply of military goods to Israel amid Israel's massacre in Gaza. #Palestine
Full story here: https://t.co/z7SPXhfmvL
Today as we reflect on the horrors of war, plz know that the City of St. John's is harassing a resident and threatening them with a $5000 fine if they don't remove this art installation calling for an arms embargo against Israel #nlpoli