President, CHF Canada, OPSEU L102, LDLC & Region 1 Area Council, Indigenous Circle
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway
Presentation #3 today at @CanadianLabour Winter School at Harrison. Heavy topic for an after-dinner talk! But the labour movement needs its own narrative, so people know what's happening, who is profiting from it -- and how to protect workers through the tough times ahead.
"It’s clear that local choice is beneficial and can lead to positive outcomes. But it appears the government has no plans to reverse course and allow municipalities to exercise their freedom to elect their representatives in the way that works best."
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Running for municipal office in October? We invite you to sign our pledge! Let's Make Housing Central!
B.C. affordable housing groups unite to call for a pledge from municipal election candidates https://t.co/Vu5sESGxn3 via @VancouverSun
New co-op homes are coming to Halifax’s North End, but first, a community consultation will help understand the needs of a neighbourhood where gentrification has been pushing out Black Nova Scotians. https://t.co/DgMHfwdMRD
#FearTheFordFuture in which publicly-funded services & resources are reduced to shambles leading to demands for ‘choice’. Privatization leads to increased costs, poor/loss of services, pandering to profit-seeking stockholders, lower wages, job losses. #OntEd#OnPoli#notgood
The CNE opens in FIVE days and the TASSA safety inspectors are on strike. They inspect every propane dispensing station, amusement ride and food truck. Without a fair contract, public safety is being compromised by Doug Ford. Ontario families and workers deserve better. #onpoli
@OPSEU
Every day @TSSAOntario sends DIY checklists & contract labour to replace experienced safety inspectors, public safety's at risk. @krasheedmpp don't wash your hands clean of TSSA's dirty tricks - they work on behalf of your govt! Stand up for inspectors. #strikeforsafety
The "few wrongdoers" defence is exploited by institutions perpetrating atrocities to shield themselves from meaningful accountability. These 1907 headlines show that many of the child deaths in the "schools" were preventable- the Church and gov't chose not to save their lives.
The @forgotten519 are disappointed @cityoflondon mischaracterizes this coalition of frontline professionals. We ARE established service providers
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Hunger strike to go ahead after talks with city officials about homelessness go poorly | CBC News https://t.co/7nBPkrZPEw
So pleased to see this much needed housing approved. So fed up with this toxic, broken process that turns the least we can do into the most we can do. 🙏 to everyone who voted yes.
Dear Ontario: An ICU has closed. 14 hospital units are closing too. 30% of LTC facilities are in outbreak. Nurses are leaving the profession in droves. The healthcare system is collapsing right in front of our very eyes.
Who’s in charge?...Anyone?
If parts of his apology “directly condemned” policies linked to the #DoctrineOfDiscovery, then the @Pontifex should formally, completely renounce it.
Background via @torontostar What is the Doctrine of Discovery? Why do people want the Pope to denounce it? https://t.co/FLa70NK0uZ
Canadians now burn more fossil fuels per person than any other member of the G7.
Every other G7 nation has reduced their climate pollution since the 90s. Canada has ramped up fossil fuel expansion & emissions.
And we’re still debating about TMX. Ridiculous.