I’m deeply saddened by the passing of Stephen Lewis. The Ontario NDP caucus and New Democrats across the province are mourning the loss of a principled and exceptional political voice.
Stephen was a giant in our movement. He fought tirelessly to level the playing field for working class Canadians and take on inequality head on. For me, Stephen was a trusted advisor, and a sounding board who was generous with his time, kindness, and wisdom.
As Leader of the Ontario NDP and MPP for Scarborough West (now Scarborough Southwest), Stephen helped bring rent control to Ontario and helped to win a key battle during the landmark 1974 Elliot Lake miners' strike, with his support for the striking workers leading to the creation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. He’d go on to help form Ontario's first NDP Official Opposition.
Stephen showed us what it meant to fight with everything you have for what you believe in. He brought that passion and drive to his work as Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations and then to his extraordinary leadership as the UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, convincing leaders around the world of their responsibility to take action on the crisis.
To Stephen's beloved wife Michele Landsberg, to Avi, Ilana, and Jenny, to his siblings Michael, Janet, and Nina, and to everyone who knew and loved him: we share in your grief. We will carry him forward in everything we do.
@StephenM You’ve always been a little Santa Monica elite brat. Everyone knows you and no one ever liked you. You’re still the same little brat and no amount of false power you’ve managed to adopt will ever change that. You’ll always be the same desperate ass no one liked. We see you.
@DylanTweetin Good thing you’re about to run into the least consistent offence in baseball… 😳 kinda glad our dome will be closed or it would be homer central this series
New York Times reports that Ford let a foreign spa company and PC-connected lobbyists dupe them into handing over a 95-year lease at Ontario Place and $2.2B public subsidies to Therme.
Therme is broke and don't have the funds to develop anything let allow the most prestigious waterfront lands in Toronto. Yet, Ford clearcut 850 trees and bulldozed the site for Therme anyway.
Now despite the mountain of evidence that Therme lied and is unqualified, Ford Conservatives continue to lie to Ontarians claiming they did their due diligence.
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We’re here for the Greater Los Angeles music community ❤️ All eligible music industry professionals impacted by the fires are encouraged to contact @MusiCares for help. This extends across all genres and professions - creatives, live crew, managers, agents, makeup artists, costume designers, music video creatives & technicians, and anyone whose livelihood depends on music or makes music happen.
This takes gaslighting to a whole new level: thanking Christians for their support and "sharing our common values" whilst in the same breath spreading a message of hatred and quite literally massacring children in the land of Jesus (on Christmas night he killed another 70 people in a refugee camp).
So true 🙄
I can't wait to come back to Ontario Place this Monday 1-4pm, for a free & fun celebration of public space! Music, landscape tour, speakers.
It's the 52nd birthday of OP! Fun fact- I worked one summer at Wilderness Adventure Ride! 🛝🌊🪵
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