A powerful Op Ed from Douglas Stollery who was Co-Counsel on Vriend v. Alberta.
“Just as we defended the dignity and Charter rights of gay people then, we must defend the dignity and Charter rights of trans people now.”
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Hear from experts on the issues surrounding Alberta's new anti-2SLGBTQ+ laws on education, healthcare, and sport. Misinformation is fuelling support for these laws, and this teach-in will help dispel some of it. Please share the event widely! Register https://t.co/HnrsUnDahH
Anytime I advocate for covid mitigations - people assume I want to lock them in their homes forever
We could drastically limit covid transmission with the following:
- Masks in healthcare
- Clean air in public spaces
- Free vaccines, tests & respirators
- Paid time off
Word is that AISH is going up a whole $37/month in January. Reminder that AISH is *still* less than CERB was four years ago before inflation hit. Please pressure the AB Government to stop leaving PWD behind. Skyrocketing rents and food prices are crushing us.
I love it when doctors chastise patients for being on Dr. Google. It's like, maybe you should be on Dr. Google too? Then you would know Covid is airborne & you shouldn't be wearing that loose blue mask
Disabled people have been right about almost everything that’s happened over the last 5 years.
People don’t listen to us because they don’t see us as real people. We’re invisible (at best) & disposable (at worse).
We are the canaries - and we are trying to warn you. Listen.
I don’t know what to do from here - except to say that I will keep fighting the rising tides of eugenics and hatred. I won’t go gently. I will stand up and try and give voice to people who don’t have one.
If we all do that - if we spread love & not hate - we will win in the end.
Star Trek doesn't promise that tomorrow will be a better place. In fact, many Trek stories warn what could happen if we make bad choices. However Trek says tomorrow CAN be a better place if we are smart, if we work hard, and if we are compassionate and inclusive.