#CanadaDay is the perfect time to remember that First Nations poverty is no accident: it's the direct result of colonial dispossession.
Canada, it's time for #LandBack.
THREAD: So this fellow asked me what would have happened in Toronto's election last night - if we had a ranked ballot. My ADHD impulses compelled me to drop everything I'm SUPPOSED to be doing this morning, and I spent the last hour calculating a hypothetical runoff...
I'm intentionally not looking up whose campaign you're with, bc I can't be a partisan in this race: the lynchpin of reactionary politics in Toronto seems to be convincing people w $1 million houses who blow 10-15k+ on beach holidays it's OK to pretend an extra $900 would ruin us.
#Toronto I see your frustration as Daily Bread has left me, and many other candidates out of tonight's debate. If you're as frustrated as I am by the old guard, continue to fight with me. Share my videos, my website, my budget, and invite me to meet with your community. #TOPoli
Pro-sprawl councillors want #TOCouncil to water down @CityPlanTO's "multiplex" plan, pushing 1000s of families out of Toronto neighborhoods & into Greenbelt & wetland sprawl. Tell your councillor to say NO to sprawl by saying YES to undiluted multiplex.
https://t.co/4b4RQ1wsgO
It’s about so much more than a red dress. Dig deep. The violence against our women has been happening since colonization AKA the ravaging, stealing of lands & resources all the while stealing and pillaging our women.
We have to confront the violence at its roots and then eradicate the racism, the free for all mind sets towards Indigenous territories and bodies. Then the Justice and healing can begin.
📸 I took this of Lorelei Williams in Rome, April 2022
Ok - I came in THIRD - as a no name candidate out of 30 others, when there was the Tory machine running. At this point being left out of polls is very intentional. Which "companies" are in charge of polls? I need answers.
Imagine encouraging Ontarians to narc on each other about the most invasively means-checked pittance that is OW/ODSP, all while you funnel billions of public dollars into private interests. It's not the poor who are stealing. https://t.co/KZ1xTSf1wG
The Ford Conservatives' ideological push towards privatized, two-tier health care is going to cost every single Ontarian more, and lead to worse health outcomes.
More: https://t.co/6mha1jqox7 #onpoli
The City of Toronto has a $1 billion hole in its budget. This is enormous (and against the law). Mayor Tory has not only left the cupboards bare, he’s removed the appliances and flooded the basement. Big Q in the election: who has a real and transparent plan to address?
Every time Ford Conservatives claim they are increasing education funding….
But you’re thinking: then how come my kid’s class size is so huge? Why doesn’t my kid get the support they need? consider this ⬇️
Adjusted to inflation Ford’s CUT funding by $1,200 PER CHILD