Kendall

Once voted 2nd most likely to be the next Judge Judy.

[Tonya Kent @tonya_ck]

Sorry, what? Hold the gov't to account by doing what exactly? Your officers enforce the laws that exist and are set by Parliament. That's it.

[loading… @sonikudzu]

very easy to explain

her movements are anchored at the shoulder instead of the hip

[Alison Craig @lawandchocolate]

At least 3 jails in Southern Ontario are now moving to "4-to-a cell" because they are so overcrowded - meaning 4 inmates are being crammed into a cell built for 2 people. Two people on bunks, two sleeping on the floor.

But please tell me more about our catch and release system.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Full report, out now.

#EndGazaGenocide https://t.co/IwKzHPXqXU

[CBC Pitchbot (Satire) @CBCPitchbot]

Canada calls for a 21 day ceasefire in Lebanon to allow time for Canadian-made weapons shipments to arrive in Israel

[Alberta Advantage 🌾 @BertaAdvantage]

truly one of Alberta's best
https://t.co/iE0jDqZA49

[Tonya Kent @tonya_ck]

Shame. Acting like bullies. There's a paywall, but I heard of this incident. They should all be fired.

[Kendall @ky_m_]

New twitter decree: if you refer to breaking as breakdancing, you’re not allowed to comment on breaking.

[Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung]

Well Israel is doing this to actual human beings. So there’s that

[sarah hagi @KindaHagi]

i can’t believe this is how i found out thanks @offbeatorbit

[Terrill Tailfeathers @Terrilltf]

I just went another day without using the Pythagorean Theorem.

[Jeremy Appel @JeremyAppel1025]

New gender neutral bathroom just dropped

[Shelter and Housing Justice Network @SHJNetwork]

Why is Toronto Public Health partnering with the Toronto Police? This will have really harmful consequences. It will discourage people from accessing medical supports. It will destroy the trust that outreach workers have spent years building with unhoused people...

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

Canada exported a record-breaking $30.6 million of military goods to Israel in 2023, according to GAC's newly published annual report. https://t.co/W8N4YEVTmX

[Bruce Ryder @BBRyder]

Retired NS Chief Justice Michael MacDonald was appointed by @TorontoMet to conduct an external review of the open letter written by @LincAlexLawTMU students last October. Justice MacDonald's report was released today.
https://t.co/g1tkCaPjXQ

[Criminal Lawyers’ Association @ClaOntario]

The @ClaOntario acknowledges today’s funding announcement by @douglasdowney @ONAttorneyGen to hire additional judges and crown prosecutors to help address ongoing significant delays in the criminal justice system. While these resources are sorely needed and will assist, a fair, equitable and properly functioning criminal judicial system can not exist when only two of the three major participants are properly funded. 

The number of self-represented individuals in Ontario’s courts has more than tripled in the last 5 years. Most fail to qualify for legal aid funding because of badly outdated financial eligibility guidelines that have remained unchanged for far too long. Also, while legal aid tariff enhancements have been made in recent years, when adjusted for cost of living and inflation, we are still far behind where we were 10, 20 or 30 years ago. Perhaps for this reason, nearly three times as many legal aid certificates are unacknowledged (meaning indigent defendants cannot find lawyers to take their case) today than in pre-pandemic times. 

Ontario deserves a justice system that is fair for everyone. Properly funding the judiciary and the prosecution is important and appreciated, but it is not enough. Properly funding indigent accused, and counsel who assist them at far-below-market rates, is also needed to ensure that justice is truly done. We hope to give credit to those announcements really soon.

[Sarah Jama @SarahJama_]

Here is my statement on the judicial review results:

TLD; I am not apologizing or deleting my statement. Maybe an MPP will move a motion to undue the censure, or maybe I'll stay censured indefinitely. It is what it is.

We must focus on the atrocities unfolding in Rafah. 1/

[Alan Dettlaff @AlanDettlaff]

I've been thinking often of how we should begin to think of the Black Panther Party as the true origins of social work, in terms of what social work should truly be. Real social work provides care in whatever way care is needed - it does not expect compliance in a "service" or some other plan in order to receive that care. It does not come with a punitive consequence when compliance is not met. And importantly, it does not require degrees or licenses, which have nothing to do the ability to provide care.

It will take a lot for social work to rid itself of the carcerality and saviorism upon which it is based, but there are so many of us who desperately hope that social work can and should be something better.