Ottawa police's response to the Freedom Convoy showed Canada what locals have known for years: cops favour the powerful. @SampheBrule looks at Ottawa's #defund campaign—and the potential for next fall’s municipal election to be a game-changer. https://t.co/AvnyToUOvm

Preparing for an job interview is labour and candidates may even have to take time off work to attend an interview. I'm pleased to share that @FoodShareTO will now be compensating folks ($75) for their interviews (approx. 1 hr) to join our team. 1/2

I lobbied for 1 single porta-pottie for Hintonburg at the onset of covid because so many businesses had to stop allowing the public to access theirs. And they denied my request due to budgetary constraints. Cool cool

I've been to many protests in #Ottawa and never have I seen the @OttawaPolice post a graphic like this on their social media before any of them Seems like the only "safe space" they're interested in providing is one for the same system that upholds their power: White supremacy.

@Sam_McAleese @dianedeans @MeehanCarolAnne @rawlsonking If we had #2million dollars, if we had #2million dollars We could rent 103 one-bedroom apartments for a year Fewer people would be sleeping on the street it's true https://t.co/pS7y5CluRM

You can find the full video and more interviews from Kayla's documentary on Instagram... @CPEPgroup on Instagram @mydadiandoc on Instagram Collect Calls on Spotify: https://t.co/VqzGbwWVVL ❤️

"Kayla has also created a documentary titled, “My Dad, Ian: How the Covid-19 Pandemic Affected the Pre-existing Opioid Epidemic in Canada,” which can be found on Youtube." https://t.co/lv1j5Be2o4 5/5

"Kayla alongside students at @Carleton_U and @CPEPgroup, created a podcast titled “Collect Calls”, which interviewed formerly incarcerated individuals, their families and others to discuss their experiences with the criminal legal system." 4/5

"This is a tribute to Kayla’s father, Ian Harrington, who overdosed in 2020 due to the ongoing opioid crisis in British Columbia. BC's opioid crisis has taken the lives of over 3,547 community members and loved ones since January of 2020." 3/5

"Kayla shared her story about growing up with a parent who has been criminalized & the realities of how incarceration disrupts critical support networks, isolates people from community, and only extends cyclical harm within and beyond punitive institutions." 2/5

I created this video for @CPEP at the end of 2021 & am excited to be sharing it. “Kayla Hagerty is a beloved CPEP member, community organizer, researcher, and talented literary artist who has come to know the profound violence of the carceral state on a very personal level.” 1/5

@CPEPgroup along with our friends from the #KeepSouheilHome campaign are fighting against criminalization & incarceration, as well as the illegalization of our comrade through the immigration system. Read more about how you can contribute to this struggle:

What would it look like to actually #defundthepolice? Halifax community advocates just released the most ambitious blueprint in Canada to divest police budgets and reinvest in community services. Co-author @tariajadi says we can “imagine public safety beyond enforcement.”

Please come with us ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 #ottawa #defundops

Your friends at the Parkdale Food Centre request the pleasure of your company this Friday, October 8th at Parkdale Park from 6 PM to 8 PM! Join us to celebrate the grand opening of our Good Food Grocery Program at 5 Hamilton Avenue North.

In normal times the offer of free public transit for a month by the city’s mayor might be something for the city’s denizens to celebrate. But with the #LRT’s most recent (derailment) debacle some may consider @JimWatsonOttawa’s pledge an act of desperation and even distraction.

How about October and November AND December and then just #FreeTransit?

This is 100% FREE for all students and families thanks to an amazing partner who I’ll announce tomorrow. It will be restocked every week and featured a hygiene and clothing closet too. 67% of the children live in poverty - the principal has told me this is life for his students.

Tomorrow I’m opening my first grocery store in a Title One school. I doubt I sleep tonight - imagine a parent between checks who can order dinner and breakfast for their family thru our app and their child bring it home. I’m changing lives man, no one does it like me. Just wait!