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social justice | human rights | local change makers. Tuesdays at 11am on @ciut895fm.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined October 2016
Black protest has given Canadians a standard of human rights, and a level of inclusion, equity and diversity. But there’s more to do | The Star
thestar.com
Black protest is not just imperative for Black survival in Canada, but a precursor to Black successes that have benefited folks beyond Black communities. Defiant, daring and public resistance of...
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With more and more public spaces starting to reopen across the GTA, it is important to remember that the battle for #FoodJustice is not over. #FoodInsecurity didn't start with COVID-19, nor will it end with it! For more info on our initiative, please click the link in our bio🍴♥️
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you voted for body-worn cameras as a solution to police brutality—a project that will cost up to $50 million—and voted against reallocating a tiny tiny 10% of the police budget to community services stop pretending you care for ”meaningful change” around policing in this city
In the wake of this very sad event, we have taken action to make sure there is real, sensible, and meaningful change in our city, especially as it relates to persons in distress, the kinds of help available to them in moments of crisis and their interaction with police.
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this decision was expected—the SIU clears 97% of officers it investigates—but it's devastating because it reminds us that police have ultimate authority but almost no accountability sending love to Regis' family, friends and community today, our fight in her memory continues
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you just voted for cameras so you can watch us die the next time. resign and shut up
In the wake of this very sad event, we have taken action to make sure there is real, sensible, and meaningful change in our city, especially as it relates to persons in distress, the kinds of help available to them in moments of crisis and their interaction with police.
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NEW: More than a 180 workers at this Toronto industrial bakery got COVID-19. But the public wasn't told. Why do we know so little about where - and why - workplace outbreaks are happening? @jyangstar and I dig in: #onpoli #canlab
https://t.co/LpT94a8asN
thestar.com
FGF Brands, which supplies baked goods to major grocery stores, said it took “early and aggressive” action to protect workers
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"Canada’s oil and gas industry and its allies have lodged a powerful story in the political conversation...What isn’t mentioned is that the 3 C–warmer world that needs more Canadian oil is a world no one should want." https://t.co/ODHadC642h
#cdnpoli
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Their slogans and stories are designed to help prevent the decisions we need to take to avoid the worst scenarios
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1. The province has allowed & sustained a social assistance program that is well below the poverty line. Disabled people aren't making enough to live on and don't want to stay on this program as it is. The way we treat social assistance in this province is unethical. #ODSPoverty
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Follow @peoplespantryTO the group that supplied us with the free groceries we distributed to hundreds of our neighbours in #Parkdale during the shutdown.
This weekend #Parkdale tenants from organized buildings will be out tabling with free food and newsletters. Find us outside Parkdale Collegiate from 11am-1pm on Saturday. Get some fresh food and learn about the organizing happening across #Toronto. #NoCovidEvictions
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.@PeoplesPantryTO also hooked us up with free groceries for tenants in #Teesdale. When the state and politicians bail on working class people, we are capable of creating our own institutions to defend and take care of one another. We need more of this.
Follow @peoplespantryTO the group that supplied us with the free groceries we distributed to hundreds of our neighbours in #Parkdale during the shutdown.
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Free hot meals and grocery care packages delivered across Toronto & the GTA through @peoplespantryTO!
The People's Pantry is a community meal program offering free hot meals and grocery care packages to people across Toronto & the GTA: free of charge, no questions asked + no fixed address required. 👨🍳Request food. 💸Donate. 🙋♀️Volunteer ➡️ https://t.co/ah085Ps7Sa
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I love to see it!
Today tenants from Mississauga, Scarborough, and Parkdale visited the mansions of their landlords George Grossman (CEO, Pinedale Properties) and Daniel Drimmer (CEO, Starlight). Tenants demanded no evictions and rent forgiveness for tenants unable to pay rent during #COVID19
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@blogTO Landlords not only expect tenants to bail them out during the worst economic situation since the Great Depression, they'll also use dehumanizing intimidation tactics. The only option is for tenants to come together and take matters into our own hands.
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The landlords trying to evict tenants during a pandemic have names and addresses - let's take the fight to their door steps. #TenantPower
https://t.co/Ogh5NxQebF
blogto.com
Apartment tenants who've been threatened with eviction for not having enough money to pay rent amid a global pandemic continue to organize in Toronto…
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The head of Ontario's biggest landlord organization, FRPO, knows CERB is wholly inadequate given rent prices in Toronto. Yet his member landlords continue to demand rent payments and make threats of eviction against working class people. #keepyourrent
https://t.co/OgE6sO64uZ
nationalobserver.com
As income loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into a third month, both landlord and tenant groups are bracing for even more households to fall into rent arrears. That could lead to a tidal...
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Who are Toronto's Landlords, really? Find out: https://t.co/OEVpt9PWxc On Wednesday, May 13 the Federation of Rental-housing Providers, Ontario's main landlords' association, holds its annual general meeting. Tell FRPO that tenants need a real solution: https://t.co/sW93gs8qwM
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The #COVID19 Sex Worker Emergency Support Fund we've launched with @ButterflyCSW is in response to the widespread exclusion of sex workers from government-run emergency support programs. Donate directly to Sex Workers organizing mutual aid at
40% of Asian and Migrant Workers in massage parlours and sex industry cannot receive any government relief https://t.co/wUZZRS1zl0
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One of many examples of Calgary’s historic racism. A petition to keep Black people out of Victoria Park was signed by around 75 % of residents of the community, including R B Bennett.
#100YearsAgoToday in #YYC: Herald reports on a Mayor's office meeting btwn Black residents of #VictoriaParkYYC & a group trying to oust them. Racists realized they had no case. Mayor Marshall judged the matter solved, told "both sides" to prevent more Black people from moving in.
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