Hilary L Marks
@hilarylmarks
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optimist who sees that every thing is a learning experience
Victoria, British Columbia
Joined May 2015
Yes, and there are other mayors who I won't name that are just as bad!
@guyfelicella Cool aid built some good places on store st, small 1 bed/stufios w/bath/small kitchen, nice views, then City of Vic booted them out with Janion redevelopment cause rich tourists rent 300sq f air bnb places dont want to mix w/riff raff. Dean fortin shittiest mayor ever
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Great idea! The pressure on business to change their cash ways for such a short period of time is absurd. Hoping all business do this and everyone flood the CRA for money back! 🙏❤️
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Wow 🤔😢
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There are lots of poverty pimps. Every organization and/or Society that's out there does some work off the backs of the poor and the homeless. Also, mental health and addiction. Call it capitalism and an everyday thing.
@guyfelicella I’m mostly angry at the individuals who make money from these poor souls. #povertypimps
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So why do we constantly let them do what they are doing being so substance affected, without the ability to make logical good decisions for themselves? We aren't helping by allowing these kinds of situations.
@guyfelicella Because the people that comprise the chronically homeless, as opposed to the temporary homeless, are primarily there because of their own actions or inactions. Criminals who’ve dropped out, drug addicts committed to theft & anarchism, mentally ill refusing treatment, a myriad of
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I just signed this petition, please join me: https://t.co/Og0ZReYhwD via @leadnowca
you.leadnow.ca
Did you know that flight attendants are only paid for the work they do while in the air? That means all the work they do preparing the plane, boarding and making passengers feel comfortable and...
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Wow. John Howard on one end and SOLID on the other?!
@BC_Housing Is this right beside the 300 low barrier drug use housing they are putting onto princess ave?
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Special thanks to @SaanichPolice and @WestshoreRCMP for assisting @vicpdcanada officers. A true team effort to recover the stolen taxi and arrest the suspect.
In a collaborative effort by VicPD, @SaanichPolice & @WestShoreRCMP, a female was arrested following a robbery involving a taxi on Friday night. Learn More: https://t.co/6G01jWKgS9
#yyj #CommunityUpdate
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But will that stop him?
A Canadian immigration lawyer says now that Donald Trump is a convicted felon, he is technically barred from crossing the border into Canada. https://t.co/Isdt9nJimf
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Karma catches up..🙏 B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton savagely attacked in prison, clinging to life https://t.co/zg0PWI37ya via @VancouverSun
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Karma eventually catches up. 🙏♥️ B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton savagely attacked in prison, clinging to life https://t.co/zg0PWI37ya via @VancouverSun
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Keeping up the pressure, and wow it's so unacceptable and impractical! Better can be done!
There's time to change the path of the Canada Disability Benefit, the gov continues to hear that the current situation is unacceptable and contrary to what was envisioned/promised, there's no way they are not taking note. Keep up the pressure, because out of sight is out of mind.
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I am also very disappointed. Sometimes, things need to obviously get worse before a decision is seen as the wrong one. Unfortunately, the majority of kids will suffer.
I am disappointed in the SD61 decision to keep the SPLO program out of schools. Please see my full statement here:
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I just signed the petition calling out @JustinTrudeau and @cafreeland for trying to give people with disabilities in poverty just $200/month. Join me and let's raise it to $1000. #CDB #cdnpoli
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Budget 2024 offers just $6.66 per day – not enough to end poverty for the 1.5 million people with disabilities who need a fully funded Canada Disability Benefit (CDB). Call on Prime Minister Trudeau...
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I am grateful for meeting Sam many moons ago. Housing First YES! 💕
🎉Congratulations to Sam Tsemberis, the founder of #HousingFirst, on being named as one of the #TIME100 for 2024! Sam has been a key leader in demonstrating that leading with humanity is the most effective path to ending #homelessness. Learn more:
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I agree that we are failing. There needs to be the same accessibility to getting clean and sober as there is to getting the illicit drugs. We are aiding and abetting in their addictions. Bottom line😪
I cannot say this enough. If you don't hold people accountable & give them the ability to have a purpose, you are failing them. Handing out supplies to live a degrading life on the street is HARM. The longer it goes on the harder it is to bring someone back. People need rules.
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That's a start @GraceALore, and we desperately need to raise the rates. PWD needs to be up to at least $2,000 to live. Let's do better.
Last week we passed amendments to the Social Development & Poverty Reduction Acts. New 10-year targets including 75% reduction to child poverty and 50% senior poverty. We’ve also ended mean spirited financial penalties and enabled opportunities for services and support. #yyj
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That is fabulous. Now, can we get the rates of disability and income assistance raised to the rate of inflation. ❤️🙏
On June 1, 2024, B.C.’s lowest paid workers will get a pay raise when the general minimum wage increases from $16.75 to $17.40 per hour. This represents a 3.9% increase, consistent with B.C.’s average rate of inflation in 2023. #inflation #workers #Labour
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