It is calling upon the House of Commons to extend to #transgender and #nonbinary people - the right to claim asylum in #Canada by reason of eliminationist laws in their home countries, whatever country that may be.
Amazing fact almost 160,000 people have signed so far.
Only 16,000 shy of being the 2nd most signed petition...EVER!
"It’s my understanding that I had over 80 million streams on [#Spotify this year,” #WeirdAlYankovic said in his video. “So, if I’m doing the math right that means I earned $12. Enough to get myself a nice #sandwich at a restaurant.”
He added, “So from the bottom of my heart, thanks for your support and thanks for the sandwich.”]
this past year alone, my family has faced evacuation twice in the #canadian north due to #wildfire. during the current evac, thousands of northerners have zero communication with their families, emergency personnel or access to wildfire data.
this is entirely due to the collapse of NorthwesTel's fibre network infrastructure and zero secondary systems for comms. the sub/arctic is infamous for its fragile, ancient comms architecture.
i want to change that, and i'd like help thinking out loud about potential citizen-owned/operated technologies for long-distance emergency comms.
#hamradio and #packetradio enthusiasts - could you please recommend some research resources on the following:
legal/frequency considerations for non-voice/packet transmission specific to #Canada
recommended hardware & software for 1000km+ transmission, tcp/ip
examples of amateur radio clubs that have undertaken this kind of role before
if possible, please respond with links to documentation, research and/or policy papers.
my entire family has worked wildfire management since the teletype days, and i hopefully can effect some actual useful change for northerners here.
I really enjoy creating these abstract landscapes...for this one I tried to evoke the mood of a coastal sunset in my home province of British Columbia.
In Beacon Hill Park, which is in Victoria, British Columbia, they have peacocks roaming around free. It's an amazing sight! This is my tribute to these amazing birds...
'Hands Off Arundhati Roy!': #Progressive Voices Decry Possible Prosecution of Indian Author
"You have no idea what you will unleash is you pursue this political prosecution aimed at silencing your most eloquent critic," #Canadian author Naomi #Klein warned Indian Prime Minister
Any experts on the #canadian#disability system?
It looks likely that I will be looking at #LTD and the death of my audio career. I need some advice and a rundown of what it's actually like to go through.
Bonus if you have navigated the system with #cfs or #longcovid, as that's what's got me.
I just added another coastal landscape to my series. I used to live on the Sunshine Coast of #BritishColumbia and this was the kind of scene I'd often see.
Heyo, I'm K a #queer#canadian#cartoonist who makes comics about #MagicalGirls who don't socially distance and end up infecting their school with magic powers.
"Four political parties voted during #Poilievre’s 30 hour filibuster. Only 1 party, the Conservatives, voted no against EVERYTHING.
Bloc, NDP & Liberals passed every single bill. When the Cons get ratioed that badly you know they are not in politics for Canadians."
PP stood & moaned “kids are sending letters to Santa not to ask for presents but to ask for food” to berate PMJT.
Shortly after his comment he voted AGAINST the Liberal's National Food Program for Kids. #cdnpoli
During #Poilievre's filibuster, Conservatives voted TO CUT:
❌funding for affordable child care.
❌funding for the high-frequency rail project
❌funding for Canadian border guards
❌Canada’s contributions to NATO
❌funding RCMP gun & gang violence programs
❌funding for #Alberta & BC tourism
❌funding for the kids dental care program
❌funding for #Canadian women entrepreneurs
❌funding to build 71,000 new homes
❌funding for CSIS
❌funding sexual misconduct investigations in the Can. Armed Forces.
My whale artwork will be shown on CBS News Sunday Morning today (Aug. 13) after a segment about whales by Conor Knighton. I'll add the link to the segment online after it has aired.
We don't get much of a Fall here in Florida. But when we do get it, we get it in Winter...LOL We have two maples right outside my studio window. High was 68 today...that's about as Autumn as it gets here!
"Police and public officials have been remarkably tolerant of the demonstrators who have periodically occupied Avenue Road at Highway 401 in #Toronto to protest the #Israeli government’s attacks in #Gaza against #Hamas.
They weren’t protesting in front of the Israeli consulate, some nine kilometres to the south, or at a familiar gathering place such as Nathan Phillips Square at City Hall. They chose to make themselves seen and heard in a prominent #Jewish - #Canadian neighbourhood.
This is not protest. This is intimidation.
There is a video circulating on X, the former Twitter, in which a woman at what appears to be the Avenue Road protest tells Jews to “go back to Poland, go back to Russia, go back to Ukraine.” Others offer similar remarks. This is not free speech. This is hate speech.
Someone vandalized and set fire to a Jewish delicatessen in Toronto on Wednesday. This is not just a crime. This is a hate crime."
A rare look inside one of the private nursing agencies plundering our public healthcare system.
#Canadian Health Labs billed taxpayers $1.6M for meals for nurses who paid for their own food, fees up to $300/hr per nurse, staff cab rides, nurse certification classes, furniture, pet transport and, in one case, an air fryer. 🤔
Massive staffing crisis = a "level of desperation that agency companies thrive on."