myeyesaredim

@myeyesaredim@mstdn.ca

I'm getting older, still trying to see things clearly.

#PostCovid #BrainFog #SomeDaysAreBetterThanOthers

In my dreams humanity has eradicated #Hatred #Inequality #Injustice #Oppression #Trauma and action has been taken to address #ClimateChange

(Don't ask about my nightmares...)

#HousingIsAHumanRight

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myeyesaredim, to Canada

Some thoughts on "parents rights" - and why Conservatives focus on them 🧵

I've read a lot of posts and articles about so-called #ParentsRights.

They point out that politicians in #Canada use the phrase to:

  • diminish #ChildrensRights
  • cause or perpetuate harm to #LGBTQ individuals
  • gain support from religious groups
  • copy tactics used in the USA
  • demonstrate #transphobia
  • splinter LGBTQ solidarity
  • denigrate public education

All valid points - and maybe missing something?

myeyesaredim, to LGBTQ

Uh oh 😞 "Nearly half of Canadians say they support their province using the notwithstanding clause to ensure that schools tell parents if their child wishes to use a different name or pronoun, a new [online] poll suggests, and more people support that idea than oppose it."

According to the new results from Leger, Canadians are divided on whether sexual orientation and gender identity should be discussed in schools at all.

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/more-canadians-support-using-notwithstanding-clause-in-parental-rights-debate-poll/article_c5a49273-402e-5d6f-a7de-eb53cebce2b2.html

🎩 @davidakin https://mstdn.ca/@davidakin/111222247992938879

myeyesaredim, to Canada

Can you guess how lobbyists acted while was on fire this summer?

and lobbyists met with the government 131 times to promote their interests, lobbying for:

  1. Delaying and weakening critical climate policies
  2. Pushing for exceptions, delays and loopholes in the Clean Electricity Regulations
  3. Asking for billions of dollars in government subsidies and financial guarantees

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/09/20/in-june-while-canada-was-burning-the-oil-and-gas-industry-lobbied-131-times/

myeyesaredim, to climate

Two of the biggest threats to Canada’s progress on climate policy are and

Environment and Minister Steven Guilbeault made the remarks Wednesday

Poilievre’s approach to climate policy goes beyond a “casual disregard of facts and science in pursuit of partisan advantage,” Guilbeault said.

Overall... “a noisy minority of climate deniers has managed to dominate the public discourse”

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/09/27/news/environment-minister-burns-pierre-poilievre-noisy-minority-spewing-climate-disinfo

myeyesaredim, to Ottawa

Greenbelt 2.0? 's boundary changes in and could make developers rich

Changes benefiting developers were made on the same day last November that the GTA changes were announced.

City boundary expansions turned certain parcels of agricultural land from rural to urban, opening them up to future housing and increasing their potential value.

Both city councils want the government to reconsider the changes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ottawa-hamilton-urban-boundaries-greenbelt-1.6984470

myeyesaredim, to LGBTQ

Red Deer Catholic school trustee won't face dismissal after likening pride to Nazi Germany, breaking code of conduct and Education Act 😠

Monique LaGrange [shared] a now-deleted meme that featured a picture of children waving Nazi flags above a picture of children waving Pride flags. "Brainwashing is brainwashing," the post read

LaGrange is required to successfully complete sensitivity training [and] issue a sincere public apology

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/lagrange-dismissal-decision-1.6980401

myeyesaredim, to random

Canadian Council for Civil Liberties rebukes :

Invoking the notwithstanding clause is an admission the government knows its actions will not withstand Charter scrutiny.

The notwithstanding clause is the nuclear option. Using it to destroy the rights of students is unconscionable.

The notwithstanding clause is not a weapon that should be used to strip anyone of their rights, let alone vulnerable and marginalized students.

https://ccla.org/press-release/ccla-reacts-in-saskatchewan/

myeyesaredim, to conspiracy

What is the Save the Children Convoy and what does this group really believe?

While [they] seemingly subscribe to every under the sun, there are four recurring themes that broadly animate the group:

Anti-+ Paranoia and Pedophile

The Language and Mythology of

Spirituality and

Beliefs

https://pressprogress.ca/what-is-the-save-the-children-convoy-and-what-do-they-really-believe/

Thanks to @llebrun and @pressprogress for this detailed piece

myeyesaredim, to random

The origins of the debacle? Tim Gray reminds us that in 2018

was elected with the aggressive and pervasive support of 's online attack machine

Ontario Proud was not funded by grassroots supporters, as was claimed during the election, but rather by a consortium of suburban sprawl developers... the biggest donor being

In total, developers contributed $500,000

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/09/25/opinion/greenbelt-debacle-how-did-we-get-here

myeyesaredim, to LGBTQ

’s former speechwriter denies the horrors of and uses anti- tropes at "Leadership "

A reactionary speech that exhorted a return to “biblical truths”...

...all but one person at the prayer breakfast gave a standing ovation when he was done.



https://globalnews.ca/news/10039822/calgary-prayer-breakfast-anti-lgbtq2-rhetoric-residential-school-denialism/

🎩 H/T @davidakin via https://david-akins-roundup.ongoodbits.com/bank-blocker-prisoner-hunters-italian-split-the-roundup

myeyesaredim, to random

joins advisory board: “I expect they want his skills and expertise in how to dismantle and damage democracy”

The IDU post is the latest gong for the man who shut down Parliament in order to prevent it voting against his Brexit plans, and who resigned when faced with a potential Commons vote over repeatedly lying to MPs

?

“He should have no further influence on our or anyone else’s politics”

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/10/18/farcical-disbelief-as-disgraced-former-prime-minister-boris-johnson-is-appointed-as-democracy-adviser/

myeyesaredim, to Halifax

The campsite where Steeves lives and works full time, is closing for the season. When that happens, she doesn't know where she will live

Steeves said herself and the others like her are "the new face of being houseless."

"There's no choices, there's nothing available"

Steeves and others are calling for the Regional Municipality to keep Shubie Campground, the only fully serviced campground within city limits, open throughout the winter

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/haligonians-rvs-campground-stay-open-1.6973772

myeyesaredim, to Alberta

The has become a coalition of rural grievance merchants, COVID skeptics, & anti-LGBTQ activists - @maxfawcett

None of this is good for the millions of Albertans who live in its cities and suburbs and want to see their government focus on things like the economy, education and health care. But as the UCP made abundantly clear over the weekend, they’re just not interested in what those people want anymore.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/11/07/opinion/far-right-takeover-ucp-now-complete

myeyesaredim, to ontario

"If I were running that centre, I would be a millionaire" - #DougFord gives a for-profit clinic more funding to perform OHIP-covered surgeries than it gives #Ontario's public #hospitals to perform the same operations.

Ford and his health minister [#SylviaJones] have pitched this expansion as a cost-efficient way to get more surgeries done and reduce wait times.
🤣

The rates paid to Don Mills Surgical Unit Ltd. have never before made public.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-doug-ford-private-clinic-surgeries-fees-hospitals-1.7026926

#NoPrivatizedHealthcare

myeyesaredim, to infosec

I just heard @leigh on the radio 📻​ (talking about how #infosec is related to physical locks and keys...)

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/the-history-of-lock-picking-can-teach-us-a-lot-about-better-digital-security-1.6711547

myeyesaredim, to Quebec

The number of #unhoused people in #Quebec nearly doubled from 2018 to 2022, according to a provincial survey released earlier this month.

A shortage of #AffordableHousing, the opioid crisis and the lingering effects of the pandemic have contributed to a rise in visible homelessness.

about 10,000 people in the province did not have a home... more than half of them are in #Montreal

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/unhoused

#HousingIsAHumanRight

myeyesaredim, to random

Postmedia is a national news calamity - a review of "The Postmedia Effect: How Vulture Capitalism Is Wrecking Our News"

https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2023/10/paper-rout/

Postmedia has cut costs, harvested revenues, and broken promises to federal regulators

...it’s not as if Canadians weren’t warned things would go sideways

...there was nothing about Postmedia’s sinking that was sudden. It was the inevitable result of “vulture capitalism”

(The article is long, and ranges broadly over several news/media topics)

myeyesaredim, to Canada

Leslyn Lewis, one of ’s MPs, is sponsoring a petition calling for to withdraw from the

Since the petition launched on October 10, it has been aggressively shared by groups and influencers in far-right and conspiratorial corners of social media.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the petition had received over 46,000 signatures.

https://pressprogress.ca/far-right-conspiracy-groups-boost-conservative-mps-petition-to-remove-canada-from-the-united-nations/

🎩 @pressprogress @llebrun

myeyesaredim, to random

#ScottMoe made sure to indemnify the #Saskatchewan government before using the #NotwithstandingClause

They know the harm this bill is going to cause 😠

The creepiest section of all is the one that prevents the government from being sued for enacting this policy.

Not only is the government indemnified from lawsuits, but so are any current or former members of the provincial cabinet, the board of education, employee of the province or board of education

https://xtramagazine.com/power/identity/scott-moe-pronoun-policy-notwithstanding-258321

#SKpoli

myeyesaredim, (edited ) to random

Some appreciations and thank-yous to end an otherwise gloomy weekend

  • to everyone who makes and shares beautiful photos, artworks, and creations of all kinds
  • to everyone who tries to connect with others through curiosity, generosity, and compassion
  • to everyone who speaks out on behalf of the marginalised and vulnerable
  • to everyone who grapples out loud with their difficult, painful, human experiences

I hope you know who you are and how much you matter
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

myeyesaredim, to random

“Keep your mouth shut and stick to it” & “in for a rough ride, hold the line ‘it’s all about housing’” - quotes from in documents released on 's scandal

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/energy-and-the-environment/environmental-group-releases-thousands-of-government-documents-on-greenbelt-urban-boundary-scandals-7759102

There's also an intriguing reference to Cherrywood, the site owned by TACC’s Silvio and the largest single chunk of land taken out of the Greenbelt. An attendee at a briefing with the housing minister’s office said the ministry was doing “just what (the) owner asked for.”

myeyesaredim, to incarcerated

Canada's federal system has kept Indigenous people over-incarcerated for too long, watchdog says in second part of a two-year investigation.

10 years ago 25% of federal inmates were Indigenous people: now it's 32%.

The steady and unabated increase in the disproportionate representation of peoples under federal sentence is nothing short of a national travesty and remains one of 's most pressing challenges

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/correctional-investigator-indigenous-special-report-2023-1.7015596

myeyesaredim, to random

Internal emails shed new light on a flurry of developer requests and provincial approvals in #Caledon: the #GreenbeltScandal continues...

The Trillium has new reporting on:

  • developers paying $1,000-a-plate for a Sylvia Jones fundraiser
  • "should not proceed" recommendations being overturned for party donors
  • plans for #Highway413 being used to support rezoning orders, including one for 200 hectares of "prime agricultural" land

#DougFord #OnPoli #BackroomDeals

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/municipalities-transit-and-infrastructure/ford-government-rezoned-land-after-developer-donations-despite-ministry-pushback-7795100

myeyesaredim, (edited ) to random

"The Unbelievable Story Of The Plot Against George : How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest theory" (2019)

Finkelstein, "the merchant of venom" and a mentor to Roger Stone, worked for Richard Nixon, Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan, & Stephen .

With his protege George Birnbaum he helped in Israel and in Hungary to victory. (So they have more in common than the 🤔)

Read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hnsgrassegger/george-soros-conspiracy-finkelstein-birnbaum-orban-netanyahu

myeyesaredim, to random

In case you were wondering what means when he says he'll take a approach...

Conspiracy-minded Esther McVey was appointed "minister of common sense" by the UK's Conservative PM (not her real title, but the one provided to the Sun newspaper in an advance briefing)

Edited to add: she'll be “leading the charge on the government’s anti-woke agenda” 😬

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/14/what-views-will-esther-mcvey-bring-to-cabinet-as-the-common-sense-tsar

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