Better health? Address poverty.
Safer communities? Address poverty.
Less addiction, less crime, less suffering? Address poverty.
Poverty isn’t a side issue.
It’s the engine driving most of the problems we claim to care about!
POVERTY KILLS.
Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian women and girls in its genocidal war on Gaza.
On International Women's Day, we look at the number of women and girls Israel killed in Gaza in 2025.
#Infograph
This new report presents 600+ letters from Saskatchewan residents responding to Bill 137, which introduced restrictions on the rights and freedoms of our trans youth.
See the strength of support across the province for safety, respect, and inclusion in schools and beyond.
www.repeal137.ca/report
Custard cups?
OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
“Sometimes you don’t survive whole. You only survive in part. But the *grandeur* of life is that attempt. It’s not about the solution. It’s about being as fearless as one can and behaving as beautifully as one can under completely impossible circumstances.”
ICYMI: Reposting last night’s story. I published late, but it’s worth your morning read, a news event that got very little coverage, but may have a broad impact:
"Senators vote to end the second-generation cutoff for ‘status Indians’
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I rose in the Senate to remember the horror of Oct 7, 2023 and to confront the horrors that followed. #cdnpoli #Gaza #Israel
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Anyone know why so few public beaches are tested?
This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Prisoners’ Justice Day, a day to honour those who have lived and died in prisons across Canada and to reaffirm our commitment to ending systemic neglect, discrimination, and rights violations in our correctional system.
Read more in my statement below. 📄
Odd head line? Perhaps One victim in Friday's hit and run...would be better. Then further down the vehicle fled the scene? How about the driver fled?
Some Germans serve raw ground beef with spices and chopped onion on crusty rolls as a birthday delicacy for coworkers.
Senator Woo speaking with force and conviction about the urgent need for Prime Minister
@mark-carney.bsky.social
to take concrete action to stop Israel's horrific crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Nice to see 10 senators signing this statement. The tide is slowly turning in Ottawa.
Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous-led conservation are both crucial to Canada’s future — but they’re also widely misunderstood. @michellecyca.com explains in our latest video:
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This Indigenous Peoples Day, we reaffirm our commitment to justice grounded in reconciliation. That means investing in implementing evidence-based decision-making, culturally appropriate community-based supports, and focusing on supportive rather than ineffective and punitive practices. 4/4
Stihl. Battery, self propelled.
Today, we say: we won’t be the U.S. on this. Instead, we will live up to our principles — justice, compassion, and real protection for refugees. On World Refugee Day, let’s recommit to a fair, open Canada — one that offers freedom, safety, and hope, not shutdowns and lockups. 3/3
In my latest Senate speech, I called on Parliament to safeguard against the misuse of the notwithstanding clause — particularly when it’s used to violate the Charter-protected rights of marginalized communities, including Indigenous women, racialized groups, religious minorities, and prisoners. 1/3
As an Indigenous person the government of Canada’s support of Zionism and the state of Israel makes me feel unsafe. Israel is currently exterminating Indigenous people and starting regional conflicts based on ethno-supremacy. The state of Israel needs to be denounced by all good Canadians.
This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada will never bow or bend to the gangster.
Someone sent me this song.
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On Wednesday I spoke at 2nd reading of Bill S-206 — a proposal to create a national framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI).
Too many people are struggling to meet their most basic needs. It's time for Canada to invest in a system that leaves no one behind. #GLBI #PovertyReduction
Why I’m supporting Tammy: you’ve got to stand up to bullies.
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🏳️🌈 This Pride Month, we celebrate the courage, resilience, and joy of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across Canada.
Let us honour the ongoing fight for justice and equality by standing in solidarity with those advocating for inclusion, safety, and human rights — not just in June, but every day.
In Canada, a daughter’s fight to bring her murdered Indigenous mother home. #MMIW
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