Brandon Rhéal Amyot (they/them)

Some encouraging stuff here: The NDP has always struggled with older voters, so if Lewis can change that, it's a big opportunity Also: those Quebec numbers are very good, and might indicate more support than people expect Finally, 50% name recognition isn't great, but it's not terrible, either

With the exception of Blue's Clues, all of these are Canadian made shows. I honestly don't get how that Canadian animation stereotype came to be cause of those few bad shows from the late 2000s when we literally were pumping out the calmest and most wholesome stuff before!

the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario is urging Premier Ford to reverse the decision to close down supervised consumption services rnao.ca/policy/action-…

Federal - Beaches East York Polling With (X) As NDP Leader + Candidate: Lewis: 🟠 NDP: 43% 🔴 LPC: 39% 🔵 CPC: 14% 🟢 GPC: 2% Ashton: 🔴 LPC: 56% 🟠 NDP: 25% 🔵 CPC: 14% 🟢 GPC: 3% Mainstreet / March 13, 2026 / n=400 (% Change w 2025 Election)

Yesterday the Ontario government gave notice to all publicly funded supervised consumption sites that their funding will be cut after 90 days, and thus will be forced to cease operations on June 13, 2026. As a family doctor, I understand the important work of harm reduction as treatment, and the importance of other treatment services for substance use. Supervised consumption sites operate from a harm reduction approach with the primary goal of keeping people alive and preventing overdose deaths. They allow people to use previously-obtained drugs under the supervision of a healthcare worker. They provide sterile supplies, overdose prevention and management, as well as low-barrier access to other health and social support services. Some sites also offer drug checking services to determine whether the patients’ drugs have been laced with toxic substances. All of this is essential and medically necessary healthcare for people who use drugs. Having worked with patients who access safe consumption sites, I know that this is a life-saving healthcare service. This decision to withdraw all public funding for supervised consumption sites is a death sentence to likely many patients and people who access these services. Harm reduction saves lives. The Ontario government’s decision to cut all public funding for supervised consumption sites in the province is a deadly policy decision that will result in more deaths from overdoses. Supervised consumption sites are a healthcare service for people who use drugs. To deny and defund medically necessary healthcare services in the toxic drug crisis environment is abhorrent and deeply unjust.

Harm reduction saves lives. The Ontario government's decision to cut all public funding for supervised consumption sites in the province is a deadly policy decision that will result in more deaths from overdoses. Supervised consumption sites are a healthcare service for people who use drugs. To deny and defund medically necessary healthcare services in the toxic drug crisis environment is abhorrent and deeply unjust.

@skymcfarlaneldn That really means the world, I may take you up on that

@BrandonAmyot I'm so sorry to hear this, wishing you all the best I know we don't really know each other but I'm always here to talk if you need anyone

This month has been hard. Losing my Grandma unexpectedly, who helped raise me. Having to take on additional care of my Grandpa as he declines in some ways & just lost his best friend. Taking on more at work. In darkness I try to remember each day must be a rebellion built on hope

The last time the NDP accepted a floor-crosser federally (before its policy on floor crossing came into place), get this: it was 1986 in the riding of Terrebonne, and Quebec PC MP Robert Toupin (a former PLQ member) crosses becoming the first NDP MP in QC. He left a year later.

@NoLore @Harryslaststand One has, so far. heathermcpherson.ca/_statement_on_…

It's very weird and not a good sign that none of the campaigns have commented on this.

@GurkiratGill04 @drowldr @CanadianPolling Neither would have Aliqa Illauq, who ran against Lori for the nomination when Mumilaaq decided not to run again, and lost on a coin toss.

@CanadianPolling Mumilaaq Qaqqaq would never

Federal - NDP MP for Nunavut, Lori Idlout, has crossed the floor to the Liberals

Sigh.

Avi said the truth, and people are mad because it forces them to reckon with something they'd rather ignore. Many of the men in these work camps ARE a threat to indigenous women in neighbouring communities.

Also important to note is that Avi has the most individual donors by far. He has over 10,000 donors in this race, while 2nd place has less than 4,000. Further, Lewis is raising money from across the country pretty effectively, while the other top candidates are regionally-tilted

It's rare I vote on the first day, but I know after these several months my mind won't change. I've officially cast my vote in the NDP leadership race.

Between 2011 (when I started high school) and 2016 (when I started uni), tuition under the Ontario Liberals rose by 22.2%. It’s rich hearing the OLP now cry out to “fix OSAP” when their gov’t underfunded postsec institutions and near doubled tuition during their years in power.

@jenhassum I just discovered what -smaxxing means last night, this gave me a chuckle.

Doing the dishes is now choresmaxxing. A clean kitchen is choremogging.

@JakeLandauTO My partner and I met through Twitter, and I've met some dear people through Twitter too. Honestly, for the hellscape Twitter can be (and certainly has been more of since it was bought), I'm grateful for it.

I meet twitter people all the time it's sick, was just at one of my twitter buddies' weddings a few months ago it was a vibe

Wow. cbc.ca/news/politics/…