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#HomesAreForPeople! (not Profit) Join @LeadNowCA workshops across Canada this week, to strategise next steps on the #HousingCrisis; part of a non-partisan campaign to influence the 2025 election. Find local events: leadnow.ca/HomesAreForPeo… Intro: (video) m.youtube.com/watch?v=HMQd9j…

Just moments after MPP @solmamakwa was removed from the legislature for saying the Premier was telling "untruths": Reporter: "Sol, can you explain just what precisely the Premier said that you're saying is untruthful?" Sol: "That he respects and honours treaties. That he respects and honours the duty to consult. That's not the truth." Sol: "The way [Bill 5] is written up speaks the opposite."

WATCH: This morning, Marit Stiles stood alongside Anishnabek Nation Regional Chief Scott McLeod, Dean Sayers, representing Robinson Huron Waawindamaagewin, OFL President Laura Walton, Sol Mamakwa, and Jamie West to speak out against Ford’s dangerous power grab: Bill 5. It’s time to scrap the bill: OntarioNDP.ca/scrap-bill5

@338Canada 🙁 FYI a colleague tells me there's a problem with the French site: "Unless they've fixed it since I looked, there was a riding called Courtenay-Comox, which doesn't exist. It's now divided into Courtenay-Alberni and North Island-Powell River."

The attacks on 338 continue today, this time in Eastern Canada :-( Use the French version of the site, which is up and running: qc125.com/canada/distric…

Poilievre is parroting Trump’s hateful laws against the LGBTQ2S community. This is just a preview of how he would sell out the sovereignty and human rights of people across Canada and give in to Trump’s extremism. We need to stand in solidarity against hate, not give into it.

This seems like an excellent time to remind our followers that we’re already in 🦋: leadnowca.bsky.social Follow us there!

Corn bread!

Let’s talk about why having adults in the room matters, shall we? In the fall of 2022, you might remember Russia accusing Ukraine of preparing to use a dirty bomb against Russian troops. This was designed as a false flag pretext to Russia using tactical nuclear weapons. Intelligence estimates had odds at a coin flip - 50/50 - that Russia would use low-yield nuclear weapons to keep Ukraine from retaking Kherson or threatening Crimea. So, what did the Biden administration do? They prevented World War 3. SecDef Austin told Russian Defense Minister Shoigu that we knew exactly what Russia was planning, and that the consequences to crossing THAT Rubicon would be unlike anything Russia had seen. Jake Sullivan convinced Ukraine to call the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in to inspect Ukraine nuclear facilities and publicly shoot down rumors that they were building a dirty bomb. Then, members of the administration reached out to literally everyone: China, Israel, Turkey, India, etc. and urged them to reach out to their Russian counterparts to reiterate the point: Russia would be a complete pariah on the world stage if they followed through with this plan. Biden got President Xi of China on the phone personally, convincing Xi to publicly address the nuclear issue and to tell Putin not to go there. Was Putin actually going to nuke Ukraine? Obviously, it didn’t happen—and it’s hard to prove a negative—but Western intelligence agencies certainly thought it was possible. I say all of this to remind you that experience matters. Competence matters. Trump wants to replace career civil servants with Trump loyalists if he wins. This kind of whole of government approach to any crisis would be impossible to execute in that situation. Vote accordingly.

@JustinTrudeau @beynate No. Not "ranked ballot". No party should get all the power with 39% of the vote, and only proportional representation can ensure that never happens again.

If I could’ve done one thing different, it’d be this.

@JustinTrudeau @beynate NOPE. 🍁 I support proportional representation: 40% of the vote should get 40% of the seats, and only a proportional system will do this.

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Join my #HomesAreForPeople workshop next Sat, to discuss local #HousingCrisis concerns; part of our non-partisan strategy for the 2025 election. 👉 Toronto area meetup on Zoom: Sat. Aug. 24, 1-3 PM EDT you.leadnow.ca/events/homes-a… (Includes a map for meetups all over Canada!)

Join me Wed Aug 21, 19:30 to collaborate with @LeadNow on strategy re: the #HousingCrisis for the next Federal election! #HomesAreForPeople My call, for East York/Beaches #Toronto 🔗 you.leadnow.ca/events/homes-a… And live meetings all over 🇨🇦 too! Find yours: you.leadnow.ca/calendars/comm…

@buitengebieden Hey @buitengebieden I miss you, now that I'm over on Mastodon 😢

What’s the cat thinking? 😅

Ah, @beynate … I will miss you, when you no longer represent our riding ❤💔

@Kieran oh, and: I don't use twitter any more. Find me here to reply, if you don't mind. Thx. abiggergame.bio.link

@Kieran hi kieran. (I found u on votewell.cal With rumours of an early Ont. election, I won't sit still while Doug Ford gets back in, yet again. #dougFordIsCorrupt Maybe you can help? If you can point me toward a non-partisan action group, I'd appreciate it :-)