she/her settler in K'jipuktuk; blm; yoga therapist; sometimes podcast writer/producer
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Exactly.
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- they have no use of force policy
- little to no de-escalation training
But sure - give them tanks.
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@VirginiaHinch I know today is your 1st meeting at the Police Board of Commissioners. What you might not know is there is huge public interest and attendance at the Budget Review public presentation sessions. The CAO is recommending cutting the usual 2 sessions down to 1. Cont”d
Daily reminder that food banks exist because of government choices. Dude in photo has specifically participated in years of poverty increasing actions and inactions.
Community services minister to meet with Feed Nova Scotia as demand for help increases ift.tt/C0D7FYM
I guess when you are devoid of human empathy you need to make friends with concrete and buildings.
Our public libraries should not serve as makeshift homeless shelters or safe injection sites. The unhoused should be welcomed to use the library for its intended purpose only.
No one wants to take their children or grandchildren to the library and find people using chairs as beds, or discover addicts overdosing in the bathrooms.
The premise of this article should be “we need to make libraries safe and attractive for the public who will fund these higher wage asks”, not “how fast can we get addicts and the homeless back into the library so they can sleep and shoot-up drugs more safely”.
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Transphobes out in full force this am. If they really cared about fairness and justice in sports (or anywhere else), there is a long list of things they might want to take a look at.
I think this is such good framing. Government policy has been and continues to actively eliminate affordable housing.
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Warms the heart. Dogs, people - we all have and are our things. A beauty example of adapting to the realities of who we/the dogs are. Acceptance, making space and care.
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Totally shameful. He went to the Junos knowing that he harmed and displaced unhoused people . To make them disappear, in part, for the Junos. I honestly don’t know how he sleeps at night.
Even @MikeSavageHFX was on the Red Carpet tonight @TheJUNOAwards!
@onair_blair asked him he’d abolish the bridge toll as his last act as mayor 🤣
Here’s what he said:
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Based on the evidence, it is reasonable to question whether the police were ever planning to investigate this case. But the police board of review never questioned police on this - they only found questionable Carrie in all of it.
Developer lobbiest for the rich for lunch. Housing advocates for those they exploit for evening.
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A rubber stamp once again. Complete dereliction of duty by government to listen to evidence, to the people. Millions that could be spent elsewhere where it's really needed.
Halifax police force to gain 22 new positions despite loud public opposition | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…
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This city sucks.
(Homeless) Municipal statement regarding the Victoria Park de-designated location
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It was always about moving them out of sight. Welcome the Junos Halifax!
Too bad he didn't take any of that experiential understanding with him to the government. He supported one of the cruelest governments in our history. Did little to nothing for the poor and under-waged workers, housing, etc etc....I expect more of the same.
In 2021, columnist John DeMont interviewed newly minted municipal affairs minister Brendan Maguire - who today crossed the floor to the PCs - about his amazing journey from homelessness to N.S. cabinet. Here's that story. saltwire.com/halifax/news/jo…
Halifax business owners encourage violence and cruelty.
Halifax business owners encourage city to enforce eviction deadline for encampments atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/hal…
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