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BC Conservatives Threaten Notwithstanding Clause If Courts Rule Involuntary Care Violates Human Rights
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-threaten-use-of-notwithstanding-clause-if-courts-rule-involuntary-care-violates-human-rights
* Rustad threatens to override Charter of Rights & Freedoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms
#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism
[Canada] BC Conservatives Scrub Right-Wing Culture War Policies, Rhetoric f. Website
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-scrub-right-wing-culture-war-policies-rhetoric-from-platform-posted-on-partys-website
* John Rustad/BC Conservatives/proto-fascists
* removed sections on education, law and order, homelessness, drug policy
#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation
[Canada] Drug Policy Experts Say BC Conservatives’ ‘Dehumanizing’ Rhetoric About People Who Use Drugs is Going Too Far
‘They’re eliciting emotional reactions like disgust, fear and anger’
https://pressprogress.ca/drug-policy-experts-say-bc-conservatives-dehumanizing-rhetoric-about-people-who-use-drugs-is-going-too-far
#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #Poilievre #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation
National ceremony in Ottawa will mark Truth and Reconciliation Day
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/national-ceremony-in-ottawa-will-mark-truth-and-reconciliation-day-1.7056736
Truth and Reconciliation Day: More 'substantive changes' needed from gov't, says B.C. chief
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/truth-and-reconciliation-day-more-substantive-changes-needed-from-gov-t-says-b-c-chief-1.7056677
150 Years of Canadian Colonization: And Our Right to Self-Determination
https://socialistproject.ca/leftstreamed-video/ls301
TRC: Truth and Reconciliation /6
I volunteer @ two 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors organizations. Here are our land acknowledgement, TRC statements.
https://www.dignityseniors.org/acknowledgements
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D4HoHPagp0fqHkJYcy0yzp8bCvnsfHb9/view
Locally, please support the amazing work of Indigenous/First Nations member Lucky
@Sacred_Bead : https://www.instagram.com/sacred_bead
* amazing person, educator, advocate, protector
TRC: Truth and Reconciliation /5 - Land Acknowledgement /3
National (Canada) land acknowledgement
We operate on the unceded, stolen and treatied traditional territories of hundreds of diverse Indigenous nations, which include Two-Spirit & LGBTQIA+ Indigenous communities. If you are unsure on whose lands you are currently working on & living on, please refer to http://www.native-land.ca/ to learn more.
TRC: Truth and Reconciliation /3 - Land Acknowledgements
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_acknowledgement
Vancouver, British Columbia land acknowledgement
I gratefully acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples - the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
TRC: Truth and Reconciliation /2
Canadian Indian residential school system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_of_Canada
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
Today, 2024-Sep-30 is Truth and Reconciliation Day here in British Columbia, a stat holiday.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/indigenous-people/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation
https://www.indigenousbc.com/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation
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