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This.
"Man can turn into an animal in no time. All he needs is permission. As soon as permission is given from higher-ups, from the government, it accelerates"
–Holocaust survivor Irene Weiss
Transcript, 60 Minutes episode, May 2024: cbsnews.com/news/nazis-photo…
This post. So on point
I had hoped this result might end this but clearly it won't.
Chow has consistently and relentlessly called out hate crime and prejudice of all kinds - especially for the Jewish community. She has upped police presence, set-up command posts, expanded police hate crime units and - notably - taken a lot of heat for backing the (likely unconstitutional) bubble-zone laws - in a good faith effort to address community concerns.
And in response she's gotten abuse, ridicule, insults (often racist). She gets Ezra Levant bursting into meetings with synagogue leaders to scream insults. She gets a millionaire in a MAGA hat claiming she is a moral failure while making racist insults.
And she gets completely disingenuous claims that she shouldn't speak on foreign affairs coupled with claims that her jobs requires her to March with Israel - and support Trump's invasion of Iran.
She's better than I am. She still shows up - knowing that it gains her nothing.
If people want to take their political cues from political opportunists like Warren Kinsella, if they want to fund political hacks who sow division for partisan advantage, than they will face rejection.
But that is not a rejection of the Jewish community in this City. And I think those who claim it does are doing their community, and the whole City, a grave disservice.
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Most, if not all of the Jewish folks I know, voted for Chow.
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Since Doug Ford came into power in 2018, Homelessness has increased by 25% across Ontario.
Since Chow came to power in Toronto, Homelessness decreased by 8% in the City.
Lynne videos a guy in a fentanyl fold posts it on social media.
Is more worried about her property rather than this position is life threatening to this man.
Remember opioid prescriptions are the gateway to fentanyl
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This
"Can you explain why this member is getting a promotion after he ripped off the people of this province?"
On the first day of the fall sitting, Premier Ford dodges questions about why Stan Cho, who resigned from cabinet this summer after charging taxpayers for local hotel stays, has been promoted to an education role with a $22K pay bump.
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Everything Jewish Toronto. A private Facebook group with 53.6 thousand members. These are the kinds of posts you’ll find in it. The comments under this post are so vile.
Hey @ElectionsCan_E
The account BiagioToronto broke the law and posted his voter ballot.
He has deleted it, but it was up for quite sometime and did not care that he broke the law.
We all know that even deleted tweets can be recovered. I truly hope you look into it.
Hey @cityoftoronto any way of the police getting involved for people who break the law on post the election ballots?
you needed to show another piece of documentation that confirmed your name AND address.
It could have been your utility bill, your lease, your T4 slip, your pay stub.
If you bothered to look up what was required to vote you would have been prepared.
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I was just turned away from voting in Toronto's municipal election even after presenting my voting reminder card with my name and address on it, my passport, and my Ontario health card -- unacceptable
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Voter information cards and passports are explicitly not acceptable ID for Toronto municipal elections, which require one piece showing name and qualifying address; health cards are accepted only in specific qualifying forms.
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Hey @cityoftoronto any way of the police getting involved for people who break the law on post the election ballots?
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1/ Caryma Sa’d gave an interesting answer about homeless encampments at a Toronto council debate.
She discussed activists supposedly seeking confrontations with police, then declared “undue hardship” the guiding principle of human rights law.
There's a problem with that. 🧵
WARD 14 Candidates Debate.
Tent City Removal
Across TORONTO
@CarymaRules discusses her, on the ground journalism, which witnessed complexities that involved Police and Activists.
I would assume also included the City Council as well as the Mayor
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Actually, no.
Zionism is about 130 years old.
No Jewish text or teaching before that time was about taking over the Land of Israel by force and taking it from other people.
That is not a Jewish value. Our religion never proposed or suggested that.
Zionism, a modern, political ideology, arose as a rebellion against religion.
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Its not a war. And regardless if Bibi is re elected or not, the majority of his party is extreme right wing and have no problem removing Palestinians from their land.
Its part of a campaign.
people ignore street signs because they are on the street. Perhaps they would not ignore them if they knew speeding on local roads can hurt someone.
“Since you don’t abide by signs, here’s who you hurt”
Its a very clever campaign.
I don’t believe in any religious text stating they have a right to a specific set of land. I do believe that the pogroms toward the Jewish people in ALL areas of Europe was horrendous. Division by ethnicity or religion is always a bad idea because it breeds exclusions.
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Okay @bluebottle931, You do realize Doug Ford's provincial government controls rent increases, right?
The same government that exempted newer units from rent control in 2018.
You've somehow managed to blame Olivia Chow for Ontario's rent regulations.
Tobi doesn’t care about speed limits that protect people and is basically telling you that Brad also, doesn’t care about speed limits
“Pedestrian traffic deaths in Toronto on track for 5-year high: police data”
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
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The Armenian Question. The Indian Problem. The Roma Question
Jonah, entire minority populations being treated as political problems to be “solved” is a recurring theme in world history
Do you think antisemitism was the only form of persecution anyone had ever institutionalized?
