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Liz Scanlon retweeted
So let me get this straight: The City of Toronto was ok with the Toronto Police using $337,000 of our tax dollars to create a podcast barely anyone listened to...but wasn't ok using $400,000 to fund a 24/7 warming centre to prevent hypothermia & death?
Where are our priorities?
Liz Scanlon retweeted
14 months ago I had to evacuate from Oxford High Schol when a fifteen year old opened fire and killed four of my classmates and injured seven more.
Tonight, I am sitting under my desk at Michigan State Univeristy, once again texting everyone “I love you”
When will this end?
Liz Scanlon retweeted
All of Canada needs to stop what they are doing, spare a thought for the child whose jawbone was found on the grounds of the Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School in Lebret, Saskatchewan. Bone is about 125 years old, Sask coroner says. Child was btwn 4 to 6 years. @fsinations
Liz Scanlon retweeted
Steep spike in weekly pediatric #influenza hospitalizations reported across Canada so far in 2022 season (dark solid line) compared to previous years.
➡️ 959 pediatric influenza-associated hospitalizations to date
➡️ 131 ICU admissions
Source:
canada.ca/en/public-health/s…
Liz Scanlon retweeted
you can tell if someone paid for their checkmark or not by tapping it on their profile
Liz Scanlon retweeted
There are around 195 days in the school year.
Over 14 years, from JK-12, a child will spend approximately 2,730 days in school.
So tell me, should I be more concerned about our children missing a few days of school, or about the well-being of the institution of public education?
Liz Scanlon retweeted
While I don’t want any more disruptions to my children’s education, I am standing 100% in solidarity with the CUPE education workers.
Pay the workers a living wage. It is that simple.
Liz Scanlon retweeted
🧵I recently saw a list of the best books on the so-called "Israeli-Palestinian conflict" compiled by a prominent academic. It didn't contain A SINGLE BOOK written by a Palestinian academic. This made me 😠 so here's a list of 10 great books by Palestinian academics you should📖:
Liz Scanlon retweeted
🧵To a lawyer, the Emergencies Act Inquiry is fun to watch just to see counsel working with the witnesses using different styles.
But stepping back as a Canadian, one has to wonder what kind of dictatorship declares an emergency, kills no one, injures almost no one, revokes it …
Liz Scanlon retweeted
Toronto vibe check: off-the-scale readings on the fed-up-with-it meter. Stuff is falling apart, or locked up, or not there. Can’t we do better? thestar.com/opinion/star-col…
Liz Scanlon retweeted
My kokum never spoke english. She never had one conversation with us, her grandchildren. Only smiles. I never had one talk with her, not even a sentence. This is one thing residential school stole; our languages. And with it, our bond with our ancestors. 💔🪶
Liz Scanlon retweeted
We need to understand the past in order to build a better present, and stronger future, together.
#OrangeShirtDay
#EveryChildMatters #NDTR
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Liz Scanlon retweeted
1/4) The John Tory Campaign recently sent out an email boasting about his transit “accomplishments”. None of it was true. He sadly helped sideline the Scarborough LRT network that would’ve served far more people for less money, and then even delayed the subway plan with…
Liz Scanlon retweeted
Toronto, by population, would be Canada’s fifth largest province, yet you can apparently run for a third term as mayor, and accept expanded powers in that role, without having to defend your track record and articulate your priorities in a debate.
