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Palestinian Toronto Rally. Feb 12 2024. Film Mission.
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IT'S THE LAST DAY for the Kickstarter for the audiobook of The Bezzle, the sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by @wilwheaton! You can pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover, signed or unsigned. There's also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback.
#20yrsago Understanding slush, a primer on rejection http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004641.html#004641
#15yrsago Dumpster diving: the world’s most recession-proof job https://www.forbes.com/2008/12/06/computers-recycling-trash-lead-corprespons08-cx_cd_1208doctorow.html?sh=10b944034453
#15yrsago US Airways bumps Flight 1549 survivors up to super-elite status for a year https://nypost.com/2009/01/30/survivors-gilt/
#15yrsago France to give free newspaper subs to 18 year olds https://archive.nytimes.com/economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/le-newspaper-bailout/
#15yrsago Principles of the American Cargo Cult — the beliefs that make bad argument https://web.archive.org/web/20090211214344/http://klausler.com/cargo.html
#15yrsago Mummified Soviet-era East German flat unearthed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7857256.stm
#15yrsago Judges jailed for taking bribes from private juvie prisons to send kids to jail https://www.inquirer.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20090128_Editorial__Judges_Sentenced.html
#10yrsago Army won’t answer Freedom of Information Request on its SGT STAR AI chatbot https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/free-sgt-star-army-ignores-foia-request-artificial-intelligence-records
#10yrsago Rob Ford Valentines https://web.archive.org/web/20140203045203/http://www.scotty2naughty.com/new-products/toronto-valentines-mayor-ford
#5yrsago More FBI follies: civil rights groups are “terrorists” and their victims are the KKK https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/01/sacramento-rally-fbi-kkk-domestic-terrorism-california
#5yrsago RIP, Jeremy Hardy, one of the UK’s funniest lefty comedians https://memex.craphound.com/2019/02/01/rip-jeremy-hardy-one-of-the-uks-funniest-lefty-comedians/
#5yrsago Blackwater founder to site mercenary training camps conveniently close to China’s Uighur concentration camps https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang/erik-prince-company-to-build-training-center-in-chinas-xinjiang-idUSKCN1PP169/
#5yrsago Millionaire dilettantes’ “education reform” have failed, but teacher-driven, evidence-supported education works miracles https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/millionaire-driven-education-reform-has-failed-heres-what-works
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#5yrsago Stock art for a new Gilded Age https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/02/01/fat-cats-in-the-city-1824/
#1yrago Johnson and Johnson's bankruptcy gambit fails https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/01/j-and-j-jk/#risible-gambit
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A music video by Music for Sea Monsters featuring voices and protest sounds recorded at a rally in Toronto, Canada on November 5, 2022. Chants include: Woman, Life, Freedom in English and Persian/Farsi (زن، زندگی، آزادی - Zan, Zindagi, Azadi); One Solution - Revolution; Say Her Name - Mahsa Amini. Features traditional Iranian instruments: qanun (strings), ney (flute), tombak (drum), as well as other instruments from the region
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Do any other Canadian POC feel stunned and betrayed when they find out that other POC around them support fascists and white supremacists, and feel like there may be an increase of that lately? I'm Chinese, and I was shocked yesterday when a big local food blogger in Toronto who's East Asian posted an IG story of himself and other East Asians wining and dining with Pierre Poilievre, and boasting about how he would be the next prime minister, so he was openly campaigning for him; in retrospect, I shouldn't have been surprised bc he would post videos of anti-mask/vax rallies and the attempted Freedom Convoy, but I had assumed he was just documenting downtown events.
Likewise, I live in a predominantly non-white, immigrant, working to lower middle class, etc. area of Toronto, and I've definitely noticed an increase in PC election signs on lawns here; in the last federal election, my staunchly Liberal Black neighbours who had always voted Liberal at the federal and provincial levels jumped to being PPC voters (not sure if they're voting New Blue in the provincial election this time), and my other neighbours who are POC also vote Conservative.
In a similar vein, seeing all these unions supporting Doug Ford and really believing the PCs support workers rights has been really upsetting to see.
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I nazionalisti bianchi canadesi promuovono il "Freedom Rally" del 4 marzo a Toronto
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Canada has a huge problem with N*zism in general, and even in allegedly 'liberal' cities like Toronto, Neo-N*zis and their ilk can hold rallies and march freely down the street in their N*zi paraphernalia with zero consequences and will be protected by the police, like, they literally showed up as a crowd at my then-workplace downtown in 2016 to chant 'White power!' while fist pumping in a rally to celebrate the US election, and you can't say shit about it with getting some wishy washy response about freedom of speech (which is not actually a thing in Canada, we have freedom of expression) or how they're actually secretly American infiltrators pretending to be Canadian bc fascism would never exist in nice multicultural democratic Canada (lol) or being accused of being a Russian agent working for P*tin smh
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Reclaiming the Canadian Flag
The Canadian flag hasn’t changed since 1965. But for many, its meaning has.
Since the emergence of the “Freedom Convoy” in late January, the symbolism behind the maple leaf has shifted from patriotism to an emblem of violence.
The convoy was initially formed to protest mandated vaccines for truck drivers crossing the Canada-U.S. border; it has since shifted to encompass all COVID-19-related mandates. Although the “Freedom Convoy” can be seen as a fringe movement, its presence has been felt across the country. The initial protest was held in Ottawa, but the demonstrations spanned across Canada to cities such as Toronto, Winnipeg, Fredericton and Edmonton.
The Canadian Association for Securities and Intelligence Studies released a briefing on January 29 discussing potential risks related to the convoy. The paper notes that the convoy “arguably evolved into a national security threat as violent, extremist rhetoric is normalized which threatens the cohesion of Canadian society.”
During the many rallies across Canada, the Canadian flag was used by convoy supporters to symbolize the movement. But Martin De Groot, commercial truck driver and founder of the Facebook page “Take Back the Canadian Flag,” says the flag is meant for everyone.
“Canada was built on inclusivity. Canada was founded on so many things,” De Groot said.
“The flag, which represents all of that, was never for one single group who claim to be patriots, who claim to be pretty much more Canadian than the rest of us. That's never what our flag was meant for. It's for all of us.”
De Groot recalls a video he saw with convoy organizer Tamara Lynch urging supporters to wave Canadian flags in solidarity.
“That turned me off because, I mean, the Canadian flag is not meant to identify any particular group of people,” De Groot said.
De Groot is not the only one who holds this opinion. Other Canadians and fellow “Take Back the Canadian Flag” group members have been working hard to reclaim the flag’s meaning.
One issue that has been heavily documented in mainstream media are protestors’ use of symbols in the “Freedom Convoy” demonstrations. Alongside the traditional Canadian flag, protesters have been waving symbols connected with hate groups such as swastikas, Confederate flags, flags from Donald Trump’s campaign and a variety of altered Canadian flags, such as the flags turned upside down and flags with hateful messages.
De Groot said he’s seen hateful Canadian flags on his trucking route in Boyle, Alta., between Evans and Port Pirie. He describes one of the flags he’s seen as being a Nazi flag with a maple leaf in place of a swastika.
“I get really disgusted when I see the Canadian flag modified to look like a Nazi flag,” De Groot said.
De Groot isn’t the only one upset by the use of flags during the convoy protests. Emma O'Toole, a Carleton University journalism student, attended the convoy’s initial occupation of the downtown Ottawa area to counterprotest. She and her friend Fiona Nicholson, Carleton University law student, carried a sign that read “vaccines save lives.” O’Toole said she saw protesters waving Canadian flags with swastikas drawn on them. She also saw a swastika spray painted in Sandy Hill.
“It’s just vile,” O’Toole said. “There is no place for that in our city, or any city. It’s so hateful.”
De Groot said the convoy has put a bad image on the trucking industry. As a commercial truck driver opposing the movement, his experience with the convoy has been different than the average Canadian.
De Groot notes convoy members often assemble at his local truck stop on the west side of Edmonton. He recalls a time in February when he ran into them.
“They [were] there waving at me and I'm just like, what do I do? Ignore them? Because, you know, I can't tell them what I think for fear that they might wreck my truck. They might do something if I really tell them how I feel,” said De Groot.
Nicholson, who attended the protest with O’Toole, said she was physically and verbally harassed at the convoy, and one person pushed her out of the crowd.
“He was screaming at me and was getting pretty abusive with me,” she said. “It was pretty scary. That was the only point where I actually felt scared for my safety. … I thought he would hurt me,” Nicholson said.
Nicholson notes her perception of the Canadian flag has changed since January. When she walks by a house with a flag flying, she says her mind immediately goes to the convoy and what they stand for. This is something many Canadians, especially those in areas affected by the convoy’s occupation, have had to deal with.
Despite the changing symbolism of the flag, De Groot said he is hopeful Canadians can reclaim its meaning.
“Everybody who’s got a flag, wave it. If everybody puts out a flag, that diminishes it from that group,” he said.
De Groot cited this as the reason he began the Facebook page. He said if Canadians return to proudly flying their flag, people won’t be able to distinguish between those flown by protestors and the general population. Then, he said, the hateful meaning is erased.
“I see a group of vehicles coming up with the Canadian flags, and it's like, ‘Oh, it's those people.’ Whereas if I go through a town and everybody’s got their Canadian flag, it’s more, ‘Oh, well, they can’t all be those people,’” De Groot said.
“It starts to bring the meaning back to us.”
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Palestinian Rally Toronto - Feb 12 2024 - Portraits Photo Film Mission
#toronto#street photography#Palestinian Rally Toronto#Toronto Protest#Trudeau Must Go#Trudeau#Toronto#Toronto Freedom Rally
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“In 2011, A Canadian police officer suggested to students at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto that ‘women should avoid dressing like sluts in order to not to be victimized’. These comments instigated the first ‘SlutWalk’ march, which took place in Toronto on 3 April 2011. The marches spread around the world to places such as Las Vegas, Melbourne, Bhopal, and Sao Paulo. ‘SlutWalk’ was heralded as the third wave incarnation of Take Back the Night.
A Blogger for Ms. Magazine wrote about the march that took place in Los Angeles in 2012: ‘It’s that third wave-y feel - that individualistic empowerment - that has made “SlutWalk” popular among young women’, adding that the marches were ‘less emotionally intense than anti-rape rallies such as Take Back the Night, “SlutWalk” is more for spectacle’. This is a pretty accurate assesment, but ‘popularity’ and a lighter message do not necessarily translate into ‘better’, when it comes to radical movements.”
‘I do what I want, fuck yeah!’: moving beyond ‘a woman’s choice” by Meghan Murphy for Freedom Fallacy: The Limits of Liberal Feminism
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Too much, even for me...
A continuation, or rather an update on what it looks like in my head and my home. Originally I wanted to include images of Toronto to help convey my thoughts and to highlight the severity of where hate stands in this city, but I'd rather not.
This post is not meant to hurt anyone. I condemn "governments" and "organizations" that threaten humanity. I also recognize that I come from a country and position of privilege and freedoms that may make my opinions sound slightly dystopian. But i am always willing to admit any ignorance i hold and i'm always open to learning more. I understand there's always more to conflicts than what the media will portray.
My thoughts of today:
I attend a pentecostal church in a Jewish community. Since October 7th, there's been an increase in security. But let's be honest, the things happening today, go far back and beyond just October 7th.
Today is Sunday, November 12th. There's an even bigger police presence. On the way home from church, I sat beside a young woman on the bus. Across from me was an elderly man. As the bus made its route, a car with Israel's flag drove past us. The elderly man than starts yelling on the bus saying antisemitic things. Then I noticed the young woman crying beside me, silently. She then quietly asked the man to stop the hate. I asked her if she was okay and all she did was nod. The man kept yelling hateful things on the bus and to my astonishment the driver agreed with him. Maybe he agreed with the man to de-escalate the situation, but the woman got off the bus and that's when I noticed her blue ribbon in her hair that had Hebrew on it. I wish I did more for her, but what could I possibly do?
A few hours later, I make it home. I reside in the heart of Toronto, downtown. It looks much different compared to a few days ago. Graffiti is everywhere. Graffiti of hate and things that I never imagined would be carved on Toronto's body. Then I witness Islamophobia. People yelling Islamophobic things left and right. The pictures of dead and missing Palestinians, ripped or damaged. Young children exposed to racism and Islamophobia; yet there's still nothing i can do about it. It became so overwhelming I had to find a park to simply breathe. But even as I sit in the park, echoes from the rallies surround me. I hear the pained voices of people wanting justice and liberation and all I am capable of doing is sitting in a park, gathering my thoughts. I'll admit, I cried.
But where are my thoughts exactly? What good do my crocodile tears bring? Why am I flipping through various moments in history, searching for an answer? Why am I searching for an exact moment in time where peace was the chosen resolution? That has never existed. Exactly where do I find solace? if I even deserve solace at a time like this. Maybe it's time I accept that I'm starting to grow an irrational fear. Why is this situation affecting me more than the other conflicts of war? Maybe it's because the children we made Christmas presents for, were wiped out. I don't know, maybe it's because we're reverting to hurtful assimilation and stereotypes. Maybe it's because Toronto is giving the hateful extreme right winged parties a reason to laugh at our diversity. I know there are good things about humanity and even Toronto, but give me one moment to despise and despair. Just like mourning, I need a moment to be angry and frustrated. I can't just skip over those emotions.
"But this too shall pass" just like many other moments in history, but clearly humans have learned nothing but to give in to our destructive nature...
While governments and bodies of authority rarely, if ever, but most likely have never "chosen" peace or the people, i wont ignore the individuals that have.
My mind travels back to 1992, the LA riots. Reverend Benny Newton. He stood over a severely beaten truck driver who was driving in the wrong place, at the wrong time (which doesn't make sense if you really think about it). As Fidel Lopez lay almost lifeless, Reverend Benny Newton stood over him and yelled at the angry rioters "No more, this is enough. You're going to have to kill me too!" The Reverend chose peace and saved that man's life. He saved a life from warranted anguish. Rev. Newton was just as angry as the rioters but he chose the path of life and love. The rioters had every right to be angry, but violence and destruction will not bring anyone justice.
God forbid Toronto reaches a point that we are so blinded by hate, we begin to kill. Education of history and kindness are vital for the youth in Toronto. I'm not condoning senseless death and eradication of a people nor am I invalidating peoples pain. History has repeated itself over and over again, shouldn't our goals be for life and shouldn't we stand for humanity?
There's hope out there for a peaceful future. I just hope Toronto doesn't lose sight of that.
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On Weds (May 10), I’m in Vancouver for a keynote at the Open Source Summit and a book event for Red Team Blues at Heritage Hall and Thu (May 11), I’m in Calgary for Wordfest.
#15yrsago The lost NY Times steampunk feature https://web.archive.org/web/20080511003859/http://charmandrigor.com/clips/self-steampunk.html
#15yrsago Kids’ game adds 500–1000 words to its forbidden list every day https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mmo-week-industry-has-been-irresponsible-with-kids
#10yrsago NewsCorp shareholders make another bid to democratize the Murdoch family empire https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/may/08/rupert-murdoch-news-corporation
#10yrsago Welcome to the century of the copyright troll: Prenda Law was just the beginning https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/prenda-law-tip-iceberg
#5yrsago The most hated company in America is about to get much, much bigger https://www.vice.com/en/article/59qmqb/comcast-is-already-hatedand-its-about-to-become-a-lot-more-powerful
#5yrsago After the Boy Scouts opens up to trans kids, queer kids and girls, the Mormons severed their 105-year relationship to scouting https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/mormon-church-boy-scouts-cut-ties/index.html
#5yrsago Bumblefuck Watch: Rob Ford’s brother hired his own “reporter” to ask him scripted softball questions for literal fake news spots https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/05/06/doug-ford-evades-real-scrutiny-by-hiring-his-own-reporter.html
#5yrsago Colorado cop corrects would-be dog-slaughtering Illinois officer about drug-sniffing after marijuana legalization https://www.420magazine.com/420-news/international-cannabis-news/colorado-cop-debunks-illinois-cops-claim-that-legal-pot-would-lead-to-killing-of-police-dogs/
#5yrsago “Cocky” romance novelist embarks on a second career as a trademark troll: will romance writing fall from grace? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/08/romantic-novelist-trademarking-of-word-cocky-fameela-hopkins
#5yrsago Nova Scotia premier won’t apologise for libeling teen who discovered massive data breach https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/premier-stephen-mcneil-privacy-breach-freedom-of-information-portal-1.4653474
#5yrsago Nova Scotia abandons its attempt to destroy a teenager who stumbled on a wide-open directory of sensitive information https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/police-drop-charges-in-nova-scotia-government-breach-1.4651543
#5yrsago Revenge of the Laughable Bumblefucks: Rob Ford’s brother admits that actors were hired to pretend to be his supporters at rally https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/08/doug-ford-campaign-confirms-actors-were-hired-to-play-the-part-of-pc-supporters-at-mondays-debate-rally.html
#5yrsago A new strain of IoT malware can survive a reboot https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hide-and-seek-becomes-first-iot-botnet-capable-of-surviving-device-reboots/
#5yrsago Equifax lets identity thieves raid “frozen” credit reports through its shady, obscure secondary credit bureau https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/another-credit-freeze-target-nctue-com/
#5yrsago Ticketmaster finds a new way to be terrible: facial recognition! https://www.engadget.com/2018-05-06-ticketmaster-hopes-to-speed-up-event-access-by-scanning-your-fac.html
#1yrago At the FTC, a quiet, profound shift on antitrust https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/09/rest-in-piss-robert-bork/#harmful-dominance
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https://ddnews.gov.in/international/rallies-support-palestinians-take-place-many-parts-world
In many parts of the world, demonstrations are being held in support of Palestine.
South African protestors were chanting "Free Palestine" during demonstrations that took place in South Africa’s Johannesburg and Cape Town cities on October 11. This follows an incursion by Palestinian militant group Hamas that left scores of people killed on October 7, prompting Israel to retaliate with unrelenting airstrikes on Gaza.
In Johannesburg, outside the United States of America Consulate, dozens of people, staged a protest to denounce Israel for what they called 'oppression of Palestinians'. During the protest, a scuffle broke out when one Israeli-supporter staged a counter demonstration.
In Cape town, dozens of protestors gathered outside the South African Jewish Museum, holding placards and calling for the freedom of Palestine.
Demonstrators in Toronto rallied on October 9 in support of Palestinians and marched toward the Israeli consulate, following the weekend's multi-pronged attack on Israel by Hamas.
Chanting slogans such as "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", the protesters gathered in front of the City Hall. The crowd included some counter-protesters waving Israel's flag.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Barcelona, Spain, on October 11 after an incursion by Palestinian militant group Hamas over the weekend killed hundreds of people, prompting Israel to retaliate with unrelenting airstrikes on Gaza.
About 200 people gathered with Palestinian flags and banners reading "It's not a conflict, it's a genocide" or "Stand with Palestine" outside European Union facilities.
Police briefly detained several pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin's Kreuzberg-Neukoelln districts on Wednesday (October 11) after planned demonstrations were banned by authorities the evening before.
A planned march with 250 registered participants as well as other demonstrations was prohibited after police raised concerns there could be an antisemitic tone.
Rallies took place in the capitals of South Korea and Japan on October 11 afterer an incursion by Palestinian militant group Hamas at the weekend killed scores of people, prompting Israel to retaliate with unrelenting airstrikes on Gaza.
In South Korea's capital, Seoul outside the Israeli embassy, hundreds of people, mostly of Middle Eastern origin, staged a rally to denounce Israel for what they called oppression of Palestinians.
Some demonstrators gathered on a street corner near the Israeli embassy in Japan to call for an end to Israel's bombing of Gaza. Many of them carried placards written in English and Japanese, calling for peace and an end to the violence.
Gaza's health ministry said at least 900 people have been killed and 4,600 wounded in the crowded coastal enclave. Israel's military said the death toll in Israel had reached 1,200 and more than 2,700 people had been wounded.
(Inputs from Reuters)
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World Wide Rally For Freedom Toronto Saturday September 23, 2023
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Ontario CUPE Strike Simplified: A Guide for Students
Ontario students are aware of the CUPE strike, but do they understand it?
By Alexandrea Abungin
Photo via CBC News
Education workers rallying in CUPE strike
Just as schools were settling back into in-person learning, CUPE announced that they could potentially go back on strike starting November 21st. With school closures this past month, Ontario students have had to navigate a sea of headlines involving “notwithstanding clauses” and “back to work legislation.” But in simpler terms, the CUPE strike does not represent teachers; it represents education workers. This includes custodians, educational assistants, office workers and many more understated figures in a school community. As a collective, their labour union is demanding Ontario’s government for a wage increase of $3.25 per hour. On October 30th, CUPE announced that their workers would be going on strike starting November 4th. One day later, the provincial government passed Bill 28 which made it illegal for education workers to participate in the CUPE walkout. In an instant, CUPE’s walkout had escalated from a workers’ strike to a political protest.
According to Bill 28, education workers that do not show up to work can be fined up to $4000 and their union could be fined up to $500 000. Nevertheless, CUPE did not put an end to their political protest. With education workers participating in the protest, school buildings would be an unsafe environment for students, causing all school boards in Ontario to close on November 4th. On a school day without education workers, bathrooms would be unsanitary, special needs students would not receive their necessary support, and students who arrive late would not be able to check in at the office. The in-school routine of staff and students would be disrupted when education workers are not present.
Photo via The Toronto Star
CUPE representative speaking on repealing Bill 28
Although Bill 28 was established in direct response to education workers, it still jeopardizes the labour rights of all Ontario workers. Many citizens are concerned with Doug Ford’s impulsive use of the “notwithstanding clause.” This is when a provincial government establishes a law that conflicts with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In this case, Bill 28 conflicts with Section 2(d) of the charter which recognizes workers’ rights to strike and bargain. Nevertheless, invoking the notwithstanding clause is only meant to be used in exceptional circumstances and should be considered as a last possible resort. Using this clause in a non-emergency situation with the intent of silencing education workers can be perceived as an abuse of power. If Ontario is able to disregard the fundamental rights of workers without consequence, this could become a national practice. Matthew Green, an NDP MP, told reporters that "this particular case could present a precedent for provincial governments across the country that might seek to use this to further undermine the collective agreement rights of workers."
Ontario took this case up to the labour board and they proceeded to be in court for the entire weekend. Concurrently, the political protest continued into monday which pushed schools to pivot to online learning. On Monday, November 7th, Doug Ford offered to rescind Bill 28 if CUPE decided to call off the strike. Shortly after, Doug Ford released the following statement: “I’m glad CUPE has agreed to withdraw its strike action so kids can return to class. We’ll be back at the table to negotiate a fair deal — for students, parents, workers and taxpayers.” As of November 7th, Bill 28 has been repealed and CUPE returned to negotiating with the provincial government until further notice. As a result, Ontario school boards returned to in-person learning on Tuesday, November 8th.
On Wednesday, November 16th, CUPE filed a five day notice that they would be going back on strike. This means that schools could have been closed as early as Monday, November 21st. Many parents were still hopeful that schools would stay open since filing a strike notice is a common bargaining tactic to put pressure on the provincial government. CUPE has said the two sides recently agreed on a 3.59 per cent wage increase, but the union is still fighting for higher staffing levels. As of Sunday, November 20th, the Ontario government and CUPE have reached a tentative agreement. CUPE has not yet released the details of this deal, but they have publicly stated they will not be going on strike on Monday, November 21st.
Although it has been repealed, it is important to note that the provincial government named Bill 28 the “Keeping Students in Class Act.” Even though this bill goes against education workers, its title does hold some truth. Education workers play an essential role in keeping children in the classroom. For the first time in years, Ontario students have the opportunity to experience a regular school year. However, without the presence of education workers, even a single day of school would not be possible.
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Pro-choice rally held at U.S. consulate in Toronto in wake of Roe vs. Wade overturn | CP24.com
Dozens of people gathered outside the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto Saturday to protest a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court to overturn constitutional protection for abortion rights.
Protesters held placards and chanted slogans in opposition to the decision, which overturns the landmark Roe v. Wade case from 1973, which legalized abortion.
The decision is expected to result in abortion bans in roughly half of the states in the United States.
Speaking with CP24 outside the consulate, the chair of Democrats Abroad Canada said she’s worried about what the move means for women’s health and freedoms.
She said she was angry and scared when she heard the decision on Friday, but she has since taken action.
She said the primary goal of the protest is to raise awareness about the decision.
She said while Canadians and Americans living here tend to feel insulated from the abortion debate south of the border, people should not take their freedoms for granted.
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