How, in the name of everything remotely sane, did this take so long. International students should be welcomed to qualified institutions to get valuable learning, not duped by diploma mills that gobble up their money and leave them homeless thestar.com/news/canada/he…

FACTS!! Throwing money at police won't make the City safer, because it never has. The City gave police $49 million last year to get response times down & they went UP be 2 minutes. But when the City spent a few million on youth programs & root causes, crime fell sharply (slide 5)

Don't just reach out to the Mayor - Council is 1 person 1 vote - Contact your councillor & ask them to vote NO on massive police funding hikes toronto.ca/city-governmen…

There are better ways to keep Toronto safe - hiking police budgets tens of millions hasn't worked, & won't.

Police are demanding almost $80 million more this year, based on bad data & claims about safety that just don't add up. There are better alternatives. Contact your Councillor and let them know you don't support massive budget hikes for police toronto.ca/city-governmen…

One of the big items in this year's budget is certainly non-police response to mental health crises!! Have a say.

Catch our year-end newsletter as we get closer to a CITY-WIDE crisis response for mental health. Bit.ly/RORN2023YearEnd

A great time to make a year0end donation to RORN - just visit Bit.ly/FundRORN

So important!! Lily Cheng asks the Toronto Police Board how we can find out where officers are going and what they are doing - You can’t figure out what the police budget ought to be if we don’t know what the current budget is being used for. #TOpoli #TObudget

“Dissolution or not, the sleeping giant (of community, civic organizations and the human services sector) has awaken” in Peel Region, says Sharon Mayne. And here you have it, the PeelMetamorphosis Network Arvind Krishendeholl Gurpreet Malhotra Sean Meagher + 100 orgs!

My trade unionism is firmly rooted in feminism and a belief that nobody should be targeted because of their gender or gender expression.

I mourn&remember the women who were hunted down at École Polytechnique in 1989 and re-commit to a struggle for a more just world. #December6

See this Instagram photo by @peelmetamorphosis instagram.com/p/C0cI5DiuO1p/…

Yesterday I was grateful to be elected as the next President of CUPE Local 79 - starting my term in January.

Our members take care of the City of Toronto and they look forward to seeing our Local re-emerge as a strong progressive voice for all workers in our city.

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Let’s, at long last, have TJIS dialogue - students aren’t the problem - diploma mills are ‘Culling’ bad actors capitalizing on tuition fees more effective than capping student visas in bid to fix housing crisis: immigration lawyer - The Hill Times hilltimes.com/story/2023/08/…

Try to take a moment in the next little while to walk in solidarity with the people who feed us every day - it doesn’t take that long, they really appreciate it & they certainly deserve it (find a spot near you at bit.Ly/strikespots ) Unifor #solidarity #MetroStrike

Celebrating great organizing with old friends at the Layton Leadership Awards ⁦Douglas Coldwell Layton⁩ ⁦Institute for Change Leaders⁩ ⁦Olivia Chow⁩ ⁦Joe Mihevc⁩

Retconsidering my political position in light of emerging options. Curious about the primaries though.

I held on to my daughter's hospital baby blanket. Having your material self relentlessly violated while unhoused is a form of trauma that is demeaned by those who just see the 'hoarding of junk.' No; our possessions are an integral part of our humanity. thestar.com/news/gta/homel…

Saw this and thought it was the perfect metaphor for making social change in this difficult era

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A packed room of leaders and advocates at U of T Mississauga for the #Peel #Poverty Summit, with insightful experts & critical perspectives from the grassroots, tackling #housing #FoodSecurity & #income . Paul Taylor PPRS Peel Region