Doug Ford says he’ll talk to any Ontarian with concerns about the province, but this tenant organizing group still can’t get a meeting with
Grassroots tenant organizers say Doug Ford is distracting from the housing crisis by throwing out insults and threats instead of addressing the problem.
ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) was present at Queen’s Park to protest the passing of Bill 60 on Monday.
Bill 60’s omnibus legislation has drawn criticism from a number of concerned parties. On-top of opening the door to privatizing water, while also restricting municipalities’ ability to construct new bike lanes, it makes changes to the Rental Tenancies Act and the Landlord Tenant Board that many are saying could increase housing instability.
Bill 60 significantly expands privatization of surgeries and diagnostics as well as private for-profit hospitals and clinics.
Mark Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 on your calendars. Then, circle these dates, highlight them and put a star next to them. May 26 and 27, Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) will be holding a citizens’ referendum with more than a thousand voting stations across Ontario. Online voting with be available starting May 2 – and I encourage everyone reading this to vote online as soon as the site is activated.
The referendum is in response to the Ford government’s announcement that it’s moving ahead with Bill 60, Your Health Care Act, which is expected to pass this week.
The legislation significantly expands privatization of surgeries and diagnostics as well as private for-profit hospitals and clinics – something the Ford government said they would never do during the lead-up to the election.
Once this legislation is passed the government will move with lightening speed to dismantle universal health care.
The omnibus bill has already drawn criticism from Toronto city councillors, housing advocates and environmentalists. Now, a group of cyclist
Protesting parts of a new bill that would limit construction of new bike lanes in Ontario, dozens of cyclists pedalled to Queen’s Park through downtown Toronto Thursday morning to push back against what they say is yet another baseless provincial attack on cycling infrastructure.
Bill 60 is an omnibus bill proposed by Premier Doug Ford's government in October, which has already drawn criticism from Toronto City Council, housing advocates and environmentalists, as well as cyclists.
The province has said the legislation aims to "protect Ontario's economy" and increase the housing supply. But Bill 60 also prohibits municipalities from reducing the number of lanes available for motor vehicles to add bicycle lanes or "any other prescribed purpose."
Today several people made impassioned pleas to the Government of Nova Scotia to reconsider Bill 60. Among other things, Bill 60 is designed to put restrictions on vaping. Vaping is the use of devices (similar to the one shown above) which allows the user to inhale vapour created with either nicotine infused, or non-nicotine flavoured liquids.
«La charte des distractions» propose un regard critique sur le projet de loi 60 du Parti Québécois, actuellement discuté dans l'espace public. La complexité des multiples enjeux soulevés à l'occasion du débat y est explorée par des intervenant-e-s touché-e-s de diverses manières par ce projet de Charte.
The above link leads to a petition "to ensure that there be no restrictions on the wearing of religious symbols that do not cover people's faces and to act in a manner so as to protect the individual rights of all citizens." [source]
"The Parti Québécois government has proposed a Quebec Charter of Values (formerly known as the Secularism Charter). The outline of the proposed Charter of Values was announced during the last election campaign and reiterated through carefully orchestrated leaks to the media, before being officially announced by Minister Bernard Drainville. The Charter of Values would seek to define “clear” guidelines governing requests for religious accommodation in the workplace, to guarantee the neutrality of the State by banning employees from wearing “conspicuous” religious symbols, and to do no less than to restore “social peace”." [source]
"The Charter of Values would seek to ban government employees from wearing conspicuous religious symbols, in an attempt to guarantee the appearance of neutrality and impartiality of the State." [source]
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This is a violation of Quebec individuals' human rights. The freedom to express one's religion in a way that is not harmful to any other person (ie. wearing religious symbols on one's person) is a freedom which everyone should have. To ban the wearing of religious symbols in the workplace in the name of "social peace" is a form of oppression, and is a huge step backward. Banning the wearing of religious symbols will do nothing to move toward a more inclusive community. We must teach our children and our society to accept people regardless of gender, race, culture, religion, and social class - not hide these differences in the name of achieving "social peace".
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Please take the time to sign the above petition before February 2, 2014. There are three steps to this process:
fill out the form that appears below the text of the petition and send it (you must accept the signing conditions before sending the form).
consult your electronic mailbox and open the message sent by the Assembly.
in this message, click on the link enabling you to register your signature.
Everyone shut up about Justin Bieber and Supernatural for a moment and take a look at something a tad more significant.
There is currently a bill proposed in Canada to ban the wearing of 'overt religious symbols'. Everything from the hijab to the cross. The bill is called Bill 60 and there are a number of articles that a quick google will give you, but here is the latest one.
I don't really need to tell you why this is a bad thing, right? I see a lot of people on this website crying out for their own freedom to live and love as they wish. It would do so many people a massive favour if everyone took a moment to sign the petition, which currently only has 680 supporters.
You can also contact the premier for Québec here.
People should be free to wear the symbols of whatever deity they believe in. The scary thing is that if this bill is passed, then it may spread to other countries.
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