I am a comedian. I am not a monster.
These days, Toronto.
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Asaf Gerchak retweeted
please let it be the real Black Friday. I can’t take another 4 weeks of fake Black Fridays.
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
If we're still fighting Residential School Survivors in court, if 39 First Nations communities still have drinking-water advisories, if they're still forcing a pipeline through unceded lands...then lowering our flags is the bare minimum.
We must end the genocide.
#215children
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
A normal country would declare several days of mourning after a mass grave of children was discovered.
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
Hey, before we start glorifying Dear Leader, can we just pause for a second and remember that Ontario:
-Still has absurd restrictions on outdoor gatherings
-Has no mandatory paid sick leave
-Has not moved the definition of 'essential' workplaces
(cont.) nationalpost.com/opinion/mic…
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
Today I learned:
- @fordnation doesn't care about my patients or that they are primarily poor & racialized Canadians
- essential workers will continue to die
- triage will happen
- Ontarians have not only been abandoned, but also blamed by @ongov for our collective situation
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
The ONE thing I've heard from nearly every HCW I've interviewed is the importance of paid sick leave for essential workers so they can stay home when sick.
Adalsteinn Brown called for it this a.m. when presenting dire modelling.
No mention of this measure from the Ford govt.
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
I'll never understand how we got to a place in this pandemic where we are pushing more policing before paid sick leave.
#COVID19ON
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
Every time a government discourages people from going outdoors — closing parks, enacting curfews, issuing vague warnings about outdoor transmission — they are ignoring the massive body of evidence that outside is *very safe.* xitter.cf/nycjim/status/13826482…
A year into the pandemic, it’s even clearer that it’s safer to be outside.
*New study of coronavirus clusters worldwide showed 96 percent involved indoor settings. washingtonpost.com/health/20…
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
I applaud the people brave enough to leave the Trump administration now. It takes courage.
After airline flights, I too have been known to unbuckle my seatbelt moments before the aircraft has "come to a complete stop," so I have experienced this level of courage first hand.
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
As we watch Trumpers storm the capital with guns. Just a reminder, this is what America did to Native protesting for clean water.
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
Reminder fo what capitol "security" in full military-grade riot gear looked like for Black Lives Matter protests this summer.
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
This is remarkable! Coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations and Premium Brands have bought Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated. One of the largest fisheries in Atlantic Canada. Right on, Chief Sack. newswire.ca/news-releases/cl…
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
I want the love of Black voters right now to transform into the love of Black people.
Asaf Gerchak retweeted
Behold, Ontario, your shitacular "democracy," providing you with crap that harms Black and Indigenous communities and that no one else asked for, at a time when the most popular thing to do is the literal opposite #onpoli
New: Premier Doug Ford announces $25million for 200 new OPP officers.
#onpoli