
Director @ccpa National Office. I rarely come here: find me on BlueSky, Instagram, LinkedIn and UpScrolled
Ottawa ON
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Erika Shaker retweeted
Great detail here from @MarcLeeYVR for @ccpa on why public auto insurance saves so much for drivers (just like public health insurance does for people): policyalternatives.ca/news-r…. Highly relevant to #bcpoli rn
Erika Shaker retweeted
ETT President @nigelbme went on CIUT-FM in Toronto this morning for an in-depth discussion about the state of our schools, and how the @fordnation government continues to underfund public education, despite claiming the contrary on social media.
Kids are back in the classroom today, and @PaulCalandra's posts can't paper over the state of our schools. The $6.5 BILLION in underfunding that's happened on Ford's watch means bigger class sizes, fewer resources for students, and buildings in desperate need of repair.
If Ford and Calandra were serious about our schools, they would fund them now.
Erika Shaker retweeted
Yesterday, Germany’s far-right AfD won 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, more than doubling its support from 2021.
This fall, Albertans will vote in referendums on immigration and separation.
To understand the connection, we need to understand “far-right populism”. 🧵
Erika Shaker retweeted
With mounting fights against IHRA around the world, sharing my piece on IHRA definition
I argue IHRA definition is state-sanctioned legislated tool of anti-Palestinian racism & suppresses opposition to Zionism thru liberal "anti racism" strategy
policyalternatives.ca/news-r…
‘With no press in attendance, there were no questions asked at the taxpayer-funded event.
“Thank God we don’t have the media,” Ford said on the mic at the conclusion of the announcement. “No questions, no answers. We’re good to go.”’
Premier Doug Ford was caught on a hot mic Thursday thanking God that there were no journalists around to ask him questions.
That’s because they weren’t invited.
It is part of a growing pattern of press-free press conferences we’ve been tracking this summer. Latest here: thetrillium.ca/news/politics…
Erika Shaker retweeted
Ford converted OSAP grants to loans for Ontario students because the program was “unsustainable”.
Turns out private career colleges diverted almost $1billion into their pockets last year—more than public colleges and universities combined.
Ford is punishing all Ontario students with crushing debt levels because of a scam run by private career colleges.
#onted
#onpoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o…
Erika Shaker retweeted
The Children’s Walk For Gaza is, “A family friendly walk for children and families in support of vital humanitarian aid for Gaza.”
A Jewish MP wants it cancelled, claiming it will “be highly inflammatory, in that it will further attract hatred towards Canada's Jewish Community.”
I wrote to Canada Lands asking that next weekend's Children's Walk for Gaza does not proceed at Downsview Park, in the heart of York Centre.
Canadian children should not be manipulated into a hate fest!
I will provide updates re @clc_sic's position.
Erika Shaker retweeted
BREAKING: The Ontario PC Party is now responding to today’s @readpolicorner / @thetrilliumca exclusive on the Jamaica surveillance trip targeting then-Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie.
Here’s the statement:
Erika Shaker retweeted
THIS IS WHAT ISRAEL HAS BANNED FROM ENTERING GAZA
Fabric for clothing
A4-size paper
Pasta
Biscuits and sweets
Musical instruments
Cardamom, coriander, cumin, ginger, nutmeg and sage
Jam
Newspapers
Chicks
Notebooks
Ropes for fishing
Sewing machines
Cement
Spare parts for tractors
Toys
Donkeys
Writing implements
Erika Shaker retweeted
Advocate for Palestinians outside the workplace, and you’re labeled unprofessional and accused of disrupting the workplace. Advocate for Israel, amid an ongoing genocide, it’s deemed unrelated to work. That differential treatment is anti-Palestinian racism.
thestar.com/news/investigati…
Erika Shaker retweeted
I have been sued for defamation a grand total of zero times.
Some might say that repeatedly asserting that I've been sued for defamation multiple times is defamatory.
Erika Shaker retweeted
New from me and @elsthomson for @TheBreachMedia
A year-long investigation into how Canadian universities coordinated their responses to student demonstrators
Link below
Erika Shaker retweeted
NEW: Criminal charges against seven of the eight people who were arrested during a pro-Palestine sit-in at an MPs office last fall have been dropped.
The Crown cited a “lack of public interest.”
thegrindmag.ca/crown-drops-n…
Erika Shaker retweeted
I signed a petition telling Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Marc Miller to respect the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and its curatorial independence.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights recently opened Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present, an exhibition examining Palestinian history, culture, displacement and lived experience. The exhibition offers Canadians an important opportunity to learn about the Nakba and its continuing impact on Palestinians in Canada and around the world.
Since its opening, the museum and its leadership have faced organized campaigns demanding political intervention, public condemnation and institutional consequences. Elected officials, including Minister of Canadian Heritage Marc Miller, have also commented on the exhibition’s content, which has raised serious concerns about political pressure on a publicly funded museum and the independence of its curators, researchers, advisors, and staff.
People have every right to debate or criticize an exhibition. But politicians and pressure groups should not decide which histories Canadians are permitted to encounter or pressure museums to alter, discredit or distance themselves from professionally curated work.
This issue extends beyond one exhibition. Public museums must be able to present difficult and contested histories honestly, thoughtfully and according to evidence and professional standards.
Join me in signing the petition here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
Erika Shaker retweeted
Replying to @MarkJCarney
Today marks a troubling moment for civil liberties in Canada.
Under the guise of combating hate, the federal government has enacted legislation that expands state powers over protest and public assembly.
From the labour movement to Indigenous land defenders, from the fight for queer and trans liberation to the movement for Palestinian freedom, social progress has depended on the ability of ordinary people to organize, protest, and speak out.
A democracy that fears protest is a democracy in decline.
Sometimes you read something that tells you what you already know…but you feel as if for the first time.
I read this searing piece through hot tears of rage and renewed determination.
Canada should be using every tool we have - legal, diplomatic, economic - to rein in and isolate this rogue state.
It should be a national scandal that we aren’t.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Erika Shaker retweeted
Five major Ontario school boards that have been under the direct supervision of the Ford government for a year or more have posted budget deficits despite the education minister blaming trustees for their financial turmoil.
globalnews.ca/news/11955405/…
#Onpoli
Erika Shaker retweeted
*Danger to the life of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. Please share as much as possible!*
New information received from Adv. Nasser Odeh, the attorney for Dr. Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who visited Dr. Abu Safiya at the "Rakefet" underground detention facility at Nitzan Prison, indicates a severe deterioration in his condition, to the point of an immediate threat to his life. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and his attorney are demanding his immediate transfer from the facility and an urgent visit by a judge to assess his condition firsthand—before it is too late.
Following new information received from a visit conducted by Adv. Nasser Odeh on July 2nd at the "Rakefet" facility in Nitzan Prison:
According to Adv. Odeh's affidavit, Dr. Abu Safiya arrived at the visit handcuffed and shackled, accompanied by masked prison guards. Fresh and severe injuries were visible on his head, around his eyes, on his ears, and on his neck, to the extent that his attorney had difficulty recognizing him. During the visit, Dr. Abu Safiya struggled to breathe and speak continuously; he appeared extremely weak, had difficulty sitting without falling over, and on several occasions leaned backward in a manner that raised concerns that he was about to lose consciousness. According to Adv. Odeh, he appeared terrified and in severe distress, and struggled to express himself for fear of retaliation. It is the attorney's direct and immediate impression that Dr. Abu Safiya is in immediate danger of death.
Dr. Abu Safiya told his attorney that shortly after the hearing (on June 10, 2026) regarding his appeal to the Supreme Court against the extension of his detention order, while he was held in isolation at Ganot Prison, four or five prison guards entered his cell and beat him all over his body, according to him with a hammer and batons. He added that since his transfer on June 24, 2026, to the "Rakefet" facility, he has been subjected to violence and beatings on a daily basis, and has lost consciousness several times, all without receiving adequate medical treatment. He told his attorney that he fears for his life, stating: "This is the last time you will see me... They brought me here to kill me. I am not imagining it. I see it. This is the end."
Following the visit, Adv. Odeh urgently contacted the Israel Prison Service (IPS) demanding an end to the abuse of Dr. Abu Safiya, his immediate transfer to another detention facility, and that he be granted urgent medical examination and treatment due to the real concern for his life.
Furthermore, Physicians for Human Rights has urgently appealed to the Attorney General, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the Chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, the National Public Defender, and the Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service, demanding an immediate visit to Dr. Abu Safiya by an official entity outside the IPS, and to allow him an independent medical examination, due to the serious concern for his life.
Despite the High Court of Justice ruling this June against his release, Physicians for Human Rights reiterates its demand to release Dr. Abu Safiya and all other doctors held without charges or trial.
It should be noted that the "Rakefet" facility is an underground interrogation and detention facility at Nitzan Prison, regarding which severe testimonies and allegations of violence and abuse against detainees have been published in the past.
Physicians for Human Rights Israel warns that given Dr. Abu Safiya's health condition and the information provided by his attorney, any delay in intervention could put his life in real danger.
*Danger to life.*
*He must be removed from there! Today.*
(Translation from Hebrew by Gemini)
Erika Shaker retweeted
Doctors and healthcare workers from all over the world have previously called for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. Release them all!!!
Erika Shaker retweeted
It took a little longer than expected, but we have created a website for people to view the footage collected from Gaza in one place. You no longer have to download the entire archives to see them.
It includes:
64,537 videos
17,905 photos
Ability to download individual videos
Searchable index
Exhaustive sources list (300+ journalists)
Geolocation data
Livemap with minute to minute updates
Victim list
It can be accessed here: ArchiveGenocide.com
Please share & quote tweet to help this post break out of the twitter algorithm prison.
We will keep adding the rest of the archives to the site, be patient- it is difficult work. Continue to seed the torrents provided, as that is the best way to ensure the footage remains stored in decentalized way.
God bless all those who sacrificed their lives to get this footage out, and everyone invovled in collecting/archiving it.
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