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Neurodivergent Mom. The Max Life. Splash Aquatics- Neurodiverstiy Community Liaison.

Mississauga, Ontario
Joined September 2013
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Thank you @zeeinmilton who met with us to discuss the critical importance of drowning prevention for #Autistic children & youth who are 160x more at risk than their neurotypical peers. Neurodiverse- affirming #aquatic environments bring #water safety & #therapeutic benefits.
I love hearing from constituents who are eager to make a difference in our community. A warm thank you to Splash Aquatics Inc. for meeting with me to discuss Autism-related drowning prevention and provincial expansion of inclusive swim programming.
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Did @CUPEOntario ask its collective if they agreed to this? Oh right, unions are paid to attend rallies instead of doing their jobs which is to get their members bare minimum paying wages & silencing any dissent. Maybe you should pay for Fred Hahn to go to Iran to protest there?
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The administration of the Peel Board is both incompetent and deficient. It has been for at least the last decade regarding violence and accountability- AND keeping students safe by having funded mental health and security supports. So sorry to this child and their family.
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No words 💔 My hand is shaking as I post this.
BREAKING: Israel has just confirmed that the small bodies delivered today are Kfir and Ariel, but the adult body was not Shiri Bibas. Where the hell is Shiri???
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Your government didn't come up with the program, the community did. Your govt. had NO CLUE what the desperate needs of the disability community was, still doesn't. You don't acknowledge this mother or show compassion for her situation when given the chance. Apathetic. #onpoli
7 years! @fordnation had 7 years to help our family. My middle name is Suzanne. It’s my girl he is talking about. I’ll never forgive Doug for cutting Autism supports in #Sudbury the largest city in #NorthernON PLEASE #VOTEFORDOUT 🥾 VOTE @MaritStiles @OntarioNDP 🧡 #onpoli
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Been a while since Canadians got to see our politicians- all of them from all parties, at all levels actually doing something to protect Canadian interests. #Trump underestimated how we would all come together despite political sides & bit back. #Canada #MadeInCanada #Cndpoli
I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border.   In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.   Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together.
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Beyond coming together is to never let this debauchery of threat to happen again. Canadian made, Canadian proud. Trump didn't bank on us all coming together. He bet wrong. #Canada #CanadaFirst #canadatariffs #canadaproud #TrumpTariffs
Poilievre's call to action "These tariffs are a wake up call that it is time for us to meet our potential. It is time for us to be a country that can trade with itself." "A country that harvests its own resources, that secures its borders to protect its people." "That builds its military to protect its sovereignty, unites its people to protect our common history and common future." "We will always put Canada first."
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Why the hell would we stall reconvening parliament until March when Trump takes over in a few days? Get back to Parliament NOW each party, each member because NOW is the time to save this country united! @JustinTrudeau call emergency parliament sessions back NOW. #Canada
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No mother should have to send their profoundly Autistic child 5 hrs away for care. Had their been a regional treatment center in Sudbury, adequate respite options, competent & supported schools or clinical settings, this child would be at home! Caregivers are burnt out! #onpoli
I will repost this every single day until this little girl is brought back to her home town Sudbury with appropriate support! @MichaelParsa @fordnation Speak to @NickelBelt and you can help get her home tomorrow by signing papers on Parsa’s desk collecting dust.
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Replying to @JustinTrudeau
@JustinTrudeau DO something! NO MORE demonstrations about the war. If it now becomes a safety threat and incites such hate YOU CAN legally stop it. There is substanital proof with on going acts of terrorism due to it. Section 33? You know this right? #Canada
This is Toronto, in the heart of the Jewish community. One person is cosplaying as Sinwar, another offers free flights to Amsterdam where Jews were recently beaten by mobs. Red triangles abound. All of this would be illegal under Harper's Bill C-51 which Trudeau rescinded.
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I no longer feel safe living in Mississauga/Canada. I haven't in the last few years. The rise in hate speech and the incitement/promotion of violence against Jewish individuals or glorification of islamic terrorists under the protection of the Charter is sickening. Resign.
A serious question for Mississauga Mayor @carolynhparrish. I haven't seen you condemn the idea that someone, or a group, would celebrate Sinwar. You didn't do that on 1010 with Moore this morning. What's your view of Sinwar? Do you condemn people wanting to celebrate him?
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Insufferable damage made to this country by so called "peace loving citizens" using the charter as their armour. Never did I.... 😖
As someone who has had several generations of his family fight for freedom in both WW’s this is disgusting to me. Perhaps #DonCherry wasn’t wrong and @CBC overreacted. The #poppy shows respect for those who gave their lives to make our country free. This is utter nonsense.
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No protests now?
The Taliban’s latest edict is horrifying. Banning Afghan women and girls from hearing each other’s voices in public is a deliberate effort to erase them from society.    We condemn the Taliban’s appalling assault on the rights of women and girls.
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When you're not afraid to tell the truth.
BREAKING: Canada's new Prime Minister drops multiple truth bombs on the anniversary of October 7.
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Here's what those with disabilities in Canada can look forward to- Track 2 of #MAiD. State funded suicide. THIS IS THE MESS CANADA HAS BECOME. What a beacon of hope.
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Replying to @ToddSmithCANDU
@ToddSmithPC Here's your first task- all schools across Ontario get air conditioning. The absolute BASIC request and NECESSITY. Kids and educators need to breathe, right? @fordnation #Onted
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THIS IS NOT A SENSORY ROOM! This is a seclusion room that should be illegal in all schools! I wouldn't put a dog in here! Landyn died alone here. Shame on this school, its staff, the education system for accepting this room is therapeutic in anyway! @ICARSBanRandS @Sflecce
New: this photo shows the sensory room where 16 year old Landyn Ferris was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead in hospital. His mother says she told the school he could not be left alone because he suffered from epileptic seizures. (Reposting w photo) #onpoli
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