advocate and activist for a socially responsible and just society. perspectives are always my own.སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ།
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Joined July 2009
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Please join the Canadian Street Soccer Association (CSSA journey to the Homeless World Cup!
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Venue: The 519
Address: 519 Church Street, Toronto
Tickets, tables, and sponsorship opportunities:
zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/br…
michelle bilek retweeted
BREAKING: Liberal MP Sean Casey was removed from his role as Parliamentary Secretary for supporting NDP MP Jenny Kwan’s bill to close a loophole in Canada’s arms sales regime that allows weapons to be shipped via the United States to Israel, a country that is still committing genocide against the Palestinian people.
It is shocking that Prime Minister Carney decided to change Liberal policy and punish one of his MPs for the simple act of wanting Canada to adhere to the values he touts so confidently on the world stage.
We want to thank MP Casey for having had the moral courage to support our bill. Ensuring that Canada is not complicit in war crimes should never be partisan.
ALT Screenshot of a headline from CBC News: Liberal MP says he was demoted for supporting NDP bill targeting arms export controls. Subheading: P.E.I. MP says he was warned that move would mean losing parliamentary secretary role.
michelle bilek retweeted
Today Avi Lewis, MP Heather McPherson and labour leaders came together to send a clear message to Mark Carney: Canada's airports are not for sale.
If you agree, sign the petition: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…
michelle bilek retweeted
Canadians never asked for this. The Liberals are exploiting the crisis we're in to ram through policies that will make life harder for people, including a shocking step backwards for workers’ rights.
Checking off corporate Canada’s wish list does not make our country stronger.
michelle bilek retweeted
BREAKING: NDP MP Heather McPherson's call for an emergency debate on Canada's airports being opened up to private, possibly American investors, has been rejected.
At a time when Canada’s sovereignty is under threat, decisions that affect the security of our critical infrastructure should not be made behind closed doors.
We owe it to Canadians to have a transparent and open debate before making major decisions that will drive up costs, hurt workers and cannot be easily undone.
michelle bilek retweeted
Mark Carney is inviting the world’s billionaires to “peer into Canada’s shop window” during the Canada Investment Summit.
Saudi and Emirati despots are among Carney’s most hotly-courted buyers, explain @anthonyfenton and @saima_desai—despite their gruesome human-rights abuses.
breachmedia.ca/gulf-billiona…
michelle bilek retweeted
Carney’s investment summit advanced a right-wing corporate agenda—from airport privatization to tax breaks to environmental deregulation—while dressing it up as patriotic defiance.
@Martin_Lukacs joins @DesmondCole to break down what happened at the summit, as well as on the streets outside. open.spotify.com/episode/1Yo…
michelle bilek retweeted
The Liberal government has no mandate to do this.
Carney announces he'll allow private ownership of Canadian airports thestar.com/politics/federal… via @torontostar
I’ll be attending the amazing 2026 National Lived Experience Leadership Conference on September 28, 2026 at San Jose Marriott. Let me know if you’re planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋
Register now and join me at the event! whova.com/portal/registratio…
via #Whova event app
Basic welfare rates in Canada’s richest province are stuck at a rock bottom $733 monthly.
That number hasn’t changed ever since Ford’s Progressive Conservatives took power in 2018. They have decided the poor didn’t vote or count for much. Shameful.
thestar.com/politics/politic…
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Friends, here’s the info for my Dad’s memorial.
Please do RSVP here (and you can register for livestreaming too).
bit.ly/honouringstephenlewis
ALT A graphic with a photo of Stephen Lewis wearing a suit, sitting in front of a red curtain. Text reads: Honouring Stephen Lewis (1937-2026). Sunday, April 26th, 2026 at 11am ET at the Chrysalis Theatre at Toronto Metropolitan University. 43 Gerrard St E, Toronto. Open to all who wish to attend. Please RSVP for in person or streaming link: www.bit.ly/honouringstephenlewis.
michelle bilek retweeted
The Broadbent Institute mourns the loss of former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis. Lewis was a committed social democrat who worked closely with Ed Broadbent throughout their careers.
broadbentinstitute.ca/statem…
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I don't think @avilewis should be underestimated. Here's why, now posted at @TorontoStar: thestar.com/politics/politic… #cdnpoli #ndp
michelle bilek retweeted
Thanks to @CBCNews and @andrewcbc for letting me talk about the great #StephenLewis, who died today at age 88. The former @OntarioNDP leader was the greatest orator I've ever seen in Canadian politics: cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7… #cdnpoli @UNHumanRights @UN
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Canada will miss Stephen Lewis, a leader of profound conviction and one of the best political orators this country has ever produced. youtube.com/watch?v=CJ2_-nYv…
michelle bilek retweeted
He was sharp, thoughtful, and deeply human.
And you could see that in his relationship with his wife, writer and activist Michele Landsberg. They had shared values, convictions, and a commitment to making things better.
Rest in Peace Stephen Lewis.
michelle bilek retweeted
My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal).
When he was Canada’s ambassador to the UN from 1984-88, Dad was truly shocked by the regularity of open, vitriolic antisemitism in the cocktail parties and ambassadorial receptions that surround that crucial but flawed institution.
For this reason (among others) he’s always been the one in our family with the deepest atavistic fear of antisemitism. He was sympathetic to the idea of Israel as a refuge longer than the rest of us.
This is no longer the case. Like so many Jews who for decades adopted the dominant narratives of Zionism, he can no longer defend the current actions of the state of Israel.
He now regards Israel as a rogue state, committing genocide and other crimes against humankind, which ought to be opposed by every tool and tactic in Canada's diplomatic arsenal.
To return to the personal, seven years ago my Dad was diagnosed with a vicious cancer and was given as little as 3 months to live. It’s a sublime understatement to say that he’s a fighter - but he has persevered in life with a tenacity familiar from his political, diplomatic and humanitarian pursuits.
Which brings us to this morning, when at 87 years old, he spent an hour standing at the side of the road in his old riding of Scarborough West. Standing up as a Jew against genocide. Standing up for justice for Palestine. Standing up on the right side of history, where the vast majority of humanity currently stands.
I’ve never been prouder, never more humble before the stubborn principle and insistent moral clarity of the guy I’m so lucky to call Dad.
People of Canada: don’t stop talking about Palestine.
Starvation as collective punishment can never be forgiven.
Burning and burying children alive can never be defended.
Stand up against genocide until we make it stop!
Thanks Dad.
And special thanks to @CharlieAngusNDP for shining his spotlight on Ted Schmidt and the other excellent folks who gather every Thursday at 8 am at the corner of Victoria Park and Kingston Road in Scarborough.
