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The discussion of the new report "Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples’ human rights" at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York helps to draw attention to instances of this in Canada and around the world: pbicanada.org/2024/04/19/uni…#UNPFII23
Advocates fought to ban incarcerating people in provincial jail on “immigration hold” who have committed no crimes and are simply there for administrative reasons. Instead of not incarcerating them, the government is planning on federal prison instead cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…
Although the budget for the Canada Disability Benefit was disappointing, don’t give up on the CDB, we’re not. Regulations have yet to be written and there’s time to work to see funding change incorporated into the next fall economic statement and next federal budget. Keep going.
10 provinces have said no to immigration detention in their jails.
Instead of community-based alternatives, the feds plan on incarcerating migrants in its penitentiaries, a 'betrayal of the notion of our country as a nation of refuge," says @AllanMRock. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot….
Today the Toronto Police have once again attempted to criminalize and silence the Palestinian solidarity movement by arresting three peace activists who drew attention to Canadian venture fund Awz' complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide. 1/3
NEW: Nurses who challenged policing & public space law are calling on BC to resolve #Bill34 issues, focus on solutions to support safer communities for all. @HRNA_AIIRM is asking BC to engage productively rather than defend a law that risks lives. #bcpolihrna-aiirm.ca/wp-content/upl…
DECAMPMENT: The Vancouver Park Board has announced that it plans to sweep and evict all remaining tents and residents from the hillside of CRAB Park.
14 tents are setup on the hillside, outside of the "designated shelter area." All of these tents are at risk.
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Until all schooling & educational spaces are #PoliceFreeSchools & we are collectively moving towards a #PolicingFreeSchoolsCA we need to ensure that there are harm reduction methods & that includes knowing our rights when it comes to interactions with police in schooling spaces.
BCCLA states that, "The Police in Schools Pocketbook is designed to empower students across Canada by providing information on their rights during interactions with police at school."
Click on link below to download the Pocketbook or order print copies.
bccla.org/resource/polic…
1/Earlier today a warrior crossed over surrounded by her army of love.
Lady Chainsaw was a major part of the Wet’suwet’en resistance. She is part of our story. She was dedicated to the yintah and Wedzin Kwa and the matriarchs who held the front lines.
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“These are the officers the RCMP pulls from when they recruit volunteers to conduct raids on Wet’suwet’en territory,” said Na’moks, head chief of the Tsayu (Beaver) clan. “They are trained to see us as less than human...
for clarity: this is not encampment vs housing solutions. it is living in an encampment vs being involuntarily displaced by police & city staff with shovels and pitchforks, sometimes on a daily basis, which is not a housing solution—but is linked to premature death
for clarity: this is not encampment vs housing solutions. it is living in an encampment vs being involuntarily displaced by police & city staff with shovels and pitchforks, sometimes on a daily basis, which is not a housing solution—but is linked to premature death
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