NDP MP Leah Gazan is backing a petition to have the federal government intervene in the matter of the unwarranted and anti-trans restrictions on gender affirming health-care in Alberta arising from Bill-26.

The petition (E-7005 (Healthcare)8) dropped yesterday, and I haven’t seen any mention of it cross my scrolls yet, so please boost this hard and wide.

Full details and link to signing at :

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7005

Again, please sign, boost, and share widely!

#Canada #NDPCanada #2SLGBTQ #Alberta #TransRightsAreHumanRights #MSTDNCA

If you’re Canadian and a lefty, this matters to you.*

There are just over 2 weeks left to register your membership for what is easily one of the most consequential votes of the year : the federal NDP leadership race. IMO, the NDP was sacrificed in our last federal election a desperate gamble to stop the Conservatives, and the Liberals have shown us how little their campaign promises were/are worth. It’s time for a reset and a renewal.

You can sign up here if you already want to support Avi Lewis ( https://act.lewisforleader.ca/become-an-ndp-member ) but if you’re not sure yet, here’s a policy tracker website with all the candidates and their positions : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rHzU1w55NHrBZKZV9FGiMqhEo74BZEfMq8s6HBzO37o/

Read it. Choose. Join. Vote.

It’s that simple (and membership can be as low as 5-10&).

Please vote. Please boost.

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* unless you’ve decided you are against voting for whatever reason. I disagree, but respect that this is how some folks feel. Let’s not discuss it here, ok?

#CanPol #FederalNDP #AviLewis #CDNPoli #Canada #MSTDNCA #Ottawa #NDPCanada

RIP Ed Broadbent.
Ed was an effective champion for social democracy in Canada, both inside politics and out. He leaves behind an impressive legacy and a country that desperately needs the vision he pursued.

I was lucky enough to have met him at NDP convention, Ottawa 2018.

#cdnpoli #NDPcanada