Now not only do we need to watch out for #cops, but now we **definitely** need to watch for #notCops.
I truly feel for anyone who is systematically forced to do the job of someone else - especially when they're not trained for it and lives are at stake.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/peace-officers-highways-public-safety-1.7060770
It would be great to build something like these here in #NewBrunswick to help prevent further loss of life this cold season.
It would be a fantastic project with the #SJTL (Saint John Tool Library) - a community pitch-in project.
Over 184 human beings will sleep outside in -12c windchill tonight, in my city of 65K, while #cops clear out #Higgsville encampments. We need life-saving measures yesterday.
https://www.boredpanda.com/homeless-capsules-shelter-winter-ulmernest/
#SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #nb #housingCrisis #noBillionaires #noOligarchs #noHiggs #resist #vote
Persistent social issues require innovative designs and out-of-the-box thinking to solve. Or, in this particular case, it’s literally inside-the-box thinking that’s helping the homeless in one South German city.
Ok, tell me again #blainHiggs isn't a #fascist?
> There’s a recommendation to modify the definition of what constitutes a “record.” The proposal would limit the scope to “existing physical records” [...]– and to exclude metadata, which covers information such as when a file is created. Another recommendation would make it easier for public institutions to obtain even longer response-time extensions.
This is SUPPRESSION OF YOUR RIGHTS!
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-new-brunswick-access-records/
For as long as I've been alive and longer, large industries like #irvingOil, #jdIrving, #repsol and others have paid - and I'm not overstating this - a penny on the dollar of their fair share.
Our politicians have signed **incredibly** generous 25 or 50 year contracts, absolving over a billion in taxes.
We have the highest child poverty, teen pregnancy, and sexual assault rates in the country.
Maybe it's time we balance the scales a little. Maybe we should tip them *a lot* and get back some of what we've lost. Build homes, feed kids, clean pollution, improve schools...
> "We're passing a budget that puts a 10 per cent increase on residential taxes," HIckey said. "Heavy Industry's getting a discount. That's a story none of us can tell enough."
What do you expect when #COP28 already copped out? It was sold before it existed.
Can we stop giving the benefit of the doubt to the #oilExecs now? Yes? Thank you!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cop28-draft-agreement-fossil-fuels-1.7055398
#noBillionaires #noOligarchs #noColinization #noOil #noGas #JustStopOil #LANDBACK #noCPC #noUPC #noHiggs #noMoe #noSmith #vote #resist
A draft version of a potential climate agreement at the COP28 climate summit on Monday offered only a range of options countries "could" take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, rather than heeding demands to phase out fossil fuels completely.
Ol' Higgsy Baby hates #unions as much as he hates the #french. He's found another way for him and his pals to take more workers money by stealing their pensions, forcing them into high-risk schemes made to profit the #elite.
#Higgs rammed through legislation that illegally subverts signed #union contracts.
#CUPE is threatening illegal strikes in response.
I stand with CUPE! All power to all people!
Tired of tripping over the #homeless and #addicted as you pop into Starbucks every morning?
In civilised countries, we have #universalBasicIncome, #harmReduction, #housingFirst.
In #NewBrunswick we have a brand-new jail being built that we didn't need, and now a new law to arrest anyone at anytime suspected of #tresspass outside of a business.
This is what #fascists do.
#vote the fascist scum out!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kris-austin-trespass-police-new-brunswick-1.7008707
#noFascists #noBillionaires #noPrivatePrisons #noOligarchs #noHiggs
A plan to give police officers the power to arrest people suspected of trespassing is being met with skepticism that it will have any meaningful impact on issues businesses are facing around panhandling and vandalism.
We will not tolerate dehumanising anti-LGBTQ policies in our province.
We will not tolerate an #oil executive to choose profiting billionaires over people.
We will not allow #BlaineHiggs to trample the human rights of our #students, #teachers, #doctors and staff.
We will take him to the #courts and to the #polls.
The people will win.
#NewBrunswick #nb #nbpoli #cdnpoli #policy713 #noBillionaires #noOil #noOligarchs #noHiggs
Sean Boyer 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE
