Editor, reviewer, (👻)writer. Queer, bookish, loves plants @jadecolbert@mastodon.lol
Toronto, Canada
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What an amazing life, and what an incredible contribution to Canada and the world Ed Broadbent made. Grateful, too, for his most recent book documenting a lifetime's worth of engagement with ideas and the ideal of social democracy – something we can carry with us now. RIP
It is with the heaviest of hearts that the Broadbent Institute announces the passing of our founder, Ed Broadbent.
Read our full statement at broadbentinstitute.ca/statem…
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"Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Benjamin Netanyahu and company"
aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/…
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"Please do not surprise your caucus colleagues by being consistent with the person your constituents elected and whose activism we capitalized on," is a hell of a thing to say, even outside the context of a genocide, @OntarioNDP
Email from Kristyn Wong-Tam’s office to a constituent who expressed concern re: Sarah Jama’s removal from NDP caucus.
KWT staffer claims Jama put MPPs at risk for her Israel-Palestine stance. And journalists are to blame, not NDP.
“The media has chosen an easier narrative.”
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Look at this piece of shit offering to match donations that he knows damn well won't get through, instead of calling for a ceasefire. Pretending to play both sides in a genocide. Their blood is on your hands!
In response to the humanitarian crisis impacting Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and to make sure trusted organizations can deliver life-saving services to innocent people, we’re matching donations made to the @HumCoalition. Find out how you can help: tinyurl.com/2hccdyak
"Whatever may become of the Ontario NDP, we must strengthen our resolve to put an end to the siege of Gaza and to work towards just and lasting peace. No more weapons! No more war! Ceasefire is what we are calling for!"
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.@BobRae48 ABSTAINED on a vote to stop a genocide, pass it on
Canada just ABSTAINED on an emergency resolution at the UN General Assembly calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities” in Gaza. It passed with 120 votes in favour.
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Except the resolution already called for "immediate and unconditional release" of hostages, and Pakistan's ambassador rightly rebuked you, since naming Hamas would also require naming Israel. news.un.org/en/story/2023/10…
Then in the vote for a ceasefire, you abstained – A DISGRACE
We got a majority of delegates at the UNGA to name Hamas, to denounce terrorism, and to insist on releasing the hostages. This was not enough to amend the resolution, but the point was made.
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This is the only appropriate response when the party leader pulls such unforgivable shit. If my own riding of @TDNDP wants to win back my support, they had better do the same, and fast. Otherwise, no chance: don't expect me to canvass for you, don't count on my vote.
Last night, the Kitchener Centre Riding Association executive sent a letter to ONDP Leader @MaritStiles asking her to resign immediately due to her colossal failure to lead at an unprecedented time of war and rise of fascism. See our letter below.
"If this is an attempt to atone for German history, its effect is to risk repeating it....we fear the atmosphere in Germany has become more dangerous—for Jews and Muslims alike—than at any time in the nation’s recent history. We condemn these acts committed in our names."
Excellent and much needed letter on the frenzy of censorship, silencing and repression of Palestinian solidarity in Germany - signed by some incredible Jewish people living there nplusonemag.com/online-only/…
Sarah Jama is a beacon of moral integrity and courage amid the hypocrisy and cowardice of Queen's Park (including the @OntarioNDP)
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The way at 0:47 he instinctively holds his heart and mouths the words "thank you," sure of the praise about to be showered upon him, only to realize he is being booed
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was booed while visiting a mosque in Rexdale. Sources say a number of mosques and Muslim organizations rejected the PM wanting to come visit during Jumaah (Friday) prayer.
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When you are the book fair but you also didn't read any of the books about the importance of moral courage
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On the one hand, this is the last thing you see before you die. On the other hand, THIS is the last thing you see before you die
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Similar to how this country created its own soil classification system, Canada will have to develop whole new metrics of cringe to measure and describe divorced Trudeau
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When you didn't have the benefit of incumbency or the support of Daddy Tory, when you were on an equal-ish playing field (tho one that still favoured you) and people started looking into your track record, your own constituents discovered they don't like you. 6TH IN YOUR OWN WARD
Congratulations to @oliviachow on becoming the next Mayor of Toronto.
Tomorrow, we keep pushing to build an affordable and safe city that you can move around in confidence.
Tomorrow, we get back to work to fight for less talk and more action at City Hall, and I invite you to join me.
The job is just getting started. Let’s go. 💪
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At time of writing, 50/52 polls in Beaches–East York are reporting, and Brad Bradford is *just* holding onto 5th place, three votes ahead of Josh Matlow. In Bradford's own ward. What a loser
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