family doctor; public health; he/him
Occupied Turtle Island
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I don’t know what to say anymore. As doctors, we can’t stop a genocide and we can’t end a famine.
We provided a diagnosis - genocide.
We provided a prescription to end the genocide - for Canada to end its complicity and direct involvement in Israel’s crimes now.
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Canadians can’t afford rent. Food bank use is at a record high. Wages are stagnant while the rich are getting richer than ever before.
Of all the people who could use this kind of federal support right now, venture capitalists are at the bottom of that list.
Ottawa kicks off process to give $1.75-billion boost to venture capital sector
theglobeandmail.com/business…
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We've got some great speakers joining us for Peoples Music Festival - @claraemattei @yipengGe, Dr. Walter Dorn, Author Terry Boricius, Albert Dumont, Alex Neve and others. Get your free ticket to the Peoples Music Festival! peoplesmusicfestival.com #peoplesmusicfestival #pmf2025
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Canada's sanctions regime against Russia includes a comprehensive two-way arms embargo.
But Canada applies no comparable measures against Israel – even in the midst of an ongoing genocide. To the contrary, Israeli arms manufacturers like Elbit Systems are free to acquire Canadian companies whose technology can be used to entrench Israel's unlawful military occupation of Palestine.
This is yet another example of Canada failing to fulfill its obligation "not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by the continued presence of the State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." (ICJ Advisory Opinion, July 19, 2024)
Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of International Submarine Engineering (ISE), a Canadian company specializing in advanced autonomous underwater and remotely operated systems for the maritime domain.
Together, our combined capabilities strengthen a comprehensive maritime portfolio spanning autonomous surface and underwater platforms, mission systems, C2, sensors, communications, and electronic warfare.
The addition of ISE is expected to expand capabilities in underwater ISR, Mine Countermeasures (MCM), and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW).
Read more: tinyurl.com/2va465m4
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It should be illegal for Israel’s top arms producer to purchase a Canadian company.
Elbit Systems is complicit in the genocide of Palestinians.
Cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, enact sanctions and a two-way arms embargo now.
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3 years
🗣️'This is a massacre'
Ministry of Health in Gaza held a press conference at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital among the bodies and remains of the victims of the Israeli attack that left more than 500 dead ⤵️ v.aa.com.tr/3024272
Elbit systems is Israel’s largest private weapons company. They provide many of the weapons and infrastructure carrying genocide and occupation in Palestine.
Canada has an ongoing arms trade with Israel, including weapons shipments to Elbit systems, from local suppliers across Canada including from here in Ottawa.
Billet Precision is a local parts manufacturer here in Ottawa. They have partnerships with defence contractors and governments. They make parts for military aircraft, other vehicles, and weapons, communications, and surveillance systems. They recently shipped weapons components to an Elbit Systems facility in occupied Palestine.
This horrific genocide is made possible because of companies in our own backyards supplying the Israeli military with the means to carry out mass slaughter. You can oppose this reality by:
1) Demand that Billet Precision stop shipping components to Elbit Systems (visit the website armsembargonow.ca/elbitout for more information and template letters)
2) Put up posters in your neighbourhood, and talk about this issue
3) Demand that Canada sanction Elbit Systems
We all have a role to play in ending these atrocities against the Palestinian people being committed by Israel, supported by our taxpayer dollars and companies in our backyard.
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Pic of the day: a couple in London take time away from their wedding to show their support for a free Palestine. (Oct. 10, 2026)
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Wow, there's a giant NDA (non-disclosure agreement) up as a Nuit Blanche art installation calling out the silencing of curators and artists who've spoken critically of Israel. It's in the alley off Spadina south of Richmond leading to Cinecycle. By No Arms in the Arts.
ALT Photo of a 10-foot high non-disclosure agreement in an alley in Toronto with fog and people in the foreground. The contract says "NDA" and "I will not talk about getting fired for criticizing Israel"
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This is appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal. Threatening and inciting others to remove a Canadian political leader for his political views is outrageous. Both the author and the National Post must retract, apologize and reverse this message at once.
Absolutely diabolical. National Post puts a bullseye on Avi Lewis through the rabid ramblings of Yoni Goldstein who invokes Halakhah and Leviticus on how to deal with Jews. Writing Lewis “presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community” & other Jews are “duty-bound to step in.” This is so irresponsible. The National Post should be stripped of any government funding it receives from Canada. This is wholly negligent and irresponsible.
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The ongoing genocide, war crimes, apartheid and occupation of Palestinian lands are fundamentally based on Zionist reasoning. That is why it is not antisemitic to be Anti-Zionist. To endorse Zionism is to condone serious violations of international law @gary_srp @Safety_Canada
📢 Take action today — tell Canada that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism! bit.ly/AZsafety
Last week, Public Safety Canada said that anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism. This is a dangerous distortion of the definition of antisemitism. It confuses the public about the true nature of antisemitism, erases Jewish anti-Zionist histories, and promotes anti-Palestinian racism. The fact that this came from Public Safety Canada is deeply troubling, as it will have a direct impact on how expressions of Palestine solidarity is policed.
We know that, far from being a form of bigoted hatred, anti-Zionism is an affirmation of the rights of all people to live in peace and dignity. We need to make it clear that Public Safety Canada's misdefinition is unacceptable, and that Canadians from all walks of life do not want antisemitism to be weaponized to silence voices speaking out in support of Palestinian human rights. Take action and add your voice today. Go to bit.ly/AZsafety and tell Canada: anti-Zionism is not antisemitism!
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Cornell banning pro-palestine students and wrist-slapping r*pists is NOT a double standard. It is THE standard.
This story is many people’s first introduction to the imperialism/r*ape framework in post-colonial theory established by thinkers like Edward Said and Gayatri Spivak. Institutions and administrators who uphold and normalize this behavior abroad on a global level have very likely engaged in the violation of people’s sovereignty and autonomy in their own personal lives.
Accountability on any level could take down the whole edifice.
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rape an unconcious woman behind a dumpster? you have a bright future.
gang rape a woman with your teammates? you'll still get drafted to the NHL.
drug & rape a student with your frat bros? just write an essay.
say 'free palestine'? expelled & charged with acts of terrorism.
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these seven frat boys at Cornell were accused of gang r*ping a fellow student, who was drugged and assaulted over and over for a period of approximately four hours.
screenshots of the fraternity "Chi Phi Activities" group showed one of them texting there was “free p*ssy” upstairs.
the university suspended them, but offered them a way back if they wrote essays.
none of these alleged gang rapists was charged with a crime.
meanwhile, the university arrested and prosecuted students who protested against genocide.
I’m so grateful to have spent some time in Cape Town, South Africa - connecting with some incredible and inspiring public health colleagues and comrades who have been so very steadfast in their solidarity organizing for Palestinian life and liberation. Our work in public health is inseparable from a commitment to social political movements for human rights, and Palestine is never an exception but rather a guiding light. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸
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1/Parl Secretary should be able to vote according to conscience.
Sean Casey supported my C-233, which sought to close loophole in Canada’s arms export controls.
If MPs face consequences for exercising independent judgment, what “free vote” actually mean?
cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7359007
Supporting draft legislation to bring Canada into alignment for its commitments under international treaties to prevent human rights violations, will get you demoted in this Canadian government. Says a lot about this current Canadian government.
Charlottetown MP Sean Casey says he was demoted because he supported an NDP arms export control bill. In an interview with CBC News, Casey said PMO told him yesterday that's why he was removed from his role as parliamentary secretary. cbc.ca/news/politics/casey-r…
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Cessez de vendre des armes et de coopérer avec Israël c’est de cela dont la Palestine a besoin.
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- reads from teleprompter
- immediately starts with October 7th
- still won’t call it a genocide
- says he doesn’t know enough about what’s happening
- makes no apology to Macklemore or addresses dropping him from the tour
- doesn’t mention where his donation will be going to
- doesn’t encourage anyone to donate
- won’t say Israel is the reason Gaza is suffering
- won’t say free Palestine
- only cries when he sees people showed up to the concert because that’s what he cares more about.
Fuck him.
