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walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•‘Disability’ glaringly absent from federal cabinet portfolios51·12 hours agoHonestly the way our new “liberal” leadership is trending we aren’t far from our own brand of class war fascism. They’ll come for us first as usual.
Kinda like they are now…
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•‘Disability’ glaringly absent from federal cabinet portfolios3·13 hours agoAlso only paid out if you are in need of more than standard care. I live on $13,000/year due to disability and not qualifying for any other income than CPP. We are a family of five. I have difficulty with balance but I can walk. I have severe muscle spasms from neurological damage to my spine but that doesn’t qualify me because I can walk on my own most days.
As a disabled person to qualify for the new disability benefit you must also qualify for the disability tax credit. Which has specific parameters to meet. If you are not severely disabled and have permanent issues with bodily functions or do not require supports you do not qualify. Period.
Not to mention, what do you do if your disability is mental?
There are many of us who are starving and homeless or near homelessness. Please help.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•‘Disability’ glaringly absent from federal cabinet portfolios52·13 hours agoJust the usual. Easy for us to MAID but to get some dignity or respect is not ok.
OUR GOVERNMENT WANTS US DEAD!
Please help us speak up. No one is listening to us and we have no one representing us. Especially in government. Federal, provincial or municipal.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Canadian Indigenous leader says he was ‘filled with rage’ before ‘intense’ conversation with Trump5·3 days agoRegardless of what Drumpfkins heard or didn’t hear from this man I am glad he had the balls to say it. In whatever language is important to him and his people. If more of us had this kind of courage our world would be a much better place. We need to applaud this man.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech2·4 days agodeleted by creator
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech9·4 days agoAhhhh yes, little pp’s old riding which he held for 20 years. I’m sure that has nothing to do with the sentiment in the area.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech16·4 days agoAnd that’s why as citizens we have to force the issue. Do what you can to disrupt the every day actions of our government. Write letters, protest, go to your MP’s office and voice your concerns loudly, make social media posts, join anti genocide groups. Talk to your neighbors and friends. Organize locally with like minded individuals. Support minorities in your community. Join a mutual aid organization. Volunteer at a food bank. There is a lot we can do to avoid the fate of our neighbors but we must act now. Most of what we can do is build relationships with our fellow Canadians of all religions, political parties, classes and organizations within our own communities. This will focus us on helping one another and those relationships across all lines thus fostering a stronger bond for us against our government inequality and the class war that has been instituted against us.
Do not be passive like our southern neighbors and just allow it to happen.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease could be next?17·4 days agoI worked in children’s medicine in Alberta in the early 2000’s where I was privy to large numbers of Alberta’s kids health information. It was disturbing then how many were unvaccinated. I can’t imagine what it’s like now twenty five years later.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech391·4 days agoThis country is as fucked as our neighbors to the south of our population doesn’t start standing up to this bullshit. Hopefully the rest of the Ottawa parents go ape shit at the school and school board for this decision. Then when you win take to the hill and push there.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?English3·6 days agoSometimes my eyes go faster than my brain. Skipped that word completely.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?English3·6 days agoUse cash.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Danielle Smith Pitches Tanker Ban Exception for Prince Rupert Pipeline Terminal4·8 days agoFuck Danielle. Only play nice when she steps down. Traitor.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Why more youth are landing in the ER with vomiting from cannabis use1·8 days agoWe dropped cigarette use with a massive anti smoking campaign that lasted decades. Not by hiding it behind the counter.
How come I can’t extend your outrage to churches? Seems a reasonable expectation since we’re hiding things that destroy lives.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Why more youth are landing in the ER with vomiting from cannabis use2·8 days agoYou are using an argument you have no idea about. You sound childish. Framing it to protect me and people like me is a cop out because you do not understand us at all or addiction and recovery so it’s certainly not about that. It is evident in the way you speak and your ideas about people in situations like mine.
My comments were sarcasm. Obviously lost on you. To think that you could eliminate or hide everything that offends someone from life completely is also a childish outlook. It’s simply not possible and most grown ups recognise this.
On the other hand…can we start with the churches? Should we burn or bulldoze them?
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Why more youth are landing in the ER with vomiting from cannabis use5·8 days agoAlcoholic here. Booze at every restaurant, at every corner store, empty cans in the ditch, at every sporting event, liquor stores everywhere, every adult gathering I go to and most family ones too has booze, concerts, music venues even the movies have booze now. It need to all go. I don’t want to see it. I also don’t want to see maple magats, huge diesel trucks idling with no one in them, indigenous people being arrested,killed and harassed for existing, churches…I hate fucking churches…every single one needs to go. Google maps also has all those places. They’re promoting hatred and alcoholism.
You sound like a child.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Why more youth are landing in the ER with vomiting from cannabis use15·9 days agoWhen I was a kid it was alcohol poisoning and lots of kids even in my rural community died in ditches and at bush parties. There were 300 kids in my high school. Grades 9-12. We had 6 deaths from alcohol. Either consumption or drink driving. I’d be interested to know how many kids are dying from cannabis ingestion.
walktheplank@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•FBI adds LA protester to its ‘Most Wanted’ list for damaging government vehicles2·9 days agoA play out of Israel’s book. To the dungeon for throwing rocks. Soon it will be a bullet to the head.
A vet that doubts the healing power of a cat? Suspicious indeed.
Yea, shut up Canada. We can fuck shit up ourselves. Now hold my beer…