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Frankly, it's getting exhausting how many problematic things there are to push back against. Can our government do nothing to build a just and sustainable society without immense pressure? With thanks to the  International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) for the letter Send your own letter here To...  Mark Carney (Prime Minister) Sean Fraser (Minister of Justice) Patricia Lattanzio (MP) Larry Brock (MP) Rhéal Fortin (MP) I am alarmed at the newly proposed Combatting Hate Act (Bill C-9). The government has said it is meant to prevent hate crimes, yet instead it threatens the  Charter rights and civil liberties of all people in Canada, including those communities that the government wishes to help protect. New provisions in the bill would outlaw the display of symbols associated with listed terrorist entities. The listing of terrorist entities is secretive, politicized, discretionary and *violates due process*. It has been used to target groups that have foug...

 Another form letter with personal adaptations. Thanks to Kairos Canada for this one. https://kairoscanada.org/gaza-letter-campaign   Dear Mr Carney and Ms Anand (I wish they would copy this to all the shadow ministers too)  “The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable,” you declared on May 20. Along with leaders from Britain and France, you promised further action if Israel failed to halt its offensive and lift restrictions on aid. You have since made similar public statements and promises,  with other countries and allies, stating that you are prepared to take further action. We welcome your words and intentions.  But no meaningful action has taken place — only continued Israeli bombardment, displacement, blocked aid and the deaths of more and more civilians, many of them children, desperate for food and water. Despite agreement on a ceasefire proposal from Hamas, Israel continues wanton bombing, blockades and dehumanization of ille...

Just move that little blue box off the park and onto the yawningly large and empty parking lot. Everyone is happy! :) A letter to CoW councillors, riffing off a Right to Housing Coalition letter campaign: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/in-support-of-supportive-housing-rezoning on this proposal: https://www.winnipeg.ca/building-development/housing/housing-accelerator-fund/city-sites-supportive-housing  Why do we make parks fight with housing while parking lots get a free pass? There's a lot of horrific “not in my backyard” rhetoric about the proposed supportive housing sites, so I am writing to support supportive housing. Yes, I support rezoning of City-owned properties to support the construction of supportive housing. I also strongly support the sale or long-term lease of these properties to non-profit housing providers at nominal rates. The City has a key role to play in addressing the housing needs of Winnipeg residents and this is an important way to support to our nei...

Dear Prime Minister Carney & Minister of Foreign Affairs Anand CC local MP, leaders of other parties Thank you, Mr Carney, for recognizing Palestine (alongside the UK and Australia), and for following the recent examples of Ireland, Spain, and Norway, which recognized Palestine last year. While this was a necessary step forward, it is not enough to address Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its plans to annex the occupied West Bank; it will not automatically end Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine; it won't even stop the flow of arms from Canada to Israel (which has been demonstrated to still being going on, your protestations to the contrary notwithstanding).  It should be noted that the International Court of Justice is clear that the Palestinian people have an inalienable right to self-determination, so this shouldn't even have been a question in the first place. Furthermore, more than 140 UN member states already recognized Palestine. Canada is not leading here or be...

To Carney again, along with a bunch of cabinet ministers. This one courtesy of Lead now with additions from yours truly. Send your own letter here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/no-cuts-ett Dear Prime Minister Carney and Cabinet Ministers, I’m writing to express my concern about your government's proposed $25 billion in federal budget cuts. These cuts risk gutting the very public services that working people across this country rely on every day — health care, housing, EI, child care, and more. It's funny how there's no hesitation when MPs believe they need a cost of living wage increase or when MPs assemble a staff to support their work, but when ordinary workers ask for fair compensation (Canada Post workers, Air Canada flight attendants, just to name a few) or to keep their jobs, they're told to take it in the chin for the good of the economy. We are in a moment of overlapping crises: climate disasters, a worsening housing emergency, and under-resourced health ca...

Dear Mr Carney While your desire to hear a variety of perspectives is commendable, perhaps there are certain people we've heard enough from, and whose perspective is not valuable enough for the leaders of our country to spend time on. May I draw your attention to a recent piece in The Tyee : “It's honestly mind-boggling why any Liberal government would invite a key figure involved in the horror show that is Project 2025,” Dwivedi told The Tyee over text. “The Carney government has not made clear what kind of particular insight or expertise this person would have had into active trade negotiations and Trump’s mindset within them, but what is clear is that Project 2025 seeks to erode basic norms of democracy, limit women’s access to reproductive health (including contraception), and to roll back rights for the LBGTQ+ community.” Read more:  https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/09/05/Liberal-Backlash-Carney-Invite-Project-2025/ Mr Carney, you promised Canadians “elbows up” and ...