>4,000 refugees are in Toronto's shelter system, yet Fed Gov’t plans to CUT supportive IHAP funding. This would result in mass homelessness and the elimination of shelter space. Org’s/individuals working in and adjacent to the housing/refugee rights space, SIGN HERE: forms.gle/Qhusz8ByH6zC...

I signed… “To pass the Consent Awareness Week Act, 2025 to declare the third week of September as Consent Awareness Week and facilitate expanded consent awareness education, programming and initiatives in Ontario schools, workplaces and across the province.” www.alexagilmour.ca/establish-co...

Join to honour the past, present and future victories of the Labour Movement at this year’s annual Labour Day Parade! Sept 1 at 9:30 a.m. Parade route: University Avenue → Queen Street → Dufferin Street → CNE Grounds www.labourcouncil.ca/labour-day-p...

Federal #publicsectorworkers will soon be on the frontlines of the fight against #Carney's austerity agenda. They will be fighting for all of us. www.readthemaple.com/chretien-era...

Oh look! 💁🏼‍♀️ The Fed Labour Board just added fuel to the fire! (✊🏻 #Solidarity with #AirCanada CUPE component workers!) #OnLab #CdnPoli #unfaircanada @oflabour.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... "To legislate us back to work 12 hours after we started? I'm sorry, snowstorms have shut down Air Canada for longer than we were allowed to strike."

They tend to your comfort and safety while soaring 600km/hr 10,000 meters above the Earth. Trampling their Charter-protected right to strike after years of underpay & forced free labour is — at the very least — a *bad* idea. ✊🏻Solidarity with Air Canada Flight Attendants @oflabour.bsky.social

I lived in here briefly while it was still under construction. Its target market was students & it placed tenants in shared units w/others. I recall informing mgmt that they were obligated to deliver the cleaning services *that were included* in lease agreements 🫠 www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

👏 Another great quote from the Judge’s overview of the reasons for judgement (re: “fear of opening the floodgate” argument): “Rights claims are not denied because others may make a similar claim or because it is administratively inconvenient to comply with the Charter.”

A groundbreaking new report has just revealed a pipeline of hundreds of ongoing arms shipments from Canada to Israel and the government's web of lies over the last 21 months. Read it and act now - we can’t let a single MP off the hook. #ArmsEmbargoNow armsembargonow.ca/report

I just wrote a letter: Report reveals Canada's Lies + Complicity: Demand an Arms Embargo. Write one here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/ar...

Can’t believe it finally passed. We tried this year ago and if not for some of the same opposition, it could have lowered rents across the board and forced millions in repairs during both COVID and now

thecradle.co/articles-id/... ‘The report was written by Israeli professor Yaakov Garb, who used data-driven analysis and spatial mapping to show how the Israeli army’s siege of Gaza and indiscriminate attacks on civilians in the enclave have led to a serious drop in its population.’

I just wrote to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social‬ Ministers Anandasangaree & Diab demanding that Bill C-2 be rescinded. This law gives dangerous unchecked powers to the government to deport people, including permanent residents and attacks refugees. Add your name: migrantrights.ca/take-action/...

How Canada’s ‘Condo Class’ Has Disrupted Political Organizing www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-... By @emmapaling.bsky.social 👏

Thrilled to join the Annual Community BBQ in the High Park buildings! It’s always heartening to see neighbours come together and build community over great food & conversations. Thank you Livmore High Park Tenants' Association for hosting, and for your continued advocacy & community leadership!

We were thrilled to have @alexagilmour.bsky.social attend our Annual Community BBQ last weekend! Thank you, Alexa, for speaking in support of rent control ✊

A home…a home…a home is with the fight! No more greedy landlords. Housing justice NOW. @230fightback.bsky.social @nodemovictions.bsky.social @springmagca.bsky.social @demsocialistsca.bsky.social

F*ck Bill 5 ✊🏻

This is unbelievable. The government is silencing debate and skipping public hearings to push through their plan to politicize Ontario’s courts. First Bill 5. Now this. How far are they willing to go?

“We must see this as an opportunity to break the grip of the developers and speculators and defeat the established political orthodoxy that holds that housing provision requires the incentivization of these parasitic interests.” 👏💯

🎯 “…financial firms are more aggressive in pursuing rent increases because they say that they are: the firm themselves state that their growth is driven by raising rents, and that they pursue more aggressive increases...” 👏 Fantastic research by @uwaterloo.ca journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

It’s *not* immigrants. It’s *not* lack of supply. It’s $$$ firms that are making housing unaffordable. “Census data shows that the supply of housing has been greater than population growth almost every year since 2010, yet housing price increases consistently outstrip inflation every year.”

The rapid evaporation of affordable housing has created a dire situation for working Canadians. Since financialized firms entered the housing market average home prices have risen 318%. Two-thirds of tenants are now being charged unaffordable rents.

Agreed: Financialized landlords… (like GWL Realty Advisors, Dream Ultd, Starlight, Minto, Brookfield, etc) …should NOT be accessing supports when they are literally pricing people out of their homes. @mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social

A @uwaterloo.ca researcher: 👉“The  government  has goals to improve housing affordability, but their programs give funding to organizations who eviscerate housing affordability…” @mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social uwaterloo.ca/news/financi...

Amnesty International is urging Canada to take action against the United States, in its strongest warning ever against the rise of authoritarian practices south of the border and around the world. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Amnesty is urging Canada to take action against the US, in its strongest warning ever against the rise of authoritarian practices south of the border & around the world 🔗theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-amnesty-international-presses-ottawa-to-take-action-against-us-on/?intcmp=gift_share

I cannot emphasize enough how amazing Bhutila’s solidarity & support has been for my community & so many others in #TaiaiakonParkdaleHighPark when it comes to making life better for people. Go vote for @bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social so she can continue to hold gov’t to account! 🍊✊🏻🧡

Cynthia Black is a leader in our community. Organizing with tenants in the High Park area against unfair rent hikes and rent price fixing. She knows the importance of having an MP you can trust. Thank you, Cynthia, for your support! I'm honoured to fight alongside you.

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@bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social has been a steadfast ally from Day 1. When other politicians turned a blind eye to price fixing and predatory landlords, Bhutila stood up for tenants. That's what true leadership looks like!

“We are on the front line of environmental harm caused by government decisions made without us.” Xatśūll First Nation challenges B.C.’s decision to approve the dam raising at Mount Polley mine, which had a catastrophic dam failure in 2014. New by @sevawood.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/xatsull-firs...

👏🧡✊ Vote @bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social for #TaiaiakonParkdaleHighPark @ndp.ca @teambhutila.bsky.social

When the Ontario Food Terminal was at risk of relocation, I organized with workers, residents and small businesses to fight back. We built a campaign to Save the Ontario Food Terminal. We won—saving hundreds of jobs and protecting the livelihoods that keep our community strong.

YES 👏

I'm running to be your next MP for Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park. With you, I'll keep fighting to get results for our community.

Another great piece by @emmapaling.bsky.social that illustrates the negative impact that financialized/corporate landlords have on tenants. For-profit landlord & developer giants CAN’T be trusted to “fix” Canada’s housing issues. @westendphoenix.bsky.social www.westendphoenix.com/stories/it-s...

TOMORROW: Concerned about high rent prices in Canada? So are we. RSVP for this free event to learn how we’re taking down the landlord cartel: www.tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel #StopTheLandlordCartel

If you're homeless and want to vote in the upcoming federal election, or a homeless service provider who wants to know more about the voting process, I've created a guide for you! The PDF can be downloaded here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ioJM... #elxn45

Rent is too high and no one can afford to buy—especially in Toronto. We need strong local MPs to ensure the federal government starts building housing again. This is what I'm fighting for: 🏠 Three million new affordable homes 🏠 Stronger rent protections 🏠 Faster construction

New Democrats will take on the corporations profiting off of the housing crisis in Canada. ✅ Ban corporations from buying existing affordable rental buildings ✅ Cut off handouts for big corporate landlords who gouge their tenants ✅ Boost the Rental Protection Fund

All Canadians deserve access to medication. Pharmacare, driven by the NDP, delivers that—while easing the strain on hospitals and saving the health care system money in the long run. It's disappointing that Carney and the Liberals won’t commit to expanding it.

As Chair of Brookfield, Mark Carney used offshore tax havens like Bermuda to dodge paying taxes in Canada. While Canadians pay more for less, corporations play by different rules. Only the NDP fight for tax fairness.

From universal health care to dental care, the programs that make us proud to be Canadian wouldn't be possible without New Democrats in Parliament. As Liberals shift to the right, now more than ever we need strong progressive left voices fighting for our country and all Canadians.

#StopTheLandlordCartel I’m excited to be on this panel alongside Chiara Padovani and @geordiedent.bsky.social to share what we know and what we’ve been doing about it. There’s hope in this housing struggle, my friends ✊

🎯 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“With a federal election looming, we must ask: which political leaders are willing to take bold steps to secure affordable housing for Canadians and strengthen our economy for the future?” @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Need a little hope? Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel Register for this FREE virtual event: tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel