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Intervention de Serge Slama, professeur de droit public (Université Grenoble-Alpes), à propos de l'expulsion de Hassan #Iquioussen.
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It's #TellAJokeDay. 🤣
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More about watch 'Shelina Stand Up': gem.cbc.ca/media/shelina-
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Stand Up, Speak Out! An Interview with Shelina Merani on Comedy, Islam and Unions-Our Times
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A day of apprehension and anticipation in Ottawa. A few thoughts on my mind... #OttawaOccupation
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Here is Pat King (courtesy of ) making more xenophobic comments about Sikhs, who are amongst one of the hardest working communities. Talks about Sikhs "taking over" businesses and mispronounces Jagmeet as 'Yagmeet'.
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BREAKING | Baaz has unearthed video clips of #FreedomConvoy2022 organizer Pat King in which he shares Anti-Sikh comments, including attacking Sikh truckers and alleging that the community is "taking over" at the cost of Anglo-Saxons.
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"Freedom Convoy" organizing member Pat King calls NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a "terrorist" and tells him to to back to "his own country".
Singh is born in Scarborough and is the most popular visible minority in the House of Commons.
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Ottawa fights back. On behalf of downtown residents, businesses and workers, we are suing the Freedom Convoy organizers, truckers and donors for $306-million and counting. Each day is another $15M in personal harm and lost revenues and wages. Here is the Occupation Zone. /1
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Just seeing this now- Drone footage of what’s being called the #BattleofBillingsBridge - named after the neighborhood where residents blocked Convoy participants from heading downtown .
They stood outside for 6+hours in temps that dipped below -20C!!
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these are the heroes in Ottawa right now. standing up by foot — lining up in front of trucks to stop #ottawasiege.
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Spoke to this morning about my experiences at the #BattleOfBillingsBridge alongside neighbours, old and new friends (at the 1:00hr mark)
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Retweet if you think Jellybean has done more for the people of Ottawa than Mayor Jim Watson twitter.com/cmckenney/stat
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this is one of the leaders of the truckers convoy. the media cannot look away — this has never been just about vaccine mandates or ‘freedom’ — the racism and islamophobia is rampant/open here in canada.
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We'll be joining other local labour unions, community organizations and residents in a Community Solidarity Rally and March this Saturday at 1PM starting at Lansdowne to stand up for all those negatively affected by the #OttawaOccupation.
More info here:
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A compact new book finds Muslim artists in Ottawa dreaming of a better future. Entitled Ottawa Inshallah, the bilingual anthology is a project spearheaded by Aquil Virani, the Ottawa-based visual artist who celebrated his 30th birthday in January by writin
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“There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.”
― Mark Twain
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Stop calling it a conflict, it's a massacre.
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Since the ceasefire came into effect on May 21 (up until July 26):
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Injuries: 3,702 vs. 18
In total for 2021 (up to July 26):
Casualties: 312 vs. 11
Injuries: 13,582 vs. 73
This is not a "conflict."
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In total for 2021 (up to July 26):
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Reportage de sur la murale de Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman et Laurena Finéus peinte directement sur les murs de la GAO à voir ce soir lors du Téléjournal Ottawa-Gatineau de Radio-Canada à 18 h. sera sur place pour présenter en direct !
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The South African government is "appalled" that Israel has been given observer status at the African Union, saying that it is "incomprehensible that the AU Commission chooses to reward Israel at a time when its oppression of Palestinians has been demonstrably more brutal."
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An investigation into Mary Simon’s nomination for governor-general by Commissioner for Official Languages is a colonialist insult, by theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl via #cdnpoli #bilingualism #Indigenous #reconciliation
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"Dans le cadre de son exposition « Filtré », la GAO présente sa nouvelle adition : une murale réalisée par Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman et Laurena Finéus. Kevin Sweet s'est rendu sur place pour rencontrer les deux artistes."
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CJPME, , , & 66 endorsing civil society organizations are demanding editorial and policy changes from to improve its coverage of Palestine-Israel. Read the open letter: cjpme.org/pr_2021_07_22_ #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
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66 #Canadian orgs say to : “Your language guides discourages use of “Palestine”, - not based in international law and contradicted by your own policy regarding other conflicts including #Taiwan and #Somaliland”
See the entire open letter here:
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66 civil society orgs write open letter to expressing concern over news coverage on #Palestine: “We ask you report the reality on the ground, stop ceding to pressure from lobby groups seeking to censor content sympathetic to #Palestinians, and stand up for your journalists”
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66 Canadian civil society organizations just signed a letter calling on the to fix its coverage of & language over Palestine. Incredible to see those at keep up the pressure & difficult fight.
Full letter & signatories here: bit.ly/3zokw2i
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Devastated by the news of the passing of Suha. May she test in power.
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#BREAKING| The dead body of Suha, the daughter of the iconic PFLP leader Khalida Jarrar, has been found near Palestine medical complex in Ramallah.
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Here is Toronto Sun columnist Tarek Fatah saying Muslims are to blame for Islamophobia, in an article titled "There is no Islamophobia in Canada," written less than two weeks after four Muslims were killed in a hate crime.
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Has a single journalism advocacy organization in Canada put out a statement condemning CBC and other outlets for taking journalists who signed the open letter on Palestine off coverage?
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Rally in Ottawa happening next week to protest CBC’s anti-Palestinian bias.
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OTTAWA! 
We are calling on you to join us Tuesday June 22 at 4:30 PM at CBC offices to protest CBC’s anti-Palestinian biases and dishonest reporting on Palestine. 
#CBCPalestine #CBCSpeakUp #Ottawa #Protest #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack #SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveSilwan
We are calling on you to join us Tuesday June 22 at 4:30 PM at CBC offices to protest CBC’s anti-Palestinian biases and dishonest reporting on Palestine.
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Annette Bouzi, AC's Union Pres, has been harassed and discriminated against on the basis of gender and race by other execs. Please sign/share this petition to fight systemic racism. 63 signatures needed to reach our goal of 1000 signatures
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OTTAWA! We are calling on you to join us Tuesday June 22 at 4:30 PM at CBC offices to protest CBC’s anti-Palestinian biases and dishonest reporting on Palestine.
#CBCPalestine #CBCSpeakUp #Ottawa #Protest #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack #SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveSilwan
We are calling on you to join us Tuesday June 22 at 4:30 PM at CBC offices to protest CBC’s anti-Palestinian biases and dishonest reporting on Palestine.
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OTTAWA! 📣💥We are calling on you to join us Tuesday June 22 at 4:30 PM at CBC offices to protest CBC’s anti-Palestinian biases and dishonest reporting on Palestine. 🇵🇸❤️✊🏽
#CBCPalestine #CBCSpeakUp #Ottawa #Protest #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack #SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveSilwan
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