In February, a teenager went into a Toronto massage parlour and allegedly killed Ashley Arzaga. He's been charged with incel-related terrorist activity, the first such charge in Canada, or anywhere.
I've been thinking/reading a lot about Greta Thunberg and whiteness. I find her very moving, I believe she is genuine and I hope she can resist becoming a symbol for corporate greenwashing. Here is a thread of other young people to listen to as well.
Never forget that 2020 was the year that Black, Indigenous and otherwise racialized journalists in Canada stopped whispering and said it all out loud. In the order that I remember:
A mob of 200 white ppl threaten Mi'kmaq lobster fishers: RCMP does nothing.
A handful of Haudenosaunee defend their land: OPP arrests dozens.
Meanwhile, what is never enforced is Canada's own legislation, the treaties Canadian leaders have knowingly signed. Links below:
"There’s so many people that work for me whom I am incredibly concerned about. Do they have health care coverage?" - David Chang
Um, do you provide it for them ?
Welcome to Toronto, we don't have swimming lessons, reliable transit, public toilets, not-gross garbage cans, remotely affordable housing or adequate sewer capacity
Which is why we will spend $50m more on our budget's biggest line item, which addresses none of those problems
Someone at Alberta oil and gas company X-Site has made a sticker with the company's logo and a graphic sexual image of Greta Thunberg. You don't need to see it. Believe me, it's awful.
That drunk driver was Marco Muzzo. Never forget his name, which his family is emblazoning on hospitals, including Sick Kids, where the Neville-Lake children's crushed bodies were taken. Don't forget their names either: Daniel, Harrison and Milly 💔 and their grandfather, Gary.
The storming of the Capitol Building is an astonishing assault on freedom and democracy. I am deeply saddened to see chaos grip our greatest ally today.
Teens talking climate emergency on CBC are bringing it. White girl says it's a chance to end white supremacy, brown girl says it's a chance to protect Indigenous land. I wish them so much luck kicking all our asses.
I just got off the TTC bc a man who clearly fell through whatever "safety net" we have left in this city/province/country decided to whip it out. I was with my kid. On the first, very crowded streetcar in 20 minutes. I do not want this person arrested. I want a better city.
If I were a Canadian columnist (which I am not🎉), I might write about disappearing COVID data - SK maybe reporting only monthly, BC no longer reporting daily deaths, QC not reporting wastewater - as a chance to clue the public into just how data-poor and secretive Canada is.
