This man has lead possibly the most diverse campaign in the leadership race. He has tackled issues Canadians of all stripes face and he is unapologetic about standing up for justice. From his allyship with the LGBTQ+ community to his advocacy work to end racial profiling in Canada, Jagmeet has proven that he is the best option for Prime Minister in today’s Canada. YOU can make that happen. Sign up to become a member of the NDP before midnight tonight (Aug. 17) and you will be eligible to vote for Jagmeet in the leadership race this fall. Let’s make sure he wins and becomes the best party leader and best prime minister we have ever seen. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A CANADIAN CITIZEN, you only need to be a permanent resident and the minimum age is 13. Link to sign up: jagmeetsingh.ca/membership

🔥🔥🔥 Jagmeet Singh is thus far one of the only leadership candidates to address the issue of racism in Canada unapologetically and head-on. He is the leader Canada needs. We need him as our Prime Minister

This man could become Canada's next Prime Minister. I don't know about you, but I'd vote for him over Trudeau any day.

A reminder that Christy Clark, who has been BC's premier up to this day, is a racist. Do not vote for her during tomorrow's election.

This is Lynn Beyak. She sits in the Canadian Senate as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

She recently claimed that residential schools (which have claimed the lives of thousands of children, and have committed atrocities against indigenous children) have been unfairly painted in a negative light, and that people overshadow the “good things” they accomplished, including “raising the students as Christians.” She claimed that the administrators of these residential schools were “well-intentioned.” Kudos to NDP MP Romeo Saganash, who is himself a survivor of residential schools, for calling for her resignation. 

Last month, she claimed that the inclusion of trans rights in the Canadian Human Rights Act was unneeded, and added that if trans and queer people don’t want to feel hatred, they should live in “quiet dignity.”

A reminder that Canada is not the egalitarian safe haven it is painted to be. A reminder that there are people in places of power that are defending white supremacy, cultural genocide, and transphobia/homophobia/queerphobia. 

If you are in Canada, call your local MP to support the call for Lynn Beyak’s resignation.

YES!!!

So Thomas Mulcair, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, was a total babe...

Let Them Do Yoga - BC’s Premier is a Mess

Kay tumblr-verse. Let me tell you what went down this week in BC.

Sooo Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia, announced that June 21 would BC would be observing “International Day of Yoga,” and to celebrate they would shut down an entire bridge (with tax payer’s mobey) that leads to the heart of downtown Vancouver. Why? So people can do yoga on it...

So this is messy on so many levels:

So first off, the day was perpetuating the appropriation and secularization of yoga, a religious practice that holds deep meaning to the Hindu faith. Not only was this event divorcing yoga from its meaning, but it was turning the phrase “Om,” which holds a deep sacred and important meaning in many dharmic faiths, into a funny pun. If someone from a Hindu background does this, I mean sure, go ahead, but as a non-Hindu person, she had no right to do so.

Another huge issue was that the event was BLOCKING AN AMBULANCE ROUTE, meaning that ambulances that would have tried to go to St. Paul’s Hospital could no longer use the Burrard Street Bridge, and would have to take a detour, which would waste more time, and cause irreversible damage and even death to people needing immediate hospitalization. Smart move Christy...

And last, but certainly NOT in the very least, in fact the most important point, is that June 21 is National First Nations Day in Canada. So not only did Christy co-opt a sacred practice from a religion for herself, but she ignored the indigenous communities in the province, and decided to IGNORE National First Nations Day, and hold an event catered to settle colonialism on the Unceded Territories of BC First Nations.

So naturally, people were pissed off, and wrote letters, made statements, and outwardly opposed her. So what does she do? To justify her day of cultural appropriation she responds with....

MORE CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!!! YAYYY!!!!!!

So seeing the mess that is Christy Clark, the sponsors for the event- LuLuLemon and YYoga- pulled their support, and hours later the frazzled Christy announced that “Om the Bridge” was no more and the event is now cancelled.

But seriously....why do you do this Christy? Whyyy???

The Canadian government JUST announced that they will indeed institute a niqab ban during all citizenship ceremonies.

I am BEYOND furious right now.

WTF MOMENT OF THE DAY: The Canadian government just passed Bill C24, a racist and xenophobic bill that allows the government to REBUKE CITIZENSHIP to people who were naturalized citizens (were not born in Canada, but had to go through the citizenship process) or who hold dual citizenship (targetting those diasporic Canadians that hold Canadian citizenship as well as citizenship of the motherland).

So with Bill C51 the government can now arrest people without due process, and now under C24, they can deport someone even if they are a Canadian citizen. Harper claims this to be a part of his “anti-terrorism” measures...

Harper needs to go. Seriously.