Also, 10/10 did not mean for that first sentence to be a question. 🫠

As in labeling them “safe consumption sites”?
If so, yes. That was my bad - I did not mean to indicate that language meant “safe” - and was moreso using the standard name/ language used for them (but not because I thought they were “safe”, per se)

Will I die on the hill of calling bars safe(r) consumption sites to normalize it? Yes. Are there differences? Yes.

We can’t accept govt “violent” framings to justify dehumanization/criminalization of people as disposable and “ok” targets for systemic violence under imperialist, racial capitalism.

Zero percent of me is saying bars are “safe”, tho 🫠

Either way -Tim targeting Indigenous communities cause “public safety” while citing weed “human trafficking,” increase while funding extortive for-profit care models (the same models that increase risks of GBV & forced labor trafficking) is BS. This isn’t about safety. It’s about resource extraction

Isnt it fair to say all “safe consumption sites are “safer”, not “safe? Hence it being called harm reduction?

Maybe Im missing your point? But my intention here is to highlight the violence and discrimination justified as “publlliiiic safety,” when it’s got shit all to do with public safety.

Alcohol causes more harm in Canada than any other drug national expert study finds Landmark national study is first to assess overall harm of 16 substances

Great reminder that:
a) alcohol is nationally rated as the most harmful substance (more dangerous than opioids, tobacco, cocaine etc)

and that;

b) Bars are safe consumption sites.

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CCLA Joins Over 250 Organizations Opposing Defunding of Supervised Consumption Sites - CCLA

CCLA joined over 250 civil society organizations denouncing Ontario’s decision to defund the only remaining supervised consumption sites in a joint open letter to the Ontario government.

Read more here.
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"and/ or and maybe and and"

And there goes the last structured hope for there being any tools of critical thought being taught to children in public schools 😞

Metro Vancouver transit police to launch drone program in time for FIFA World Cup Police agency’s explosive detection dog unit can now track suspicious odours in large crowds

Global sports spectacles are always excuses for ramped up police expansions and integration..

"The Metro Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP) department plans to begin using drones in time for June FIFA World Cup 2026 games."
www.vancouverisawesome.com/economy-law-...

This absolutely feels like the best use for this term 😅

Pointing out structural violence is considered a worse crime than committing it.

Snow probs?

Halifax school librarians feeling ‘demeaned’ in funding fight between city, province | CBC News School librarians are urging the Halifax municipality to keep funding in place for their jobs, as rumours swirl about possible changes to the agreement laying out how librarians are funded.

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From novascotiastudentstrike —
ALL OUT AT 1‼️‼️‼️‼️
Province house has closed its doors to the public after the delayed budget vote last night. LETS SHOW UP AND BE LOUD while they vote on throwing away our futures and harming our communities

Imagine being this terrified of your own constituents for….singing! Singing!!!

Had to triple check that this wasn’t @thebeaverton.com

This is not ignorance. This is strategic. Look at where Tim houston is rn. 🙃

Brings a tear to my eye listening to these folks bring some joyful protest to the Nova Scotia Legislature.

My question this morning: What makes the Premier think attending an Oil and Gas conference in Texas is more important than being in the House to defend his awful budget? #nspoli @nsgov.bsky.social

And they aren’t isolated cuts. Other social program/education/ tourism/meat inspecting/DNR cuts. The tax changes for forested land. Job losses at universities and NSCC. The hit on rural Nova Scotia’s economy and well-being will be long lasting.

These bills & cuts are to create job dependency in resource extraction while hoping to gut rural community capacity to respond. This shits interconnected, strategic and actively seeking to deepen colonial violence. Look at Bill C‑200 for an example. He's legit looking to make his own version of ICE.

N.S. budget bill vote shut down by singing protesters | CBC News As the final vote to approve Premier Tim Houston's controversial budget was about to begin, members of the crowd in the Province House gallery broke out in song.

Tim being at an energy conference in Texas while trying to push through vote says it all.

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Community policing: expanding the carceral web Excerpt from Policing Black Lives: Revised and Expanded.

"[C]ommunity policing."

"'[P]ublic relations job' meant to 'sell the department.'"

"[P]olice paired 'dialogue' and 'outreach' with relentless racial profiling, harassment, and physical and psychological violence."
#Ontario #Quebec #Canada #Education #Policing

Fun fact: bridge toll removal and 1% HST reduction cost us appx $300 million.

All of the devastating cuts in the current budget?

$300 million.

Is your 1% HST cut worth the loss of tourism, arts & culture, educational quality and wildlife conservation in NS?

Is it standard journalist practice to only interview police and apologists for a story like this? (Notice Cormier’s “we” identification)

Police always demand more gear, more money, more training but their violence is ceaseless. What prevents their murderous tyranny is reduced contact with people.

🫠🫠🫠

Excerpt from 2025 UK government report: "...more studies demonstrated an association between drug-related law enforcement activities and increased violence than decreased violence." https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-related-law-enforcement-activity-and-serious-violent-crime/the-impact-of-drug-related-law-enforcement-activity-on-serious-violence-and-homicide-a-systematic-review

Excerpt from 2010 study by BC Centre on Substance Use. "based on several decades of available data, the existing evidence strongly suggests that drug law enforcement contributes to gun violence and high homicide rates and that increasingly sophisticated methods of disrupting Canadian gangs involved in drug distribution could unintentionally increase violence. " https://www.bccsu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/violence-eng.pdf

Excerpt from 2020 study in American Journal of Public Health. "opioid-related law enforcement drug seizures were significantly associated with increased spatiotemporal clustering of overdoses" https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307291

Headline from 2025 Reason article. "A New Study Adds to the Evidence That Drug Busts Result in More Overdose Deaths." https://reason.com/2025/03/20/a-new-study-adds-to-the-evidence-that-drug-busts-result-in-more-overdose-deaths/

There's a ton of research which clearly shows that big drug busts:

- cause more violence

- cause more overdose deaths

- have no positive benefits

(I'm not saying cartel leaders are all great people, I'm saying the best and only way to put them out of business is to end the drug war.)

Self identified leftists who support policing confuse me and feel more like liberals