Worth a listen. As someone who has worked on the frontlines Dr. Chown understands the harsh realities our unsheltered friends face.

Our petition closes in 10 days. If you are a Canadian citizen or resident please consider signing and sharing. An apology is a vital step towards healing. #AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
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Canada’s postwar adoption policies have caused irreparable harm and trauma to these unmarried mothers, their children, and families. Please consider signing and sharing this petition.

#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
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www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Thank you. We made the goal and now let's keep going. We still have a month to push this number higher.

Housing is #harmreduction

Barrie housing crisis sparks call for 'innovative' solutions Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) and Redwood Park Communities invites public to Oct. 22 forum aimed at tackling city's housing emergency

#Barrie residents concerned about the housing crisis facing our community and country are encouraged to attend this important and informative discussion.
##HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
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Thank you

"Regardless of the societal pressures or social norms of the
day, cruelty has never been an acceptable part of Canadian society."

Please sign and share this petition and help the healing to begin.

#ForcedAdoption
#AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
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In Barrie, poverty is the crime and visibility the emergency The Ontario city’s so-called ‘state of emergency’ is a manufactured crisis built on cruelty, not care

Our city's response to addressing the housing and homelessness crisis is cruel and costly! It costs a lot let to house people than it does to criminalize them.
#Barrie
#Homelessness
#HousingCrisis
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#onpoli
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Petition for apology found here. Please consider signing
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The Shame is Ours: Forced Adoptions of the Babies of Unmarried Mothers in Post-war Canada It is time to begin the healing process for unwed mothers and the children they were pressured into giving up in the decades after the Second World War.

"Canada must take steps immediately to try to atone for the harm to some of those lives, to relieve some of the suffering, and to let these individuals know that their stories have been heard and that we are sorry for what they have lived through. "
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As Barrie, Ont., moves to clear encampments, some people say they have nowhere to go | CBC News As the City of Barrie works to remove the encampments that prompted the mayor to declare a state of emergency, some homeless people worry about what comes next.

"Where are they supposed to go? You're just shuffling them all around the city at the taxpayers' expense, causing more harm and trauma every single time that you do this,"

#HousingIsAHumanRight
#HousingCrisis
#Homelessness
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#Barrie

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Outreach workers voice concern over Barrie encampment clearing YouTube video by The Canadian Press

The City of Barrie's reactive and punitive response to addressing the housing and homelessness crisis is harmful, ineffective, and a waste of tax dollars.

Housing Solves Homelessness!

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#streetoutreach
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#Barrie

If you tried to sign the petion in the past few days and were unable the issue has been resolved. Please try again and like and share. We are 127 signatures away from our goal!

We are more than 1/2 way to our required 500 signatures. If you are a Canadian citizen or resident of Canada please consider signing. Reminder, you need to respond to verification email for your signature to count.
#ForcedAdoption
##AdoptionCoercion
#AdoptionTrauma
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Thank you

Premier Ford was in Barrie for a photo op to help further his and Mayor Nuttall's harmful narrative on PWUD and experiencing homelessness. Residents of this encampment told me neither man stepped foot inside the encampment or spoke with any residents. They used it as a backdrop for their photo op.

There was no encampment tour, just a photo op for Ford and Nuttall outside the encampment to further benefit their harmful narrative. We provide support to this encampment and residents told me that neither one stepped foot in the encampment or spoke to anyone living there.

My grieves with and for this family.

I was grateful to be panelist and a part of this informative and insightful discussion. Lived Experience Matters!

Housing Solves Homelessness!

It is hard not to be cynical when so many who deserve this apology will never get to hear it but we can't lose hope. Our children deserve this apology as much as we do.

Thank you so much. An apology and action on recommendations is long overdue.

Thank

For myself, my daughter, and all who have been harmed by Canada's forced adoption practices, help us get the apology so we rightly deserve.

We need 500 signatures by November 18th

* Important Note**

You must be a Canadian citizen or resident of Canada to sign the petition.

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In 2018, the Senate did a study on Canada's post-war adoption practices, and 4 recommendations were made. The first is that a public apology be issued within one year of the report's release.
We are still waiting for that apology and for the other recommendations to be acted upon.
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I was one of over 350,000 young unwed mothers who were separated from their children at birth due to Canada's post-war forced adoption practices.
If you feel moved please sign and share the attached petition.
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#AdoptionCoercion
#ForcedAdoption
#Cdnpoli

Join myself and others Barrie advocates for an important discussion on the State of Emergency our City is currently under.

#StopTheSweeps
#HomesNotHandcuffs
#SolidarityNotCharity

Yesterday I was at the encampment to witness and document what was taking place. It was heartbreaking to bear witness to but we needed to be there.
We will continue to show up to challenge the false narrative that people are refusing housing. No one refufed housing! A SHELTER BED IS NOT HOUSING!

I will be one of the panelists for this important discussion on the State of Emergency our City is now under.
#HousingSolvesHomelessness
#HealingStartsWithHousing
#Barrie

I spoke with Pam yesterday about the atmosphere at the encampment and she said it's wasn't goid. People are tired and scared. Some have been evicted multiple times this year each time adding to trauma and a feeling of hopelessness.