People have blocked a rail line in Toronto's west end. "No water, no peace." "How do you spell racist? R-C-M-P" are the chants in support of Wet'suwet'en. #cdnpoli#Wetsuweten
A train is halted in the distance at this action for Wet'suwet'en in west Toronto.
Chants include:
"No justice, no peace, no racist police."
"When Indigenous rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up! Fight back!"
The people holding the rail line are shouting "Coastal GasLink, back the fuck down! The lands not yours - not then not now!"
They are also calling on @JustinTrudeau and @jjhorgan to "back the fuck down". #Wetsuweten#cdnpoli
The chant leader is now saying they plan to hold the rail line for a while and want participants to know this is an arrestable offence. "We believe Indigenous self-determination is the greatest threat to the Canadian state." #Wetsuweten#cdnpoli
Helen White Wolf of @IdleNoMoreTO now speaking. "We know how to govern ourselves."
Chants now "When justice fails, block the rails" and "Shut down Canada". Rails have been held since 11.36am EST with a train on the line here in west Toronto.
Police presence includes 7 officers, 3 cars, and a van.
A train is still blocked here in west Toronto. #Wetsuweten#cdnpoli
A circle for ceremony has been formed on the rails. "It's important that Indigenous people feel protected at a time when we are holding ceremony," says one of the people in the circle, whether that ceremony is on the land or on the rails.
"Not now, not later, you won't evict our neighbours!"
Several hundred tenants are gathered at Queen's Park to demand no Covid-related evictions. #topoli#onpoli#cdnpoli
Organizer Ashleigh from Parkdale says Bill 184 takes power away from the Landlord and Tenant Board and puts it into the hands of landlords, while tenant resources are being undermined. She says this is no coincidence. #topoli#onpoli#housing
What does this mean? Ashleigh says it means "We are held to whatever conditions our landlords want to throw at us.... it means they are coming for our homes." Calls Toronto an "increasingly unlivable city."
The Road Map to Environmental Action is kicking off @SwanseaTownHall. #ParkHP residents are designing a community action plan to tackle the climate crisis. "We're trying to change the world," says Sarah Doucette, former Ward 13 city councillor and founder of @Green13Toronto.
The event runs from 7-9pm at 95 Lavinia Ave. It's a nearly full room and the event will be starting a minutes late.
Attendees are ticking their priorities for climate action on the local, provincial and national scale. #TOpoli#ONpoli#cdnpoli #climateaction#ClimateCrisis
Its not a #ParkHP event without a bit of heckling, provided tonight by someone who thinks Sarah Doucette, as a former politician, should not be MC. Sarah responds "everyone is political" + that she is MCing tonight as a member of Green13.
Tonight's hashtag is #ParkHP4Climate
A contingent of folks is heading into the Boardroom now at the @torontolibrary to advocate against TPL allowing Meghan Murphy to be featured at an event at Palmerston public library. The TPL board meeting gets underway at 6pm.
20 minutes to go til the meeting starts and the TPL staff are showing people to an overflow room with a video screen set up. They say space is at a premium in the actual Boardroom. 30 people here in the overflow room so far and more arriving every minute.