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Trudeau: there will be a six-month, interest-free moratorium on student loans and more help for the homeless and other vulnerable people, including victims of domestic violence who can’t self-isolate at home.

#COVID19 #Canada

thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
Trudeau says temporary wage subsidies will be provided to businesses to keep employees on the payroll. Income tax deadlines extended to August. Child care benefit will also be boosted for families. #COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak #Canada
Trudeau announces $82bln rescue package. Plans to give businesses $10bln in credit to help them “bridge” tough times. Including that money, there will be $27bln in direct support to #Canadians & $55bln in tax deferrals. Cheques will be paid to many people every 2 weeks. #COVID19
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Mona Eltahawy
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I told @rerutled that once my red hair colour fades, I’ll cut it all off. Buzzcut!

I dyed my hair red to say “fuck you, I survived” to the #Egyptian regime after its riot police attacked me.

My colourist & I want to survive #COVID19 and won’t be meeting again for a while.
"I responded by reclaiming ownership of my body...dyeing my hair red...getting tattoos...I own this body, and fuck you...You didn’t kill me."
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I don’t know how long I’ll wait before I get that buzzcut. I’ve had bright red hair for 8 years now. It’s become such an integral part of who I am. Friends can find me easily when we arrange to meet and it’s a trigger for trolls.

The day I cut it all off will be fucking gutting.
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Mona Eltahawy
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We who fight for and have long wanted revolution always say that at its heart, revolution is to imagine the impossible.

We’re not living through a revolution but a pandemic. And we hear *some* leaders promise what for so long we were told is impossible.

Why was it impossible?
Why was it impossible to:
- live in dignity
- ensure no one in our communities was hurt or suffering
- understand that the suffering of others affects us all
- understand that “I’m ok” is never enough
Why was it impossible to:
- spend more on health and education than military budgets
- understand that poverty should not exist, that we can end it
- ensure that everyone who wanted a home had one
- ensure that home was not where the hurt was because of abusive partners/parents
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Mona Eltahawy
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OUTRAGEOUS. #Egyptian prisons are disasters waiting to happen during the #CoronavirusOutbreak. Instead of saving lives and releasing prisoners, the regime has arrested 5 activists-Mona Seif, Leila Soueif, Ahdaf Soueif, Rabab al-Mahdi-who staged a protest calling to #FreeThemAll
A few days ago, @hrw published this report: In crowded, unhygienic prisons, the spread of #COVID19 presents a serious threat. #FreeThemAll
#Egyptian prisons are notorious for being overcrowded, dirty and unhygienic. Last November, UN experts said that #Egypt’s abusive detention conditions “may be placing the health and lives of thousands [of] prisoners at severe risk.” #COVID19
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Trudeau is up.
"I have some news share over the Canada-U.S. border," Trudeau says. PM spoke to Trump. Canada and the U.S. will temporarily restrict all non-essential travel over the border. Travellers will no longer be permitted to cross for recreation & tourism. Trucking to continue.
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During Ebola in 2014, more cases were recorded among women than men.

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Domestic Violence Awareness
The term ‘domestic violence and abuse’ is used to describe any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling and threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between anyone over 16 years, who are/have been intimately involved or are family members. 1/7
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Down at the Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting this Election Day November 6,2018! Among the items are: Framework for Action: strategic recommendations for ending homelessness in Fresno County and designate a board member as a Street2Home Committee.
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Adrianna Tan
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When it comes down to it, queer equality is about basic things. Ong Ye Kung says LGBTQI+ folks in Singapore are not discriminated against. Says who? If you are a Chinese man in Singapore, you’re unlikely to see discrimination even if it hits you in the face.
It’s true, I’ve never been beaten up for being a queer woman in Singapore. But how low of a bar is that? Even if I have been beaten up for being queer, as so many Singaporean queers of colour, so many trans folks have, what are the laws that will be used to prosecute hate crimes?
Singapore is an international city, a vast proportion of our hetero marriages are between a Singaporean and a foreigner. The same is true for queer folks. Our husbands, wives, partners, have no immigration rights. No letters of consent, no path to living here except on EPs etc.
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