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18 Mar, 11 tweets, 5 min read
👋Hi.

As promised we are back!

The Disability Filibuster is transitioning from Kill the Bill to #StopTheKill as Bill C-7 has become law.

This Friday at 4:00 pm EST we will be back up and broadcasting for the afternoon.

Info here:

facebook.com/events/2014531…
If you want to pose some questions or make some comments to be discussed on the #DisabilityFilibuster then just hashtag them and we will pass them along. You can do so anytime before or during the broadcast.
We are very pleased to share with you that Senator Mary Jane McCallum will be joining us on the #DisabilityFilibuster this Friday March 18th.

You can watch Senator McCallum's powerful speech about #BillC7 here.

She will be joining us at 4:00 pm EST

senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/Pow…
Dr. Mary Jane McCallum is a First Nations woman of Cree heritage and an advocate for social justice. She will bring words of greeting, solidarity and encouragement for the work ahead.
Apologies everyone!
Friday is the 19th!

Senator McCallum will join us on the 19th.

Friday March 19th Program will include:
Senator Mary Jane McCallum with greetings of solidarity, support and encouragement.
A discussion among #DisabilityFilibuster organizers about where we go from here - your tweets with hashtag will be shared & part of conversation.
Hour two will be a discussion with representatives of @PeopleFirstCA
The remainder of the afternoon will include a mix of serious and some lighter fare.

We have worked with a lawyer to prepare a template for a Power of Attorney indicating you do not want MAiD suggested to you. We will be discussing that in Hour 3.
Hour 4 will be a queer crip chat about lots of things including disability benefit rates and how they relate to the new legislation.

Join us!

Tweet #DisabilityFilibuster
Some folks joining us on tomorrow's broadcast
@ajesusjoseph
@garthmullins
@SpringHawes
@CatherineFrazee
@mssinenomine
@qjusttheletter
Evelyn Huntjens who is a member of the Xeni Gwet’in – Tsilhqot’in People of the Nemiah Nation and is the National Coordinator @BCANDS1
There will, of course, be ASL and captioning. We will be streaming live on Youtube and Facebook. The links will be posted when broadcast begins.

facebook.com/events/2014531…

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