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27 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I’ve been reflecting on what it means to be an immigrant in Canada. The stark reality has become clear. Our labour matters more than our lives. Our humanity matters less than our subservience. Our silence is rewarded and our speaking up is discouraged.
Our fathers, mothers, siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles work hard to ensure the comfort and well-being of their fellow Canadians, yet their well-being is not anyone’s priority. Canada opened her arms and welcomed them with a smile, only to turn her back to our pleas.
We work without benefits or leave, hoping one day our labour will pay off in a better life for our kids. Our kids become MDs and PhDs and are expected to be grateful for what Canada and Canadians bestowed on them.
Grateful to Canada for our opportunity to serve and labour for its needs. Grateful to Canada for what we earn. Loyal to Canada despite being betrayed by her false promises. Expected to smile and not rock the boat, lest we be told to “go back” to the lands from which we came.

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Science table to @fordnation - we have done the work, divert 50% of vaccines to these 74 neighborhoods and less people will suffer and die. His response: “WE NEED A TRAVEL BAN!”
This story was from March 6! Clearly @NatKusendova and @ninatangri knew their loyalty was to their party instead of their constituents. thepointer.com/article/2021-0…
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17 Apr
This is my personal opinion and does not represent any organization I work with:

The measures introduced today by the Ontario government will cause active and irreparable harm for racialized communities in Ontario. They will harm the mental health of Ontario’s children. 1/2
We all know that workplace spread is the source of case counts increasing. Yet instead of protecting the lives of essential workers, the Ford Government has decided to continue to enact half measures while deflecting responsibility for their own dismal failures. 2/4
I join my fellow health workers to call for the following: (1) paid sick leave (2) doubling down on vaccinations in hot spots (3) expanding access to #AstraZeneca for all ages (4) transparently sharing the formula for how a hot spot is designated. 3/4
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I’m sorry to say that in a Canadian context, #NACI has caused significant harm in relation to their shortsighted recommendations regarding #AstraZeneca in the context of dwindling supply AND the fact that AZ is approved by Health Canada.
This is an example of how effective communication is literally a matter of life and death. In the UK, rapid roll out of #AZ and lockdown restrictions helped them get out of their mess, yet in Canada we will be modeling acopalytic scenarios while the public remains misinformed.
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15 Mar
I trust & respect my PH colleagues. I want what is best for the community. But, I can't sit back when people tout "real world evidence" justifying a 4 month interval between doses. THERE IS NO REAL WORLD EVIDENCE because no one in the real world has waiting 4 months before.
More shots for more people sounds like a great plan, but the elation at learning my 84 year old dad got his first shot has waned with fear and apprehension about what a longer dose interval means for his health.
Building trust requires transparency. Not political spin. We need to be clear with Canadians that we have decided that there is an acceptable risk of delaying the shot because officials believe risk is outweighed by the benefit of more first shot protection for more people.
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Anyone who wants to be an ally, please don’t call yourself one. Don’t put “ally” in your twitter bio. To be an ally is to accept that you don’t get to call yourself an ally. You don’t have that kind of power. Trying to maintain your power is the opposite of allyship.
Being an ally is more than tweeting hashtags and pronouns. It requires active dismantling of oppressive systems of power. It requires resisting censorship and silencing of dissent in the name of niceness and civility. /1
Being an ally is more than warm fuzzies or self congratulations. It requires persistent, enduring, constant struggle and endurance. /2
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