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Powerlifter Team Canada 🇨🇦 North American Deadlift Record Holder and Sober Athlete. Any opinions are mine alone and don't reflect that of my employer. 💚🤍💜
Dec 5 5 tweets 3 min read
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🚨 Alberta has introduced not just one but THREE significant bills shaping education, health, and sports policies.

You’ve had questions, so here’s a breakdown of what they mean for parents, children, and society. Let's break it down simply, shall we? 🧵

#abpoli #keepfemalesportsfemalexx #leavethekidsalone #sogi123Image 2/5
Bill 27: Education Amendment Act 📚

This bill strengthens parental rights in schools.

🔑 Key changes:
Schools must notify parents if a child requests a change in name or pronouns (under age 16).

For kids 16+, schools must inform parents but don’t need consent.

Schools can only use Ministry-approved content for topics like gender and human sexuality.

The focus? Transparency & empowering parents to guide their children’s education.

Read the bill here: docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files/d…Image
Aug 29 9 tweets 2 min read
1/9 🚨 This thread isn't easy.

I've written an open letter to the Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU).

They left me no other choice.

I must stand by my principles. Please read on. 👇

#Powerlifting #OpenLetter

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Powerlifting isn't just a hobby for me—it's my lifeline. It's where I've found strength, community, and purpose. Yet, recent events have made me question where we are heading. It's time to speak up.

#LiftingCommunity
Aug 5 6 tweets 2 min read
💥💥💥Out across French media 💥💥💥
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Women's Boxing: An Open Letter to the International Olympic Committee

OPINIONS / We understand the values of fairness, diversity, and inclusion to which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) subscribes. However, in the world of women's amateur sports, support for diversity and inclusion should not compromise fairness. This is particularly crucial in combat sports, where the physical safety of the competitors is at stake.Image 2/6

In this regard, we believe that the IOC has a crucial role to play. It must ensure that competitors in women's combat sports are truly women.

Your role is all the more important since the qualification criteria for athletes no longer depend on a central body, the International Boxing Association, but on national federations, with variations from one country to another.
Aug 3 5 tweets 2 min read
Don't let them gaslight you. A 🧵:
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Thanks once again to @NEWSMAX for having me on their show with medical experts to discuss the male boxer Khelif dominating women's Olympic boxing.

There seems to be a lot of misinformation going around online about his medical condition. All I can say people, please don't believe everything you read online.

People want to create division and distraction. This is not about hate or anti-trans. This is about fair sport and SAFETY.

The international boxing association put out a statement months ago that both male boxers failed the genetic testing.

Both could easily do a cheek swab test at the Olympics but they chose not to.

Lin withdrew his appeal from the CAS (court authority on sport) because his medical records would then be made public.

This is the same process that allowed people to find out that Castor Semenya had XY chromosomes.

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Statement made by the International Boxing Association regarding Athletes Disqualifications in World Boxing Championships 2023

iba.sport/news/statement…