Derek Raymaker (Wear a Mask!) 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Professional: Writer / Editor / Communicator. Amateur: Bassist / GIF Ninja / Justice Seeker. Full Time: Dog Person / West Ender / Western Shirt Curator.
Feb 5, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
🧵Checked in w/ some friends living in downtown Ottawa. This is what #TruckersConvoy2022 hath wrought:

1) human feces deposited on porches & steps of homes with 🏳️‍🌈 flags, signage supporting social justice & belonging to racialized people ...
#Ottawa #OttawaPolice #YOW 2) infants & toddlers cannot nap or sleep due to horn blasts (to say nothing of parents). Small kids can't go out for walks because they are terrified of the noise. Parents worried about permanent hearing damage...
Nov 29, 2019 18 tweets 9 min read
Every Albertan - right, left, hanging upside down - should be livid about how the @jkenney govt is targeting healthcare to pay for its multi billion $ failed bribe to the oil barons. I have a personal story (thread 1/?) #ableg #abpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… @jkenney Nearly 2 years ago, my mother was dying of lung cancer in Calgary - first at home, then in palliative care at Rockyview Hospital #ableg (2/?)