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Helps Law Corporation is a leading Vancouver Criminal Defence law firm. Tweets by LJ Helps, (she/her) (NOT the former Victoria Mayor)
Jun 22, 2019 11 tweets 5 min read
Are you outraged about what is happening at the US’s southern border? Think as a Canadian you can’t do anything about it? THREAD

google.ca/amp/s/www.gq.c… Just because you’re Canadian doesn’t mean you can’t do something. We’re the US’ largest trading partner. We share an undefended border. We are all in a position to ask our government to do something. At the end of this thread, I have included text of a letter I sent today.
Jun 21, 2019 10 tweets 3 min read
It is Indigenous People’s Day. I’m at a loss for words as to how important it is that every settler educate themselves on what that means. I have some recommendations. THREAD The Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Report can be found here: trc.ca/assets/pdf/Cal…

It is a 20 page PDF in plain language English. It contains the ways in which inequality can *begin* to be corrected. Every Canadian should read it. 2/