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When I think abt how hard disabled people are fighting to rollback—not expand #MAiD. Knowing Canada lawmakers don’t even wanna hear from the ppl whose euthanasia they make possible but nothing more. I’m not optimistic. Which is why #DisabilityFilibuster is built on a deeper hope. 
I’ll admit I’m not rich in hope either. Not when my govt’s only assistance is in dying. Not when doctors, the healthcare system and policy make me sicker, cause unnecessary pain, disability and trauma. Which is why I thought of this Václav Havel quote from “Disturbing the Peace.”
Which is why when I think abt Havel’s ‘elsewhere’ as a ‘true source of the breathtaking dimension of the human spirit and its efforts’ I think abt crip spaces like @DisabilityFili1. It’s a heavy weight to individually and collectively carry knowing I am worth-less bc I’m disabled
"The institutionalization of disabled people the barring of us from spaces, through structural or societal inaccessibility, all of these have created the perfect conditions for us not to be heard." @qjusttheletter on #DisabilityFilibuster 1/4
"and events, like this, support groups on Facebook, Twitter, other platforms, blogs, a lot of these have become places of agency...and I hope that nondisabled people look at these places of record as an archive of sorts," #DisabilityFilibuster 2/4
"for disabled thought and a public record of what we are saying. We are saying no to #BillC7 by and large, so much of our community is saying no to this. And I hope nondisabled scholars," #DisabilityFilibuster 3/4
👋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…
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…
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…
Last night after the vote in the House of Commons, Kory Earle, the President of @PeopleFirstCA shared his thoughts with #DisabilityFilibuster
I am going to tweet them.
If you don't know People First then you don't know disability rights history.
peoplefirstofcanada.ca/about-us/histo…
I am going to tweet them.
If you don't know People First then you don't know disability rights history.
peoplefirstofcanada.ca/about-us/histo…
Kory Earle:
"I am deeply saddened today. I feel defeated. And I know you all do too. We tried so hard – SO HARD – to get the decision makers to listen to us. We got mad, we begged, we pleaded. And we were ignored."
"I am deeply saddened today. I feel defeated. And I know you all do too. We tried so hard – SO HARD – to get the decision makers to listen to us. We got mad, we begged, we pleaded. And we were ignored."
"Today, we know that many important people in this country do not believe what we have been saying for decades - Nothing about us without us. Today, this decision clearly tells Canada that as people with disabilities we are not valued as equal citizens of this country."
Switching back now to English
@CatherineFrazee This is the final hour of the #DisabilityFilibuster. We are going to be *pausing*
Please note I did not say stop or end.
@CatherineFrazee This is the final hour of the #DisabilityFilibuster. We are going to be *pausing*
Please note I did not say stop or end.
Special honour now with President of @PeopleFirstCA joining us with a message. Please watch with us.
"We got mad. We pleaded and we were ignored....Today it feels like we have done a lot of work for nothing. This is a sad, sad day for us." @PeopleFirstCA
Join @erinunleashes , Author, artist, adventurer. She has a flying wheelchair and is doing a complete reading of her book, If You Really Love Me Throw Me Off The Mountain
#DisabilityFilibuster #KillBillC7
#DisabilityFilibuster #KillBillC7
"I'm a sex icon because I care." @erinunleashes talking about the objectifying gaze of inspiration porn, autonomy of disabled sexuality and sensuality, and invasive nature of unwelcome "helping" hands. #DisabilityFilibuster
Disabled people do so much work from hospitals and bed! @erinunleashes reading about her experiences with planning her show and having sepsis. #DisabilityFilibuster
We are onto a new segment with @biopoliticalph who is going to read one of her papers.
"Philosophy of disability, conceptual engineering and nursing home industrial complex."
#DisabilityFilibuster
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"Philosophy of disability, conceptual engineering and nursing home industrial complex."
#DisabilityFilibuster
[hope I got that right]
.@biopoliticalph Whether it be data collection, Covid vaccines, housing or income security, disabled Canadians - who have been disproportionately dying from the pandemic - have been left out.
"Neo-eugenics bio-politics"
"Neo-eugenics bio-politics"
.@biopoliticalph is explaining what a total institution is and why nursing homes are total institutions.
This video is very helpful for anyone not familiar with the term.
#DisabilityFilibuster
This video is very helpful for anyone not familiar with the term.
#DisabilityFilibuster
.@cloudylilbaby: They're making it more accessible for us to die than it is for us to live. #DisabilityFilibuster #KillBillC7
.@cloudylilbaby Transitioning from youth to adult home care there was no information anywhere.
Pre-pandemic lived on campus.
Went through three appeals. Had to be assessed constantly.
Talks about the how dehumanizing and degrading the assessment process is. #DisabilityFilibuster
Pre-pandemic lived on campus.
Went through three appeals. Had to be assessed constantly.
Talks about the how dehumanizing and degrading the assessment process is. #DisabilityFilibuster
.@cloudylilbaby Social worker came to home of her parents. Asked so what happens to people who don't have people in their life who can be back-up.
Social worker very non-nonchalantly said: Oh well then we would just put you in a home. #DisabilityFilibuster
Social worker very non-nonchalantly said: Oh well then we would just put you in a home. #DisabilityFilibuster
Right now we have Tracy Odell who is President of Citizens With Disabilities - Ontario (CWDO) and 2nd Vice President of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD). Tracy has a Masters degree in Critical Disability Studies.
Born with SMA Type 2, Tracy grew up in an institution, worked in adult literacy, special education policy and accessibility, anti-racism and inclusion.
Livestream #DisabilityFilibuster at disabilityfilibuster.ca
Tonight's schedule includes:
Evelyn Huntjens who is a member of the Xeni Gwet’in – Tsilhqot’in People of the Nemiah Nation. Evelyn is the National Coordinator with the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society, welcomed us.
Evelyn Huntjens who is a member of the Xeni Gwet’in – Tsilhqot’in People of the Nemiah Nation. Evelyn is the National Coordinator with the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society, welcomed us.
At moment we are working out kinks getting this back up. @CatherineFrazee is live now
@andraydomise will be joining us at around 8:00 pm EST along with @SarahJama_
After that we will expand the discussion to include @SpringHawes @TrudoLemmens and some doctors from @VulnerablC7
@andraydomise will be joining us at around 8:00 pm EST along with @SarahJama_
After that we will expand the discussion to include @SpringHawes @TrudoLemmens and some doctors from @VulnerablC7
Good morning to everyone opposed to #BillC7
We are busy working today to get the #DisabilityFilibuster back up and running after two concurrent 'zoom-bombings' by hateful people.
We have already made progress in this regard and things are in motion. We'll keep updating.
We are busy working today to get the #DisabilityFilibuster back up and running after two concurrent 'zoom-bombings' by hateful people.
We have already made progress in this regard and things are in motion. We'll keep updating.
We are disgusted with Liberal Party and Bloc's plan to invoke a time allocation "guillotine" to shut down debate on amendments to #BillC7 that were made in February by the Senate. These amendments radically expand an already expansive Bill further.
thestar.com/politics/2021/…
thestar.com/politics/2021/…
Contrary to what Liberal Party and Bloc are suggesting there has not been months of debate on these amendments to #BillC7
Very little debate has in fact taken place about them. The original bill did not include mental illness as sole criteria for state administered death
Very little debate has in fact taken place about them. The original bill did not include mental illness as sole criteria for state administered death
