Bill M233 — Human Rights Code Repeal Act Tara Armstrong presented a bill intituled Human Rights Code Repeal Act. Tara Armstrong: I move that a bill intituled Human Rights Code Repeal Act, of which notice has been given in my name on the order paper, be introduced and read a first time now. The purpose of this bill is to end the assault on freedom of speech by our Human Rights Tribunal. Last week, they fined Barry Neufeld three-quarters of a million dollars for refusing to believe that a man could become a woman, for his own personal opinions. This bill will protect ordinary people with common beliefs from politically motivated financial attacks. The Human Rights Code Repeal Act is the only solution to this assault on our rights. This bill will protect the freedom of speech of Canadians. It will abolish the Human Rights Tribunal, a kangaroo court, and repeal the human rights code that the Left is using to punish and profit from anyone who doesn’t adopt their views. The bill will terminate the position of a Human Rights Commissioner, who makes over $300,000 a year to police speech, and it will invalidate any outstanding orders made by the tribunal against Canadians like Mr. Neufeld. Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of our democracy. The judgment last week was a wake-up call, and Canadians are demanding their freedoms back. To the members in this House, this is our chance to answer their call. Therefore, I urge you to vote in favour of this bill. The Speaker: Members, the question is first reading of the bill. Division has been called. [10:25 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.] Draft Segment 007 The Speaker: Members, the question is first reading of the bill introduced by the member for Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream. [10:35 a.m.] Draft Segment 008 Motion negatived on the following division: YEAS — 37, NAYS — 50. [See Votes and Proceedings.]

Tara Armstrong is a danger to BC residents and to Canadians of all walks of life.

Seeking to kill the entire human rights enforcement mechanism in B.C. for the sake of allowing anti-trans hate to go unchecked is perhaps one of the most significant attacks on trans rights in Canada I've documented.

In defense of de-platforming Zionists on college campuses The debate over de-platforming Zionists isn’t about free speech but whether Zionism deserves a platform in a civilized learning community. Haviv Rettig Gur’s talk at Haverford College, justifying...

The debate over de-platforming Zionists isn't about free speech but whether Zionism deserves a platform in a civilized learning community. Haviv Rettig Gur's talk at Haverford College, justifying the Gaza genocide, shows the answer is 'no.'

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#Palestine #Israel

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld ordered to pay $750K for violating Human Rights Code - Chilliwack Progress Neufeld’s ‘heated public speech’ against LGBTQ people could expose them to ‘hatred or contempt’

Fuck around, find out.

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Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls: UN experts GENEVA – The so-called ‘Epstein Files’ contain disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls, UN experts* said today.Acco...

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Epstein files: ‘No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law’; rights experts demand accountability The large-scale disclosure of materials known as the “Epstein Files” has revealed “disturbing and credible evidence” of what independent human rights experts describe as a possible global criminal ent...

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Former B.C. school trustee ordered to pay $750K for hate speech, discrimination: human rights tribunal | CBC News The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 for violating the Human Rights Code by publishing hate speech and discriminatory content again...

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BCTF celebrates huge win for trans rights and school inclusivity at BC Human Rights Tribunal VANCOUVER—The BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is celebrating a significant decision* by the BC Human Rights Tribunal that affirms the rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ teachers and individuals to be free...

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BC Quietly Kills an Office that Ensured Merit-Based Hiring | The Tyee The finance minister says it wasn’t needed. The numbers say she’s wrong.

BC Quietly Kills an Office that Ensured Merit-Based Hiring via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, a defining force in the struggle for civil and human rights, died on Tuesday at the age of 84.

Jackson built a broad movement that championed the rights of women, LGBT people, immigrants, and the poor.

Read more about his legacy: https://bit.ly/4qG5Fe0

Say "NO" to ICE in Vancouver — COPE Vancouver

Vancouver locals:

please sign/send a letter in support of the motion by @seanorr.bsky.social & Pete Fry to ban ICE from coming to our home during FIFA.

www.votecope.ca/no-ice

BREAKING: government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism law ruled UNLAWFUL

This matters for everyone.

For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack.

Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.

Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...

Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge.

Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today

styleguide.transjournalists.org

We should be focused on the Tumbler Ridge victims, families and the community.

But some gross people are forcing another conversation: one of virulent transphobia.

The ramifications of that now have to be addressed.

@faejohnstone.bsky.social and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social helped me to do that.

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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B.C. community of Tumbler Ridge in mourning after mass shooting kills 9, including 6 inside school | CBC

This is so devastating. My heart is with you, Tumbler Ridge.

💔

Britannia pool random debris fell from the ceiling into the pool today so they just closed 3/6 lanes and left the debris where it is😅 quality experience in Ken Sim's Vancouver

Alberta: Christians who kicked out their 2SLGBTQIA children into the streets now have access to their children's full medical records until they're 18

This has deep implication for the rights of mature minors in Canada and will deter children raped by their parents from speaking with medical staff

Bluesky is getting absolutely roasted on Twitter for their treatment of Palestinians which is really ruining their snarky meme campaign to get people over here and couldn’t happen to a worse company

All That's Left of You | VIFF Centre All That's Left of You chronicles 7 decades of Palestinian history while tracking the psychological impact of cycles of exile and oppression on 3 generations.

Highly recommend this Palestinian film I saw at VIFF theatre last night. It's still playing there various dates through February. It shows the trajectory of a wealthy Jaffa family dispossessed by the Nakba and the course of their children's lives through the twentieth century.😥

We can't lecture the world about shredding the international rules-based order and then pal around with the people who have been shredding it before our very eyes for the last 2 years - not to mention all the decades of occupation and apartheid that preceded this horrific moment.

Israeli strikes kill 30 Palestinians, including children, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward The strikes hit locations throughout Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent camp in Khan Younis, said officials at hospitals that received the bodies.

Israeli strikes kill 30 Palestinians, including children, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward

Hootsuite’s ICE Contract Puts Employees in a Tough Spot | The Tyee Employee backlash killed an ICE deal in 2020, but a law professor says times have changed.

Hootsuite's ICE Contract Puts Employees in a Tough Spot via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, the second Minneapolis resident killed by federal agents this month, follows weeks of violent and abusive immigration enforcement actions in the city.

HRW analyzed and verified eight videos showing before, during, and after the shooting: https://bit.ly/4riahYt

Gaza’s health system in ruins as Israel’s NGO restrictions cut lifesaving aid YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

"Israel continues to restrict the entry of aid."

Gaza’s health system in ruins as Israel’s NGO restrictions cut lifesaving aid
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#BDS #BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #IsraelNews #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews #Zionism

So on TikTok you can celebrate an ideology behind occupation, settler violence, and apartheid, but if you critique it? Banned for "hate speech." This is what suppressing pro-Palestinian speech looks like. And it will be used to silence all movements standing up against empire.

How public grocery stores could work in Canada - CCPA Chances are you spent some of your holiday gatherings talking about the price of food. Costs to consumers have increased by almost 30 per cent since 2020, while mega-grocers doubled their profit margi...

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Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.

signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association