Have not read, but since the author was a campus organizer for JVP, I would expect his messaging to be consistent with theirs.

If I was at an event that made an acknowledgement of Gazan indigeneity and did not acknowledge Jewish indigeneity to the land of Israel, that would tell me everything I needed to know about the speaker.

Since I assume you are talking about the Palestinians (who have been doing all this for 75 years), I will agree. /s

Virtual monthly team meeting, nothing major. The person could have volunteered to chair the next one instead.

Ça sert a quoi, une complexe sportif sans piscine? La piscine a Gatineau est tellement occupé, nos équipes (natation, water polo, etc) ont besoin de la place! Mes enfants nagent a Ottawa parce que l'horaire nous convient mieux, mais si la piscine d'entraînement était a quelques minutes de chez nous, on changera d'equipe pour certain.

I like the idea of them. I'd like to know if supporters in this thread have read their guiding document "A Theory of Change" all the way through. Much of it reads as quite communist - "taking the power from the elite and giving it to the people" kind of stuff.

I have significant concerns about some of their language. Use of "occupation" without definition leads me to believe they believe that all of Israel is "occupied".

This is straight out of their own document:

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What exactly does "fight to end Israel's rule over the Palestinian people" translate to in action? Since they are clearly not proponents of a 2-state solution (with all their discussion of equality) this reads to me as a Palestinian-and-allies war against Israel.

We cannot move from where we are today to "equality" overnight. They appear to have a lot they want to break down, but not much to replace it except for hopes and dreams.

They claim to represent "the majority" but do they really? How do millions of Gazans feel about their message? How can they even know?

If they could come up with some concrete goals - not for how to shape the whole country, but how to actually change society - I'd give them another look. I'd want to see plans for things like proposed changes to education/curricula, partnership programs, job apprenticeship programs, youth groups, camps, etc.

The only thing I can tell for sure is they want to get rid of the current government. Okay, fine, so do I. But what happens after that?

We are a two-story, neighbours are not.

I am a gardener and have a full-yard garden that makes many people stop and chat. Our yard is certified wildlife habitat and has signage about that. I teach native plant gardening. My pile of branches (in the corner of my landscaped yard) doesn't come anywhere near "junkyard".

I do have a pride flag in the front garden and have been wondering if I might be dealing with homophobic (and/or antisemitic) assholes.

We are on a corner lot, the communal mailbox is at the back of the lot. We have a doorbell cam, but that side of the house is invisible from the door.

We can tell that the photos were taken by standing at the corner of the fence.

That would be funny, but since we put the stuff there together and are working together on the associated project, unlikely to be the case :).

This is what I'm confused about - our city bylaws make a bunch of stipulations about enclosing compost and storing materials so that they are not attracting vermin (which our branches are not), so on theory, someone could complain about a backyard, but this feels excessive, especially since it's temporary.

It's gorgeous 😍.

If you want it forever, have a slice cut and turn it into a real table, finished with resin and legs.

If you just want to enjoy it outside, just do that, bearing in mind that it is still a living, organic thing that will change over time.

I've seen lots of people use large stumps for flower pots, bird feeders, etc. Nothing that needs to be predictably "safe" (like a treehouse). My kids would probably use it as a stage, lol. I'd definitely use it for entertaining. I don't see why you shouldn't try to seal the top, but know that it won't be permanent. An alternative would be to get a clear plastic tablecloth and use it when you want the table to serve as a bar.

Because every project starts in the present. The history is a reference point, but you have to start with what is on the ground, here, today.

The British were leaving and tried to make agreements that would allow a peaceful departure for the residents of the land AT THAT MOMENT, that was informed by the historical context of the peoples and the land.

You're also equating two identities that are not equivalent - a German "belongs" to Germany, what does an Arab belong to? "Arabia" was a region, not a country. There are many countries where Arabs are a majority. If you extend your argument, Arabs can go to any of those existing countries....

The peace was only top-down though, not bottom-up. You can sign as many peace accords as you want, but if you don't have a grassroots, peace movement in the streets that you can fund and grow, you won't have peace.

Peace will not happen without a major change to the education system - you can't have the school system teaching that Israel isn't real/has no history/shouldn't exist and expect peace to just "happen".

Change the education system, teach that peace must be side-by-side, put the map of Israel into the textbooks and you will create hope for change.

I betcha you would have done the same

Can we reframe? Nothing above is about "dumbass, naïve husbands". It's literally a bunch of guys who have been doing a job (mowing, weeding) a certain way for forever and now need to learn a different way.

Plenty of ways to go about re-teaching, but there are going to be mistakes and I prefer to laugh about them than to get mad.

And when my partner comes and asks me "can I mow down that tall plant?" it is coming from his legitimate concern that a) he has no idea what that plant is and b) he doesn't want to cut down my hard work. Partnership in action.

In a million years I would never think of him as a naive dumbass. Does he know anything about native plants? Nope. Do I know anything about video games? Also nope, but we know that our hobbies make us happy and we can laugh about the fact that in each case, one of us has no f'in clue.

You are making assumptions based on your own experience.

Please read some of the data: more women are caregivers than men and women tend to spend more time doing it, are more likely to be "sandwich" caregivers and are more likely to experience negative mental & health effects from doing it. Therefore, measurable data says this has a greater impact on women.

StatsCan on caregiving

Feel free to submit your comments on the revised Employment Equity act along with what you would like to see instead. It's open for public comment until the end of the month.

We've talked about it because our high school does a project where grade 9 students have to set an imaginary budget for when they are 25. They are told they have a $40 000/year salary and then have to research aspects of cost of living. As my child was working through that, we had a lot of discussions about "real" salaries, our grocery budget, etc.

I wish I had had that education in high school.

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu! Educating about chemicals is a big part of my job, I love when I see others doing it too. Was in a grade 4-5 class recently and got to mythbust "all chemicals are dangerous". Love the looks on all faces when we talk about how chemicals make up everything.

THIS!!! Knowing your rights and communicating them clearly is often what is needed to get management moving. No manager wants to be one at the centre of a human rights grievance.

This sounds like excellent paperwork to hold onto for a human rights case....

True, but the employee gets to determine if the accomodations are adequate after trying them. An employee is fully within their rights to describe what barriers the "employer-chosen" accomodations are not addressing (or which additional barriers it may have created) and to go back and request to try something different.