Our city is getting a new Mayor on June 10th & we will be deciding
#Mississauga
’s future. From issues to candidates, we have you covered. We’ll have all the information you need to make an informed decision.
Starting on April 6, join me and
@RyanGurcharn
on
@sauga960am
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I'm very very very excited to share that
@PeelSchools
will be providing feminine hygiene products in secondary schools as part of our 2020-2021 just approved budget!
Dear
@fordnation
, I am a concerned Ontario citizen who up until a few hours ago didn’t know who
@gghamari
was. Since then I’ve come to learn she is one of your MPPs. My concern is that this lady does not appear to do any work.
In the past 24 hours she has tweeted over TWENTY
Politicians and community leaders have a huge responsibility to ensure they don’t spread misinformation and hate. Yesterday’s mania that infiltrated Twitter by the political elite was unnecessary and harmful. Every leader who tweeted needs to retract their dangerous tweets.
Organizers of a pro-Palestinian demonstration that passed by a Toronto hospital are accusing the prime minister and the city's mayor of spreading misinformation.
Dear Pierre,
@PierrePoilievre
I see you trying hard and I know everyone is fed up with Baby Trudeau and that includes me. But listen, you gotta be in control of your caucus. You can’t let people go out there causing ruckus and ruining everything for you. You’re working hard
Peaceful protester wearing a pretend suicide vest at the
#AlQudsDay
rally in Toronto.
No big deal.
This morally bankrupt Liberal government has decided this is the Canada they want.
#cdnpoli
Everyone else hears your silence
@JustinTrudeau
Is he serious? He’s that surprised that majority of MPs including in his own party aren’t in favour of the indiscriminate murder and starvation of innocent civilians? Does this guy watch the news or is he just fed information by lobbyists? I’m sorry Trudeau lied to you dude, he
"I think it's the first time in my parliamentary career that I've had a reflection like this where I truly felt, last night, that a line had been crossed," Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says when asked re: his future with party after passage of Israel-Hamas war motion.
#cdnpoli
I’m still waiting for “the condemners” to condemn this guy. You see they are like a sports team, they either condemn together or be quiet together.
Please tell us how we should think about this because we don’t know how to use our brains without your tweets.
It’s now been more than 12 hours since this guy shot a nail gun at protesters while shouting “Every f*cking Palestinian will die” & not a single 🇨🇦 official has said a word. Apparently a guy in a Spider-Man suit climbing buildings & waving a flag is more of a threat to Canada.
It has not escaped me that
@gghamari
likes to tweet a lot of photos of herself. So I thought to myself, two can play that game.
This is what a liberal Muslim woman looks like. Free, happy, at peace. And yes that tattoo says “freedom” in Arabic. It does not require you to spend
It took me sometime to come up with the words today. As an Arab Muslim woman, who has been involved in Canadian politics since I was a teenager, this tells me: “you don’t belong here.”
This was powerful.
A full length mural of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, a healthcare worker, a superhero.
Inside of a
@PeelSchools
, at
@StephenLewis_SS
, in the heart of Churchill Meadows.
It's going to feel different walking in here.
There are no words for the sounds coming from the Rafah border. I came here to continue advocating for a ceasefire and more aid to enter gaza. I’m also here to learn more about the feasibility of airdropping aid into the region.
Not good enough. You will never be forgiven
@HonAhmedHussen
@JustinTrudeau
You starved a civilian population including women and defenceless children while a highly trained army indiscriminately attacked them.
We will never forget.
CBC News has learned that the government has decided to airdrop aid into Gaza. A Canadian government source says that the airdrop will happen within the next week.
Unless they can provide proof of a public statement, I don’t want to see a single politician at any mosque or any Iftars this Ramadan and moving forward.
Things need to change in our community. Protesting your hearts out while not being engaged in politics doesn’t work, being
.
@fordnation
is refusing to remove
@gghamari
from caucus following the unearthing of dangerous
#Islamophobic
posts online. He is out of touch with the concerns of the community.
P.s. thank you to the reporters who asked him 😊
Nothing against Mark Carney or any potential successor for
@cathmckenna
, but when an extremely accomplished woman retires from politics or public life, the story should JUST be about that.
Someone asked me the other day why I’m seemingly “throwing away” my political career.
I said: “I have no interest in becoming Ahmed Hussen.”
I wish you resigned before that
@UNRWA
announcement.
Ahmed, I had so much pride in you. We all celebrated you when you became an MP and first became a Minister.
You have lost your supporters. You have lost your community. You have lost your friends.
You have lost your way.
Your UNRWA announcement was your “Barbaric Cultural
This is a disgusting and racist tweet by a provincial MPP. Once again the anti-keffiyeh rhetoric is ignorant AF. Imagine if someone said that about any other cultural attire, they’d be cancelled immediately. But because it’s Palestinians who the west has successfully dehumanized
Canada sent $28 million worth of weapons in the midst of all this? What happened to our peacekeeping country
@JustinTrudeau
?
I can’t believe I helped this man become leader. He turned out to be the worst prime minister we’ve ever had and I’m not just talking about this issue.
Canada sent $28 million worth of weaponry to Israel amid its ongoing massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.
That is horrifying.
Which is why I along with
@jeremycorbyn
and 200+ parliamentarians across the world are backing
@ProgIntl
call for a ban on arms exports to Israel.
Hybrid Learning for Secondary: We need to advocate that
@Sflecce
properly funds
#OnEd
so this is not a consideration for Sept.
Parents, your child deserves their teacher's full attention.
Put simply, the hybrid model is garbage.
#NoHybrid
#HybridHurtsKids
@ETFOPeel
@OSSTFD19
Thank you
@nccm
for shining a light on this MPPs history of spreading
#Islamophobia
. Enough is enough. Taxpayers don’t pay MPPs to spend their time spreading hate online.
@fordnation
@PaulCalandra
fire this woman.
7/7. Enough is enough. Our leaders are supposed to be fighting
#Islamophobia
, not spreading divisive messaging. We ask Premier Ford
@fordnation
to take swift action if MPP
@gghamari
still refuses to apologize and retract.
When I was younger and full of hope, I decided to serve as one of
@JustinTrudeau
Peel Region co-chairs for his leadership race. Our team signed up almost 7000 supporters for him which was the second highest number of supporters in the entire country - almost exclusively from the
I am Arab. I am Muslim. I’m not religious. I have a slowly increasing tattoo count. I believe all people are equal and in equity to help those who are marginalized in society reach their potential.
I am a strong believer in democracy, free speech, and a staunch defender of
It’s high time we stop tolerating and making excuses for racist and ignorant education staff. Racists need to immediately exit our schools and classrooms. This wasn’t a teaching moment it was simply racist. That’s it, no other explanation.
@HaltonDSB
needs to take action here.
We're troubled by
@HaltonDSB
Guidance Counselor likening a student to a terrorist for wearing a keffiyah-a cultural piece of clothing. We've alerted
@HaltonDSB
administration. More updates coming soon.
#noroomforhate
In SS, a teacher told me I would never make it to University & if I did, I wouldn't do that well.
I hold two undergrads, one graduate degree (including a teaching degree).
Educators need to understand they do not have ability to predict the future based on one class or grade.
Dear
@PaulCalandra
,
26 hours ago, I did not know who
@gghamari
is and would not have recognized her at a grocery store. But since then, I have learned a lot about this endlessly tweeting MPP. I wrote the attached note to
@fordnation
to which she responded by asking me if I
Dear
@fordnation
, I am a concerned Ontario citizen who up until a few hours ago didn’t know who
@gghamari
was. Since then I’ve come to learn she is one of your MPPs. My concern is that this lady does not appear to do any work.
In the past 24 hours she has tweeted over TWENTY
Patrick was welcomed at many mosques. Why? Because Brampton was one of the first cities in Canada to listen to the concerns of the community, raise their voice and call for a ceasefire when the federal government was dragging its feet. Good job Patrick. 👏
Be more like Patrick.
To welcome
#Ramadan
, I visited Jame Makki Masjid, Jamiat Ul Ansar, and the Bramalea Islamic Cultural Centre in Brampton.
Muslims around the world are embarking on a communal month long test of faith where they will abstain from food and water from dawn to sunset each day during
I love when people prove my point for me. All the folks commenting in support of
@gghamari
are saying
#Islamophobic
things. Without a filter, without even pretending.
@fordnation
, do you understand what she’s done now?
I struggle to understand what’s going on today in Ontario. That a political party just so openly opposes a cultural and ethnic identity is beyond my understanding, that a handful of MPPs can just scream “No” to the presence of a cultural clothing item in the legislature and go
Requiring testing but not vaccination is an ineffectual sop to anti-vax movement - there is no “charter right” to infect other people with lethal diseases. Solidarity and public health are important values
#Covid19
#GetVaccinated
#AGlobalPandemicRequiresAGlobalResponse
So all this time
@gghamari
has been pretending to be Muslim and speaking on behalf of Muslims? That’s next level Islamophobia
@fordnation
Never heard of that before. Also please note that Iranians are not Arabs. So this whole tweet is her pretending to be a member of a group of
I come from a Muslim background. My grandmother is a devout Muslim. I, however, converted to a different faith many years ago.
Other than that, this is a great article and I encourage everyone to read it.
#IRGCterrorists
#cdnpoli
#JavidShah
This is MPP
@gghamari
. She gets “concerned” when she hears a group of
#Muslims
say “Aallah-o Akbar”
@fordnation
doesn’t wanna fire her.
In 2026, let’s fire him.
#onpoli
P.s. we won’t get bamboozled with some parent rights divisive BS.
Nice try
@gghamari
. Did you read my entire Twitter feed with all your free time as an MPP? Because you work so hard right?
Of course I condemn Hamas and the Oct 7th attack.
You on the other hand, really need to get a life and maybe spend some time answering your constituents’
Dear
@NokhaDakroub
.
You haven't mentioned Hamas at all or denounced them. That is very concerning to me as a Canadian citizen.
Do you condemn Hamas terrorists and their genocidal attack against innocent Israelis on October 7? Yes or no?
I work a lot, actually. My constituents
I will be watching this vote very closely on Monday. I hope to see all members of the Liberal caucus vote for it regardless of what
@JustinTrudeau
and
@melaniejoly
want. I am especially hopeful that members of cabinet will vote for it.
@HonAhmedHussen
this is your opportunity.
Scheer's plan of $4K/yr to send kids to private schools = worst plan ever. I'm a single mom, public school supporter, can't afford to send my kid to private school. Why should I have to pay for private education I can't participate in? Strengthen
#publiceducation
instead, thanks.
I’m sorry
@Sflecce
. I’m having a real hard time taking you seriously.
Remember this? A teacher at
@PeelSchools
using Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting stereotypes of Jewish, Muslim men and Black women? There were no consequences and you did nothing.
Some of us have been
I’m sorry, I’m so tired of this whole “Liberal Muslim woman has a right to spread
#Islamophobia
” thing.
I am a liberal Muslim woman and
@gghamari
managed to attack me. Don’t believe me? I have five tattoos. One of them actually says the word “Freedom.”
And I think
@gghamari
Canada, repeat after me: it's not Islamophobic to call out radical Islamofascist ideology that threatens our western democratic values.
Iranian women won the Times Magazine "Heroes of 2022" for the
#WomanLifeFreedom
movement, a pro-democracy movement in Iran which is fighting
The biggest losers of yesterday’s debate were definitely the conservatives. Although the day didn’t start off that way. It was supposed to be an easy day for them. They were supposed to sit back watch the Liberals and NDP beat each other up, let a few members make speeches and
My motion to develop a comprehensive anti-Islamophobia strategy was approved at last night's
@PeelSchools
board meeting.
Grateful for the support of community organizations & looking forward to forging ahead with this important work.
@nccm
@UARRToronto
@MEAPTweets
@CASSAOnline
Thank you
@DipikaDamerla
. This is appreciated. To all upcoming mayoral candidates, please note that the Muslim and Arab communities make up 20% of Mississauga’s population. And if you don’t have a clearly articulated statement on this issue at this point, no one will give a shit
This MPP just tweeted her own dating profile 🤣🤣🤣
You know
@fordnation
,
@PaulCalandra
this is why your government keeps getting in trouble. You don’t have serious thoughtful people on your team. Just a bunch of attention-seekers who have zero interest in working on issues that
I also want to impart some knowledge on
@gghamari
and
@fordnation
. While her advocacy for women’s rights in Iran is justified, the entire Middle East/Arab & Muslim world aren’t Iran. Iran is one country that doesn’t even share a language or a culture with the rest. I was born in
I’m sorry Brett. My original tweet had nothing to do with the Middle East. The fact that
@gghamari
saw what looks like an Arab or Muslim name and she immediately went to asking me about a terrorist group is clear bigotry. If she took the time to get to know me, she’d know I’ve
@NokhaDakroub
@PaulCalandra
@gghamari
@fordnation
I did not know who you were 26 seconds ago Nokha, but the question is a valid starting point for any discussion on Gaza. I'm glad you condemn Hamas. The fact is that many people going to these hate rallies do not.
In case you're just tuning into my feed & wondering what's going on, the Minister of Education
@Sflecce
just took over the second largest school board because of human rights issues.
Never happened before.
Oh &
@TrusteeMcDonald
& I been fighting for ⚖ 6 years.
& WE WON.
Got to pick this up today!
Honoured to receive a 2020 Practice Award from
@THP_hospital
this year especially. Very meaningful to be recognized during a pandemic when you'd never think anyone is noticing.
Big thanks to my incredible inpatient team/teams for the nominations! ❤💪
Thank you
@kristynwongtam
for defending our freedoms. What did we expect when all those other politicians kept condemning protestors and asking police to do more? I guess they were hoping to see some police brutality on our streets. Well, here you go. How do you feel about
Yesterday’s kettling of protesters in Regent Park by the police has me concerned for anyone who suffered intimidation & violence. We need to know what happened and why. My statement is here.
#TorCen
I never quite understood the value the
@NDP
and
@OntarioNDP
bring to all of us up until this year. I used to be one of those people who thought they should merge with the Liberals and of course as someone who spent too much time on political campaigns (I’m recovering from that
Today’s motion in the House and the government negotiating its way to support it mean one thing:
The narrative on the issue has significantly changed. Palestinian Human Rights are no longer easy for the political class to ignore and a Palestinian state is now a part of the
In 1980, Ireland was the first European Union member state to endorse the establishment of a Palestinian state. Canada spent a whole month fretting about it and yesterday after a whole lotta DRAMA didn’t end up doing it - 44 years later.
Ireland has always been boss on this
Irish Prime Minister to Biden: "We see our history in the eyes of the Palestinians, a story of displacement, deprivation, a denied national identity, forced migration, discrimination, and now hunger."
A little birdie told me
@gghamari
has been spoken to about her twittering behaviour. Is it true
@fordnation
? Was it you? Blink 3 times at today’s press conference if it was you and I will know. Or was it you, Paul?
@PaulCalandra
Dear all reporters, ask him if he had a talk with
#BreakingNews
@gghamari
apologized for the hurt and harm she’s caused with her tweets.
Good. Now go delete these unfortunate tweets and don’t do it again.
It was nice meeting you Goldie!
I have and will continue to be a strong voice in defending women’s rights, condemning terrorism, and speaking out against dangerous extremist ideologies in Iran and around the world.
However, in doing this, some of my social media posts did not clearly distinguish between
NEW:
@PeelSchools
Human Rights Office will be moving off-site (outside of Central Board Office) to ensure confidentiality & ensure that our community & staff are able to access this support without fear or concern of retribution.
Next week ALL EDUCATION WORKERS IN
#PEEL
will be eligible for vaccination against
#COVID19
. Starting in priority neighborhoods & moving across the region.
This is incredible news! I ENCOURAGE ALL
@PeelSchools
staff to GET VACCINATED as soon as offered.
We WILL get through this.
This is a great step towards true equity in public education. Streaming is an outdated practice that limits students at an early age from being able to achieve their full potential.
So happy to hear de-streaming is going provincial. Great work
@Sflecce
!
Listen to
@avilewis
. Canada’s reputation as an honest broker in the world is now buried beneath the rubble in Gaza.
And who buried it? None other than Prince Charming himself
@JustinTrudeau
.
This genocide is changing history.
Longstanding narratives are being laid to rest, buried in the rubble of Gaza.
⛔️Israel guarantees Jewish safety
🙅🏻♂️The IDF is "the most moral army in the world"
🚫Canada is an honest broker
My thoughts from a recent
@FacultyJewish
event:
Dear all reporters, please everyone ask him about the
@gghamari
#Islamophobic
tweets situation. Also ask him how much time are MPPs supposed to be spending online? I would think if you’re a busy MPP you usually have your staff tweet on your behalf and/or probably tweet 1-4 times
NEW - Premier Ford will make an announcement and take reporter questions at 8:30 Friday morning in Mississauga. It will be just his second time taking reporter questions in 63 days. Ford will be joined by the Solicitor General. Coverage on
@CityNewsTO
It’s official! I’m running to be the next City Councillor from Mississauga Ward 9.
I am a mom, healthcare worker and school board trustee who is raising her 5 year old daughter in our community.
Learn more:
#Misspoli
#Mississauga
In the Arab world we often say, “Ramadan Kareem”, meaning “may Ramadan be generous to you.”
As we begin this holy month, let us keep ourselves mindful of the struggles of others around the globe, in war zones especially in Gaza and in Ukraine, of the disproportionate
Ibrahima Barry
Mamadou Tanou Barry
Khaled Belkacemi
Aboubaker Thabti
Abdelkrim Hassane
Azzedine Soufiane
Remembering victims of Jan 29 Quebec City Mosque shooting & standing against
#Islamophobia
with Canada's Muslim community from coast to coast.
@nccm
#GreenSquareCampaign
My cousin is a firefighter in
#Beirut
, so is my uncle, as was my late grandfather. Everyone on my mother's side is safe & accounted for. No house or property left without damage. Broken glass is everywhere.
Just utterly devastating...
#PrayForLebanon
Dear
@fordnation
, I got busy today and ended up missing the announcement so I’m not sure if you blinked 3 times or not. But she apologized and I can’t imagine that wouldn’t have happened without you having a talk with her. So thank you.
You too, Paul.
@PaulCalandra
Now make
My motion regarding policing in schools was ruled out of order. I did not even get a chance to read it. Meeting shut down, police called on black community members, parents, staff & allies. Me &
@TrusteeMcDonald
refused to participate in private meeting.
This is a pretty powerful video. “I want you to know I hear you I see you. I know you felt like Justin Trudeau has let you down and Pierre Poilievre has never had your back.”
Tomorrow, New Democrats are bringing a motion for peace and justice in the Middle East to Parliament.
For months we've watched the horror unfold. Canada has a responsibility to save lives.
I need you to fill Justin Trudeau's inbox and demand he support our motion.
Still disappointed to see that the freak out that took over Twitter based on false information last week has not been retracted by leaders. What more do you need for proof? There’s hundreds of eye witness accounts saying the same thing.
What’s more disappointing is that this is
Join Jews Say No To Genocide and allies demanding hospital CEOs retract their inaccurate statements RE: last week's 'Hands Off Rafah' protest & issue an apology to Toronto’s Palestinian community & the thousands who marched calling for a
#CeasefireNOW
From tonight's meeting:
@PeelSchools
will begin consultation process for consideration of renaming Sir. John A. Macdonald Public School.
That's step 1!
Thanks to our community for your continued, non-apoligetic advocacy to ensure ongoing meaningful change in public education.
There's a rhetoric & a narrative that are responsible for what took place in
#lndont
.
There's also a public education system that has done ever so little to counter that narrative.
We don't need thoughts & prayers. We need concrete action on tackling
#Islamophobia
.
@Sflecce
With the support of Supervisor Rodrigues, my notice of motion that
@PeelSchools
develop an anti-Islamophobia strategy & mandate anti-Islamophobia training for all staff was submitted tonight.
To be discussed & decided on at the following board meeting in September.
#Islamophobia
Thank you Sharan. The anti-keffiyeh rhetoric is one of the most ignorant I’ve ever heard. All Arab countries have a “keffiyeh.” It’s a type of headdress that was used to protect farmers from the sun. Overtime they all became a symbols of national identity, even among the nations.
So why did you say you’re Muslim in your most Islamophobic tweet thus far? That’s lying. Here is the lie.
Let me be very clear, I have no problem with Muslim leaders denouncing antisemitism. We should all denounce antisemitism and anti-Palestinian racism equally. I do have a
Since people don’t bother reading articles past the headline, let me be very clear: there were many wonderful Muslim leaders at that event whom I’m proud to call friends.
I wasn’t in the program nor was I part of the panel because I’m not a Muslim leader.
I’m simply providing
Thank you
@melaniejoly
and
@JustinTrudeau
for continuing to show us who you really are. You have been so consistent in your hypocrisy that it’s commendable really.
This is on
@fordnation
.
Send the cops to take shifts for
#EssentialWorkers
so they can get a
#Covid
test & self-isolate until they get results instead of bullying 12 year old kids at the park.
This indeed is absolutely unconscionable.
There’s been a lot of chatter about me recently campaigning for
@OntarioPCParty
. Here’s the deal. Since I was a teenager, I’ve been involved in the Liberal Party. I even served in a few official party positions over the years and everything was fine and dandy. But if you’ve known
VERY excited to welcome
@goocht
to
@PeelSchools
as our new Executive Lead - Public Engagements & Communications. (Dir of Communications)
Welcome Tiffany! I look forward to working with you to rebuild our community's trust & inspire success, confidence & hope in ALL our students.
I sat in my chair for 30 mins, to follow by-laws, cz the voice of our black community matters, so that racialized students & staff know that someone cares, cz doing the right thing isn't always the popular thing/easy thing and so that my daughter would one day be proud of me.
An administrative leave to conduct an investigation is a nice first step. But
@HaltonDSB
needs to do the following:
- Due to the severity of the incident and impact on Halton students and the wider Muslim and Arab communities bring a recommendation to the board of Trustees for
I have been trying not to say anything publicly abt the
@OntLiberal
leadership. But watching two men I know & respect consistently take cheap shots at
@BonnieCrombie
has been disheartening. & watching her maintain composure & smile through it all has been inspiring.
That’s all.
I had tears in my eyes when I read this. Hey
@TrusteeMcDonald
, we weren't crazy all along!
@Sflecce
I will never stop thanking you for giving us this opportunity and appointing independent reviewers who understood the issues.
Now, we have to change this.
I’m grateful for
@MaritStiles
’ principled stance here. The designation of the kuffiyeh as a political symbol only is deeply misguided. The systemic erasure of Arab and Palestinian identity in our political system needs to stop. Glad to see Marit standing up for MPP, staff and
NEW: Speaker Ted Arnott has prohibited Palestinian kaffiyehs from being worn by anyone -- MPPs or guests -- in the Ontario legislature over concerns the scarves make "an overt political statement." The NDP has asked him to reconsider.
#onpoli
Wow. You really love creating division in Canadian society don’t you?
How is this woman an MPP
@fordnation
? Your job as an elected leader is to bring Canadians together during a challenging time Goldie. Not to showcase what a tremendous twitter troll you are.
If I were the Director of Education at
@PeelSchools
or the Minister of
@ONeducation
, I would have taken this opportunity to mandate anti-racism/anti-Islamophobia training for all admin prior to return in Sept - or can't return as admin.
However, I am neither one of these people.
Hello, it's me - 6 days post 1st shot of
#PfizerVaccine
. Only side-effect: sore arm for few hrs.
I'm still alive, still got big hair & big smile, didn't grow a third eye, the govt isn't following me around & I'm happy I made the right decision.
Still that sassy girl you love✌
I'm happy! 1700 residents signed the petition, a few hundred people attended the meeting tonight & my motion to reinstate $1.3 Million to subsidize permit rental costs for community use of schools has passed.
@PeelSchools
It's the kind of thing you pass on to your grandchildren when you tell them about the times & you say something like:
"We were a strong team, & everyone was very brave, & we helped each other get through it - against all the odds."
Thank you,
@THP_hospital
🙏
Had a fantastic zoom chat with
@ChiefNish
from
@PeelPolice
today about policing in schools & how we can make improvements to Peel's SRO program. We agree much work to be done on both our ends but look forward to making changes to serve our community best. Thank you for your time!
After an overly intense year in
#publiceducation
accompanied by a few highly intense months in
#healthcare
, I am happy to share that I'm currently engaged in a very different kind of war.
And that this time, I have to let someone else win.
Hey friends, have I ever told you about the Peel Learning Foundation? We at
@peelschools
recently created a foundation to raise funds to support students in need. Learn a bit more with our Executive Director Brian Hobbs.