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Listen to the CKMS interview of Mike Morrice and me!

Canadians and Canadian residents: please sign and share this important petition to #RestoreUNWRA funding

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4802

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Thank-you, Mike Morrice! It is great to have an Member of Parliament in Ontario that actually represents me, even if not actually in my riding! I was quite upset this morning when I started seeing those reports, so I was very happy to see your post.

Mike is the MP sponsor for my Petition to the House of Commons, asking the Government of Canada to restore UNWRA funding during this humanitarian catastrophe.

Canadian citizens and residents can sign my Petition e-4802

Laurel L Russwurm 2024-02-26 17:47:15

#MSF/Doctors Without Borders addressed the UN Security Council.

Outside the meeting, Remy Carriere, Emergency MSF co-ordinator just back from #Gaza said he didn't think many humanitarian organizations could function in #Gaza without the services provided by #unwra.

He also said,

"A lot of the services everybody is receiving is because UNWRA is functional today."

Canadians: Please sign and share my e-4802 petition to
restore UNWRA funding

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4802

#CDNpoli

This is simply not right.

The first thing that must happen is a ceasefire.

The second thing is the restoration of humanitarian aid.

If you’re a Canadian and/or live in Canada, please sign my petition to restore UNWRA funding https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4802

If you are an American, please contact your elected representatives and tell them *not* to veto tomorrow’s (Tuesday Feb 20, 2024) Gaza Ceasefire resolution in the UN.

It strikes me odd that people tell artists they shouldn’t have opinions.

No matter the medium, art is an opinion, a statement, speech.

We’re lucky to have artists who are able and willing to fight for a better future.

Canada needs to show leadership here to prevent genocide in Gaza.

This is is not optional: countries like Canada that have signed the Genocide Convention have assumed the obligation of preventing the perpetration of genocide by other states.

Canadians don’t want to be complicit in genocide,

Most of the news from Gaza is traumatic, as ambulances are attacked and hospitals, schools, homes,…

This miracle baby was pulled from a bombed house in #Gaza

Most of the news from Gaza is traumatic, as ambulances are attacked and hospitals, schools, homes, and places of worship are bombed, people are killed and wounded, whole families are wiped out in an instant. There isn’t much good news.

But this little miracle baby is good news.

If we leave it up to Israel to decide the fate of Palestinians, this innocent orphan’s future won’t be very bright.

Palestinians have lost enough. Its time they were free. They need the opportunity for self determination and the right of return that is their due.

Hey, I’ve got an idea: since Israel has destroyed so much of Gaza’s housing stock and real estate has been turned to rubble, its time the illegal walls and checkpoints came down, and the illegal occupiers were turned out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Its too bad Canada traded in peacekeeping for warmaking. This could have been an opportunity for real leadership. Sadly, we won’t likely get that before we have #ProportionalRepresentation.

Signatures for Petition e-4802

Thank-you so very much to everyone who has signed my restore UNWRA Funding Petition!

Imagine: 3,051 signatures in only 5 days!

And here I was wondering if my Petition would really be able to get enough signatures to get certified for presentation to Parliament in just 30 days. I knew very well that I’m not the only Canadian who cares desperately about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza, but I…

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Signatures for Petition e-4802

Thank-you so very much to everyone who has signed my restore UNWRA Funding Petition!

Imagine: 3,051 signatures in only 5 days!

And here I was wondering if my Petition would really be able to get enough signatures to get certified for presentation to Parliament in just 30 days. I knew very well that I’m not the only Canadian who cares desperately about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza, but I didn’t know if I would be able to reach them. But it seems the people I’ve asked to sign and share have done a brilliant job of it.

And special thanks to Mike Morrice for sponsoring this!

While our democratic governments offer unconditional support to Israel, more and more people around the world have decided to hit the streets in peaceful protest for a Palestinian peace. We all have busy lives: nobody has time for this. I certainly didn’t have time to write a petition. But we have to do this.

Because we know what’s going on. Just as the Vietnam War played out in the living rooms of America, the War on Hamas is up close and personal, on our phones, tablets and computers.

With people being bombed, unhoused, displaced, starved and killed, the importance and urgency of the subject of this petition is staggering. Canada needs to restore funding to UNWRA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)

SIGN Petition e-4802: Restore UNRWA Funding

The more signatures this petition receives, the more seriously the Government of Canada will take it, so please keep signing and sharing!