@morgainegriffin.ca
Neighbour and councillor Central Elgin Ward 2: Norman-Lyndale-Union-Sparta Chair of Catfish Creek Conservation Authority This is a personal account which reflects my own opinions and not those of any board or organization that I serve.
Good governance isn't theatre. If council feels boring, that usually means the rules are being followed and the work is getting done. That’s what you elect us for! Thanks to everyone who stays engaged. You make our democracy what it is. #localgovernance #makegovernanceboringagain #boringisgood
Had a great time at the Western Local Government Program Alumni Conference. The theme — “Less Red Tape, More Duct Tape” — highlighted the cracks showing in long-standing policies and how municipalities are adapting while we work toward lasting solutions.
#westernuniversity
#onpoli
Last October, I attended the first AMO Healthy Democracy Project — now, they’re offering a free seminar series for the public! 🎉
If you’ve ever considered running for local office, sign up! Our communities need candidates.
www.amo.on.ca/amos-healthy...
#ONmunicipalelections
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
When we had a full gallery waiting to hear a motion against #strongmayor powers at the end of a lengthy agenda. Cr. Michelle Graham suggested we skip forward to it out of consideration for those waiting. This was an opinion shared before council declined to accommodate. 👀
#onpoli
Also every last one of us sells our body every day to some cog in the capitalist machine. But nobody wants to think of construction or desk jobs that way.
I emailed the party to complain. I can't find an email address for Carney himself! What addresses or numbers do you suggest I reach out to?
Quite right! We can't be *obliged* to. But we should be *empowered* to do so with indemnity. Municipalities are only halfway playing our part in #teamcanada because of legislative requirements not to favour by origin.
Here's a motion I'm bringing in Central Elgin. What are other municipalities considering?
#canpoli
#elbowsup
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The US administration is firing EPA agents responsible for protecting the Great Lakes. Ontario municipal councillors are responsible for their municipalities' safe drinking water. 60% of our province drinks from the Great Lakes. Every Ontario mayor and councillor should be up in arms.
Twice tonight, I tried to post on FB about EPA firings affecting safe Canadian drinking water. Both posts disappeared immediately, no explanation. Is anyone else dealing with possible FB censorship?
I posted this on Twitter but some have asked to share it here too. It's Doug Ford's wife celebrating Trump's win on election night wearing a shirt that says "Daddy's Home" above a photo of Trump and the White House. It was posted to Kyla Ford's Instagram. They've always backed Trump. #onpoli
I think another piece of that is that we choose different targets for racism. My community has very few people of color. Many of my area's First Nations people look white. People don't think of it as racism when they're saying something crappy about someone who looks like them.
Residential schools are one of the most shameful pieces of Canadian history. We have had racism here and still do. My kids learn more about it at school now than I did, and they're horrified. It helps me to appreciate why it's so important for America to teach about its racist history as well.
Actually, I was wondering the opposite!* Is buying and returning tons of Amazon Basics products a possible drag on the company?
*but in non-Amazon terms, I agree.
Same! Haven't used X for years, but if I totally leave Meta, I know I'll have Ward residents who don't know where to connect with me. It'll be a process for all of us! 🩷
Councillor Kathryn Desrosiers from the town of Aylmer met with the Minister of Education to address this issue on Monday! I was honoured to be the high school teacher she brought for support. 👨🏫🍎
A reminder that like Trump, the Nazis started by revoking the documents that provided legal recognition and protections to trans people. They didn't stop there. Next they subjected trans people to castration, concentration camps, and execution.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-...
Cold weather, warm feelings! Mastering Community is a great book to start on a snowy Monday. ☕️
#bookrecommendations
#nonfiction
#currentlyreading
Central Elgin’s new bylaw lets officials bill taxpayers for legal fees, even integrity probes.
Retroactivity means past cases can bill—at any cost they chose to pay. Whistleblowing will be costly to our
neighbours. This choice deserves scrutiny.
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#CentralElgin #PortStanley
@theresalubowitz.bsky.social , will you send me a message? I don't want to sign up in the bad place!
Look, I'm not going to survive the zombie apocalypse, so I'm paying it forward to my neighbours if I wear dumb shoes and restrictive clothing. At least I'm not a useful contributing member of the zombie hoarde!
10 years ago, I picked up a bag for a homeless library patron and an uncapped needle poked my leg. I spent a month on medication to avoid contracting HIV. When I got back to work, patrons asked how such a thing could happen to a good person. We chose it when we failed to provide safe alternatives.
Yes! It's a disturbing precedent to set both in terms of mayors bypassing their councils and in deciding that some humans are less worthy of life and compassion.
The province is in the grips of a cost-of-living crisis that’s overwhelmingly a housing crisis — and the government’s policies are falling short in nearly every way we can measure, writes @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social #onpoli
Today, with 40 other councillors from across Ontario, I ask that the 15 mayors requesting the use of the notwithstanding clause to bypass the charter rights of homeless Ontarians rescind their letter to Premier Doug Ford. We need evidence-based solutions to homelessness that respect human rights.
