The brief summary of yesterday’s policy votes at the CPC 2023 convention was published by CBC. Go there first, and read it – but I really think they missed more than a few things, so this is going to be a bit more of a deep dive into the policies
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The Cracked Crystal Ball II: This Afternoon We Find Out
This afternoon, we find out which of the 50+ policy resolutions get adopted by the CPC. Back here, I reviewed 3 policy resolutions in context, and questioned just how “broad” the conservative tent really is. If any of those 3 resolutions is adopted, we can safely conclude that the CPC
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: DESIGNING AN AFFORDABLE, HAPPY & SECURE FUTURE
I’m always on the lookout for innovative housing models for older adults and recently, I came across one I really like. Jake Rothstein is a Florida-based entrepreneur on a mission for social change. I was especially interested in his ideas for older adult co-housing because a) I love the Golden
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: A Dream Worth Fighting For
The arc of history may bend towards justice, but there is nothing inevitable about progress. Societies can and do regress as well as progress. They can be dragged backwards by their lowest fears, as well impelled forward by their highest ideals.
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: On Pride and Inclusiveness
So, according to the bright lights on the Calgary Herald’s editorial board, Pride needs to become about including everyone, including those who have a track record of oppressing the LGBT community. Harrison Fleming, Alberta co-ordinator of LGBTory, an LGBTQ conservative organization, calls organizers’ position short-sighted and characterizes their decision to
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: DESIGNING WHAT WE NEED THEN AND NOW
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” ― Mark Twain Caregivers of children or adults with mobility challenges know what I’m talking about when I say that getting dressed is a lot harder than making dinner. Ensuring winter warmth is a nightmare for carers of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Radical Feminist Quote of the Day – On Being Inclusive.
Women speaking out against the politics of individual identity and exposing the hypocrisy that lies at the base of much of the liberal objection to radical feminist class based politics. “i’m so tired of this liberal viewpoint that you have to include everyone at all times when talking about politics
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: On Embracing Change
We’re moving. Today. Four strong men pulled up in an enormous truck this morning and right now I can hear them talking quietly and gasping as they haul sofas and tables down the hall.We bought this house in 1991 just before Natalie was born. Nicholas’ …
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism and the PC Election 2014 Platform: No Adult Autism Care, More Harmful Forced Classroom Inclusion of Severely Autistic Students
The PC Plan for New Brunswick does not include any provisions that will help severely autistic students or adults, the same people who have been harmed by PC policies during the Alward-Porter-Carr administration. In fact the the Platform brags about the Gordon Porter-Jody Carr harmful, discriminatory, inclusion remake and is
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Inclusion Done Right: Conor at Leo Hayes High School Resource Centre
Pictures above and below: Inclusion done right at Leo Hayes High School Resource Centre Pictures courtesy of Steve at the LHHS Resource Centre Inclusion done wrong is inclusion as advocated by Gordon Porter of the CACL and NBACL, and the current Conservative government which has very close ties to Mr
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: A Dutch Village – Prison or Paradise?
There’s a story about Hogewey, a village in The Netherlands that’s gone viral on social media recently. It’s a closed village (ie. it’s got walls around it and there’s an air lock system to get in and out). The residents are people with advanced dementia or Alzheimer’s and their carers.
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor Countdown Continues In Support of FLEXIBLE, EVIDENCE BASED Inclusion
The Conor Countdown continues, as Conor gets up each day at 6 am and changes the number reflecting the number of days until school resumes. My son Conor, and his autism disorder disability, have been well accommodated in schools here in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He has benefited both from
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: CBC Inclusion Interviews: What Did Smith and Carr Mean By Inclusion?
CBC’s Terry Seguin conducted two very good interviews with outgoing NBTA President Heather Smith and EECD Minister Jody Carr over the last two days. However, neither of Terry’s guests gave a clear definition of what they meant by “inclusion“. The only clear definition of inclusion offered by the current administration
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: NBTA Acknowledges Education Department’s Obsession With Inclusion Philosophy
The New Brunswick Teachers Association has spoken up … sort of … about New Brunswick’s extreme inclusion philosophy. The NBTA to its credit acknowledges, finally, that inclusion is a philosophy not an educational plan as stated by outgoing NBTA President Heather Smith at a meeting of delegates from around the
Continue readingFacing Autism Symptoms in New Brunswick: Autism Society New Brunswick Invitation to Premier Alward, Ministers, Opposition Leaders to Attend ASNB AGM
February 7, 2013 Dear Honourable Premier Alward, Honourable Ministers, Respected Leaders of the Liberal, NDP and Green Parties of New Brunswick You are all respectfully invited to attend the 2013 annual meeting of the Autism Society New Brunswick scheduled for March 23, 2012 commencing at 12:30 at MacLaggan Hall, UNB
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Calgary-Centre: The Day After
It has been a wonder of a campaign. For the Harvey Locke campaign the Liberals doubled their support from 2011 (going from 17% to 32%) and sent a message that Calgarians were willing to give the Liberals a crack at representing them. It was a 4% spread…
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: Bribery! First Shave & Haircut for Conor THEN Back to So Called "Segregated" School
Conor Shows Off His New Shave and Haircut Nothing wrong with bribery if it helps us get Conor to sit still for a shave and haircut! That’s what happened this long weekend when I bribed Conor to accept a shave and haircut by indicating first shave and haircut then back
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Hey Claire, I Bumped Into Yude Hentelleff Today at the Atlantic Human Rights Centre Inclusive Education Conference in Fredericton!
L: Yude M. Hentelleff, C.M., Q.C., L.L.D. (Hon.) R: Harold L. Doherty at the Atlantic Human Rights Centre Inclusion Conference Crowne Plaza Fredericton-Lord Beaverbrook, June 14, 2012 THE FULLY INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM IS ONLY ONE OF THE RIGHT WAYS TO MEET THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: What Do NB Teachers Really Think About The Porter-NBACL Full Inclusion Model?
What do New Brunswick teachers really think about the full inclusion model which has been pushed relentlessly in NB schools by Gordon Porter and the New Brunswick Association for Community Living since the mid-1980’s? The truth is many teachers recognize that extreme, everyone in the regular classroom inclusion does not
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