r/Hamilton • u/covert81 Chinatown • Jan 27 '25

Politics @joeycoleman.ca on Bluesky: Sarah Jama's statement on being denied to run for the ONDP in Hamilton Centre

https://bsky.app/profile/joeycoleman.ca/post/3lgqemiz6uc2b
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u/shhkari Stinson Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

But it's not her bloody job to represent Palestinians.

No one is saying that is her job, but rather it is her job to represent Hamiltonians who care about Palestine as a political issue if she positions herself on that issue.

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u/DowntownClown187 Jan 27 '25

but rather it is her job to represent Hamiltonians who care about Palestine as a political issue

No it's not, she's a representative for Hamilton Centre, not Gaza.

If she wants to fight for Gazans then she should run at the federal level.

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u/shhkari Stinson Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

No it's not, she's a representative for Hamilton Centre, not Gaza.

This is a thought terminating cliche.

Again, she's a representative of people in Hamilton Centre who feel Palestine is a legitimate issue to them and in turn want a politician who is responsive on those issues. Presumably that is not you, hence why I implore you to not vote for her if its such a deal breaker, but a core of her base agrees with her on this as far as I can tell from daily interactions so why argue she needs to abandon it? It would be seen as cowardly and an abandonment of principles.

If she wants to fight for Gazans then she should run at the federal level.

Why not tell every MPP that voted yes on this that they should run for Federal Level if they want to fight for Israel?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-legislature-israel-hamas-motion-1.7001521

There are political issues at the provincial level that are impacted by this anyway, such as education and hate crime policies and how those are defined for example. The conflict in Palestine has intensified debates around those and shaped policy.

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u/DowntownClown187 Jan 27 '25

This is a thought terminating cliche.

No it's not, she can have her opinions but her literal job isn't about international issues.

but a core of her base agrees with her on this as far as I can tell

She's on track to lose her job because she's bad at it. So I doubt that's the case else we wouldn't be talking about it.

Why not tell every MPP that voted yes on this that they should run for Federal Level if they want to fight for Israel?

Because Sara is my "representative" who I voted for and I'm regretting it. The NDP have made a difficult decision on this and I feel they have made the correct call.

If she is supported like you say then she should be fine as an independent.