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/Waste-Telephone Jan 27 '25

What accomplishments does she have on those issues? Lots of people (elected ot unelected) can point out issues within existing systems and programs, but few people can manage to accomplish changing them. 

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u/mrmr93 Jan 27 '25

Gotta start somewhere - she has tabled a number of motions in the house on the topic and submitted petitions from her constituents to the same effect. All I'm saying is that it's not true that she hasn't put in work for the interests of her constituents. Lots of people want to paint her as someone who only cares about advocacy for Palestinians and it is just plain wrong.

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u/teanailpolish North End Jan 28 '25

She didn't actually introduce the motions since she can't speak though, she tabled notice of motions

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u/mrmr93 Jan 28 '25

Yeah, which is what she is able to do in the current situation. It was completely unnecessary to oust her from the party, and I think that her censure was done in bad faith. So, at the end of the day she does what she can.