Further to my post on July 24 where I tried to clear up that the changes to the Procedural By-Law that were being proposed were NOT a keffiyeh ban, here I am again to try to clear this up.

Unfortunately, there are some members of the community who are determined to continue the spread of disinformation, which — more concerning than being damaging to Regional Council, Regional staff, and the intentions of both — is potentially harmful to residents in our communities.

Continue reading “Disinformation about ‘keffiyeh ban’ is wrong and harmful” →

There is information circulating on social media that Regional Council is attempting to ban people from wearing the keffiyeh in Council Chambers.

This is patently false.

Continue reading “Misinformation and the “keffiyeh ban”” →

On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee (DEIAC) met to discuss the Committee’s Terms of Reference and a correspondence item from a delegate who participated in the DEIAC meeting of April 16, 2024.

Continue reading “Statement: Disruption of DEIAC Meeting of April 30, 2024” →

In the blog entry that comes immediately before this one, I omitted specifically naming Palestine and Palestinian people.

The blog entry is written in such a way that it may appear that I conflate being Muslim with being Palestinian or – even worse – that I do not care about or recognize Palestinian people, their trauma and grief, and the genocide being committed against them.

Continue reading “Genocide and anti-Palestinian racism” →

Last week, we made decisions at a Regional Council meeting that were unpopular with the people who were present and in the wider community and also that provided relief for many people in the wider community.

A colleague presented a motion that was causing division in our communities in Niagara, and – because of that – Council made a 26-2 decision to remove the item from the agenda.

Continue reading “Trauma-informed decision-making” →