Hilde Besic
@hildebesic.bsky.social
Retired teacher navigating with Canadian, Indigenous, and European worldviews at the table. Interesting times!
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ICYMI: Reposting last night’s story. I published late, but it’s worth your morning read, a news event that got very little coverage, but may have a broad impact:
"Senators vote to end the second-generation cutoff for ‘status Indians’
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"Senators vote to end the second-generation cutoff for ‘status Indians’
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‘We cannot govern who First Nations fall in love with’ says Senator
A Senate committee voted ten to one to amend to the government’s Bill S-2, and implement a one-parent rule for 'status Indians'
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November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ICYMI: Reposting last night’s story. I published late, but it’s worth your morning read, a news event that got very little coverage, but may have a broad impact:
"Senators vote to end the second-generation cutoff for ‘status Indians’
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #Indigenous #cdnpoli
"Senators vote to end the second-generation cutoff for ‘status Indians’
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #Indigenous #cdnpoli
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I rose in the Senate to remember the horror of Oct 7, 2023 and to confront the horrors that followed. #cdnpoli #Gaza #Israel
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Motion Pertaining to the Situation in Gaza
YouTube video by Yuen Pau Woo
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October 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I rose in the Senate to remember the horror of Oct 7, 2023 and to confront the horrors that followed. #cdnpoli #Gaza #Israel
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This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Prisoners’ Justice Day, a day to honour those who have lived and died in prisons across Canada and to reaffirm our commitment to ending systemic neglect, discrimination, and rights violations in our correctional system.
Read more in my statement below. 📄
Read more in my statement below. 📄
August 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Prisoners’ Justice Day, a day to honour those who have lived and died in prisons across Canada and to reaffirm our commitment to ending systemic neglect, discrimination, and rights violations in our correctional system.
Read more in my statement below. 📄
Read more in my statement below. 📄
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Senator Woo speaking with force and conviction about the urgent need for Prime Minister
@mark-carney.bsky.social
to take concrete action to stop Israel's horrific crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Nice to see 10 senators signing this statement. The tide is slowly turning in Ottawa.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
to take concrete action to stop Israel's horrific crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Nice to see 10 senators signing this statement. The tide is slowly turning in Ottawa.
This afternoon, 10 senators issued a statement on the extreme humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Israel's disregard for international law, and the legal risk that Canada faces in failing to act in the face of crimes against humanity. To read: senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/media/pre...
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Statement on the Situation in Gaza and Call for the Government of Canada to Uphold International Law
YouTube video by Yuen Pau Woo
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June 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Senator Woo speaking with force and conviction about the urgent need for Prime Minister
@mark-carney.bsky.social
to take concrete action to stop Israel's horrific crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Nice to see 10 senators signing this statement. The tide is slowly turning in Ottawa.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
to take concrete action to stop Israel's horrific crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Nice to see 10 senators signing this statement. The tide is slowly turning in Ottawa.
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Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous-led conservation are both crucial to Canada’s future — but they’re also widely misunderstood. @michellecyca.com explains in our latest video:
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Indigenous sovereignty in Canada, explained | The Narwhal
Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous-led conservation are both crucial to Canada’s future. We explain in our latest video...
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June 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous-led conservation are both crucial to Canada’s future — but they’re also widely misunderstood. @michellecyca.com explains in our latest video:
thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-s...
thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-s...
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This Indigenous Peoples Day, we reaffirm our commitment to justice grounded in reconciliation. That means investing in implementing evidence-based decision-making, culturally appropriate community-based supports, and focusing on supportive rather than ineffective and punitive practices. 4/4
June 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This Indigenous Peoples Day, we reaffirm our commitment to justice grounded in reconciliation. That means investing in implementing evidence-based decision-making, culturally appropriate community-based supports, and focusing on supportive rather than ineffective and punitive practices. 4/4
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Today, we say: we won’t be the U.S. on this. Instead, we will live up to our principles — justice, compassion, and real protection for refugees. On World Refugee Day, let’s recommit to a fair, open Canada — one that offers freedom, safety, and hope, not shutdowns and lockups. 3/3
June 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today, we say: we won’t be the U.S. on this. Instead, we will live up to our principles — justice, compassion, and real protection for refugees. On World Refugee Day, let’s recommit to a fair, open Canada — one that offers freedom, safety, and hope, not shutdowns and lockups. 3/3
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In my latest Senate speech, I called on Parliament to safeguard against the misuse of the notwithstanding clause — particularly when it’s used to violate the Charter-protected rights of marginalized communities, including Indigenous women, racialized groups, religious minorities, and prisoners. 1/3
June 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In my latest Senate speech, I called on Parliament to safeguard against the misuse of the notwithstanding clause — particularly when it’s used to violate the Charter-protected rights of marginalized communities, including Indigenous women, racialized groups, religious minorities, and prisoners. 1/3
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As an Indigenous person the government of Canada’s support of Zionism and the state of Israel makes me feel unsafe. Israel is currently exterminating Indigenous people and starting regional conflicts based on ethno-supremacy. The state of Israel needs to be denounced by all good Canadians.
June 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
As an Indigenous person the government of Canada’s support of Zionism and the state of Israel makes me feel unsafe. Israel is currently exterminating Indigenous people and starting regional conflicts based on ethno-supremacy. The state of Israel needs to be denounced by all good Canadians.
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This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
June 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
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Canada will never bow or bend to the gangster.
Someone sent me this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysLO...
Someone sent me this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysLO...
True North, No Trump Allowed 🇨🇦 | Charlie Angus’ Patriotic Anthem for a Sovereign Canada
YouTube video by John D. Cundle
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June 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Canada will never bow or bend to the gangster.
Someone sent me this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysLO...
Someone sent me this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysLO...
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On Wednesday I spoke at 2nd reading of Bill S-206 — a proposal to create a national framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI).
Too many people are struggling to meet their most basic needs. It's time for Canada to invest in a system that leaves no one behind. #GLBI #PovertyReduction
Too many people are struggling to meet their most basic needs. It's time for Canada to invest in a system that leaves no one behind. #GLBI #PovertyReduction
June 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
On Wednesday I spoke at 2nd reading of Bill S-206 — a proposal to create a national framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI).
Too many people are struggling to meet their most basic needs. It's time for Canada to invest in a system that leaves no one behind. #GLBI #PovertyReduction
Too many people are struggling to meet their most basic needs. It's time for Canada to invest in a system that leaves no one behind. #GLBI #PovertyReduction
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🏳️🌈 This Pride Month, we celebrate the courage, resilience, and joy of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across Canada.
Let us honour the ongoing fight for justice and equality by standing in solidarity with those advocating for inclusion, safety, and human rights — not just in June, but every day.
Let us honour the ongoing fight for justice and equality by standing in solidarity with those advocating for inclusion, safety, and human rights — not just in June, but every day.
June 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🏳️🌈 This Pride Month, we celebrate the courage, resilience, and joy of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across Canada.
Let us honour the ongoing fight for justice and equality by standing in solidarity with those advocating for inclusion, safety, and human rights — not just in June, but every day.
Let us honour the ongoing fight for justice and equality by standing in solidarity with those advocating for inclusion, safety, and human rights — not just in June, but every day.
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Poverty is a policy choice – and it’s time for change.
Proud to have introduced Bill S-206 to establish a national framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income.
#GLBI #SenCA #cdnpoli #BasicIncome #DignityForAll
www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industr...
Proud to have introduced Bill S-206 to establish a national framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income.
#GLBI #SenCA #cdnpoli #BasicIncome #DignityForAll
www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industr...
Guaranteed basic income bill re-tabled in the Senate | Investment Executive
PBO estimated in April 2021 basic income could cut poverty by 49%
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May 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Poverty is a policy choice – and it’s time for change.
Proud to have introduced Bill S-206 to establish a national framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income.
#GLBI #SenCA #cdnpoli #BasicIncome #DignityForAll
www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industr...
Proud to have introduced Bill S-206 to establish a national framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income.
#GLBI #SenCA #cdnpoli #BasicIncome #DignityForAll
www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industr...
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What are you personally doing to help Universal Basic Income get implemented? The easiest possible thing to do is to just talk about it more and help amplify posts that support UBI. You can utilize my timeline to save time. You can also donate to itsafoundation.org to help with our key UBI projects.
May 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What are you personally doing to help Universal Basic Income get implemented? The easiest possible thing to do is to just talk about it more and help amplify posts that support UBI. You can utilize my timeline to save time. You can also donate to itsafoundation.org to help with our key UBI projects.
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Solitary confinement and segregation persist in 🇨🇦 without effective oversight. This former contracted decision maker provides more evidence of the urgent need for the kinds of oversight and remedies proposed in Tona's Law. Stay tuned as we re-introduce it today! #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
Oversight of solitary confinement needs an audit and overhaul
The existing structure is seriously flawed. To be more than window-dressing, oversight must be supported, transparent and free from interference.
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May 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The war criminal is angry that we are calling out his deliberate mass killing of children.
Total boycotts must be in place for all things Israeli.
www.politico.eu/article/benj...
Total boycotts must be in place for all things Israeli.
www.politico.eu/article/benj...
Netanyahu blasts Starmer, Macron and Carney over Israel sanctions threat
Western criticism grows over Israel’s military assault on Gaza.
www.politico.eu
May 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The war criminal is angry that we are calling out his deliberate mass killing of children.
Total boycotts must be in place for all things Israeli.
www.politico.eu/article/benj...
Total boycotts must be in place for all things Israeli.
www.politico.eu/article/benj...
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Don’t trust the Liberal Party of Canada with Indian policy if they still support Zionism. It’s resulting in the extermination of human beings. Call them out on it at every single opportunity. Don’t let them cosplay being on the left. They also fight First Nations children in court.
May 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Don’t trust the Liberal Party of Canada with Indian policy if they still support Zionism. It’s resulting in the extermination of human beings. Call them out on it at every single opportunity. Don’t let them cosplay being on the left. They also fight First Nations children in court.