@voxofgod the Commonwealth doesn't want the USA, that's not going to happen. Also, I'm kinda of getting the impression you think it's a bit like the EU? Commonwealth is basically just the old British colonies kinda maintaining some cultural (and sometimes head of state) ties after independence. In practice it just means some countries like Canada and Australia still have the UK monarch as a powerless head of state. We don't get freedom of movement like the EU gets. I don't think we even get special visa conditions.

In practical terms, being a member of the Commonwealth means your country gets to take part in the Commonwealth games. And maybe extra diplomatic help in other Commonwealth countries if you don't have an embassy there. Um. That's it afaik 😅

Btw New Zealand is not disability friendly for immigration. There was a big story a few years ago where a British man was offered a high paying job there and was told he can take his wife and older child, but his disabled daughter was not given residency.

When trying to find the article, I found these:

https://news.sky.com/story/girl-12-denied-residency-because-her-autism-does-not-meet-acceptable-standards-of-health-in-new-zealand-12599259

https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/26/family-denied-visa-daughter-downs-syndrome-9022812/

https://www.liveaction.org/news/new-zealand-denied-residency-teenage-girl-syndrome/

#ableism #discrimination #newzealand #autism #DownSyndrome #ableists #disability #commonwealth

And don't even think about answering, if you want to get all vegan self-righteous on me.

Many people, who would maybe like to be vegan, cannot do so for various and often health reasons.

People claiming otherwise are shaming #ableists and should check their values.

@andymoose @douglaspynn I call David, #EbyTheEvilEnabler now. I just called him #EbyTheEnabler before recent rounds of supporting more evil choices by #eugenist #BonnieHenry.

#FireBonnieHenry #BCNewDeathParty #Neoliberalism #Fascists #Ableists #BCNDPisKillingUs #BCNDP #LegacyOfDeath

*Developers are #ableists because they can't profit as much from #PeopleWithDisabilities. Disabled folks have been struggling for far too long, trying to find & obtain #AccessibleHousing.

Starting next March in B.C., all large new condominium and apartment buildings will require 100-per cent adaptable suites and first-floor suites in smaller apartment buildings will be required to be easily adapted so anyone with a disability can live in them.

Developers say this could add tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of new homes because they will all require bigger rooms, lower outlets and various changes in washrooms.

Tom Davidoff, associate professor of business at the University of British Columbia told Global News that if accessibility for everyone is not mandated, it is certainly possible that builders would provide almost no accessible units.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10601068/bc-building-code-accessibility-changes-concerns-developers/amp/

#BCpoli #DisabledCanadians #Housing #Accessibility #DisabledPeopleDeserveHomesToo #HumanRights #DisabilityRights

In #BritishColumbia #Canada - We haven't really had a genuine #PublicHealth leader for awhile. We have an #Eugenics monster, Bonnie Henry, being paid with taxpayers funds, to kill & disable more citizens, not help us stay medically safer & healthier.

Medical professionals who are violators of their #HippocraticOath should be #fired & #ostracized from #health fields - not be given high paying public health leadership jobs.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidKilledMyDad #FireBonnieHenry #BCpoli #EugenicsIsEvil #BringBackMaskMandate #MaskUpSaveLives #MasksProtect #CovidSafety #CovidNeverEnded #MasksAreCommunityCare #PutYourMaskOn #BCNDP #DontVoteForAntimaskers #VoteOutEugenists #CallOutEugenists #PeopleWithDisabilities #Ableists #StopEugenics #DisabilityRights #DisabilityMatters #InclusivenessNeedsMasks #StopTryingToKillUs #AdrianDix #BonnieHenry #DavidEby #DisabledRightsAreHumanRights #Medical #ProtectBC #DoNoHarmBC

It's not enough to make #LGBTQIA+, #migrants, #disabled and #neurodivergent people feel safe and welcome by and with you, but it's important that #TERFs / #FARTs, #Ableists, #Racists, #Christofacists as well as #Antisemites feel not just discomforted and unwelcome by your presence but flee your line of sight!

#WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue applies to everything...

• And making #Reactionaries feel not welcome is always an act of #SelfDefense and #MutualDefense!

#MakeFacistsAfraidAgain #PNCHNZS

#chronicdisability #chronicillness #disabled #disability #ableists #wheelchairlife #chronicpain

I had to wear sunglasses today for our #TheOnesWhoLive episode 2 recording, due to my eye flaring up. I always get targeted by my ableist stalkers when this happens. But it just empowers me at this point. I’m afraid of #ableism but I’m not afraid of #ableists. #disability #youtuber #thewalkingdead

(I bring a sort of “#Everyone has inherent #worth regardless of their productivity” Vibe to every #conversation that #ableists don’t really seem to like)

The #report by the #IndependentInvestigationsOffice said the #injured man — who has been #diagnosed with #Aspergers syndrome — was never actively resistant to #police but was “doggedly non-compliant.”

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/iio-says-saanich-police-use-of-plastic-projectiles-and-dog-on-man-was-close-to-the-line-6720999

#Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #ACAB #IIO #PolicePolicingThemselves #Ableism #Ableists #DisabledRights #HumanRights #PoliceReform #LackOfAccountability

#blocked account, instance & reported. This is the kinda shit we #POC #women get to experience when we don't put up with #racists , #bigots , #misogynists & #ableists . We don't go looking for them. They stalk our accounts just to #troll us & be hateful #stranger #creeps .

Please don't follow me, if you're OK w/ppl who behave this way towards POC women online. These #cowards hide behind screens & would never have the guts to face me in person; nor any of my white or POC friends✌
#FediBlock