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David Alton

@ourjoymovement.bsky.social
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Queer Theologian Facilitator of homelessness advocates Organizer for independent/grassroots power in Waterloo Region

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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Housing & homelessness services are largely downloaded from higher tiers of government. But the funding is not enough so municipalities are having to invest more every year from tax levy. But wrps relies much more on tax levy. Also wrps gets consistent increases and surpluses where we are frozen.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
A lot of the funding is recurring as it covers a broad suite of front line services. Although many agencies & programs have to apply every year. The big difference with police budget is the portion of the funding that comes from the tax levy and how much is funded by federal and provincial funding.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Safe Tenting Zones and the Waterloo Encampment Case www.linkedin.com/pulse/safe-t...
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Safe Tenting Zones and the Waterloo Encampment Case
I wrote this letter for Region of Waterloo Council as they deliberate further committing to evicting the 100 Victoria encampment community. Good Evening Council, As you consider how to move forward re...
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Disappointed to see @berryonline.bsky.social and other Canadian Auto Mayors campaigning against Electrical Vehicle Availability Standards. I understand the desire to protect auto sector in new landscape. But undermining electric vehicles seems like a step backwards and a lack of vision.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Grieving today as Wilmot township reverses course and brings back the prime ministers path. Watching white supremacists campaign so heavily to undo the work of local indigenous activists is a sobering reminder of whitelash.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
It seems oval politicians are committed to withering our community away.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
It was planned very last minute but folks turned out in Kitchener as well. Also raising awareness on the regional bylaw that is threatening to evict court-sanction encampment residents.
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Aastha Shetty @aasthashetty.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
“For Aaron Price, living in the downtown Kitchener encampment is more than just about shelter… It's been his community for more than four years.” Thank you to @ourjoymovement.bsky.social for helping me connect with residents of 100 Victoria. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Where will they go?' Kitchener encampment residents react to region's plan to move them from current site | CBC News
Residents of the encampment located on the corner of Victoria Street and Weber Street in Kitchener were surprised to see several dumpsters arrive on the site on April 16, accompanied by a notice of a ...
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today, I released a letter, signed by 67 organizations working across Ontario, asking the Ford government to rescind Bill 6. We can't adopt Trumpian policies to punish encampments; people need proven solutions — especially housing. Read our letter: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Oh god
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Homelessness is not a crime, nor is it caused by "addiction." Homelessness is caused by a lack of housing people can actually afford, which Poilievre has no real plan to address — no plan for rent control, evictions, supportive housing. Nothing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Poilievre promises to let police dismantle encampments, arrest occupants | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to clean up Canada's streets and parks by giving police the power to dismantle encampments and arrest their occupants for setting up tents and shelter...
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Next Wednesday from 7-9pm we are hosting another community power forum. Please share through your networks. Between CTS closure, encampment clearances, attacks on school boards, the genocide, and all the damn fascist energy; we need to build a strong vibrant resistance!
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Their cowardice is so shameful. Why be leaders if they can't lead!
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Waterloo Region Drug Action Team @wrdrugactionteam.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Government is afraid of government! Our release on tonight's #CTS #SCS vote:
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I'm gonna run for council just to make this happen. I'm so tired of public golf and private housing when we should have private golf and public housing.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A question for @regionwaterloo.bsky.social Could you ask GRT pass buyers if they would like to opt-in for transit newsletters when buying their monthly pass? Could be a way to build a more educated empowered ridership. Maybe @tritag.ca could get involved?
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Municipal elections launch in 2026. Building local power to uproot neoliberalism and replace it with joyful militancy is an everyday task in every crack and crevice. If you're interested in the long game of this work join @joyfulcities.bsky.social
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
My community of unsheltered advocates worked their asses off today to get folks to the polls.🌻🌻🌻 Please protect them from the conservatives.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Sarah and Jill...what a sad outcome.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Never stop dreaming for a better tomorrow. Our imaginations are sacred 🌻🌻🌻
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If someone bought life insurance and disability insurance for people when they become unsheltered, we would see the homelessness crisis change real quick.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The professional class can be so cringe. Love them🌻
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The project was a land grab, a tax grab, and an attempt to privatize government
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This is important: A prospective Ford government has signalled its intention to expand prisons and put homeless people in jail rather than build the housing that people need and that is their fundamental right. I don't want a province that makes people homeless then throws them in prison.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
All these ads for ground news irk me. Why are folks so attached to this made up framing of left wing vs right wing? When you start talking about human rights and material harm words like left and right make no sense.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
"I'm a woman working alone so I need security guards" "We close the bathrooms because people were spending hours in them doing drugs" Can we not imagine interventions that don't lead to the criminalization of poor people & the denial of human rights? We need to check our assumptions on safety.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Municipalities need to be incorporating social housing into every property they own. This includes the transit hub @regionofwaterloo.bsky.social 👀
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The City of Waterloo has a car problem. Uptown is too busy and University Ave is a mess. The City needs to centre pedestrian experiences.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Just watched the Kitchener Market kick more Unsheltered people out. Last month they kicked out 20+ year food distribution program. This pattern of exclusion is apartheid like behaviour. Public bathrooms should be available to all! Public spaces should be open to all!
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Get Shopify out of Waterloo Region. We do not need Nazi tech bros.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A room full of people figuring things out 🌻
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💖💄 Aoife ♿💖 @aoiferocksitout.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
A lot of us are scared right now, there is a lot of awful going on. What do you do when faced with fear, how do you cope? Do you have anything you would recommend other people do if they are scared? How do you find comfort and joy while you are frightened?
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Ooh cute what is it?
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I'm sure that's what they are thinking. It's just funny because Canada always talks about being founded in 1867 but the European assessment is much more accurate. In 1867 we had no independence from UK.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Please repost this event for folks in your network looking to organize locally!
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Please come to this forum on building community power. Event details and registration here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/cutting-th...
Community power forum Feb 21 7-9 at (23 water Street)
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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 17/02/2025
So tax me to plow city sidewalks. Then tax me a little more to cover costs in low-income neighborhoods.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
If politicians can't give a raucous defense of why taxes exist and are valuable they have lost the plot. We can't solve anything with neoliberalism.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I'll never understand this taxes bad mindset when companies and landlords freely increase prices to fuel their profits. At least taxes go to useful things.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Trying to watch White Lotus but I'm hung up on how they managed to fly "over the north pole" when they went from North Carolina to Doha to Thailand. The geography doesn't compute.
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Neoliberalism is such a successful racket. To intentionally make government suck so people hate government so you can redirect the public purse towards the private sector. It's such a grift but the cultural disdain for government is real. How do rebuild trust in collective action again?
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Ion stage 4 anyone?
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
How to cross the information/awareness gap that leads to Fords polling numbers?
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Was watching European news and they mentioned that Canada only achieved independence 40 years ago😂
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Today, I launched an advocacy group and election campaign with @ocrhp.bsky.social. We demand that the next provincial government: - Commit to building the housing people need/deserve - Uphold homeless people's rights - Have a compassionate plan to reduce homelessness homelessrights.ca/get-involved
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Agree! It's why we're trying to hold space for movement building in Waterloo region this spring. www.eventbrite.ca/e/cutting-th...
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Please come to this forum on building community power. Event details and registration here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/cutting-th...
Community power forum Feb 21 7-9 at (23 water Street)
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Ontario Coalition for the Rights of Homeless People (OCRHP) @ocrhp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Everyone in Ontario has human rights, regardless of their housing status. The provincial government and every political party must honour and uphold these rights. Our campaign launches tomorrow, February 14! #StandUpForHomelessOntarians
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David Alton @ourjoymovement.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The lack of municipal sidewalk clearing is ridiculous. We're literally sending people to an early grave over heart attacks and back injuries This council has failed to deliver. Time to organize for elected officials who understand accessibility. #snowbilitywr
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