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chrisnayler.bsky.social
Advocate, Educator, Community Organizer, Ordained Minister, Progressive, Co-founder and Director of Ryan's Hope. #harmreduction #drugpolicy #homelessness #autism #4Ryan #MSTH #DrugSky
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Thought for the day You will learn something every day if you pay attention. #thoughtfortheday

At one point we were so desperate to save Ryan that we considered getting him declared incompetent. His caseworker advised against it. He told us he probably would not be declared incompetent and whether he was or not we would lose his trust. That trust was too valuable. I am glad we never lost it

“When I was put into...[forced] treatment it was violent and degrading and… it made me angry and ashamed which just increased my drug use and...one person I would of turned to, my mom, I didn’t trust anymore.” B from @4bharmredux.bsky.social #abpoli www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2025/2/...

My 93 year old mother-in-law is in the hallway of a ward for people who may not leave hospital. The nurses are doing their best but this is disgusting that this is what we have to offer our elders at the end of their lives. Where is the dignity in this? #onpoli #FordFailure #FordRuinedOntario

Each cat is a singular being — a pulsing centre of the universe — with this colour eyes, this length and density of fur, this palate of preferences, habits and dispositions. Each with his own idiosyncrasies. It's Caturday so here is your weekly Simba photo. Share you cat pic in comments. #Caturday

We invite you to join us for a vigil at #Barrie City Hall. We will gather in community to remember their lives, we mourn their losses and carry their light forward with strenght and hope for a kinder, more just community and world. Together we can change policy, end stigma, and save lives!

RAAC (so-called “rapid access addiction clinic”) at St. Paul’s in Vancouver - an example of social murder in practice bsky.app/profile/tsk.... #drugsky

Several of the business leaders and tech CEOs behind the Build Canada lobbying effort are interested in a “DOGE” for Canada, and have even created a website that looks kinda like Doge.gov. My story today for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

Doug Ford's win is our loss. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/28/o...

My voice always shakes but I refuse to let that stop me from speaking my truth. #4Ryan #RyansHope #SolidarityNotCharity #MSTH

Developer ties to Doug Ford's PC Government. #cdnpoli #peipoli #onpoli

Media Release: February 27, 2025 Alberta’s proposed involuntary treatment legislation a threat to public health #abpoli #HumanRights #CPHA #DrugPoli www.cpha.ca/alberta-invo...

One of the many reasons I am voting NDP. As someone who provides direct boots on the ground support to people living in encampments the #NDP plan to tackle homelessness makes sense. #VoteNDP #housingcrisis #onpoli #VoteFordOut

Vote as if the life of someone you love depends on it, because if it doesn't now it will in the future. We can't afford another four years of Ford. Let's vote Ford out!

It's Election Day in Ontario, make sure you get out and vote! It's time to vote Ford Out #onpoli #voteFordout #IVotedNDP #OntarioSky #FordFailedOntario

Why I do what I do. #4Ryan #RyansHope

This is one of the many reasons to vote Ford out today. The closure of 10 CTS sites in Ontario is going to result in needless preventable deaths which will impact families and communities in immeasurable ways. I know, and I ask #4Ryan let's #VoteFordOut! #onpoli #saveONsites #MSTH

It's Election Day in Ontario! If you haven't already voted make sure you get to the polls today. "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." Alice Walker Your vote is you power so use it! #onpoli #VoteFordOut #Ontario #SaveOurSites

My interview with Here and Now on CBC radio talking about our provincial day of action. #4Ryan #RyansHope #MSTH #DrugSky #onpoli #SaveONsites #Barrie www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

"According to an internal provincial report obtained by the Star, ON patients visiting EDs in the past 3 years waited longer than they did in the previous 13 years." Doug Ford! You do NOT deserve another term! 😠 #FordFailedOntario #VoteFordOut #onpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

#NeverVoteConservative #VoteFordOut #onpoli #FightFord #FordIsCorrupt #SaveOntario #FordFailedOntario #OntarioSky #SaveOntario

#NeverVoteConservative #VoteFordOut #onpoli #FightFord #FordIsCorrupt #SaveOntario #FordFailedOntario #OntarioSky #SaveOntario

#NeverVoteConservative #VoteFordOut #onpoli #FightFord #FordIsCorrupt #SaveOntario #FordFailedOntario #OntarioSky #SaveOntario

Way to go Toronto! We keep showing up and speaking out! Solidarity Not Charity!

We showed up at #Barrie City Hall today to take part in a provincial day of action to save Ontario's SCSs. We chose this location as our Mayor had been quite vocal about his opposition to SCSs and his support of usethe Notwithstanding Clause. We will continue to show up and speak out! #4Ryan

#smallbeautieshour #becauseofClem #threadofgold

“So medication, which has helped me improve my quality of life, is at risk of being taken away from me…clearly they aren't speaking to people who rely on these medications. I have so much to say on this. But I'm processing and feeling sick to my stomach”. #DrugSky drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...

In a housing crisis, on the eve of an election, and with 81,515 Ontarians homeless — 12,200 of them in Toronto — cancelling 5,000 affordable homes is inconceivable. Ford will never change course from making us homeless, disabled, impoverished, sick, and dead. Vote! www.thestar.com/news/gta/5-0...

How can we be having conversations about involuntary treatment when people who want treatment are dying while on waiting lists? It's absolutely absurd! The Ford government had failed miserably and the result of their failure is countless preventable deaths. Vote Ford out! #onpoli #voteFordOut

Tomorrow we gather in community to use our collective voices to call for change and to we gather to mourn our loses. #4Ryan

#CBC #CrossCountryCheckup

I am voting NDP because they have a plan that looks out for the well-being of all Ontarians.

The weather was frightful but the event was a success and a beautiful, heartwarming way to launch this important campaign. Our public spaces belong to all of us! We will continue to show up, take up space, and remind our elected leaders of that. #SolidarityNotCharity #BeTheLight #BeTheLove

#NeverVoteConservative #VoteFordOut #onpoli #FightFord #FordIsCorrupt #SaveOntario #FordFailedOntario #OntarioSky #SaveOntario

"A vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves, our children, and grandchildren, and our prayers are stronger when we pray together.” Advance polls are open. Get out and vote Ontario! #ONpoli #OntarioSky #VoteFordOut #NeverVoteConservative www.elections.on.ca/en.html

If you are like me and still haven't received your registration card yet don't panic. You can still vote with photo ID, bring two pieces of ID with you. Check out Elections Ontario website for info on where to vote. This election is too important to sit out, every vote counts! #ONpoli #OntarioSky

It's Caturday! So here is a photo and quote to celebrate the day. "The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal—or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be." Elizabeth Peters #Caturday #Catlovers #Cats

Doug Ford has failed the people of Ontario in so many ways. This is one of those ways, shirking his responsibility of providing housing and trying to download it onto municipalities at a cost to all of us. Housing Solves Homelessness! It's time to vote Ford out! www.instagram.com/reel/DGYCRVa...

Vote Ford out! #ONpoli

📢 The Ontario NDP has once again committed to proportional representation in their platform! They promise to replace first-past-the-post with a mixed-member proportional system where every vote counts. Let’s make sure electoral reform stays on the agenda!

Both the NDP and Greens are committed to making every vote count in Ontario with proportional representation! The others? Not so much. Remember, the best strategic vote is to elect those who will fix the system—so you’ll never have to worry about wasted votes or false majorities again!

Any candidate that declines to show up for a debate does not deserve your vote

Or in my grandson's case a Spiderman shirt.

One of the many reasons I am voting NDP! As someone who provides direct support to people living in encampments I know the issues that brought people there. The NDP is the only party going upstream to address root cause of homelessness and fix it. Housing Solves Homelessness! Vote NDP! #onpoli