{"id":29596,"date":"2020-12-24T02:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T07:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=29596"},"modified":"2020-12-24T02:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T07:22:47","slug":"reflecting-on-2020-in-kitchener-centre-with-mpp-laura-mae-lindo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/reflecting-on-2020-in-kitchener-centre-with-mpp-laura-mae-lindo\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on 2020 in Kitchener-Centre with MPP Laura Mae Lindo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Host: <\/span>Shalaka Jadhav<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Adapting, evolving, and bringing attention to the importance of rebuilding, Member of Provincial Parliament Laura Mae Lindo, representing Kitchener Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, spoke to key moments in 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She speaks to the year\u2019s accomplishments for her office, including forwarding <\/span>Bill 196, Seniors' Advocate Act, 2020<\/span><\/a>, which would move to establish a seniors' advocate as an independent, non-partisan officer of the Ontario legislature, \u201cfueled by the amazing work of frontline healthcare workers... and on a personal note... how important it is to me to care for our elders, who brought us everything, are holders of such wisdom\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Laura Mae is also proud of the <\/span>End Police Violence policy paper<\/span><\/a>, the importance of which was echoed by the marching of over 20 thousand community members in support for the movement for Black lives. Laura Mae notes the challenges with navigating the pandemic as a new politician, reflecting on key turning points for Kitchener-Centre, including how the pandemic has allowed for emergent conversations around equity, particularly anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her message to constituents includes reflecting on how we may have grown through this year, and to build gratefulness amongst the chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From the Office of Laura Mae Lindo, MPP Kitchener Centre:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\"Laura Mae Lindo, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre, is a respected activist and educator who holds both a Masters and PhD in Education. Her commitment to building inclusive communities both within and outside of educational environments is grounded in her knowledge of how to put anti-oppression theories into practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Laura Mae is a knowledgeable advocate for the rights of women and girls, a respected ally to marginalized community members, and, most importantly, a courageous public speaker on issues often left unaddressed in the mainstream. Laura Mae is the Official Opposition Critic for Anti-Racism, and Citizenship and Immigration.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Leader of the Official Opposition appointed her as Chair of Official Opposition\u2019s first Black Caucus, to collaborate with Black communities and allies to address systemic anti-Black racism in Ontario.\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This program is a part of the \u201cLocal Journalism Initiative\u201d grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Check out the archived versions of\u00a0 this program and other episodes on <\/span><\/i>radiowaterloo.ca\/news<\/span><\/i><\/a>., and other stories commissioned under the Local Journalism Initiative at <\/span><\/i>canada-info.ca<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

You can\u00a0 follow us on twitter <\/span><\/i>@RadioWaterloo<\/span><\/i><\/a>. If you want to get in touch with comments, or ideas about stories to cover, email us at <\/span><\/i>news@radiowaterloo.ca<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Music for this episode was courtesy of <\/span><\/i>Dylan Prowse<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CKMSNews-2020-12-24-YearEndLauraMaeLindo.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Host: Shalaka Jadhav Adapting, evolving, and bringing attention to the importance of rebuilding, Member of Provincial Parliament Laura Mae Lindo, representing Kitchener Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, spoke to key moments in 2020.\u00a0 She speaks to the year\u2019s accomplishments for her office, including forwarding Bill 196, Seniors’ Advocate Act, 2020,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":29610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,225],"tags":[597,4527,2209,462,4054],"radio":[253],"origine":[267,271,269],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29596"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=29596"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=29596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}