Liz LeClair (she/her)
@lizleclairhfx.bsky.social
“Problem Stretcher”
Feminist. Fundraiser. Advocate. Activist. Dog lover. People are ok.
Volunteer with the Can’t Buy My Silence campaign.
Kjipuktuk (Dartmouth), Nova Scotia (Canada) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴 #nspoli #canpoli
Feminist. Fundraiser. Advocate. Activist. Dog lover. People are ok.
Volunteer with the Can’t Buy My Silence campaign.
Kjipuktuk (Dartmouth), Nova Scotia (Canada) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴 #nspoli #canpoli
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So if you follow me on this app just know I am going to be the same vocal advocate I’ve been on X.
There’s so much work to do on GBV and workplace violence issues in this province.
If you’re looking for a never ending stream of happy puppy posts this isn’t it.
There’s so much work to do on GBV and workplace violence issues in this province.
If you’re looking for a never ending stream of happy puppy posts this isn’t it.
Join our coalition of agencies and advocates over the next 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
We will share topics that impact communities across Mi’kma’ki and Turtle Island.
Join us.
Please share with your networks. #16daysofactivism #nspoli
We will share topics that impact communities across Mi’kma’ki and Turtle Island.
Join us.
Please share with your networks. #16daysofactivism #nspoli
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Join our coalition of agencies and advocates over the next 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
We will share topics that impact communities across Mi’kma’ki and Turtle Island.
Join us.
Please share with your networks. #16daysofactivism #nspoli
We will share topics that impact communities across Mi’kma’ki and Turtle Island.
Join us.
Please share with your networks. #16daysofactivism #nspoli
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
Canadians always assume we are “better” than our US peers.
Guess what? This is homegrown bullshit right here.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Guess what? This is homegrown bullshit right here.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
'Jordan Peterson law': Alberta seeks to protect professionals from discipline for off-duty conduct
The so-called Jordan Peterson law would restrict professional regulatory bodies from disciplining their members for off-duty conduct.
edmontonjournal.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Canadians always assume we are “better” than our US peers.
Guess what? This is homegrown bullshit right here.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Guess what? This is homegrown bullshit right here.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Unsurprisingly, once again LaFosse Parker was involved. The premier’s chief of staff is a massive problem. Full stop.
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MD-turned-MLA alleges political interference in effort to provide emergency department coverage | CBC News
A Nova Scotia opposition MLA who is also a doctor is concerned that delays he faced getting privileges to cover vacant shifts at the Yarmouth emergency department were the result of political interfer...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Unsurprisingly, once again LaFosse Parker was involved. The premier’s chief of staff is a massive problem. Full stop.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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If you know anyone who may have been harmed by this doctor please have them reach out.
How this got through NSH credentialing, is beyond me.
We know where there is smoke there is fire. #nspoli
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How this got through NSH credentialing, is beyond me.
We know where there is smoke there is fire. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Doctor now faces 3 charges alleging sexual assaults at N.S. hospital | CBC News
A New Brunswick doctor now faces three charges alleging he sexually assaulted patients while working at a hospital in Nova Scotia earlier this year.
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you know anyone who may have been harmed by this doctor please have them reach out.
How this got through NSH credentialing, is beyond me.
We know where there is smoke there is fire. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How this got through NSH credentialing, is beyond me.
We know where there is smoke there is fire. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I really mean it.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I really mean it.
And I will bet you in less than a year they will announce they are fundraising for one.
It’s all a gimmick.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It’s all a gimmick.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canada needs women's health chair, says IWK Foundation | CBC News
The IWK Foundation is calling on the federal government to create a national chair who will focus on women's health.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
And I will bet you in less than a year they will announce they are fundraising for one.
It’s all a gimmick.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It’s all a gimmick.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If anyone wants to run against Tim Halman it’s Dartmouth East - my backyard.
I will gladly help you with your campaign and run this bootlicker out of office. He’s never met with me once. He needs to go. #nspoli
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I will gladly help you with your campaign and run this bootlicker out of office. He’s never met with me once. He needs to go. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Despite concerns from residents, Nova Scotia approves Mount Uniacke quarry expansion | CBC News
In a news release on Wednesday, the province said Northumberland Capital Corporation received its environmental assessment approval for its expansion project. This means the four-hectare site can grow...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If anyone wants to run against Tim Halman it’s Dartmouth East - my backyard.
I will gladly help you with your campaign and run this bootlicker out of office. He’s never met with me once. He needs to go. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I will gladly help you with your campaign and run this bootlicker out of office. He’s never met with me once. He needs to go. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The premier likes to consider things that give communities a heart attack because he finds it “intriguing”?
The overconfidence of mediocre white men.
Give me a break.
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The overconfidence of mediocre white men.
Give me a break.
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West Mabou Beach golf development proposal won't proceed, premier says | CBC News
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters Thursday the proposal 'won't get to the next step.'
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The premier likes to consider things that give communities a heart attack because he finds it “intriguing”?
The overconfidence of mediocre white men.
Give me a break.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The overconfidence of mediocre white men.
Give me a break.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But yes, let’s put a golf course there. You know, the most water intensive use of land possible. 🤦🏼♀️
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Mabou, N.S., under mandatory water conservation order | CBC News
A western Cape Breton community is under a mandatory conservation order after Inverness County said the water level in Mabou's well was "critically low."
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
But yes, let’s put a golf course there. You know, the most water intensive use of land possible. 🤦🏼♀️
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Still true.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still true.
Tim Houston and the Nova Scotia PC Party use the military as a populist tool. If he wants to show respect, he can make substantive policy changes. Or give us Nov 11 as a stat holiday?
Military family members, like me, are unimpressed. #nspoli
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Military family members, like me, are unimpressed. #nspoli
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When symbols replace substance: Tim Houston’s populist use of the military - The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia
Opinion writer Liz LeClair tackles premier Tim Houston's most recent attempt to capitalize on the military for his own public gain.
www.thecoast.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Tim Houston and the Nova Scotia PC Party use the military as a populist tool. If he wants to show respect, he can make substantive policy changes. Or give us Nov 11 as a stat holiday?
Military family members, like me, are unimpressed. #nspoli
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
Military family members, like me, are unimpressed. #nspoli
www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
I suppose if the premier thinks wearing a poppy is not political, he will also lift the ban on visitors to the Nova Scotia legislature wearing the purple ribbon symbolizing gender based violence.
I had to take it off the last time I was in that building.
Make it make sense.
I had to take it off the last time I was in that building.
Make it make sense.
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I suppose if the premier thinks wearing a poppy is not political, he will also lift the ban on visitors to the Nova Scotia legislature wearing the purple ribbon symbolizing gender based violence.
I had to take it off the last time I was in that building.
Make it make sense.
I had to take it off the last time I was in that building.
Make it make sense.
IDecember 6 Vigil taking place at the John W. Lindsay YMCA (5640 Sackville St) starting at 4:00pm.
Join us for a candlelit walk to honour the National Day of Remembrance & Action to End Violence Against Women.
All genders welcome
💜 #nspoli #gbv #ipv #16daysofactivism
Join us for a candlelit walk to honour the National Day of Remembrance & Action to End Violence Against Women.
All genders welcome
💜 #nspoli #gbv #ipv #16daysofactivism
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
IDecember 6 Vigil taking place at the John W. Lindsay YMCA (5640 Sackville St) starting at 4:00pm.
Join us for a candlelit walk to honour the National Day of Remembrance & Action to End Violence Against Women.
All genders welcome
💜 #nspoli #gbv #ipv #16daysofactivism
Join us for a candlelit walk to honour the National Day of Remembrance & Action to End Violence Against Women.
All genders welcome
💜 #nspoli #gbv #ipv #16daysofactivism
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The best comment I’ve seen so far in response to Tim Houston’s latest Remembrance Day-related manufactured drama has been; “if the provincial government really wants to show they think Remembrance Day is important, they should finally recognize it as a statutory holiday in Nova Scotia”
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The best comment I’ve seen so far in response to Tim Houston’s latest Remembrance Day-related manufactured drama has been; “if the provincial government really wants to show they think Remembrance Day is important, they should finally recognize it as a statutory holiday in Nova Scotia”
There it is.
The judiciary didn’t issue the order.
The judiciary didn’t issue the order.
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
There it is.
The judiciary didn’t issue the order.
The judiciary didn’t issue the order.
I really wish some news outlets would stop regurgitating Houston’s tweets verbatim.
He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.
The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.
Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.
The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.
Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saskatoon prosecutor upset she is not allowed to wear a poppy in court | CBC News
A Saskatoon prosecutor says she should be allowed to honour veterans by wearing a poppy in court. Lana Morelli was told that she cannot.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I really wish some news outlets would stop regurgitating Houston’s tweets verbatim.
He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.
The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.
Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.
The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.
Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Is it too early to go to bed?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Is it too early to go to bed?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
The same people complaining about HRM covenants.
0.1% in Nova Scotia don’t have to give a shit about the rules.
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0.1% in Nova Scotia don’t have to give a shit about the rules.
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Here's how much money you needed to make to be among the top N.S. earners | CBC News
New numbers from Statistics Canada reveal how much the highest-income Nova Scotians make. The information is based on tax filings for 2023.
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The same people complaining about HRM covenants.
0.1% in Nova Scotia don’t have to give a shit about the rules.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
0.1% in Nova Scotia don’t have to give a shit about the rules.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...