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Christians — please do get out and vote. And as we vote, let us vote with love in our hearts, and the Sermon on the Mount in our minds, and the Beatitudes on our lips. Voting is not the only way we put feet on our prayers, but it is one way. Voting is a way of showing solidarity with the most vulnerable. Voting is a way of standing against the principalities and powers that are crushing people’s lives. Let us vote against fear and hatred and xenophobia and arrogance and inequality and racism and militarism and genocide. This November - let us vote for love. And compassion. And justice. Let’s vote for the poor and homeless. For refugees & asylum-seekers. For the widows and orphans, and all those who Christ called “the least of these.” Vote. For. Love.

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Pastor Ibiyeomi doubles down on the anti-biblical claim he made last week that Jesus hates poor people and that he never visited them. He claimed he was told the statement had drawn heavy backlash. This prompted him to ask the Holy Spirit to know if his position was wrong. He said the Holy Spirit said he wasn't wrong. Meaning the holy spirit supports the claim that Jesus hates poor people and never visited their houses. Even though He visited the house of Peter, a poor fisherman who was untrained and uneducated. At 1:07, he said we should be angry when we mix and relate with poor people. He furthered by saying we can only help but not associate with them. You know, things like this stump us. We don't know what to feel. Anger, pain, hurt, disappointment? We think we feel a little bit of all at the same time. Pastor Ibiyeomi has simply borne false witness against God and the Holy Spirit here. How can he say we cannot associate with the poor? When Paul was given the right hand of fellowship, the apostles charged him to look after the poor and he himself was eager to. Galatians 2:10 "All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along." Who is lying here? The apostles or pastor Ibiyeomi? Pastor Ibiyeomi said what the Holy Spirit never said. Did the Scriptures not say we should not despise the poor? Proverbs 17:5 "Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished." What did James say about the treatment of the poor in the church? He called for equal treatment. James 2:3-4 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet.” Have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? This was James telling us it is evil to think in the ways Pastor Ibiyeomi has thought about the poor. It is evil. It is against the word of God. 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? If the Lord loves the poor enough to give them the inheritance of glory, how come that same Holy Spirit told him not to associate with them? Brethren, this is a lie against the Spirit. If the Lord blessed those who are poor in the Beatitudes, only a spirit not from Him would despise them the way Pastor Ibiyeomi has done. Brethren, this is a falsehood. We will receive a backlash for this, but that is fine. Additionally, Pastor Ibiyeomi falsely quoted the Bible. In 1:31, he said Jesus said He died to bring us out of poverty. Nowhere did Jesus say this in Scripture. Nowhere. And when Bible said Jesus became poor that we may be rich, for the sake of God, this wasn't talking about cash. Jesus took the form of a servant when He became man to die for us so that we'd have redemption and sonship in Him. That act of emptying Himself brought the full riches of the glory of God on us. They are redemption, sanctification, justification, and glorification at the end of time. This is our precious hope, the one reserved in heaven for us, which we look forward to. This wasn't about cash. Never has been and never will be. Using this to ridicule and dismiss the poor and promising money is not of God. It's a false gospel. Pastor Ibieyeomi, in this instance, has preached a gospel that neither Jesus nor His apostles preached. Lastly, we charge all believers reading this to stand firm in the true gospel. Please, sit right with the word of God. We ask you to pick up the New Testament and commit the next 90 days to reading it. You will find out many things flying about in the churcsphere of this nation are not from God. We ask you to know this Bible for yourself, so that you won't be misled by those who would not honor it enough to teach what it says. So that you would be built on the knowledge of the glory of God, which is on the face of Jesus. May the Lord God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ keep shining His light in our hearts and lead us in triumphant procession in Christ. To Him alone be all glory and praise. Amen. Amen.

Pastor Ibiyeomi doubles down on the anti-biblical claim he made last week that Jesus hates poor people and that he never visited them. He claimed he was told the statement had drawn heavy backlash. This prompted him to ask the Holy Spirit to know if his position was wrong. He said the Holy Spirit said he wasn't wrong. Meaning the holy spirit supports the claim that Jesus hates poor people and never visited their houses. Even though He visited the house of Peter, a poor fisherman who was untrained and uneducated. At 1:07, he said we should be angry when we mix and relate with poor people. He furthered by saying we can only help but not associate with them. You know, things like this stump us. We don't know what to feel. Anger, pain, hurt, disappointment? We think we feel a little bit of all at the same time. Pastor Ibiyeomi has simply borne false witness against God and the Holy Spirit here. How can he say we cannot associate with the poor? When Paul was given the right hand of fellowship, the apostles charged him to look after the poor and he himself was eager to. Galatians 2:10 "All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along." Who is lying here? The apostles or pastor Ibiyeomi? Pastor Ibiyeomi said what the Holy Spirit never said. Did the Scriptures not say we should not despise the poor? Proverbs 17:5 "Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished." What did James say about the treatment of the poor in the church? He called for equal treatment. James 2:3-4 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet.” Have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? This was James telling us it is evil to think in the ways Pastor Ibiyeomi has thought about the poor. It is evil. It is against the word of God. 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? If the Lord loves the poor enough to give them the inheritance of glory, how come that same Holy Spirit told him not to associate with them? Brethren, this is a lie against the Spirit. If the Lord blessed those who are poor in the Beatitudes, only a spirit not from Him would despise them the way Pastor Ibiyeomi has done. Brethren, this is a falsehood. We will receive a backlash for this, but that is fine. Additionally, Pastor Ibiyeomi falsely quoted the Bible. In 1:31, he said Jesus said He died to bring us out of poverty. Nowhere did Jesus say this in Scripture. Nowhere. And when Bible said Jesus became poor that we may be rich, for the sake of God, this wasn't talking about cash. Jesus took the form of a servant when He became man to die for us so that we'd have redemption and sonship in Him. That act of emptying Himself brought the full riches of the glory of God on us. They are redemption, sanctification, justification, and glorification at the end of time. This is our precious hope, the one reserved in heaven for us, which we look forward to. This wasn't about cash. Never has been and never will be. Using this to ridicule and dismiss the poor and promising money is not of God. It's a false gospel. Pastor Ibieyeomi, in this instance, has preached a gospel that neither Jesus nor His apostles preached. Lastly, we charge all believers reading this to stand firm in the true gospel. Please, sit right with the word of God. We ask you to pick up the New Testament and commit the next 90 days to reading it. You will find out many things flying about in the churcsphere of this nation are not from God. We ask you to know this Bible for yourself, so that you won't be misled by those who would not honor it enough to teach what it says. So that you would be built on the knowledge of the glory of God, which is on the face of Jesus. May the Lord God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ keep shining His light in our hearts and lead us in triumphant procession in Christ. To Him alone be all glory and praise. Amen. Amen.

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Here is my original, full-length speech from today's #YHMCC #GIC Genersl Issues Committee meeting, below: "Hello Again Madam Mayor Andrea Horwath and members of the City of Hamilton General Issues Committee, my name is Jelena Vermilion. Please refer to me exclusively as she/her. These are my pronouns. Please note and respect this. I am here today to provide clarification about the Integrity Commissioner's (Mr. David Boghosian) report with regards to the Ward 8 Councillor’s decorum violation of the Code of Conduct and its subsequent recommendations, dated May 27, 2024. First and foremost, I appreciate the Integrity Commissioner’s decision which resulted in a finding that the code of conduct was violated. Thank you for this affirmation. The analysis would have been more fulsome and robust if I had been allowed to provide my comments towards the disclosure. I hope this never happens again and I hope that complainants’ are always included in these processes moving forward. Thank you to Hamilton Spectator's Teviah Moro for taking the liberty to report on and quote from my 14-page response which was not included in the Integrity Commissioner's analysis of my complaint. My argument is that harm can be done to residents and constituents in a way that is not clearly captured by the code of conduct, such as feigning ignorance about someone’s pronouns. As such, this type of conduct is hard to adjudicate. The recognition of and potentiality for micro-aggressive conduct by elected officials – that is, conduct which indirectly, subtly, or unintentionally discriminates against marginalized group members – is important to consider when integrating amendments to any Code of Conduct. It is also important to integrate and enact fulsome policies that address and capture all these possible gaps in the code to satisfy the public interest and encourage civic engagement from underrepresented communities. This consideration is important to safeguard from inadvertently disparaging residents and constituents from underrepresented communities who engage in the complaints process. The Hamilton Police Service’s 2023 Hate Crime Report which was released April 19th of this year underscores the rising hate/bias incidents and criminal acts directly related to and perpetuated against marginalized communities in Hamilton: racialized people (Black people facing the highest incidences of hate/bias motivated incidents including disproportionate levels of police violence against Black, Middle Eastern, and Indigenous residents), people with religious associations (i.e. our Jewish and Muslim constituents and residents facing the most documented vitriol), and people of a different sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Among this data, we see a rise in gender-identity-related incidents and hate crime. Anecdotally, I was assaulted last year by Corey Jeffery in a hate-motivated assault at SACHA’s Take Back the Night march. I experience some permanent neurocognitive impairment as a result. To the people who felt comfortable placing a literal Tombstone near my residence recently (incident #24671033) – I verily believe there’s a direct connection between seeing particular social media behaviour by elected officials normalized or accepted, and the experience of people like me who are, in essence, dismissed when we make a complaint – up to and including not recommending sanctions against an elected official even when a violation by the public official has been established. Bad behaviour on social media by elected officials encourages, facilitates, and fosters inappropriate, prejudiced, and harmful behaviour by bigoted residents and constituents towards marginalized people. Chief of Hamilton Police Frank Bergen is quoted as saying: “The impact of hate/bias occurrences is felt throughout the entire community. These occurrences undermine victims' feelings of belonging, safety, and well-being, and instill fear across the community.” It is also important to highlight that the report also states, “While there was a rise in the number of hate/bias occurrences, the true number is likely much larger since many incidents go unreported.” I would like to demystify the concept of marginalization as it relates to the LGBTQ2S+ community. This distinction between ‘marginalized’ and ‘marginal’ may seem pedantic to some, nonetheless it is an important descriptor as we – as queer people who are othered - are far from being marginal: Whether we consider gay Alan Turing’s contributions to computer science, Trans Lynn Conway’s inventing IBM microchips we all use in our phones, tablets, and computers every day, Trans Marsha Linehan’s development of dialectical behavioural therapy, The trans @Wachowski Sisters (sarge fan & Lana Wachowski) who brought us the brilliant transgender allegory The Matrix Resurrections film series & the sens8 TV series, Trans Wendy Carlos who revolutionized electronic music with Switched-On Bach and who composed the scores for films The Shining, the original Tron, and Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, Or the implementation of internet-based technologies like graphic images, videos, and payment processing functionality preceding PayPal Elon Musk – which were motivated and developed to market services to sex workers’ clientele - we are far from marginal. We are integral to culture, society, science, art, media, and everyday life. As a public figure, I represent the intersection of several vulnerable classes of women: racialized, trans, intersex & non-binary, sex-working, neurodivergent, migrant, differently abled, those living with- and vulnerable to contracting HIV, and poor. Consider that our experiences inform why we do not have the same relationship with the police as other residents and constituents may have. We cannot reasonably expect the same level of protection or justice due to these entrenched inequities. This is where social media may help fill a gap in representation in mainstream society or prevent the erasure of these same communities and promote accountability of elected officials. I emphatically implore City Council to consider the potential silencing impact accepting the Integrity Commissioner report as-is may continue to have on residents and constituents in Hamilton and their willingness to participate in the democratic process moving forward. Processes for which there are standards for holding public officials to account for their words, actions, and conduct. Social media is a valid medium through which residents and constituents express themselves. These types of statements – that I used social media to “enhance my media presence and stature in the community” are patently untrue. The norms and conventions of social media are being willfully discounted by these statements. How I acted fits with those norms and conventions on Twitter and has no relevance to the report. The deletion of the violative behaviour being listed as a mitigating factor flies in the face of the permanent nature of media on the internet; it is not ephemeral. Retweeting is social convention, and people do it to participate in public discourse. If I violated any rule unbeknownst to me, it was not said or pointed out. The focus of any code of conduct complaint investigation must be squarely on the public official’s conduct and not on the impugned resident and constituent – in this case, myself. Statements like the ones Mr. Boghosian made in mitigation of the Councillor’s violation of the code of conduct should be assessed critically through a human rights lens as per the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms The OHRC Canada Justin Trudeau Some rhetoric for Council to reflect on: Why do incidents go unreported? Why do some constituents and residents feel comfortable calling the police when needed – confident, even, while others consider calling the police as their last resort, for better or worse, including medical emergencies? Why is the trans community stricken with overwhelming poverty (Arps et al. 2021) and often involved in sex work? I recommend the Council, General Issues Committee, and the respective Governance Committee consider all of this and ultimately the public interest when considering amendments to the code of conduct. I suggest including explicit language to mandate elected officials to refer to others using the pronouns that the person has specified. This would reflect our local labour precedent EN v Gallagher’s Bar and Lounge, 2021 HRTO 240 which was achieved by counsel Sarah Molyneaux. Choosing to call a trans woman “they” when her pronoun is she is a form of microaggression, and is the act of misgendering someone, contrary to the Ontario Human Rights Code, full stop. Let’s encourage a Hamiton where all community members feel respected and considered within our democratic processes. We are your communities, your neighbours; we share the same schools, places of worship, and city councils - we are everywhere – exactly where we belong. In the words of City of Carbondale Government Illinois' first transgender Councilmember Clare Killman: “It is as hard as ever to simply exist as a queer person in public spaces.” I would finally like to remind Madam Mayor and members of the General Issues Committee that the value of an apology is commensurate with the changed behaviour and demonstrable commitment to reduce further harm by the public official who has violated the code of conduct. We must make certain that people of all walks of life feel safe in our community. Invite us, ask us, include us. I would love to see Hamilton become a city where anyone can come to and call home regardless of their circumstances. We are all responsible as Hamiltonians for becoming more ethical than the society we, or you, or I grew up in. An injury to one is an injury to all! Thank you. #HamOnt #ONPoli #CDNPoli #CDNPolitics #TBTN #StatusForAll References: Arps, Frederic S. E., Sophia Ciavarella, Jelena Vermilion, Rebecca Hammond, Kelendria Nation, Siobhan Churchill, Meghan Smith, et al. 2021. "Report-Health and Well Being among Trans and Non-Binary People Doing Sex Work." Trans PULSE Canada (blog). March 30, 2021. -being-among-trans-and-non-binary-people-doing-sex-work/ Trans PULSE Canada CBC Hamilton Eva Salinas Bobby Hristova @JoeyColeman Noelle-Neumann, E. (1991). The theory of public opinion: The concept of the spiral of silence. In J. A. Anderson (Ed.), Communication yearbook. (pp. 256–308). Sage Publications, Inc. Jesus of Nazareth. (AD 29). The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12) CC: @MatthewGreenNDP Tammy Hwang Cameron Kroetsch Alex Wilson Lisa Hepfner @CraigCassar Tammy Hwang @ChadCollinsMP Sarah Jama Filomena Tassi Brad Clark (Ward 9) Ted McMeekin MikeSpadafora Neil Lumsden Esther@EstherPauls Maureen Wilson (She / Her) John-Paul Danko Jeff Beattie Nrinder Nann @shaw_sandy Monique Taylor Migrant Workers Alliance for Change Migrant Rights Network #StatusForAll

Here is my original, full-length speech from today's #YHMCC #GIC Genersl Issues Committee meeting, below: "Hello Again Madam Mayor Andrea Horwath and members of the City of Hamilton General Issues Committee, my name is Jelena Vermilion. Please refer to me exclusively as she/her. These are my pronouns. Please note and respect this. I am here today to provide clarification about the Integrity Commissioner's (Mr. David Boghosian) report with regards to the Ward 8 Councillor’s decorum violation of the Code of Conduct and its subsequent recommendations, dated May 27, 2024. First and foremost, I appreciate the Integrity Commissioner’s decision which resulted in a finding that the code of conduct was violated. Thank you for this affirmation. The analysis would have been more fulsome and robust if I had been allowed to provide my comments towards the disclosure. I hope this never happens again and I hope that complainants’ are always included in these processes moving forward. Thank you to Hamilton Spectator's Teviah Moro for taking the liberty to report on and quote from my 14-page response which was not included in the Integrity Commissioner's analysis of my complaint. My argument is that harm can be done to residents and constituents in a way that is not clearly captured by the code of conduct, such as feigning ignorance about someone’s pronouns. As such, this type of conduct is hard to adjudicate. The recognition of and potentiality for micro-aggressive conduct by elected officials – that is, conduct which indirectly, subtly, or unintentionally discriminates against marginalized group members – is important to consider when integrating amendments to any Code of Conduct. It is also important to integrate and enact fulsome policies that address and capture all these possible gaps in the code to satisfy the public interest and encourage civic engagement from underrepresented communities. This consideration is important to safeguard from inadvertently disparaging residents and constituents from underrepresented communities who engage in the complaints process. The Hamilton Police Service’s 2023 Hate Crime Report which was released April 19th of this year underscores the rising hate/bias incidents and criminal acts directly related to and perpetuated against marginalized communities in Hamilton: racialized people (Black people facing the highest incidences of hate/bias motivated incidents including disproportionate levels of police violence against Black, Middle Eastern, and Indigenous residents), people with religious associations (i.e. our Jewish and Muslim constituents and residents facing the most documented vitriol), and people of a different sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Among this data, we see a rise in gender-identity-related incidents and hate crime. Anecdotally, I was assaulted last year by Corey Jeffery in a hate-motivated assault at SACHA’s Take Back the Night march. I experience some permanent neurocognitive impairment as a result. To the people who felt comfortable placing a literal Tombstone near my residence recently (incident #24671033) – I verily believe there’s a direct connection between seeing particular social media behaviour by elected officials normalized or accepted, and the experience of people like me who are, in essence, dismissed when we make a complaint – up to and including not recommending sanctions against an elected official even when a violation by the public official has been established. Bad behaviour on social media by elected officials encourages, facilitates, and fosters inappropriate, prejudiced, and harmful behaviour by bigoted residents and constituents towards marginalized people. Chief of Hamilton Police Frank Bergen is quoted as saying: “The impact of hate/bias occurrences is felt throughout the entire community. These occurrences undermine victims' feelings of belonging, safety, and well-being, and instill fear across the community.” It is also important to highlight that the report also states, “While there was a rise in the number of hate/bias occurrences, the true number is likely much larger since many incidents go unreported.” I would like to demystify the concept of marginalization as it relates to the LGBTQ2S+ community. This distinction between ‘marginalized’ and ‘marginal’ may seem pedantic to some, nonetheless it is an important descriptor as we – as queer people who are othered - are far from being marginal: Whether we consider gay Alan Turing’s contributions to computer science, Trans Lynn Conway’s inventing IBM microchips we all use in our phones, tablets, and computers every day, Trans Marsha Linehan’s development of dialectical behavioural therapy, The trans @Wachowski Sisters (sarge fan & Lana Wachowski) who brought us the brilliant transgender allegory The Matrix Resurrections film series & the sens8 TV series, Trans Wendy Carlos who revolutionized electronic music with Switched-On Bach and who composed the scores for films The Shining, the original Tron, and Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, Or the implementation of internet-based technologies like graphic images, videos, and payment processing functionality preceding PayPal Elon Musk – which were motivated and developed to market services to sex workers’ clientele - we are far from marginal. We are integral to culture, society, science, art, media, and everyday life. As a public figure, I represent the intersection of several vulnerable classes of women: racialized, trans, intersex & non-binary, sex-working, neurodivergent, migrant, differently abled, those living with- and vulnerable to contracting HIV, and poor. Consider that our experiences inform why we do not have the same relationship with the police as other residents and constituents may have. We cannot reasonably expect the same level of protection or justice due to these entrenched inequities. This is where social media may help fill a gap in representation in mainstream society or prevent the erasure of these same communities and promote accountability of elected officials. I emphatically implore City Council to consider the potential silencing impact accepting the Integrity Commissioner report as-is may continue to have on residents and constituents in Hamilton and their willingness to participate in the democratic process moving forward. Processes for which there are standards for holding public officials to account for their words, actions, and conduct. Social media is a valid medium through which residents and constituents express themselves. These types of statements – that I used social media to “enhance my media presence and stature in the community” are patently untrue. The norms and conventions of social media are being willfully discounted by these statements. How I acted fits with those norms and conventions on Twitter and has no relevance to the report. The deletion of the violative behaviour being listed as a mitigating factor flies in the face of the permanent nature of media on the internet; it is not ephemeral. Retweeting is social convention, and people do it to participate in public discourse. If I violated any rule unbeknownst to me, it was not said or pointed out. The focus of any code of conduct complaint investigation must be squarely on the public official’s conduct and not on the impugned resident and constituent – in this case, myself. Statements like the ones Mr. Boghosian made in mitigation of the Councillor’s violation of the code of conduct should be assessed critically through a human rights lens as per the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms The OHRC Canada Justin Trudeau Some rhetoric for Council to reflect on: Why do incidents go unreported? Why do some constituents and residents feel comfortable calling the police when needed – confident, even, while others consider calling the police as their last resort, for better or worse, including medical emergencies? Why is the trans community stricken with overwhelming poverty (Arps et al. 2021) and often involved in sex work? I recommend the Council, General Issues Committee, and the respective Governance Committee consider all of this and ultimately the public interest when considering amendments to the code of conduct. I suggest including explicit language to mandate elected officials to refer to others using the pronouns that the person has specified. This would reflect our local labour precedent EN v Gallagher’s Bar and Lounge, 2021 HRTO 240 which was achieved by counsel Sarah Molyneaux. Choosing to call a trans woman “they” when her pronoun is she is a form of microaggression, and is the act of misgendering someone, contrary to the Ontario Human Rights Code, full stop. Let’s encourage a Hamiton where all community members feel respected and considered within our democratic processes. We are your communities, your neighbours; we share the same schools, places of worship, and city councils - we are everywhere – exactly where we belong. In the words of City of Carbondale Government Illinois' first transgender Councilmember Clare Killman: “It is as hard as ever to simply exist as a queer person in public spaces.” I would finally like to remind Madam Mayor and members of the General Issues Committee that the value of an apology is commensurate with the changed behaviour and demonstrable commitment to reduce further harm by the public official who has violated the code of conduct. We must make certain that people of all walks of life feel safe in our community. Invite us, ask us, include us. I would love to see Hamilton become a city where anyone can come to and call home regardless of their circumstances. We are all responsible as Hamiltonians for becoming more ethical than the society we, or you, or I grew up in. An injury to one is an injury to all! Thank you. #HamOnt #ONPoli #CDNPoli #CDNPolitics #TBTN #StatusForAll References: Arps, Frederic S. E., Sophia Ciavarella, Jelena Vermilion, Rebecca Hammond, Kelendria Nation, Siobhan Churchill, Meghan Smith, et al. 2021. "Report-Health and Well Being among Trans and Non-Binary People Doing Sex Work." Trans PULSE Canada (blog). March 30, 2021. -being-among-trans-and-non-binary-people-doing-sex-work/ Trans PULSE Canada CBC Hamilton Eva Salinas Bobby Hristova @JoeyColeman Noelle-Neumann, E. (1991). The theory of public opinion: The concept of the spiral of silence. In J. A. Anderson (Ed.), Communication yearbook. (pp. 256–308). Sage Publications, Inc. Jesus of Nazareth. (AD 29). The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12) CC: @MatthewGreenNDP Tammy Hwang Cameron Kroetsch Alex Wilson Lisa Hepfner @CraigCassar Tammy Hwang @ChadCollinsMP Sarah Jama Filomena Tassi Brad Clark (Ward 9) Ted McMeekin MikeSpadafora Neil Lumsden Esther@EstherPauls Maureen Wilson (She / Her) John-Paul Danko Jeff Beattie Nrinder Nann @shaw_sandy Monique Taylor Migrant Workers Alliance for Change Migrant Rights Network #StatusForAll

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