Fierce love filled the streets of Vancouver for Pride this year. Despite many corporations yanking their support in line with Trump's war on diversity, the spirit was strong - & local unions were of course at the heart of it! Pride is a protest! Reminding us that there is joy in the struggle.

As the worst people attack Francesca Albanese, the @ndp.ca are nominating her for a Nobel Peace Prize. Thank you, @heathermcpherson.bsky.social and @alexboulerice.bsky.social for speaking truth in a time of terror and cowardice. www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-int...

Canadians deserve an NDP that fights for people, not powerful interests. Last election showed we need real change. A rushed leadership race means more of the same. If you don't have a Toronto Star subscription, here's an archived link of @libbydavies.bsky.social’s op-ed: archive.ph/EZTj4

Canada must act on its moral and legal obligation to allow Palestinians fleeing genocide to seek refuge within our borders. Our ongoing complicity in these horrors is unconscionable.

If you are a faculty member, researcher, postdoc, or staff at a university in Canada, please sign this letter demanding Canada issue study permit to Gaza students to be delivered to the Minister of Immigration by tomorrow afternoon. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It is unconscionable that Canada is refusing to process the immigration applications of students in Gaza accepted to Canadian schools. Two have already died while waiting. This is an atrocity and universities should be intervening. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The Liberals’ Bill C-2 is a draconian bill that would introduce Trump-style immigration policies and sweeping expansions to surveillance that would threaten the lives of millions of immigrants across Canada. Add your name to tell Mark Carney to withdraw Bill C-2 ⬇️ www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

"My group chats haven’t been this happy since, well, April 5th." New report from @seanorr.bsky.social on Mamdani's big win and the latest from a busy week at City Hall here: www.votecope.ca/news/the-orr... #vanpoli #FightForVancouver

So there IS an opposition party in Parliament after all! NDP’s @jennykwan.bsky.social just made the Lib-Con coalition split their bulldozer Bill C-5. Great work! #cdnpoli

🇨🇦 Canada must defend its sovereignty from foreign interference. The Modi gov’t’s alleged role in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s assassination & targeting of Jagmeet Singh is unacceptable. Suspend security ties with India now! 1/ #SikhSafety #TransnationalRepression

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Yesterday, at 87, my dad & former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis, stood for an hour by the road in his old riding. As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️

Many of our Canadian Senators are ready to defend human rights and ensure that every Canadian can live freely and authentically as themselves. Human rights are Canadian values worth fighting for. More to come as Parliament resumes. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The campaign’s over, but the fight for a politics beyond fear continues. 🧡 Thank you for every knock, every call, and every act of courage – whatever choice you made. 🇨🇦 Here's what’s next: www.voteavi.ca/thank-you-wh...

Today at Central City Lodge, we celebrated a birthday–and a lifetime of believing in something bigger than ourselves. Public health care. Strong pensions. Universal rights. Let’s honour that legacy and fight for the Canada they built. #VanCentre #VoteAvi #Vancouver #NDP #vanpoli

Last week, I walked with neighbours in Vancouver for the Gaza Pilgrimage. For the children. For the medics. For every life stolen by genocide. Never Again for Anyone. Free Palestine. #GazaPilgrimage #VancouverCentre #NeverAgain

Honoured to have the support of VotePalestine and the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council. My politics are simple: stand with people fighting for dignity, equality, and human rights. Always. No compromises. No exceptions. #VanCentre #Vancouver #VoteAvi #FreePalestine

Thank you @naomiaklein.bsky.social. I’m the luckiest guy on earth to have you in my corner. Apart from being incredibly embarrassed (which I think was the goal of this video) I'm reminded that this work involves all of us: our chosen family, our political family, all our loved ones. #cdnpoli #NDP

1/ Hedy Fry has given more than 30 years of her life to public service in Vancouver Centre. That's impressive. Less so is the fact that she's never spoken out against her party pouring billions into oil and gas—even as wildfires choke Vancouver skies, atmospheric rivers claim lives…

1/ Trump’s return is a shock to the system. And shocks open doors—for the worst… or for something better. I’m running to take on inequality and the dangerous concentration of corporate power in Canada. #cdnpoli #vanpoli #vancouver #vancouvercentre

Vancouver is leading the progressive pushback against the rising right! What an honour to be fighting alongside leaders like municipal by-election winner @seanorr.bsky.social. #cdnpoli #vanpoli #vancouver #vancouvercentre

What a blessing to join peaceniks from @ijvcanada.bsky.social, Christians4aFreePalestine, VotePalestine.ca and walk in the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage today! #FreePalestine #vancouver

Hotel workers commuting hours just to reach jobs in cities they can’t afford to live in? That’s not a local issue, it’s a national policy failure. Canada needs federal leadership that treats housing as a human right, not a commodity. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/14/v...

Tonight’s the night! ⬇️

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1/ Grateful to be named a Raise the Bar champion by @leadnowca.bsky.social. Even prouder to stand with 17 incredible candidates fighting for everyday people across the country.

A Conservative hasn’t won in #VanCentre since the Cold War and the incumbent, Canada’s oldest MP, didn’t even support Carney in the leadership race. It’s safe to vote for Avi and the NDP here. YOU choose, not anybody else 🇨🇦

New friends, aka the pleasures of the canvass on a sunny Sunday evening. #yvr #vancouver #ndp #canvassing #sundayNight #cdnpoli

Trans rights are human rights! 🏳️‍⚧️

Thank you Tariq for the warm reception at the West End Musalla for Friday Prayers. Vancouver Centre is lucky to have compassionate community leaders like you working on food security, combatting islamophobia, fostering cultural connections, & standing for a #FreePalestine #vanpoli #cdnpoli

This Sunday, join me in conversation with expert guests Mariel Cooksey and James Hoggan as we expose the rising threat of Canadian Trumpism – and explore how we fight back with solidarity, truth, and people power. 👉 Register here: voteavi.ca/democracy_talks

I always get fired up speaking about building an economy based on care. Care work is low carbon climate work. It’s the opposite of gig work and extractive work. It’s the connective tissue of our communities.

This is what change looks like. Neighbours. Laughing, organizing, showing up for each other. In Vancouver Centre, we’ll decide who our MP is. Not pollsters. Not Ottawa. Us. Come be part of it: www.voteavi.ca/volunteer #vanpoli #cdnpoli #vancouver #vancouvercentre

This is why who you send to Ottawa matters. Not to manage the status quo. But to confront it. You need NDP MPs who speak hard truths and demand accountability. Performative progressivism won’t stop Canada's complicity. Principled opposition might. 🇨🇦 votepalestine.ca/candidates

Carney was asked a simple question in Calgary: What about the genocide in Gaza? His answer? "I'm aware. That’s why we have an arms embargo." Later, he claimed he hadn’t heard the word "genocide". That’s not just troubling. It’s revealing. 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb_x...

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Dr. Fry is right! Spills like Exxon Valdez WILL happen again. But, Hedy fails to mention that the oil tanker moratoriums she's bragging about don’t include OUR riding (with English Bay and the Burrard Inlet) where she’s been MP for 32 years. #vanpoli #cdnpoli #vancouver #vancouvercentre

"You don’t fight Trump by bending the knee to his trickle-down capitalist ideology; you fight him by making Canada a place Trump would hate to live." Well said Christo! @ricochetmedia.bsky.social ricochet.media/politics/whi... #cdnpoli #trump #capitalism

If the Jewish Fed and CIJA thought they actually had anything on @seanorr.bsky.social, they would have used it during the by-election. Instead they waited to launch a sneak attack on a brand new councillor with an historic mandate. The cynicism is deep. And deeply predictable. /1

This story should be leading the news in a historic election like this. Lab services - an essential part of our healthcare system - long ago outsourced to for-profit private companies. thetyee.ca/News/2025/04... #vanpoli #cdnpoli #vancouver #vancouvercentre

Israel executes 15 medics, and it doesn't even ruffle the surface of our election conversation? Shame. Canadian-made arms reach Israel via the USA, despite Liberal promises to halt that. Enough is enough. We need a real arms embargo. End Canada's complicity in genocide.

Nearly 7 million Canadians don't have a family doctor. This means many families struggle to get the care they need. The NDP just unveiled a plan to give every Canadian access to a family doctor by 2030. Together, we can protect, improve and expand our public healthcare system.

BIG congratulations to @seanorr.bsky.social & @lucymaloney.bsky.social !!!! This is a huge win for progressives in Vancouver and beyond. #vanpoli #cdnpoli

Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Loving the energy at the Hands Off Canada rally today. The consensus is F*ck Fascism and I am so comfortable with that. #cdnpoli #fascism #Vancouver #HandsOffCanada #rally #yvr

Knock knock knockin’ on every door. ✊🏻🚪👊🏻 voteAvi.ca #cdnpoli #Vacouver #ndp #VancouverCentre

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Achievement Unlocked: Giving Mo Amer a proud NDP orange Free Palestine button. The show at the Vogue Theatre was incredible: touching, hilarious, 100% Mo. What a privilege to be there. #Vancouver #CdnPoli #NDP #FreePalestine

The lineup for Mo Amer at the Vogue is such a great scene!