It's an international embarrassment that Canada refused to a sign onto adding a fossil fuel phaseout to #COP30 agreement. We should be leading, not sitting on our hands and letting Saudi Arabia negotiate for us.

#Carney's policies have created a situation where many, many people will fall through the cracks and struggle to maintain their status in Canada. It is administrative cruelty to workers who have lives here to be put into limbo.

Ken Sim got told families are leaving faster than ever and was like “We’ll send changing table money to the police.”

hey that’s me! i support the 2026 budget because i love money and i hate vancouver and i hate this city! wealthy ppl plz dm me for my email im now taking e-transfers to speak up more against the welfare of the people and to advocate for better tax rates for rich ppl

Ken Sim returning home from City Hall

very impressed by COPE Councillor Orr for reporting summaries of every speaker for this budget, and actually staying until the end unlike most ABC councillors my crude count is there were less than 10 in favour, roughly 260 opposed, with around 330 more speakers to go.

NEW: Over 630 people have signed up to speak to Council on Ken Sim's last budget. ABC councillors now have a choice to make. Vote for austerity and brutal cuts that nobody asked for - or do the right thing and preserve funding for climate, housing, and arts. #vanpoli #StopTheCuts

Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this

Harper is back. "The feds plan to cut $57 billion in program spending over five years. They didn’t campaign on such deep cuts, and it is 40 per cent more than the cuts proposed in the Liberals’ spring election platform." #Budget2025

Vancouver's Zohran Mamdani Victory Party is Tuesday evening at The Pleasant. Come celebrate NYC's historic campaign, and imagine what is possible in next year's municipal elections here. #vanpoli

Wikipedia is one of the best things to be produced in the internet age. A lot comrades put so much effort into maintaining it and keeping it up to date. Strongly recommend spending time on Wikipedia and volunteering some time to edit, if you can!

Big crowd out on the legislature lawn today for a rally in support of striking workers The public sector strike escalated today with the addition of government licensed professionals, members of the Professional Employees Association, per the PEA executive #bcpoli

Why does BC have an $11B deficit? Tax cuts. Tax cuts, largely for the rich, have decreased government revenue by about $9B/year plus $1.5B lost from scraping the carbon tax.

The most amazing part of this is that the far right didn't target her because she celebrated Kirk's death or even threw his own words back at them. She merely expressed a well-founded worry that his murder might inspire the far right to greater violence and they apparently took that as a challenge.

Tax the rich.

Workers deserve agency in their schedules, not to be treated like children by employers. WfH flexibility is a boon to families and improves public health by limiting the spread of illness.

Fridge stock is happening tomorrow! We moved it up a week to accommodate the long weekend. New volunteers welcome!

the CBC was founded as a bulwark against US cultural imperialism, to ensure we had canadian news and canadian culture. there should be a renewed emphasis on that mandate, particularly to stop reporting so much on what happens in the US for eyeballs and ad dollars.

Libraries - $64M Community Services - $48M Police - $455M Urban Planning - $45M someone who is good at economy please help me budget this.

This is huge. Please fill it out for the future of this city.

CUPE's Mark Hancock is prepared to be jailed for defying the Carney government's back-to-work order to force Air Canada to negotiate with flight attendants "If it means folks like me going to jail, so be it...Our members want a solution here, but that solution has to be found at a bargaining table"

Solidarity with all of the CUPE flight attendants at Air Canada defying the federal government’s misguided back to work legislation! www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...

In Canada, courts have affirmed that the right to strike is "constitutionally protected because of its crucial role in a meaningful process of collective bargaining." And yet the Liberal government has been quick to use back to work legislation to violate these rights in every major strike action.

Marketplace platform that enables Nazis and fascists under the guise of free speech has now passed the big banks to become the most valuable company in Canada. Shopify’s leadership will now have even more resources to push for extreme right-wing political causes in Canada.

How to de-google/de-Americanize your tech via @parismarx.com www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-of...

A better world is possible!

YWCA, SWAN Vancouver, Rise Women's Legal Centre, Community Legal Assistance Society, Women's Shelters Canada, Pacific Immigrant Resources Society - just to name a few organizations that will see funding cuts. #Carney's austerity is going to be deeper than Harper's.

(4/4) Less than a year ago the Liberals were calling the Conservatives climate change denialists, but based on Carney’s first months in office, it’s hard to tell whether he believes or cares that the climate emergency is already devastating communities everywhere.

An important proposal for strengthening democracy.

"In the past year, the avgerage net worth of the wealthiest 20% of Canadian households increased by $101,000, compared to a $2,600 rise in the average net worth of the bottom 40% of households. Within just a year, the wealth gap between affluent and modest households grew by nearly $100,000."

We just keep giving them bombs and they're running out of places to destroy

look.

BRACKET BRACKET BRACKET It's time for the NATURE round of the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol! PEACHES. CHERRIES. TREES. FEEL THE EXCITEMENT. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Liberals have been very concerned about mis- and disinformation in recent years, so when Mark Carney says carbon capture will allow for “decarbonized” oil, we should be clear that he’s engaging in active disinformation about climate change to please Danielle Smith and the Alberta oil industry.

Carney's cuts will be devastating. At a time where we need investment in public housing and building capacity in healthcare, instead we get Carney's cuts. The cost increases in housing and healthcare will outweigh the tax cut. socialeconomics.substack.com/p/cuts-cuts-...

Poilievre worried there won’t be enough government left for him to cut (Podcast)

Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start. For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.

PM #Carney announces that he wants >7.5% across the board in federal government services. Given how wonderful the massive cuts are going in the US, it's astounding that he would bring the devastating cost cutting agenda to Canada.

Each minister needs to make 7.5% cuts to programs in 2026, followed by an additional 10% in 2027 and then cut another 15% in 2028

Checking in with our new conservative government. We're going into a recession and the government is dishing out austerity.

"How are you going to pay for it?" The same way they pay for the bombs

In some good news - Zohran, the DSA candidate, looks poised to be the Democratic nominee for NY's mayor. Phenomenal model for how socialists can build effective campaigns.

Tax cuts + a tripling in military spending = austerity Say hi to your new conservative government, Canada.

PM Mark Carney has described developing fossil fuel infrastructure as “pragmatic.” But it’s unclear how a country grappling with abysmal air quality due to wildfires fuelled by global warming will benefit from further fossil fuel development. Deborah de Lange writes.

Organized people > organized money

Sunday! Join us to mark our 5th anniversary— with a picnic at Trout Lake, 1:00 - 3:00pm. RSVP: www.democraticsocialistsyvr.ca/dsv-news/dso...

Cities everywhere should elect leaders who'll fight to expand fare-free public transit. Sign up to support our campaign to make public transit free for youth in Vancouver and across BC. www.copevancouver.ca/make_transit...

What do YOU think the worst intersection in Vancouver is? Tell us why yours should be crowned the worst in our community poll 👑 May the worst intersection win!

Videos from the May Day party yesterday: