Calling out each and every BC Liberal MP: are you going to stand with BC, our coastal waters, communities and Indigenous nations or support PM Carney as he tramples over these, puts our economy at risk and deepens the climate crisis?

Alarming CBC reporting shows Canadian-branded weapons ending up with Sudan’s RSF — a force accused of mass atrocities. Did the PM raise this while signing a trade pact in the region? Canadians need answers. The Liberals must launch a full investigation and close the loopholes now.

Millions of Canadians are struggling. Yet the Liberals are demanding sacrifices from workers, while handing out billions to the wealthiest individuals and biggest corporations. New Democrats have a better plan: positive, constructive policies to build a stronger, fairer Canada.

BIG THANKS to you MP Kwan for this important legislative initiative, & thanks to all the other MPs who supported the #nomoreloopholes Bill-233 at 2nd reading! @leahgazan.bsky.social @loriidlout.bsky.social @beynate.bsky.social & others! For a full #ArmsEmbargoNOW! armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...

🎥 The first hour of debate on my Private Member’s Bill C-233 is now live. This bill aims to close the arms-export loophole and ensure Canada is not complicit in grave human rights violations. Watch here ⬇️ youtu.be/a3iQ7vuskms?... #BillC233 #cdnpoli #HumanRights

(1/5) I abstained from the budget vote because there are elements in the budget my constituents have told me they want.

Get live election results from #Nunavut #election currently voting. #CBC newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/nu...

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The fall season is winding down at the Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory with the shift to late migrants like Pacific Wren and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Last day of operation is October 15.

Politics This Morning: Simon leads TR Day ceremony on the Hill www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

🧡Every Child Matters🧡

Governor General Mary Simon granted a number of Order of Canada designations this week. Seven Indigenous people are amongst the latest recipients.

If you are not following the Women's Rugby World Cup, you should. The Canadian women had to bloody crowdfund to go, and they just beat NZ in the semi and are into the finals. So friggin' proud of these women. www.cbc.ca/sports/rugby...

Read my letters to ministers, here. loriidlout.ndp.ca/news/nunavut...

Member of Parliament, Leah Gazan, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney last Thursday, urging the government to ensure the safety of wildfire evacuees, especially women and girls at high risk of violence.

Jack Layton passed away 14 years ago today. Jack would have been Canada’s first NDP Prime Minister, and he left us a united, bilingual, national party. In the wake of the worst election in our movement’s history, we have an obligation to honour Jack’s strong legacy by rebuilding.

i just got an Access to Information request I made 5 years ago. The federal ATIP laws and process need serious updating and overhauling to improve efficiency.

I again urge the Canadian government to: 🟣 Call for Jimmy Lai’s humanitarian release 🟣 Grant him honorary Canadian citizenship The time to act is now. His life is at stake. 3/3 #FreeJimmyLai #HumanRights #cdnpoli @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social

Proud to join Air Canada flight attendants in Winnipeg this morning, calling out the Liberal government who is forcing binding arbitration. It is time for the liberal government to stop being “elbows up” against Canadian workers/ women and gender equality! www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...

Read my letter to @rebeccachartrand.bsky.social at this link, in English and Inuktitut. loriidlout.ndp.ca/news/mp-idlo...

The murder of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza is another reminder of how little the Israeli Defence Force cares about international law as it continues committing genocide in Gaza. That’s because Netanyahu and IDF leaders know their allies won’t push back. (1/3)

The Samson Cree Nation Powwow is one of the biggest and best in Canada. Extraordinary dancers. Amazing atmosphere. More than 35,000 people came this year. Many thanks to the tireless work of the organizers and volunteers!

Solidarity with @cupescfp.bsky.social flight attendants staging a national day of action today rejecting poverty wages and unpaid work. So much of the travel we rely on depends on these workers, and they deserve a fair contract. cupe.ca/air-canada-f...

Solidarity among peoples. Sovereignty among nations. MP @loriidlout.bsky.social speaks at the 2025 Panamerican Congress.

"Left politics emerged out of people's struggles for a better life." – @graceblakeley.substack.com Watch the full lecture at youtube.com/broadbentinstitute

While Mark Carney says it’s time to cut back the public service, @cupescfp.bsky.social senior economist @angella.bsky.social explains how workers will pay the price in a new era of austerity. Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/

Joan Baez @joancbaezofficial.bsky.social joanbaez.com

Today is Emancipation Day in Canada, across the Caribbean, and other regions - marking the day slavery was abolished in the British Empire. My book, The Book of Possibilities, has been featured on a few Emancipation Day reading lists, and I'm grateful! Lemme tell y'all a bit about the day:

It’s essential we strategize together to address these critical issues. Opportunities to share experiences to achieve progressive change are essential. I’m so thankful that @loriidlout.bsky.social, @donvdavies.bsky.social, @charlieangus104.bsky.social and I can join these conversations.

People across the world are experiencing the absolute failure of neoliberalism, with an escalating climate emergency, falling real incomes for working people alongside growing profits for the billionaire class, and the rise of far right authoritarianism threatening our fundamental human rights.

I am honoured to join progressive leaders from across the Americas, including @claudiasheinbaum.bsky.social and @repilhan.bsky.social, at the third annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City this weekend.

"This is where the idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) becomes not just an economic policy, but a public health intervention. By ensuring that every person has access to the material essentials, food, shelter, warmth, and rest, UBI creates the conditions for community life to thrive."

I condemn in the strongest possible terms Prime Minister Carney’s cabinet which continues to make Canada complicit in genocide and war crimes. Read my statement here: www.leahgazan.ca/gaza_stateme...

Carney’s traveling disinformation campaign, along with his Ministers, claiming that Bill C-5, honours treaties and modern treaties is disturbing. Is Carney “elbows up” against Indigenous peoples? www.firstpeopleslaw.com/public-educa...

#AllEyesOnDeck All communications with #Handala have been jammed. @leahgazan.bsky.social @alexboulerice.bsky.social @jennykwan.bsky.social @loriidlout.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @dondavies.bsky.social Please demand safe passage to #Gaza for #FreedomFlotilla @matthewgreen.bsky.social

"Bill C-5 centralizes power in Ottawa, lets cabinet override environmental laws and ignores treaty and inherent rights. That is not modernization—it is colonization in 2025," says Kehewin Cree Nation Chief Vernon Watchmaker as PM Carney holds First Nations summit on Bill C-5. #cdnpoli

To help those trying to understand the impact of #KillBillC5 as it relates to our Treaties is the fact that section 35 of our constitution does not veto the SCOC’s rulings in support of our #TreatyRights. PM Carney is in for a very rude awakening. “Consultation and consent” is mandatory. 🪶🙌🏽😡🇨🇦

First Nations are rightly concerned about C-5 and the potential impacts to our inherent, Aboriginal, treaty and land rights. No government should legislate for itself unfettered power to trump Indigenous rights. @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social @aptnnews.bsky.social youtu.be/ITMXQbbuZ_c

For what it's worth, you may as well let 'em know what you think.

Quite the debacle today with PM Carney’s #FirstNationsSummit. Zero protocols followed. Trust must be earned. He certainly doesn’t have ours. 🪶😡 #IdleNoMore #KillBill5 #HonourTheTreaties #cdnpoli

It’s starting to look like Carney government is taking the UCP’s approach to reconciliation… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Meeting Nunavummiut at the Arctic Security Summit has been a highlight for me. Arctic Sovereignty begins and ends with Inuit. In these photos: Cates Bayabay, Larry Audlaluk, Joe Allen and Susie Evyagotaitak.

I am attending the Arctic Security & Sovereignty Summit. Most presenters are commenting on addressing social issues like overcrowded housing, poverty, climate change. This focus on eliminating barriers that Inuit experience to engaging in Arctic security needs to be part of the Arctic strategy.

Defending freedom costs lives. It demands sacrifice. As the world faces rising geopolitical unrest, we remember the 75th anniversary of the Korean War and honour those who paid the price. Thank a veteran—freedom isn't free. #KoreanWar75 #FreedomIsntFree #StandForFreedom

The government gave Indigenous rights holders just 7 days to review and respond to Bill C-5, said MP Jenny Kwan in an interview with The Tyee. “That is absolutely disgusting,” she said. “It is not in any stretch of the imagination meaningful consultation.” thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

deprived of all meaning #KeepTellingofGaza #GazaGenocide