Let's hope the BC NDP follow through on both the recommendations for a Citizens' Assembly as well as enabling municipalities to upgrade their voting system. People don't realize how our electoral system is hindering us in every sector.

But #health, #housing, and #environment are just niche issues, right? ;-) Whatever your top issue is, countries using #ProportionalRepresentation perform better.

And yet... we are caving on tariffs. I wish @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social would find his elbows.

So with is @kamloops.ca going to follow @nanaimo.ca and get rid of parking minimums? #Kamloops #Nanaimo #PedestrianDignity @strongtowns.org www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

YES! I said this in a post about kickstarting construction in May. "Go Euro! Currently, our building codes are almost indistinguishable from American codes, limiting single-stair buildings, which are significantly more efficient, wood construction, and cheap, small prefab elevators." Thanks Stephen!

The time for strong words of condemnation is over. In the face of systematic starvation of the mass execution of people awaiting aid, our govt needs to impose economic sanctions on Israel: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

This sounds so refreshing. I'm in.

Serious question for folks who understand the #Canadian #oil industry: IF more infrastructure is built to allow the export of Canadian oil, is anyone other than the US actually going to buy it? I understand that our heavy crude requires special (expensive) cokers in the refinery process. TIA

The single step that would enable progress on so many different issues. I hope @mark-carney.bsky.social takes an evidence-based approach on this. #ProportionalRepresentation

Electoral reform is back in the spotlight - and rightfully so. Please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...

This is not good. #kamloops #wildfire

How Transition Kamloops used the Social and Community Development Grant from the City :) www.kamloops.ca/our-communit... #grassroots

I used it today! Great service.

Funny how Republicans can do the math when it comes to giving the wealthy tax cuts but can't do the math when it helps to lift people up. 😡

US & Canada (and #kamloops) are the outliers. The rest of the world give their citizens other better options besides cars for getting around.

So great to see that @maxfawcett.bsky.social gets it. Implementing #ProportionalRepresentation is no longer a nice-to-have luxury or a "someday" hypothetical. It has become essential for safeguarding Canadian #democracy. The sooner, the better. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/30/o...

I hope the Libs have the necessary humility to read the room. The election results show how close we are getting closer to US-style politics. The division in Canada is real & requires urgent attention. #ProportionalRepresentation is needed. Now—before it's too late. www.fairvote.ca/29/04/2025/c...

My advice for our next Prime Minister. (It looks like it will likely be Carney, but the argument for uniting our country stands regardless of which party or parties form government). #ProportionalRepresentation #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/28/o...

#Debate2025 I wish Carney wouldn't parrot the ridiculous points about carbon sequestration & storage. I suspect he is trying to add balance to not alienate the west, but it's time to recognize that O&G companies should pay for this out of their profits, not taxpayers. Invest $ in the solution.

#Debate2025 This baloney from PP that Canadian gas would displace emissions from other fossil fuels is tiresome. It's all adding to the existing fuels, not reducing anything. And research shows gas is just as bad or worse in terms of GHGs. Fact checks needed.

To most of us, urban or rural, it's the lack of effective representation (ie an MP who aligns with our values) that is galling. FPTP means only the single largest chunk of voters (often less than 50%) get that. #ProportionalRepresentation is the answer to feeling heard—no matter which way you vote.

Thousands of potential infractions were hidden in B.C. regulator records, until our investigation exposed a widespread pattern of lax enforcement. Here are more than 40,000 records and all company responses we received. #bcpoli via @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social

First-past-the-post gave us Trump. Proportional representation gave us the world’s top 10 democracies. It’s time to get on the right side of history. Demand PR. #cdnpoli #Election2025

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

Thanks @thejuicemedia.bsky.social for giving us Canadians some love 😍 . (Double President's Choice!!! hahahahaha) #ProportionalRepresentation

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes. Any questions? Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath

A chance for the Liberals to make things right. #cdnpoli #ProportionalRepresentation

Janis Irwin is awesome.

Want to watch free Absolutely Canadian docs? 'Absolutely!' Locally produced docs on CBC Gem #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Exactly. Charge the cheaters.

Here's another good one! Time to get rid of FPTP (you know, the thing that keeps giving us "majority" governments with far less than 50% voter support, boosting the seats for big parties while ripping off smaller parties). #ProportionalRepresentation #cdnpoli

If you're upset about the Ontario election results you should be fighting for Proportional Representation. I break it down and the 2025 results in this video. #ontario #onpoli #ONelxn #dougford youtu.be/jrsJ_ZusUes?...

This is excellent! As one commenter put it, "Thanks for elevating the Canadian political discourse. 🇨🇦 "

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Fair Vote Canada is recruiting 7 new members to our National Council! If you believe in collaborative governance, fair representation, & improved voter choice, check us out! www.fairvote.ca Info session Tues, Mar 11 @ 7pm EST. Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Ontarians, like everyone else in 🇨🇦, are not getting the governments they voted for. There is a fix – and most of the world is already using it! #ProportionalRepresentation #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

#Kamloops #StandwithUkaine

Trump has based his ENTIRE tariff attack on Canada on the claim that 43 pounds of fentanyl, of the 4,500 that entered the United States last year, came through the northern border. This investigation found that the actual figure is closer to zero www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

It’s nice how they’ve replicated the middle school dynamic of the insecure bully and his sniveling sidekick picking on someone surrounded by a circle of scared little boys who also try to talk shit so the bully doesn’t come after them. Or as the right calls it, “masculinity.”

Save the CBC- fire the assholes involved with this show.

Instead of congratulating your screeners for filtering out the angry folks, CBC should have let us hear some of that shared anger. You are presenting a false narrative about how Canadians are feeling about this topic. You have failed in your mandate. #CrossCountryFuckup @ianhanomansing.bsky.social

The "Canadian businessman" on #CrossCountryFuckup is the cryptocurrency-loving slug who the CBC's internal ombudsman found to have violated their journalistic standards in the past. Can we please let him lick the orange POS's boots in peace and not subject this country to listening to him again?

A better framing for today's Cross Country Checkup would have been: What are some tried and tested guerrilla tactics Canadians you're considering if the Yankees violate our borders?

I've written to express my utter shock & disgust at the planned topic for a joint 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 X-C Checkup tomorrow. Soliciting thoughts from the country literally threatening to annex us is beyond insulting. You goofed, @ianhanomansing.bsky.social . Send complaints here: cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/ombudsman...

This article not only gives voice to unspoken fears, but answers the "what if" questions we're afraid to ask.

Watching history eg Jan 6 being "revised", I can't help but wonder how future generations will be able to agree on what is the truth. The sheer volume of "alternative facts" is overwhelming. Is it even possible to correct course at this point?