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Anti-indigenous racism hasn't been this bad in Canada in 20 years.

It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.

It's kinda amazing the depth and breadth of the positive reaction to the Carney Davos speech. I get it - Canadians like when int'l people laud us. But Carney said similar things during the election campaign and we've seen how he's governed since. I'm almost stupefied by how naive everyone is being.

Someone put this article to the Hootsuite CEO. Or ask your MP to ban Canadian companies working with ICE

For all the Mark Carney praise for his speech, let's remember his domestic agenda remains neoliberalism on steroids. It's a plan that makes us poorer and weaker, despite his rhetoric.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, UBCIC President: “By ending the decriminalization pilot, the Province is failing to treat addiction as a public-health issue, not a criminal one, and is doubling down on policies that have already caused immense harm to First Nations.“ www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_deeply...

$40 for 40 I turn 40 today so why not support human rights and civil liberties with a gift to @bccla.bsky.social bccla.org/donate/

In light of this news release from the province: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202... I repeat that crime stats are easily manipulated to suit political narratives. www.straight.com/city-culture...

Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash. Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.

“You can’t say decriminalization failed if you never actually tried to make it work.” and, as with safe supply, this *failure* was the government’s INTENDED goal Their purpose has always been to maintain the status quo bcgreencaucus.ca/bc-greens-de...

Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.

42 people died from unregulated drugs while in a medical facility between January 1 2023 and August 31 2025 in British Columbia Here is the list. Remember when people were complaining about drug users in hospitals ?

”We continue to claim that we believe in vacuous slogans which we contradict with our policy choices and our budget decisions.”

"Despite the hard work and good intentions behind the pilot, it has not delivered the results we hoped for. For that reason, we will not be asking the federal government to renew the exemption." Really? Where's the data? Where's the final report on the pilot? news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

VicPD talked on their podcast about how they may involve themselves in the 2026 municipal elections, just like they did last time. Police in politics in #yyj! I left in the lead-in from 2022 where they complained about Isitt comparing the library budget to theirs. open.spotify.com/episode/2xyy...

The anti-Garfield

We should absolutely have a publicly-owned social media network run by letter-carrying crown corporation and it obviously has to be called Canada Postr

Something positive in these dark early days of 2026

Two people want to be @onecityvan.bsky.social first Mayor: @wazaroff.bsky.social & Amanda Burrows. I spoke to them both for the latest episode of Cambie Report (which is very much still a thing!) www.cambiereport.ca/e3-281-oneci...

Clint Mahlman, president and chief operating officer of London Drugs, is also a cofounder and chair of Save Our Streets, the coalition of businesses lobbying for more policing and more punishment of poor people. He got what he demanded globalnews.ca/news/1160295...

Good, investigative journalism + activism from outraged community members is how we get the job done. "The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has released an open letter to the classical-music community, pledging to never again ask a sexual-misconduct complainant to sign a confidentiality agreement."

In the face of the American threats to our sovereignty, Canadians wanted to elect a Churchill but it's increasingly clear we got Chamberlain

Many people still think of poverty as something that happens when people don’t work. But the reality is different: majority of people who live in poverty in Canada are working or live in families who work. @gillianpetit.bsky.social and my 2026 chart to watch www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

The United States is a rogue actor throwing the world into disarray. It hosts war criminal Netanyahu, sanctions ICC and European officials, launches strikes around the world, and now kidnaps foreign leaders. Western allies need to stop it if they truly believe in human rights and international law.

I get the USA is effectively immune from international law and hell even its own laws when it comes to invading sovereign nations but you'd think the Rule Of Law West could marshal some condemnation.

Just in time for Christmas, the chapter I wrote with @stewartprest.ca on Vancouver's modern political history is out in the new City Politics in Canada. Pre-order from UofT Press.

Looking forward to my copy arriving! Wrote the chapter on Vancouver with @bushfield.ca.

At our October 18 No Tyrants rally, @bushfield.ca of @bchumanist.ca said, “We can’t look south and be smug and complacent. These same forces are at work right here in Canada.” This is what he was talking about.

Great work Calgary. You really showed those dreamers who thought the ideological centre of neoconservativism in Canada was the place where there should be fewer government restrictions on home construction. livewirecalgary.com/2025/12/15/c...

I look forward to Dallas Brodie telling us how cancel culture came to her free speech party. www.castanet.net/news/BC/5893...

The one in OneBC stands for how many MLAs they can have before splitting.

It's incredible how fractious the right wing is

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area. (15 in Manhattan btw)

This must be the Liberal racism I keep hearing about

A billboard company that's long had anti-abortion messages along the highway near Kelowna refused to put up pro-choice ads. But now they say the anti-abortion ones are coming down, too www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Climate change winning the war on cars (But seriously stay safe BC)

Ruh roh

thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... Wtaf Alberta’s Ministry of Advanced Education explored changing laws to accredit his online, for-profit ‘academy.’

Universal Basic Income

Used the option for a custom Pela Case to show off some humanism.

Pay attention that not all your favourite writers/creators are as principled as Dave.

Sorry, the leak was from "Rory McTory"? Did Pierre Poutine have to change their name? www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Premier Eby will have announcement tmrw about "strengthening access to involuntary care for young people." CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..." bc.cmha.ca/news/involun...

For the past few months, we've been working with a Kelowna activist and our legal team to try to get a pro-choice billboard up. We failed at that but we did get the local billboard companies to stop running anti-choice propaganda! www.bchumanist.ca/we_helped_en...

Elbows up: A leaked Liberal caucus briefing note shows the Mark Carney government fears that regulating arms exports to the USA might upset the Americans. www.readthemaple.com/liberals-fea...

John Rustad wasn't even the first right-wing leader to refuse to quit his job in this province - Kevin Falcon is still leader of BC United, just biding his time.

Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.

I explained the latest drama in #bcpoli to someone who isn't as political and their response was that it sounds like such an old white man move to refuse to resign.