A broken clock is right twice a day. A broken economist was right once:
Common Wealth Canada@commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 5h agoLVT = LBT (Least bad tax)
Matthew Cook
@anarchistfish.bsky.social
Social worker on coast Salish Territories. Shop Stewart in the BCGEU Lousy Christian, worst anarchist. Politics of the Inferno. Here for housing advocacy and silly memes Services on the Victoria Greens riding association https://linktr.ee/vicbcgreens
Common Wealth Canada@commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 5h agoThe answer is to build common wealth to give all citizens an economic stake in the upside and a non-labour source of income. Social wealth funds, AI dividends, and stock grants all move us in this direction.
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Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 7h agoAs of this week, Civic Searchlight has meetings from more than 700 municipalities in its database. It's a great time to sign up if you haven't already:
Seems like bad news. It's that same guy who got all that press alleging his speech was being shut down for 'writing to the premier,' when his letter 'to the premier' was instead published in media outlets, identifying himself by his job, and the contents were him just shitting on a SOLID facility.
CHEK News@cheknews.ca · yesterdayWith just over a month until municipal elections take place across B.C., a new player is entering the capital city's political arena. https://cheknews.ca/a-first-in-its-168-year-history-victoria-firefighters-union-to-endorse-council-candidates-1346923/
The Province is clearing out the last few people living in an encampment in North Vancouver. Imagine if there was non-market housing in North Van & people didn't have to leave the area just to secure a decent home. We can do so much better than this. www.nsnews.com/local-news/p...
Province tells Bowser Island encampment holdouts it's time to leave
Police and heavy equipment were at the site this week
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Monopoly is a bad bad bad game!! Tell your friends while they can still afford to live!! #yyj #bcpoli
Tim Bousquet@timbousquet.bsky.social · yesterday‘Who owns Halifax?’ Dalhousie Legal Aid report finds 20 landlords own 56% of the city’s rental housing units Morning File by Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social
All he wants is $. And he thinks that's all anybody else wants.
Sonia Théroux@soniatheroux.bsky.social · 2d agoThis may feel particularly scandalous. But also, many sitting provincial and federal governments in Canada have essentially done the same. And there's rarely a peep about it.
VicPD asked the province not to release any of its use of force data, and they agreed. After multiple appeals, we can now see things like how often VicPD injured people, including people they’ve already jailed, or used force during “wellness checks.” needsmorespikes.com/blog/use-of-... #yyj #cdnfoi
VicPD and province try to stop release of police “use of force” data — Needs More Spikes
VicPD asked the government not to release data showing how its officers used force between 2022 and 2024. The government agreed, but they were overruled by the privacy commissioner. The data shows Vic...
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"The study also found participants who reported having drugs seized by police without arrest were three times more likely to experience a non-fatal overdose."
P.O.W.E.R.@policeoversight.ca · 2d ago🚨 NEW study: Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization in Vancouver via @sfu-fhs.bsky.social: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor... @drugdatadecoded.ca @readthemaple.com
Years from now, when I pass the Big Beautiful Library Bill as Supreme Divine Ruler of the World, we'll all have this person to thank for being a part of that story. Andrew modelled library board leadership in a big way for me!
Andrew Appleton@aaoakbay.bsky.social · 3d agoFolks, some news: appleton4oakbay.ca/election-2026/ Really appreciate all the folks who have reached out and offered your support. On to new challenges!
Why aren't you stoked about the data centre belching emissions into your air and vibrating your neighbourhood all day and night without respite?
Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 3d agothe ai industry; our product is going to take your job and crash the economy and kill everyone you know and love also the ai industry: why dont you like us 🥺
VicPD: "VicPD is always striving to be as transparent and accountable as possible." Also VicPD: Once again breaking the most basic legal requirement to post agendas for their public meetings a week in advance. #yyj
Under first-past-the-post, freedom of information is little more than an honour system politicians can tear up when it's inconvenient. Proportional representation would prevent this kind of abuse by requiring multi-party consensus rather than relying on the whims of one premier.
Isaac Callan@isaaccallan.bsky.social · 4d agoNEW: Earlier this year, the Ford government put a total freeze on all freedom of information requests for more than a week, sending the order through Microsoft Teams. Here's what the message said, and the internal consternation that followed. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1204843...
It’s been a difficult year for working people. We’ve seen the growth of wealth inequality during our crushing cost of living crisis, disrespect from government at every turn, and the longest public service strike in B.C. history. Yet when things seem at their darkest, solidarity shines brightest.
Why do they rail against the "woke left mob"? To take everyone's eyes off the real danger: power around the world is increasingly in the hands of the far right. Meanwhile, centrism asks us to be nice with them; find a "middle ground." (We've been here before!) nationalpost.com/news/far-rig...
Far-right AfD wins German state election: 'This is democracy'
The Alternative for Germany scored its best-ever result with 44.5 per cent of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Navdeep Bains wants rural membership votes for his leadership run, but in an election, swing ridings take priority. Only proportional representation bridges the rural-urban divide by replacing swing ridings with swing voters, making every vote across the province worth fighting for.
Navdeep Bains@navdeepbains.bsky.social · 6d agoWe need strong rural ridings to rebuild our party. Let's get to work.
For any friends and colleagues attending UBCM this month!
Workers for Ethical Substance Use Policy@wesup.bsky.social · 6d agoSept. 18th in Vancouver
This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · last wk.Environmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
Grieve Chelwa is doing such important work on international debt these days.
This morning we have an interview with Á’a:líya Warbus. She speaks to @tyolsen.bsky.social about how the BC Conservatives' rhetoric increasingly tying Indigenous rights issues to race made it untenable for her to stay in the party. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
Why Á’a:líya Warbus Quit the BC Conservatives | The Tyee
The newly independent MLA on the BC Conservatives’ increasingly ‘race-based’ rhetoric, and her future plans. A Tyee Q&A.
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This is a national disgrace. If only we had a function opposition party to complain. #bcpoli #yyj
Jen St. Denis@jenstden.bsky.social · last wk.Seniors in Metro Vancouver are still being discharged to homeless shelters from hospital. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports on one 78yo woman’s plight after she was evicted from her apartment while in hospital. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
During the #AbbotsfordMission by-election campaign! RCMP interview former B.C. Conservative over his claim of job offer to quit as MLA Paton said two RCMP officers interviewed him for about an hour at the force’s provincial headquarters in Surrey archive.is/CEI0a#select... #bcpoli #bccp
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Of course I want this party to fail, miserably. But I'd like for them to fail on the merit of their ideas and ideals and not in dumpster fire of douchery that just increases public mistrust in government. #yyj #bcpoli
Jimmy Thomson@jameswsthomson.com · last wk.What's shorter than a moment? Because with this party, there's never a dull one of those, either.
If you thought a few months of wildfires in North America, heat deaths in Europe, and catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal was a lot, buckle up. This is entirely avoidable, if we want to avoid it. www.cbc.ca/news/science...
For the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC News
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the...
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