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Elizabeth Beacom

Elizabeth Beacom

@lizsec.ca

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Leader of a cyber security team. Mom to two great kids, focusing on finding my political voice again with an intersection of cyber crime, labour, and human rights. #bcpoli #cdnpoli (je pratiquerai peut-être aussi mon français)

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Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 14h

And it's DNS 😂

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 14h

Looks like it's Azure that is having some problems today.

Guess I really didn't need to do all that work today after all.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 16h

I really can't stress enough to everyone I talk to how authoritative this is.

I really hope Alberta labour can come together and make things extremely uncomfortable for the UCP government.

This ongoing abuse of the NWC to strip individuals rights needs to be cut quick. #cdnpoli

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2d

An important note…

Smith isn’t just overriding the federal Charter…

She’s also overriding the Alberta Human Rights Act AND the Alberta Bill of Rights she just rewrote.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Reposted by Elizabeth Beacom

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d

since this game began two more conservative MLAs have left their caucus

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 2d

Pretty sure some of my coworkers in Toronto are absolutely going to be zombies tomorrow though.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 2d

With the bonus baseball tonight this might the most active I’ve seen my feed after 10pm pacific.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 2d

I did all of these before I transitioned too, is this the reason why I'm trans 😅

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 5d

My dreams are more continuous and cohesive than this.

K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 7d

I’m just really happy the leaks continue, Rustad must be absolutely livid this internal party letters continue to make their way to the public.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 7d

So Rustad has been asked to resign by members of the management committee.

The political circus continues.
#bcpoli

October 21, 2025
John Rustad
Leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia
Mr. Rustad,
The purpose of this letter is to address the unprecedented level of turmoil that has engulfed our party since the October 19, 2024, provincial general election.
While leadership inevitably involves navigating challenging circumstances, the constant and prolonged discord shows no sign of abating. The resulting state of chaos - driven by a series of decisions and actions taken under your leadership + has destabilized the party's internal cohesion and diminished its public credibility.
As the leader, it is your responsibility to unite the party around a common vision and to lead us forward with purpose and clarity. As evidenced by sagging poll numbers, memberships, fundraising, a shrinking caucus and staff, philosophically inconsistent policy, low morale and perhaps most importantly, a lack of enthusiasm and tepid endorsement from our membership, your leadership has ceased to serve that purpose.
The current sitting members of the Management Committee of the Board of Directors cease to have confidence in your leadership. We ask that you immediately step down as leader, allowing for a subsequent leadership contest to choose a new leader to take the party into the next provincial election.
John, your efforts have been instrumental to putting the party on its feet and into the position of being the largest official opposition in provincial history. We acknowledge and thank you for your service. It's now time for a next chapter to take our shared vision of a Conservative government in British Columbia across the finish line.
Sincerely,
The undersigned members of the Management Committee
Conservative Party of British Columbia
Astr
Aisha Estey
Wesley Graham
Odellie
Nellie Massey
Troy Lanigan
Sulen Peta
Sacha Peter
Mauro Francis
Andre Roberge

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 7d

@rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social I know you're being pragmatic with the NP, but the costal tanker ban has a legitimate need for existence. I'm not sure we can adequately reduce the risk to and make it acceptable.

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Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 7d

I'm getting a kick out of the Conservatives trying to back peddle on Poilievre's new ACAB position.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 7d

Ordered my Vancouver jersey this morning. No away jerseys though?

PWHL @thepwhl.com · 8d

Coming to the ice soon 😎

@pwhl--seattle.bsky.social and @pwhl--vancouver.bsky.social's inaugural season jerseys are here!
📰 bit.ly/49gqfwh

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

I have to say as a Canadian, Oregon outside of Portland is something else.

My dad spent some time working in Durkee in the late 90s and the tales I heard.

Matt Blaze @mattblaze.org · 9d

Fun legal fact of the day: Florence, OR, where federal agents famously (and illegally) used a thermal imager to detect Danny Kyllo's grow operation in 1992, is the the same oceanfront community that, in 1970, famously (and disastrously) tried to dispose of a beached whale carcass using dynamite.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

Crazy how it's always conservative governments that love to remove an individual's charter rights.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

I see the daily mail is continuing to live up to its journalistic integrity standards.

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 9d

The Cowichan Tribes debate is quickly becoming an international culture war issue, which means any attempt by someone to try and clarify facts, timelines or arguments by the people materially involved in the actual discussion will not matter in slightest.

But literally none of this is correct.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

Still probably too much power allocated for AI compared to DCs.

But that second point is exactly what I was hoping for.

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 9d

BC is also making its ban on power for crypto mining permanent and restricting access for AI and data centres

Projects can apply for a limited amount of power every 2 years, starting in Jan 2026

300 megawatts for AI centres, 100MW for data centres

#bcpoli

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

Can’t wait to see the manufactured conservative outrage over this bill.

I will say that hopefully the data centre restrictions have a carve out for Canadian businesses, I would love to see more data centres owned and operated by fully Canadian companies.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

Some good leadership from the BC NDP. We don’t need to be providing power to AI that don’t help create jobs here.

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 9d

Energy Minister Adrian Dix introduces Bill 31, Energy Statutes Amendment Act

The plan is to create an electricity allocation framework to prioritize power for natural resource projects like LNG and mines. It will also set rules for AI and data centres seeking to connect to BC's grid

#bcpoli

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

Agreed! Also, that's a way better kit than I have. Mine are just floating in a drawer in my toolbox.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

Totally unsurprising. Are her and Sturko joining forces, maybe along with Warbus?

#bcpolic

Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 9d

NEW - Penticton-Summerland MLA Amelia Boultbee has quit the BC Conservative caucus. Boultbee says John Rustad is running the party into the ground and needs to resign. #bcpoli

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

a man in a top hat and bow tie says the suspense is terrible and i hope it 'll last

Alt: Gene Wilder as Willi Wonka, in a top hat and bow tie says the suspense is terrible and i hope it 'll last

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Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

Don't leave me hanging, I need the details ... 😂

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

This is why I was of the opinion the RCMP needs to get out of contract policing in the provinces and refocus as proper federal police for and be more analogous to the FBI.

There are obviously some major challenges with this but my home town of Surrey finally moving from the RCMP was a good start.

Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 9d

There was also attempts to hire Civilian Criminal Investigators (CCI's), essentially non-police staff who have peace officer status and can do investigative work. I don't have confirmation but pretty sure similar challenges by the NPF have hampered this.