Public finance must align with climate science, human rights, and community health. Expanding methane-intensive LNG without a full health review isn’t compatible with those responsibilities.

#bcpoli #climate #health #lng #canada

3/ This is not just an Alberta issue. This is a who-we-are-as-Canadians issue.

We need more NDP MPs ready to defend Medicare and build the healthcare system we deserve.

We inherited this legacy. And alongside the people, we’ll fight for a fair and caring future for us all.

2/ I'm running to lead the NDP so we can finish what Tommy started. That means enforcing the Canada Health Act. Expanding Medicare to cover pharmacare, dental, and mental health. And never backing down to privatizers like Danielle Smith.

According to the official ANCHOR Year One Update:
ANCHOR responded to 4,464 calls in its first year.

-Over 92% of people in crisis contacted ANCHOR directly, not police.
-92.47% of dispatched ANCHOR calls did not require police involvement. 11/

But ANCHOR is working. We’ve seen it. They regularly deliver calm, trauma-informed support which then frees up police time. If Tierney genuinely wants officers available for criminal investigations, he should understand the simplest operational truth: 9/21

collapsing, and the toxic drug supply keeps killing people. Rising need reflects the scale of the emergency, not the failure of the response. By Tierney’s logic, policing itself “doesn’t work” every time crime rises. 8/

Then there’s his most simplistic piece of logic: the idea that because the city is facing more challenges, that somehow means programs like ANCHOR “don’t work.” No, Tim. The problems are getting worse because the housing crisis is worsening, mental health supports are 7/

These aren’t side issues, they are the root causes of the disorder and suffering we’re all witnessing. After all these years on Council, Tierney should understand that his ward is not the same as the inner-urban core, and that policing does not and cannot solve 5/

What’s most striking in his piece is what he doesn’t mention even once:
-our city’s housing emergency,
-the growing mental health crisis, and
-the poison drug epidemic devastating families and neighbourhoods. 4/21

Especially when it involves increasing police spending. For fifteen years he has consistently voted the way whichever mayor of the moment has told him to. That is not leadership. That is not independent judgment. 2/