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The good news is that 2026 is an election year. Let's make vote out everyone in green here. Remember those names, & support those looking to unseat them. Thanks to @lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social and @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social for standing up for Vancouverites. 4/
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The good news is that 2026 is an election year. Let's make vote out everyone in green here. Remember those names, & support those looking to unseat them. Thanks to @lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social @ptfry.bsky.social and @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social for standing up for Vancouverites. 4/
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Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Is this the moment Canada gets serious about science and the economy?
The federal budget includes $1.7-billion to attract international researchers and support Canadian R&D and IP protections
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
Fund the scientists who are already here. Fund basic science.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Vancouver Council votes this week on a budget that could slash programs supporting public health & climate action. We're submitting this open letter tomorrow. We have >200 signatures so far, including almost 100 health professionals. Help us reach 300 by morning! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Vancouver Council votes this week on a budget that could slash programs supporting public health & climate action. We're submitting this open letter tomorrow. We have >200 signatures so far, including almost 100 health professionals. Help us reach 300 by morning! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Andrew Simons
two other quick points:
1) if people are setting plastic change tables on fire, perhaps replace them with metal ones.
2) $28,000 per year in repairs is around 0.05% of the $50 million annual budget increase requested by the VPD, and more cops will not address the root causes of vandalism
1) if people are setting plastic change tables on fire, perhaps replace them with metal ones.
2) $28,000 per year in repairs is around 0.05% of the $50 million annual budget increase requested by the VPD, and more cops will not address the root causes of vandalism
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
two other quick points:
1) if people are setting plastic change tables on fire, perhaps replace them with metal ones.
2) $28,000 per year in repairs is around 0.05% of the $50 million annual budget increase requested by the VPD, and more cops will not address the root causes of vandalism
1) if people are setting plastic change tables on fire, perhaps replace them with metal ones.
2) $28,000 per year in repairs is around 0.05% of the $50 million annual budget increase requested by the VPD, and more cops will not address the root causes of vandalism
Reposted by Andrew Simons
Ken Sim’s “Zero Means Zero” budget is reckless austerity dressed as leadership. It guts services while hiding the real impacts.
At City Hall, not one of the seven Park Board Commissioner spoke in support because they know these cuts will damage community centres, parks, and programs across Vancouver
At City Hall, not one of the seven Park Board Commissioner spoke in support because they know these cuts will damage community centres, parks, and programs across Vancouver
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Ken Sim’s “Zero Means Zero” budget is reckless austerity dressed as leadership. It guts services while hiding the real impacts.
At City Hall, not one of the seven Park Board Commissioner spoke in support because they know these cuts will damage community centres, parks, and programs across Vancouver
At City Hall, not one of the seven Park Board Commissioner spoke in support because they know these cuts will damage community centres, parks, and programs across Vancouver
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I'll never get over how all of these companies folded like wet cardboard when a dim NYC real estate conman operating at a fourth grade reading level demanded they all be more sexist and racist (or at best hide their efforts to be kind and inclusive under a tarp)
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I'll never get over how all of these companies folded like wet cardboard when a dim NYC real estate conman operating at a fourth grade reading level demanded they all be more sexist and racist (or at best hide their efforts to be kind and inclusive under a tarp)
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“The smallness of Mayor Ken Sim’s vision stands in stark contrast to that legacy. It is even contrary to his own ABC party’s platform for the 2022 election.”
Opinion: Vancouver goes small: The city risks big new problems with its proposed turn to austerity vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“The smallness of Mayor Ken Sim’s vision stands in stark contrast to that legacy. It is even contrary to his own ABC party’s platform for the 2022 election.”
Reposted by Andrew Simons
Opinion: Vancouver goes small: The city risks big new problems with its proposed turn to austerity vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Opinion: Vancouver goes small: The city risks big new problems with its proposed turn to austerity vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...
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Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. One of our volunteers @margiesanderson.bsky.social spent the morning postering locations where pedestrians have been killed this year in Vancouver alone.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. One of our volunteers @margiesanderson.bsky.social spent the morning postering locations where pedestrians have been killed this year in Vancouver alone.
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Despite Ken Sim trying to call our reporting "false" regarding the loss of Vancouver's sustainability department, city staff just confirmed under pressure from council that those jobs are not in fact safe in the budget, as it now stands.
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Despite Ken Sim trying to call our reporting "false" regarding the loss of Vancouver's sustainability department, city staff just confirmed under pressure from council that those jobs are not in fact safe in the budget, as it now stands.
Reposted by Andrew Simons
Thank you, thank you, thank you to the over 500 people who have signed up to speak to the budget and push back against Ken's Cuts.
Tomorrow Vancouver City Council will start hearing from the hundreds of people who have signed up to speak to Council about Ken Sim and ABC’s Zero Means Zero budget.
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Thank you, thank you, thank you to the over 500 people who have signed up to speak to the budget and push back against Ken's Cuts.
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NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
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Climate change mitigation and adaptation a core service. It is when our streets flood, when our pools crumble into the ocean, when we operate cooling and warming centres…
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Climate change mitigation and adaptation a core service. It is when our streets flood, when our pools crumble into the ocean, when we operate cooling and warming centres…
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Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
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"I'm concerned that by cutting environmental programs, we're mortgaging our future," said @lucymaloney.bsky.social, a councillor with OneCity. That includes the city's commitment to fight climate change & improve residents' ability to adapt to climate disasters like extreme heat & wildfire smoke.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"I'm concerned that by cutting environmental programs, we're mortgaging our future," said @lucymaloney.bsky.social, a councillor with OneCity. That includes the city's commitment to fight climate change & improve residents' ability to adapt to climate disasters like extreme heat & wildfire smoke.
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This is an unhinged assault on the future of the City of Vancouver
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is an unhinged assault on the future of the City of Vancouver
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So, remind me again, why we are paying 3x per capita for policing in Vancouver?
Must be all the rogue toddlers roaming the streets because they couldn't get in to a swim lesson...
Must be all the rogue toddlers roaming the streets because they couldn't get in to a swim lesson...
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
So, remind me again, why we are paying 3x per capita for policing in Vancouver?
Must be all the rogue toddlers roaming the streets because they couldn't get in to a swim lesson...
Must be all the rogue toddlers roaming the streets because they couldn't get in to a swim lesson...
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Admiring the Penguin UK edition of my tiger book with a pint of IPA created by Iron Maiden
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Admiring the Penguin UK edition of my tiger book with a pint of IPA created by Iron Maiden
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Nothing. Poilievre is just very aware that attacking Trudeau is literally the only thing in politics he’s ever been successful at. So it’s a variation of the old saying “when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Plus, get your security clearance, Poilievre. If you actually can.
Plus, get your security clearance, Poilievre. If you actually can.
What the hell did Trudeau do to PP that has him SO obsessed with Trudeau?
CANADA: May correctly calls out Poilievre for stealing from the Trump/Project 2025 playbook again.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
Oh, and it’s ANOTHER good day to remind everyone that Poilievre STILL hasn’t done the normal security check, still hasn’t received the standard security clearance that EVERYONE in his position gets.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nothing. Poilievre is just very aware that attacking Trudeau is literally the only thing in politics he’s ever been successful at. So it’s a variation of the old saying “when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Plus, get your security clearance, Poilievre. If you actually can.
Plus, get your security clearance, Poilievre. If you actually can.
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I will never forgive the cranks, quacks and charlatans who have brought god-damn measles back in this country
Canada is grappling with a “large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles” that began in October last year.
globalnews.ca/news/1151951...
globalnews.ca/news/1151951...
Canada loses measles elimination status after outbreaks - National | Globalnews.ca
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status.
globalnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I will never forgive the cranks, quacks and charlatans who have brought god-damn measles back in this country
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We shouldn't have to put up with this. We have the technology to prevent this deadly, incredibly infectious disease from spreading but we are allowing ourselves and our children to be oppressed by morons
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We shouldn't have to put up with this. We have the technology to prevent this deadly, incredibly infectious disease from spreading but we are allowing ourselves and our children to be oppressed by morons
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Lucy is really going to let Charlie Brown kick the football this time. She really means it.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lucy is really going to let Charlie Brown kick the football this time. She really means it.
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42% of residents and 37% of businesses surveyed supported a 5% property tax increase in order to maintain the current level of services in the city of Vancouver
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
42% of residents and 37% of businesses surveyed supported a 5% property tax increase in order to maintain the current level of services in the city of Vancouver
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
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Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...