Gisela Ruckert
@giselaruckert.bsky.social
Love nature. I work towards local resilience, healthy communities, electoral reform. System change —> better lives for all earthlings.
But #health, #housing, and #environment are just niche issues, right? ;-)
Whatever your top issue is, countries using #ProportionalRepresentation perform better.
Whatever your top issue is, countries using #ProportionalRepresentation perform better.
August 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
But #health, #housing, and #environment are just niche issues, right? ;-)
Whatever your top issue is, countries using #ProportionalRepresentation perform better.
Whatever your top issue is, countries using #ProportionalRepresentation perform better.
And yet... we are caving on tariffs. I wish @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social would find his elbows.
Mark Carney was once ‘concerned’ about Trump. Now things have gotten worse than anyone could have guessed.
Americans are beginning to stand up and resist this power grab. Canada should join them. #Opinion
Americans are beginning to stand up and resist this power grab. Canada should join them. #Opinion
Justin Ling: Mark Carney was once ‘concerned’ about Trump. Now things have gotten worse than anyone could have guessed
Canada can no longer afford to take half measures when it comes to dealing with the the U.S.
www.thestar.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And yet... we are caving on tariffs. I wish @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social would find his elbows.
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So with is @kamloops.ca going to follow @nanaimo.ca and get rid of parking minimums? #Kamloops #Nanaimo #PedestrianDignity @strongtowns.org
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
Why This Canadian City Said Goodbye to Parking Mandates (And How It Really Happened)
How a passionate group of locals cracked Nanaimo’s stubborn parking rules—and unlocked new possibilities for housing and community.
www.strongtowns.org
August 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So with is @kamloops.ca going to follow @nanaimo.ca and get rid of parking minimums? #Kamloops #Nanaimo #PedestrianDignity @strongtowns.org
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
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YES! I said this in a post about kickstarting construction in May. "Go Euro! Currently, our building codes are almost indistinguishable from American codes, limiting single-stair buildings, which are significantly more efficient, wood construction, and cheap, small prefab elevators." Thanks Stephen!
@englishrail.bsky.social and I have a piece in the Globe & Mail about how Canada can make housing more affordable and accessible, and disentangle itself from its unreliable and hostile southern neighbor: give its elevator industry the option to use the European/global standard, not just the U.S. one
Opinion: Canada’s outdated elevator rules are adding to the housing crisis
The high cost of elevators is a barrier to the development of affordable, accessible homes
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
YES! I said this in a post about kickstarting construction in May. "Go Euro! Currently, our building codes are almost indistinguishable from American codes, limiting single-stair buildings, which are significantly more efficient, wood construction, and cheap, small prefab elevators." Thanks Stephen!
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The time for strong words of condemnation is over. In the face of systematic starvation of the mass execution of people awaiting aid, our govt needs to impose economic sanctions on Israel:
actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
actionnetwork.org
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The time for strong words of condemnation is over. In the face of systematic starvation of the mass execution of people awaiting aid, our govt needs to impose economic sanctions on Israel:
actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
This sounds so refreshing. I'm in.
Busy day for our Early Access Program yesterday.
Lots of sign-ups (thank you!) and also some error messages (sorry). We've fixed the issue.
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Lots of sign-ups (thank you!) and also some error messages (sorry). We've fixed the issue.
If you didn’t get through yesterday, please give it another try by following this link:
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June 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This sounds so refreshing. I'm in.
Serious question for folks who understand the #Canadian #oil industry: IF more infrastructure is built to allow the export of Canadian oil, is anyone other than the US actually going to buy it? I understand that our heavy crude requires special (expensive) cokers in the refinery process. TIA
June 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The single step that would enable progress on so many different issues. I hope @mark-carney.bsky.social takes an evidence-based approach on this. #ProportionalRepresentation
The case for proportional representation is undeniable.
CTV reports on how our democracy distorting voting system fuels regional divisions, and how proportional representation can fix it.
@mark-carney.bsky.social, will you champion a system where every vote truly counts?
#cdnpoli
CTV reports on how our democracy distorting voting system fuels regional divisions, and how proportional representation can fix it.
@mark-carney.bsky.social, will you champion a system where every vote truly counts?
#cdnpoli
No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps nationalnewswatch.com/2025/05/14/n...
May 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The single step that would enable progress on so many different issues. I hope @mark-carney.bsky.social takes an evidence-based approach on this. #ProportionalRepresentation
Electoral reform is back in the spotlight - and rightfully so. Please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...
Make Canada's voting system fair and proportional!
Canadians are tired of our broken voting system.
After Trudeau broke his promise of reforming our electoral system in 2015, apathy and cynicism towards our democracy has grown. If Canada is to weath...
you.leadnow.ca
May 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Electoral reform is back in the spotlight - and rightfully so. Please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...
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BCWS, Kamloops crews tackling fire in Kenna Cartwright Nature Park #Kamloops
BCWS, Kamloops crews tackling fire in Kenna Cartwright Nature Park - Kamloops News
Heavy smoke seen coming from Kamloops Cartwright Nature Park
www.castanetkamloops.net
May 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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How Transition Kamloops used the Social and Community Development Grant from the City :)
www.kamloops.ca/our-communit... #grassroots
www.kamloops.ca/our-communit... #grassroots
Empowering Community Climate Action through Grassroots Initiatives | City of Kamloops
Each year, the City of Kamloops issues a call for proposals for registered charities and non-profit agencies in our community to apply for Social and Community Development Grants, which are intended t...
www.kamloops.ca
May 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How Transition Kamloops used the Social and Community Development Grant from the City :)
www.kamloops.ca/our-communit... #grassroots
www.kamloops.ca/our-communit... #grassroots
I used it today! Great service.
Great news: the @kamloops.ca bike valet is open for the season. It’s down at Sandman Centre, right next to Riverside Park. Check it out #kamloops. 🚲🚲🚲
May 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I used it today! Great service.
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Funny how Republicans can do the math when it comes to giving the wealthy tax cuts but can't do the math when it helps to lift people up. 😡
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs less to house people.
It costs less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
April 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Funny how Republicans can do the math when it comes to giving the wealthy tax cuts but can't do the math when it helps to lift people up. 😡
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US & Canada (and #kamloops) are the outliers. The rest of the world give their citizens other better options besides cars for getting around.
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
US & Canada (and #kamloops) are the outliers. The rest of the world give their citizens other better options besides cars for getting around.
So great to see that @maxfawcett.bsky.social gets it. Implementing #ProportionalRepresentation is no longer a nice-to-have luxury or a "someday" hypothetical. It has become essential for safeguarding Canadian #democracy. The sooner, the better. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/30/o...
Mark Carney needs to depolarize our politics
Under a more proportional system, both parties would be incentivized to compete more aggressively in all parts of the country — and rewarded for efforts aimed at building bridges rather than burning t...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
So great to see that @maxfawcett.bsky.social gets it. Implementing #ProportionalRepresentation is no longer a nice-to-have luxury or a "someday" hypothetical. It has become essential for safeguarding Canadian #democracy. The sooner, the better. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/30/o...
I hope the Libs have the necessary humility to read the room.
The election results show how close we are getting closer to US-style politics. The division in Canada is real & requires urgent attention. #ProportionalRepresentation is needed. Now—before it's too late. www.fairvote.ca/29/04/2025/c...
The election results show how close we are getting closer to US-style politics. The division in Canada is real & requires urgent attention. #ProportionalRepresentation is needed. Now—before it's too late. www.fairvote.ca/29/04/2025/c...
This is what a two party system looks like - Fair Vote Canada
Canada’s voting system is failing voters. Many voted strategically, motivated to block the other side from winning. The results leave us more divided than ever and closer to a two-party system.
www.fairvote.ca
April 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I hope the Libs have the necessary humility to read the room.
The election results show how close we are getting closer to US-style politics. The division in Canada is real & requires urgent attention. #ProportionalRepresentation is needed. Now—before it's too late. www.fairvote.ca/29/04/2025/c...
The election results show how close we are getting closer to US-style politics. The division in Canada is real & requires urgent attention. #ProportionalRepresentation is needed. Now—before it's too late. www.fairvote.ca/29/04/2025/c...
My advice for our next Prime Minister. (It looks like it will likely be Carney, but the argument for uniting our country stands regardless of which party or parties form government). #ProportionalRepresentation #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/28/o...
Will Mark Carney do the right thing for Canada?
Our winner-take-all voting system leaves the governing party, elected with 40 per cent support or less, free to ignore ridings in areas where they have little support ― and they usually do.
www.nationalobserver.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My advice for our next Prime Minister. (It looks like it will likely be Carney, but the argument for uniting our country stands regardless of which party or parties form government). #ProportionalRepresentation #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/28/o...
#Debate2025 I wish Carney wouldn't parrot the ridiculous points about carbon sequestration & storage. I suspect he is trying to add balance to not alienate the west, but it's time to recognize that O&G companies should pay for this out of their profits, not taxpayers. Invest $ in the solution.
April 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
#Debate2025 I wish Carney wouldn't parrot the ridiculous points about carbon sequestration & storage. I suspect he is trying to add balance to not alienate the west, but it's time to recognize that O&G companies should pay for this out of their profits, not taxpayers. Invest $ in the solution.
#Debate2025 This baloney from PP that Canadian gas would displace emissions from other fossil fuels is tiresome. It's all adding to the existing fuels, not reducing anything. And research shows gas is just as bad or worse in terms of GHGs. Fact checks needed.
April 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#Debate2025 This baloney from PP that Canadian gas would displace emissions from other fossil fuels is tiresome. It's all adding to the existing fuels, not reducing anything. And research shows gas is just as bad or worse in terms of GHGs. Fact checks needed.
To most of us, urban or rural, it's the lack of effective representation (ie an MP who aligns with our values) that is galling. FPTP means only the single largest chunk of voters (often less than 50%) get that. #ProportionalRepresentation is the answer to feeling heard—no matter which way you vote.
I wrote about how some voters don't like being lumped into ridings with communities hundreds of kilometres away that they never see www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli
Split city: Some B.C. voters don't feel represented as urban centres carved into sprawling, rural ridings | CBC News
The cities of Prince George and Kamloops are both cut in half, with their residents lumped in with voters living hundreds of kilometres away.
www.cbc.ca
April 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
To most of us, urban or rural, it's the lack of effective representation (ie an MP who aligns with our values) that is galling. FPTP means only the single largest chunk of voters (often less than 50%) get that. #ProportionalRepresentation is the answer to feeling heard—no matter which way you vote.
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Thousands of potential infractions were hidden in B.C. regulator records, until our investigation exposed a widespread pattern of lax enforcement. Here are more than 40,000 records and all company responses we received. #bcpoli via @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social
Data suggests B.C. is failing to hold oil and gas companies accountable | The Narwhal
A rare look inside B.C.’s oversight of the oil and gas sector, thanks to 40,000 records released through freedom of information legislation
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April 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thousands of potential infractions were hidden in B.C. regulator records, until our investigation exposed a widespread pattern of lax enforcement. Here are more than 40,000 records and all company responses we received. #bcpoli via @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social
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First-past-the-post gave us Trump.
Proportional representation gave us the world’s top 10 democracies.
It’s time to get on the right side of history. Demand PR.
#cdnpoli #Election2025
Proportional representation gave us the world’s top 10 democracies.
It’s time to get on the right side of history. Demand PR.
#cdnpoli #Election2025
April 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
First-past-the-post gave us Trump.
Proportional representation gave us the world’s top 10 democracies.
It’s time to get on the right side of history. Demand PR.
#cdnpoli #Election2025
Proportional representation gave us the world’s top 10 democracies.
It’s time to get on the right side of history. Demand PR.
#cdnpoli #Election2025
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
Thanks @thejuicemedia.bsky.social for giving us Canadians some love 😍 .
(Double President's Choice!!! hahahahaha)
#ProportionalRepresentation
(Double President's Choice!!! hahahahaha)
#ProportionalRepresentation
The Canadien Government has made an ad for the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! #Canada2025
Honest Government Ad | Canada Election 2025 🍁
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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March 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Thanks @thejuicemedia.bsky.social for giving us Canadians some love 😍 .
(Double President's Choice!!! hahahahaha)
#ProportionalRepresentation
(Double President's Choice!!! hahahahaha)
#ProportionalRepresentation
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My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
March 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath