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I joined the BC Green party because there's no other option around here if you care about the earth. My first ever political convention!
@…
#bcgreen #GreenParty

this is craaaaazy.
"B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad admitted to reporters at the legislature on Thursday that during a meeting earlier in the week, he had ordered his caucus leadership to search MLAs' phones to determine if one of them was leaking information."
#BCPoli #BCCP
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/rustad-admits-to-searching-bc-conservative-mla-phones-8299025

This is absolutely on brand for Ellis Ross. He was a known ____ when he was a BC Liberal MLA for the same area.
The BC Liberals were also well known for their boosting of the trophy hunting industry, so OF COURSE he's going to go to the local Rod and Gun club before he calls the Nation that was devastated by the Grizzly attack.
A good reminder that not all First Nation "leaders" are environmentally, or socially, conscious.
What an ass.
#CanPoli #BC #Grizzly #FirstNation #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grizzlies-bella-coola-ellis-ross-9.7012997

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
BC Camplight:
🎵 Two Legged Dog (feat. Abigail Morris)
#BCCamplight
https://bc-camplight.bandcamp.com/track/two-legged-dog
https://open.spotify.com/track/45Lp8xeVl1UpEeKWDAWtar

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
BC Camplight:
🎵 The Last Rotation of Earth
#BCCamplight
https://bc-camplight.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-rotation-of-earth
https://open.spotify.com/track/07MmMkkxvMpcc9uvfjj46i

There were actually a lot of good recommendations from that Committee report, the one on PR was just the final one! Here's a few more.. including some that local #Fediverse proponents could dig into! @… was on the Committee.
—>FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “The Committee heard about a number of issues related to
the electoral information environment. Members recommend
that the provincial government collaborate with Elections
BC and the federal government to review existing legislative
and regulatory measures related to misinformation,
disinformation, and hate speech during elections, including
**mechanisms to ensure the timely removal of harmful content** (**emphasis added)”
—> FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “To better address challenges associated with social media and emergent technologies such as artificial intelligence, Members recommend establishing a working group to propose amendments to BC’s privacy and election legislation. To better protect all users, the Committee recommends requiring digital platforms to act with a duty of care and establish clear safety-related requirements such as data privacy, platform design, and content policy. The Committee also heard about concerns regarding foreign interference, and recommends that these be considered by the Electoral Integrity Working Group.”
—The Committee heard about the critical importance of
civic education to ensure the public’s understanding of
democratic institutions, processes, and participation. The
Committee recommends strengthening civic education
in the K-12 school system with input from experts and a
greater emphasis on applied learning.
— the Committee suggests enhancing data collection by requiring proactive enumeration on an annual basis and ensuring that registered parties and candidates can access poll-by-poll results. Elections BC should review and improve
voter registration practices and communication, as well as
access to and public awareness of voting opportunities. With respect to expanding voter eligibility, the Committee supports further examination of extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds as well as permanent residents in BC.
— Committee Members recommend modernizing the candidate nominator verification process, requiring Elections BC to collect and share voters’ contact information with registered political parties and candidates, and strengthening measures related to access to multi-unit buildings for candidates and their campaigns.
Full report to the Legislature: #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElectoralReform #Democracy #ProportionalRepresentation #Polarization

Cool.
"When you are on trail, you realize that all the other people who are out there are out there for the same reasons that you are," she said.
"And maybe they might use the trail differently. So, for example, Greg is primarily a snowmobiler, but I'm mostly walking and hiking. But we both love the outdoors in the same way."
#hiking #outdoors #BC #Canada #USA
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/jessica-guo-kakwa-snowmobile-club-prince-george-9.6974369

I've never even heard of Beaver County, or their lazy sevens logo from 2024.
#L7 #LazySevens #BC #BeaverCounty

In positive democratic news (for once!) the results of the BC Electoral Reform Committee and a recent EKOS poll of BC residents about Proportional Representation is very encouraging!
The question, as always, is whether we can convince the government in power, this time the BCNDP, to advocate for what the people clearly want and feel they deserve!
#BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElectoralReform #Democracy #ProportionalRepresentation #Polarization

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
BC Camplight:
🎵 I'm Alright in the World (6 Music Session, 27 Oct 2025)
#BCCamplight
https://bc-camplight.bandcamp.com/album/im-alright-in-the-world
https://open.spotify.com/track/2oIB1nKJc1JgKE1JIs3g56

Governments don't care about experts. They care about elections. And that's why we're cynical, dying, and desperate.
"B.C.'s former chief coroner says the provincial government didn't seem influenced by evidence or expert advice on how to prevent overdoses, saying it ignored multiple recommendations from experts to create a safer drug supply that did not require a prescription.”
#BCPoli #CanPoli #ToxicDrugs #IllegalDrugs #Drugs #Safety #SafeSupply
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-chief-coroner-lisa-lapointe-dulf-trial-9.7012421

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
BC Camplight:
🎵 The Tent (6 Music Session, 27 Oct 2025)
#BCCamplight
https://bc-camplight.bandcamp.com/track/the-tent
https://open.spotify.com/track/1YVCgsjZOog3FbXRobaLW2

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
BC Camplight:
🎵 Drunk Talk (solo) (6 Music Session, 27 Oct 2025)
#BCCamplight
https://bc-camplight.bandcamp.com/track/drunk-talk
https://open.spotify.com/track/20PthCCQT2IJrU8nloMvnP

“But when I look at the Port of Prince Rupert, a lot of those issues don’t exist there because it is right on the ocean.”
Flatlanders...
Dear Premier Smith. Consult a map.
Prince Rupert is not “on the Ocean” any more than Calgary is “in the Rocky Mountains”.
It is around the same distance from Calgary to Banff as it is from Prince Rupert to the northwest tip of Haida Gwaii and you don’t want to do either in a storm.
#geography #haidagwaii #bc #alberta #oil #climateEmergency #oilspill
“Smith wants to work with B.C., still hopes for buy-in on lifting tanker ban”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/smith-wants-to-work-with-bc-still-hopes-for-buy-in-on-lifting-tanker-ban/
P.S. and if you want to get technical, consult an official chart. No “pacific oceans” noted on that chart.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
BC Camplight:
🎵 I'm Alright in the World (6 Music Session, 27 Oct 2025)
#BCCamplight
https://bc-camplight.bandcamp.com/album/im-alright-in-the-world
https://open.spotify.com/track/2oIB1nKJc1JgKE1JIs3g56

Given the chance, I think her words could resonate in a Provincial election against both the David Eby #BCNDP and the Rustad #BCConservatives (and whatever other parties happen to pop into existence).
It was nice to see a leader actually genuinely congratulate and lift up her rivals in the contest. A rarity these days in too many party leadership races!
Key lines from her speech:
"take on this province's billionaires, largest corporations, and big oil... who take far more than they give.
"democracy is in retreat around the globe, but I am encouraged to see young people in BC fighting back.”
"the BC Green Party has solutions”
"the BC NDP.. are making decisions based on scarcity and fear”
"David Eby... rolling out the red carpet for Donald Trump's inner circle of oligarchs to buy and control even more of our province”.
"The NDP's big idea… to double down on raw resource exports.... no manufacturing, no innovation, no vision for a future beyond more foreign billionaires ripping and shipping our resources while families wait for the wealth to trickle down.”
“while workers wait for fair wages and homes we can afford, the BC NDP doubles down on MAGA backed fossil fuel projects, ignores the need to obtain consent, and refuses to care for our community members”
”The horrors that we are witnessing now are the death rattle of the old world.”
"it is up to us force a new world through”
"We can build a plan to take back the public wealth that has been looted with real taxation on the ultra wealthy”
"Build on our massive advantage of renewable energy… create thousands of jobs”
"will reclaim BC's economy for working people… together we can build a resilient thriving province that respects indigenous sovereignty and our planetary boundaries.”
“we are worthy of better, and worthy of hope. When we learn to believe that again, we can win.”
@…
#BCPoli #BCGreens #CanPoli #CdnPoli #RenewableEnergy

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
BC Camplight:
🎵 The Last Rotation of Earth
#BCCamplight
https://bc-camplight.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-rotation-of-earth
https://open.spotify.com/track/07MmMkkxvMpcc9uvfjj46i

Details of the MOU as reported by CBC. Hot Take:
It's a sh_t show of oil soaked hopeium and climate defeatism.
- Shovels in Ground by 2029 *(may this be forever extended)
- Tanker Ban will be lifted if the project is approved by MPO *(Coastal First Nations setting rhetorical fire to MPO in 3-2-1)
- July 1, 2026 deadline for submission to MPO *(OIL CANADA DAY)
- 75% methane emissions cut on 2014 levels from methane by 2035 *(*shaking head* We are VERY GOOD at hitting 10 year targets *shaking head*)
- "both sides commited to net-zero by 2050” (implied via CCS) *(carbon capture and storage? should be Carney Can't Stop -- Emissions)
- industrial carbon price of $130 -- down from $170
*(Oil Industry - Very Poor)
- Alberta exempt from fed O&G emissions cap and clean electricity regulation *(Woop Coal! Let's Mine the Rockies!)
- No private proponents have been announced. *(Hear No Evil)
- No pipeline path/route has been announced. *(See No Evil)
#TMX #EndFossilFuels #ClimateSellout #ClimateEmergency #CdnPoli #CanPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli
Since multiple Ottawa CBC reporters seem utterly incapable of understanding what First Nations groups are what in BC here are some facts about the Coastal First Nations. It has existed since 2003.
https://coastalfirstnations.ca/about/
"The Great Bear Initiative Society (a non-profit society under the BC Societies Act), also known as Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative (CFN), is an alliance of First Nations on the North Pacific Coast that includes the Gitga’at, Gitxaała, Haida, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo Xai’xais, Metlakatla, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv First Nations. " Their territories span on the mainland coast of BC from the top of Vancouver Island to the Alaska Border including Haida Gwaii.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
BC Camplight:
🎵 I'm In A Weird Place Now
#BCCamplight
https://hotelofthelaughingtree.bandcamp.com/track/hotel-of-the-laughing-tree-i-m-in-a-weird-place-now-bc-camplight
https://open.spotify.com/track/4hiY6WaRGpPXYkyCvKB7lZ

It's my third #mastodonniversary today! Crazy!!
To celebrate I am getting ready to help host and chair the first #SocialBC and Society of Open Social Servers of BC Annual General Meeting tomorrow with @… and @…
it starts at 5PM! full info in the announcement 📢
If you are in BC and would like to help grow a #regional instance come on over! There is no requirement to be part
of the Society but any SocialBC account holder
can be at the AGM and anyone who has donated at least $20 in the past year is a full member and can vote and volunteer for the Board!
Onward for the #opensocialweb!
#SOSSBC
#mastodon
#fediverse
#volunteer
#community
#society
#bc
#mastodonMigration
#bluesky

Today former Conservative BC MLA Dallas Brodie introduced a bill to ban territorial acknowledgments from public events and places including schools and the legislature itself.
You can find her proudly posting about it on X (at Dallas_Brodie) I won't link it.
It's as bad as you think it would be.
It's not a bad thing to acknowledge and respect the fact that people lived in BC/Canada for millenia before European's got here.
It's not a bad thing to acknowledge and try to repair the deliberate harm that was done in that process.
(the bill was voted down at first reading by a voice-vote)
#racism #FirstNations #Colonialism #BC #BCPoli #BCCPC #BCNDP

Thank God for the good and sane people defending their traditional territories in BC's north coast.
“As the Rights and Title Holders of the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, we are here to remind the Alberta government, the federal government, and any potential private proponent that we will never allow oil tankers on our coast, and that this pipeline project will never happen,” Slett said."
#FirstNations #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Pipeline #ABPoli #BCPoli #CanPoli
https://globalnews.ca/news/11544657/bc-first-nations-dismiss-pipeline-mou/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
BC Camplight:
🎵 Blood and Peanut Butter (6 Music Session, 27 Oct 2025)
#BCCamplight
https://bccamplight.bandcamp.com/track/blood-and-peanut-butter
https://open.spotify.com/track/6GU3WqsiKz7Mqcxigwy4Sf

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
BC Camplight:
🎵 Blood and Peanut Butter (6 Music Session, 27 Oct 2025)
#BCCamplight
https://bccamplight.bandcamp.com/track/blood-and-peanut-butter
https://open.spotify.com/track/6GU3WqsiKz7Mqcxigwy4Sf

The BC Green Party has a new leader! 25 year old @…
This youtube link should be cued up to the 21m50s mark when she starts her inaugural speech as leader!
Big Congrats to her!
#BCGreens #BCPoli #CanPoli #GreenParty
https://www.youtube.com/live/psZhiP6JsaQ?si=72Nvlyy-buUh07TD&t=1310

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
BC Camplight:
🎵 Blood and Peanut Butter (6 Music Session, 27 Oct 2025)
#BCCamplight
https://bccamplight.bandcamp.com/track/blood-and-peanut-butter
https://open.spotify.com/track/6GU3WqsiKz7Mqcxigwy4Sf

Waiting for the announcment and press conference, the CBC live blog has this nugget:
"Alberta's deficit was initially $1.3B in the February budget, then grew to $6.5B by summer and has likely swelled even further with weak oil and natural gas prices."
Is there an Albertan leader of any party willing to utter the words:
"Maybe the vagaries of Oil and Gas prices is not what we should base our provincial budget on. Perhaps it is time to look at something else.”
#ABPoli #Oil #Gas #LNG #OilPipeline #NorthernGateway #HaidaGwaii #BCPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/alberta-ottawa-memorandum-of-understanding-energy-deal-pipeline-bc-9.6993431

Fascinating that BC's population dropped marginally (2154 people) last quarter ... but it still had the second highest inter-provincial migration of any province!
If we're anything like Alberta, then it's a good bet the biggest source of decline was in temporary international residents.
#CanPoli #Immigration #Population #CdnPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli

Leader of the BC Greens @… has some choice words.
"This pipeline will never happen, and we'll make f*ing sure of it”
👍👍
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #BCPoli #Greens #GPC #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
https://mastodon.social/@emilylowan/115623697970750137

If you want to see what is possibly the most dangerous “maritime cross roads” in Canada in terms of weather, geography, traffic, environmental impact, and all the rest:
I have annotated a map near Gill Island.
We don’t know the pipe route. If it’s Kitimat rather than Rupert because a route exists, this is where tankers would go.
#canpoli #northcoast #BC #BCPoli #cdnpoli #climatechange #hecatestrait #haidagwaii #coastalFirstNation #abpoli #MOU #carney #daniellesmith
https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115625289502543789