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Our hearts are with the De Jong family today. Arnold and Joanne were murdered in their own home in May 2022 by three home invaders, and their family lost years they should have had together. Now they’ve learned the men convicted of killing them may be eligible for early parole, after a BC Supreme Court judge struck down a 15-year-old law.
Victims and their families must come before the people convicted of harming them.
A Conservative Government would immediately appeal this grave injustice.
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Then why did he sign Aman Singh’s nomination papers? How about @mableelmore who thinks Zionists need to be booted from her union? C’mon Richard … you know better. #bcpoli
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Leaked memo from David Eby’s own office exposes that for 6 months Eby hid $4b in increased costs. Eby knew the real number but lied, only to release the true number after voting was over.
But trust his numbers today?
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So, by promising to change operational matters like reservations, I guess BC Ferries isn’t at arms length after all, and you could have cancelled those Chinese ferries this whole time? Or has your snap election gone so horribly bad that you will say anything to hang on to power?
On the coast, ferries are part of everyday life. People rely on them to get to medical appointments, see family and pick up groceries.
That’s why Randene Neill and I are committing to a Locals First ferry reservation pilot. A BC NDP government will set aside 12% of advance booking space for local residents. It starts on two routes: Horseshoe Bay to Langdale, and Powell River to Comox.
Visitors will always be welcome here, and locals deserve to know they can get where they need to go. Keeping coastal communities connected is how we build B.C. strong.
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“In less than four years, David Eby’s B.C. NDP has erased not just years of painful fiscal restraint, but his own party’s carefully constructed reputation as prudent managers of the provincial budget.” #bcpoli
The Sunday Editorial from @globeandmail: B.C.'s debt trap is snapping shut
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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“No matter which group is targeted”. I agree @Dave_Eby so why is Aman Singh running under the @bcndp banner? He has repeatedly disparaged the Jews & you have repeatedly admonished him yet you have no problem having him as a candidate. Double standard much? #bcpoli
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David Eby is desperate to talk about anything but his record.
Reminder: One of David Eby's own cabinet ministers says there's an antisemitism problem within the NDP caucus.
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Are you f*^king kidding me @GraceALore you were silent when thousands of Jewish women were raped and mutilated by Hamas you said NOTHING. How dare you suggest that it is not okay to ask how that evil perpetrated on Jewish women that day - I thought you were better than this.
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You had a chance to remove or at least call out antisemitic members of your caucus but chose not to.
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Hey Dave, I have a question for you. If the cost of living is too high, why would you spend $50 million+ of taxpayers money to call an unnecessary election?
You already had a majority and could have done everything you're talking about already.
I appears to me that you're a shameless and classless opportunist who saw potential weakness in your opponent and decided to take advantage of it at the taxpayer's expense.
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If you still think Carney is steering this — read the week, not the clip.
He taped a 3.3% annualized headline on a 0.8% quarter. Oil jumped on Iran. Autos came back from shutdowns. July was already flat. Then he walked away from the table and called it principle.
The United States does not think we have leverage. A trade lawyer who actually works both sides has been saying it for months: the fight is older than Trump, Washington is serious about China transshipment, midterms will not save us, and holding out for tariff-free access is fantasy. Retaliation almost blew the last deal. We are about to run that experiment again — dollar for dollar — the Tuesday after Labour Day.
He asked premiers to put American liquor back on the shelves. That means a text existed. He will not publish it. He will not recall our House. He will talk in Europe first. Ford talks about killing the lights. Smith has to say the quiet part: you play oil-war, Line 5 becomes the fuse and Pearson runs out of jet fuel. The plants pay. The speech does not.
This is not 2014 with better adjectives. Kids are in basements. GDP per person peeled off the Americans and stayed off. Investment per worker flattened. Last year’s “record investment” was half takeovers. Waits got longer. Debt doubled. Population outran roofs. A pipe still needs Pathways, $130 carbon, and a conditions paper before a board will vote yes.
If your gut says the country is fine because a banker sounds calm, your gut is listening to the podium. Mine is listening to the invoice.
Implosion is not a riot. It is a mill that doesn’t bid, a kid who doesn’t move out, a deal you never see, and a tariff that lands while the prime minister sells a quarter that already closed.
Believe the tape if you want. Reality audits the books next week.
💿 The greatest hits of international trade lawyer Mark Warner @MAAWLAW who has spoken truth to power for months on the 🇨🇦-🇺🇸trade war.
1⃣ The issues are long-standing & predate Trump. 🇨🇦 is not innocent.
2⃣ The 🇺🇸 is deadly serious about 🇨🇳 transshipment.
3⃣ The 🇺🇸 doesn’t believe 🇨🇦 has leverage.
4⃣ Both sides negotiate to benefit suppliers, not consumers. The argument that 🇺🇸 tariffs hurt 🇺🇸 consumers is moot.
5⃣ The midterm results won’t change Trump’s trade strategy.
6⃣ Retaliation has never worked for 🇨🇦. It was nearly a disaster in the original negotiations.
7⃣ Holding out for tariff-free access is crazy.
8⃣ The s338 tariffs have been applied to goods that were previously USMCA exempt. This could be expanded.
9⃣ To date, the tariffs have not inflicted widespread pain. The s338 & 🇨🇦 counter-tariffs will. We're about to find out what 🇨🇦 really believe about retaliating. Thx @cbcwatcher
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The Canada-U.S. trade collapse is starting to look less like a dispute over tariffs and more like a dispute over what Ottawa was willing to accept. 🇨🇦
According to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Washington’s offer could have cut:
• Auto tariffs to as low as 7%
• Softwood lumber tariffs by eliminating the 10% levy
• Tariffs on most Canadian steel to 25%
• The 50% tariff on Canadian dairy and wine could have been suspended
Greer is directly disputing Carney’s claim that the U.S. simply didn’t offer enough.
If those terms are accurate, the question is no longer whether the deal was perfect.
It’s whether walking away was economically better than accepting it.
Because trade negotiations aren’t graded against perfection.
They’re graded against the alternative.
And the alternative now looks like higher tariffs, weaker investment, layoffs and Canadians absorbing the downside.
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Canadian DOLLAR lowest it’s been in over a year. This comes AFTER Canada voted for their European PM who is a Global Banker and Economist 😅
ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦 Build Canada Strong
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NINE major BC sawmills have closed in the past 18 months alone under the NDP.
Mill closures are staggering events for small communities, and the impacts are felt across the Lower Mainland.
Conservatives have been clear about what needs to change, like solving the permitting crisis, supporting modernization, and keeping our manufacturing infrastructure competitive
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Here is the last few months for the BC Forestry sector in 4 photos
@rparmar_BC and @Dave_Eby should resign. Their ideological forest policies over the last 8 years are now fully be felt when combined with duties and tariffs
@AaronGunn @yuri_fulmer @NVanCaroline
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You're buying B.C. ferries from China.
You're importing 50,000 Chinese electric vehicles.
You've blocked Canada's most important export industry, by banning pipelines and oil tankers.
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Wonder why the NDP chose not to argue extinguishment of Aboriginal Title in the Cowichan case?
“The province will not advance arguments based upon the unilateral extinguishment of Aboriginal rights,” the policy reads in part. “Unilateral extinguishment is not consistent with the honour of the Crown or with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).”
~AG David Eby’s directive to government litigators 2022
#bcpoli
What happened to the promise that private property in B.C. would be untouched? vancouversun.com/news/vaughn…
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The Premier of Alberta is right.
The NDP Premier of British Columbia is wrong.
Premier David Eby’s threat yesterday to fight against and block Alberta’s most valuable asset from export off of Canada’s northwest coast was both un-Canadian and unconstitutional.
There is no universe where Alberta will tolerate being landlocked in our own country by our neighbouring province, especially when the same industry he continues to demonize has generated so much wealth for his province and the country.
Pipelines and modern oil tankers are incredibly safe, and the economic and job impact of a new Alberta-BC oil pipeline, along with the new production needed to fill it, dwarfs any of Premier Eby’s nation-building projects which Alberta has been entirely supportive of.
If Canada is going to become a functional country again, the Prime Minister, federal government and every province must support their fellow provinces’ initiatives to develop and export their most valuable resources.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney reiterated to me his commitment to reach an agreement on a pipeline, Pathways and moving on from the various destructive Trudeau-era policies by Grey Cup in November, and we’re looking forward to reaching an agreement to do exactly that by that date. Anything less would be unacceptable to the people of Alberta.
The time for talking is over. It’s time to act
