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Initial vote count complete; recounts ordered in two ridings https://pgdailynews.ca/index.php/2024/10/21/initial-vote-count-complete-recounts-ordered-in-two-ridings/ #cityofpg #princegeorgebc #bcelxn2024 #bcvotes2024
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It’s terrifying that a last minute rag tag group of political opportunists, funded by special interests, can capture the votes of so many citizens on the premise that any change is better than a steady hand on governance.
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I wanted to vote Green in the BC provincial election. It turns out there are two conservatives running in my riding, one as an independent, so voting NDP might be helpful.
Then it turns out there's no Green candidate in my riding, just the two nutjobs and the NDP. So I voted NDP. #BCPolitics #BCVotes2024
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Fellow #BritishColumbians - #PleaseVote - today & tomorrow are the last voting days!
Promises have been made, platforms have been released and debates have been had—now it’s time for BC to vote for their next provincial government.
In an effort to make things easier for undecided voters in #GreaterVictoria, here is a breakdown of all the candidates in the region, what they stand for and what their experience is that will help them best represent the people who vote them into power.
To find what riding you will be voting in ->
https://elections.bc.ca/resources/maps/find-your-districtFind the full platforms for each party below:
BC Greens
https://bcgreens2024.ca/2024-platformBC NDP
https://www.bcndp.ca/actionplanBC Conservatives
https://www.conservativebc.ca/ideasThe final voting day is on Saturday, October 19th. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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This week, I am voting for #BCGreens. I'd #NeverVoteConservative & after what's happened to me, my family, my BIPOC friends & my clients under #BCNDP leadership, I'd #NeverVoteNeoliberal either.
No one can expect me to support #BCNewDeathParty after they keep approving more budget increases for #RCMPCIRG to protect #ecocide #CorporateGreed over protection of our environment/ecosystems, especially irreplaceable #AncientForests & over #BCcitizens #PublicHealth.
#BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath includes my Dad. Their lack of taking #Covid seriously resulted in him being infected in hospital by unmasked staff. It is unforgivable. This government is still aiding/abetting unnecessary infections, deaths & long covid disability.
#BCpoli #GreedKills #CDNpoli #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VotingGreen #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #VotingForHumanity #ProportionalRepresentationNOW #End2PartySystem #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoJustice #SocialJustice #Environmentalist
#Decolonize #FightAgainstColonialism #WildFirst #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #AbolishRCMPCIRG #CorporateMercenaries #KKKanada -
This week, I am voting for #BCGreens. I'd #NeverVoteConservative & after what's happened to me, my family, my BIPOC friends & my clients under #BCNDP leadership, I'd #NeverVoteNeoliberal either.
No one can expect me to support #BCNewDeathParty after they keep approving more budget increases for #RCMPCIRG to protect #ecocide #CorporateGreed over protection of our environment/ecosystems, especially irreplaceable #AncientForests & over #BCcitizens #PublicHealth.
#BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath includes my Dad. Their lack of taking #Covid seriously resulted in him being infected in hospital by unmasked staff. It is unforgivable. This government is still aiding/abetting unnecessary infections, deaths & long covid disability.
#BCpoli #GreedKills #CDNpoli #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VotingGreen #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #VotingForHumanity #ProportionalRepresentationNOW #End2PartySystem #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoJustice #SocialJustice #Environmentalist
#Decolonize #FightAgainstColonialism #WildFirst #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #AbolishRCMPCIRG #CorporateMercenaries #KKKanada -
This week, I am voting for #BCGreens. I'd #NeverVoteConservative & after what's happened to me, my family, my BIPOC friends & my clients under #BCNDP leadership, I'd #NeverVoteNeoliberal either.
No one can expect me to support #BCNewDeathParty after they keep approving more budget increases for #RCMPCIRG to protect #ecocide #CorporateGreed over protection of our environment/ecosystems, especially irreplaceable #AncientForests & over #BCcitizens #PublicHealth.
#BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath includes my Dad. Their lack of taking #Covid seriously resulted in him being infected in hospital by unmasked staff. It is unforgivable. This government is still aiding/abetting unnecessary infections, deaths & long covid disability.
#BCpoli #GreedKills #CDNpoli #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VotingGreen #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #VotingForHumanity #ProportionalRepresentationNOW #End2PartySystem #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoJustice #SocialJustice #Environmentalist
#Decolonize #FightAgainstColonialism #WildFirst #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #AbolishRCMPCIRG #CorporateMercenaries #KKKanada -
This week, I am voting for #BCGreens. I'd #NeverVoteConservative & after what's happened to me, my family, my BIPOC friends & my clients under #BCNDP leadership, I'd #NeverVoteNeoliberal either.
No one can expect me to support #BCNewDeathParty after they keep approving more budget increases for #RCMPCIRG to protect #ecocide #CorporateGreed over protection of our environment/ecosystems, especially irreplaceable #AncientForests & over #BCcitizens #PublicHealth.
#BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath includes my Dad. Their lack of taking #Covid seriously resulted in him being infected in hospital by unmasked staff. It is unforgivable. This government is still aiding/abetting unnecessary infections, deaths & long covid disability.
#BCpoli #GreedKills #CDNpoli #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VotingGreen #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #VotingForHumanity #ProportionalRepresentationNOW #End2PartySystem #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoJustice #SocialJustice #Environmentalist
#Decolonize #FightAgainstColonialism #WildFirst #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #AbolishRCMPCIRG #CorporateMercenaries #KKKanada -
This week, I am voting for #BCGreens. I'd #NeverVoteConservative & after what's happened to me, my family, my BIPOC friends & my clients under #BCNDP leadership, I'd #NeverVoteNeoliberal either.
No one can expect me to support #BCNewDeathParty after they keep approving more budget increases for #RCMPCIRG to protect #ecocide #CorporateGreed over protection of our environment/ecosystems, especially irreplaceable #AncientForests & over #BCcitizens #PublicHealth.
#BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath includes my Dad. Their lack of taking #Covid seriously resulted in him being infected in hospital by unmasked staff. It is unforgivable. This government is still aiding/abetting unnecessary infections, deaths & long covid disability.
#BCpoli #GreedKills #CDNpoli #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VotingGreen #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #VotingForHumanity #ProportionalRepresentationNOW #End2PartySystem #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoJustice #SocialJustice #Environmentalist
#Decolonize #FightAgainstColonialism #WildFirst #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #AbolishRCMPCIRG #CorporateMercenaries #KKKanada -
🍁Fellow citizens of BC - #PleaseVote in advance or on #BCElection2024 day.✌️
[ The first day of advance voting in the British Columbia election saw a record turnout, officials say.
Elections B.C. says 171,381 voters cast their ballots at advance polls on Thursday, surpassing a previous record of 126,491 voters in the 2017 election. ]
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Please remember, people of #BritishColumbia that the only #political party who has continuosly fought for #HumanRights & dignity of #LGBTQ people are #BCGreens. Some BC Greens candidates have also been facing transphobic hate & they're still fighting for diversity government.
BC Greens is the ONLY party in BC who is still trying to get conversion therapy on minors banned too. Tell your friends - these facts!
Both BC NDP & BC Cons are transphobic & support nonconsensual conversion therapy. They don't respect, understand nor want human rights for trans folks.
#BCpoli #VotingForHumanity #VotingForDiversity #ImVotingGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForEnvironment #VotingAgainstStatusQuo #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #CDNpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024
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Please remember, people of #BritishColumbia that the only #political party who has continuosly fought for #HumanRights & dignity of #LGBTQ people are #BCGreens. Some BC Greens candidates have also been facing transphobic hate & they're still fighting for diversity government.
BC Greens is the ONLY party in BC who is still trying to get conversion therapy on minors banned too. Tell your friends - these facts!
Both BC NDP & BC Cons are transphobic & support nonconsensual conversion therapy. They don't respect, understand nor want human rights for trans folks.
#BCpoli #VotingForHumanity #VotingForDiversity #ImVotingGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForEnvironment #VotingAgainstStatusQuo #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #CDNpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024
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Please remember, people of #BritishColumbia that the only #political party who has continuosly fought for #HumanRights & dignity of #LGBTQ people are #BCGreens. Some BC Greens candidates have also been facing transphobic hate & they're still fighting for diversity government.
BC Greens is the ONLY party in BC who is still trying to get conversion therapy on minors banned too. Tell your friends - these facts!
Both BC NDP & BC Cons are transphobic & support nonconsensual conversion therapy. They don't respect, understand nor want human rights for trans folks.
#BCpoli #VotingForHumanity #VotingForDiversity #ImVotingGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForEnvironment #VotingAgainstStatusQuo #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #CDNpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024
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Please remember, people of #BritishColumbia that the only #political party who has continuosly fought for #HumanRights & dignity of #LGBTQ people are #BCGreens. Some BC Greens candidates have also been facing transphobic hate & they're still fighting for diversity government.
BC Greens is the ONLY party in BC who is still trying to get conversion therapy on minors banned too. Tell your friends - these facts!
Both BC NDP & BC Cons are transphobic & support nonconsensual conversion therapy. They don't respect, understand nor want human rights for trans folks.
#BCpoli #VotingForHumanity #VotingForDiversity #ImVotingGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForEnvironment #VotingAgainstStatusQuo #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #CDNpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024
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Please remember, people of #BritishColumbia that the only #political party who has continuosly fought for #HumanRights & dignity of #LGBTQ people are #BCGreens. Some BC Greens candidates have also been facing transphobic hate & they're still fighting for diversity government.
BC Greens is the ONLY party in BC who is still trying to get conversion therapy on minors banned too. Tell your friends - these facts!
Both BC NDP & BC Cons are transphobic & support nonconsensual conversion therapy. They don't respect, understand nor want human rights for trans folks.
#BCpoli #VotingForHumanity #VotingForDiversity #ImVotingGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForEnvironment #VotingAgainstStatusQuo #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #CDNpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024
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#BCGreens - let's go! Fuck strategic voting in FPTP systems of corruption. BC Greens want proportional elections system & I've wanted that for over 25 yrs.
#BCpoli #AsianMastodon #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VoteGreen #BCGreenParty #BCpoli #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #BCGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal
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#BCGreens - let's go! Fuck strategic voting in FPTP systems of corruption. BC Greens want proportional elections system & I've wanted that for over 25 yrs.
#BCpoli #AsianMastodon #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VoteGreen #BCGreenParty #BCpoli #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #BCGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal
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#BCGreens - let's go! Fuck strategic voting in FPTP systems of corruption. BC Greens want proportional elections system & I've wanted that for over 25 yrs.
#BCpoli #AsianMastodon #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VoteGreen #BCGreenParty #BCpoli #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #BCGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal
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#BCGreens - let's go! Fuck strategic voting in FPTP systems of corruption. BC Greens want proportional elections system & I've wanted that for over 25 yrs.
#BCpoli #AsianMastodon #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VoteGreen #BCGreenParty #BCpoli #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #BCGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal
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#BCGreens - let's go! Fuck strategic voting in FPTP systems of corruption. BC Greens want proportional elections system & I've wanted that for over 25 yrs.
#BCpoli #AsianMastodon #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VoteGreen #BCGreenParty #BCpoli #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #BCGreen #EthicalVoters #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal
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I had a minute to text back & call them to yell & tell them to remove my number & I hope their racist, bigot fascist asses all burn in hell 🔥
Fuck you, #BCConservatives 🤮
#NeverVoteConservative #BCpoli #Fascists #BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #CDNpoli #PoilievrePoopHeads
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I had a minute to text back & call them to yell & tell them to remove my number & I hope their racist, bigot fascist asses all burn in hell 🔥
Fuck you, #BCConservatives 🤮
#NeverVoteConservative #BCpoli #Fascists #BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #CDNpoli #PoilievrePoopHeads
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I had a minute to text back & call them to yell & tell them to remove my number & I hope their racist, bigot fascist asses all burn in hell 🔥
Fuck you, #BCConservatives 🤮
#NeverVoteConservative #BCpoli #Fascists #BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #CDNpoli #PoilievrePoopHeads
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I had a minute to text back & call them to yell & tell them to remove my number & I hope their racist, bigot fascist asses all burn in hell 🔥
Fuck you, #BCConservatives 🤮
#NeverVoteConservative #BCpoli #Fascists #BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #CDNpoli #PoilievrePoopHeads
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I had a minute to text back & call them to yell & tell them to remove my number & I hope their racist, bigot fascist asses all burn in hell 🔥
Fuck you, #BCConservatives 🤮
#NeverVoteConservative #BCpoli #Fascists #BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #CDNpoli #PoilievrePoopHeads
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I support my local trans friends & the larger trans community in being against involuntary conversion therapy for trans minors by their parents. I had supported the #BCGreens on both of their past attempts to get involuntary conversion therapy banned in BC. The #BCNDP tossed it out, both times. The #BCConservatives also support involuntary conversion therapy. #BCGreenParty is the only political party in #BritishColumbia that has consistently fought hard for the rights & dignity of transfolks. The other two parties are transphobic & do pinkwashing PR, while supporting ongoing harms against transfolks.
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #EthicalVoters #VotingForDiversity #VotingForInclusion #VotingForHumanity #MarginalizedVoters #BanForcedConversionTherapy #SupportLGBTQ
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I support my local trans friends & the larger trans community in being against involuntary conversion therapy for trans minors by their parents. I had supported the #BCGreens on both of their past attempts to get involuntary conversion therapy banned in BC. The #BCNDP tossed it out, both times. The #BCConservatives also support involuntary conversion therapy. #BCGreenParty is the only political party in #BritishColumbia that has consistently fought hard for the rights & dignity of transfolks. The other two parties are transphobic & do pinkwashing PR, while supporting ongoing harms against transfolks.
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #EthicalVoters #VotingForDiversity #VotingForInclusion #VotingForHumanity #MarginalizedVoters #BanForcedConversionTherapy #SupportLGBTQ
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I support my local trans friends & the larger trans community in being against involuntary conversion therapy for trans minors by their parents. I had supported the #BCGreens on both of their past attempts to get involuntary conversion therapy banned in BC. The #BCNDP tossed it out, both times. The #BCConservatives also support involuntary conversion therapy. #BCGreenParty is the only political party in #BritishColumbia that has consistently fought hard for the rights & dignity of transfolks. The other two parties are transphobic & do pinkwashing PR, while supporting ongoing harms against transfolks.
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #EthicalVoters #VotingForDiversity #VotingForInclusion #VotingForHumanity #MarginalizedVoters #BanForcedConversionTherapy #SupportLGBTQ
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I support my local trans friends & the larger trans community in being against involuntary conversion therapy for trans minors by their parents. I had supported the #BCGreens on both of their past attempts to get involuntary conversion therapy banned in BC. The #BCNDP tossed it out, both times. The #BCConservatives also support involuntary conversion therapy. #BCGreenParty is the only political party in #BritishColumbia that has consistently fought hard for the rights & dignity of transfolks. The other two parties are transphobic & do pinkwashing PR, while supporting ongoing harms against transfolks.
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #EthicalVoters #VotingForDiversity #VotingForInclusion #VotingForHumanity #MarginalizedVoters #BanForcedConversionTherapy #SupportLGBTQ
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I support my local trans friends & the larger trans community in being against involuntary conversion therapy for trans minors by their parents. I had supported the #BCGreens on both of their past attempts to get involuntary conversion therapy banned in BC. The #BCNDP tossed it out, both times. The #BCConservatives also support involuntary conversion therapy. #BCGreenParty is the only political party in #BritishColumbia that has consistently fought hard for the rights & dignity of transfolks. The other two parties are transphobic & do pinkwashing PR, while supporting ongoing harms against transfolks.
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #EthicalVoters #VotingForDiversity #VotingForInclusion #VotingForHumanity #MarginalizedVoters #BanForcedConversionTherapy #SupportLGBTQ
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The revelations about the government’s numbers were also frustrating for Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau.
“This government — and in particular when it comes to anything to do with health care — loves rolling out a whole bunch of numbers that they think are going to somehow convince people that what they're experiencing in their communities isn't real,” she told the IJF.
But she said she was exhausted by the other parties’ deflection on the issue, and by their shared push for involuntary care. She described secured treatment facilities as the “the most expensive end of the continuum of care” for substance use disorders, and said they are not well supported by the evidence.
“We are starving for access to preventive and proactive mental health care services in this province, and we hear again and again from parents who say ‘I couldn't get help from my child when they needed it,’” Furstenau said.
“The response of both Eby and Rustad is to say, well, we'll wait until that person is in absolutely the worst state of crisis and then we'll force them into involuntary care. It makes no sense.”
https://theijf.org/bc-parties-trade-blame-after-addiction-treatment-bed-investigation
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #EthicalVoters #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #PublicHealth #AddictionsTreatment #MentalHealth #MedicalCare #HumanRights #HealthCare #PatientRights #BCGreenParty #BCgovernment #HarmReductionSavesLives #FundMentalHealthCare #FundTransitionalHousing #FundCommunityCareVillages
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The revelations about the government’s numbers were also frustrating for Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau.
“This government — and in particular when it comes to anything to do with health care — loves rolling out a whole bunch of numbers that they think are going to somehow convince people that what they're experiencing in their communities isn't real,” she told the IJF.
But she said she was exhausted by the other parties’ deflection on the issue, and by their shared push for involuntary care. She described secured treatment facilities as the “the most expensive end of the continuum of care” for substance use disorders, and said they are not well supported by the evidence.
“We are starving for access to preventive and proactive mental health care services in this province, and we hear again and again from parents who say ‘I couldn't get help from my child when they needed it,’” Furstenau said.
“The response of both Eby and Rustad is to say, well, we'll wait until that person is in absolutely the worst state of crisis and then we'll force them into involuntary care. It makes no sense.”
https://theijf.org/bc-parties-trade-blame-after-addiction-treatment-bed-investigation
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #EthicalVoters #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #PublicHealth #AddictionsTreatment #MentalHealth #MedicalCare #HumanRights #HealthCare #PatientRights #BCGreenParty #BCgovernment #HarmReductionSavesLives #FundMentalHealthCare #FundTransitionalHousing #FundCommunityCareVillages
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The revelations about the government’s numbers were also frustrating for Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau.
“This government — and in particular when it comes to anything to do with health care — loves rolling out a whole bunch of numbers that they think are going to somehow convince people that what they're experiencing in their communities isn't real,” she told the IJF.
But she said she was exhausted by the other parties’ deflection on the issue, and by their shared push for involuntary care. She described secured treatment facilities as the “the most expensive end of the continuum of care” for substance use disorders, and said they are not well supported by the evidence.
“We are starving for access to preventive and proactive mental health care services in this province, and we hear again and again from parents who say ‘I couldn't get help from my child when they needed it,’” Furstenau said.
“The response of both Eby and Rustad is to say, well, we'll wait until that person is in absolutely the worst state of crisis and then we'll force them into involuntary care. It makes no sense.”
https://theijf.org/bc-parties-trade-blame-after-addiction-treatment-bed-investigation
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #EthicalVoters #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #PublicHealth #AddictionsTreatment #MentalHealth #MedicalCare #HumanRights #HealthCare #PatientRights #BCGreenParty #BCgovernment #HarmReductionSavesLives #FundMentalHealthCare #FundTransitionalHousing #FundCommunityCareVillages
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The revelations about the government’s numbers were also frustrating for Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau.
“This government — and in particular when it comes to anything to do with health care — loves rolling out a whole bunch of numbers that they think are going to somehow convince people that what they're experiencing in their communities isn't real,” she told the IJF.
But she said she was exhausted by the other parties’ deflection on the issue, and by their shared push for involuntary care. She described secured treatment facilities as the “the most expensive end of the continuum of care” for substance use disorders, and said they are not well supported by the evidence.
“We are starving for access to preventive and proactive mental health care services in this province, and we hear again and again from parents who say ‘I couldn't get help from my child when they needed it,’” Furstenau said.
“The response of both Eby and Rustad is to say, well, we'll wait until that person is in absolutely the worst state of crisis and then we'll force them into involuntary care. It makes no sense.”
https://theijf.org/bc-parties-trade-blame-after-addiction-treatment-bed-investigation
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #EthicalVoters #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #PublicHealth #AddictionsTreatment #MentalHealth #MedicalCare #HumanRights #HealthCare #PatientRights #BCGreenParty #BCgovernment #HarmReductionSavesLives #FundMentalHealthCare #FundTransitionalHousing #FundCommunityCareVillages
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The revelations about the government’s numbers were also frustrating for Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau.
“This government — and in particular when it comes to anything to do with health care — loves rolling out a whole bunch of numbers that they think are going to somehow convince people that what they're experiencing in their communities isn't real,” she told the IJF.
But she said she was exhausted by the other parties’ deflection on the issue, and by their shared push for involuntary care. She described secured treatment facilities as the “the most expensive end of the continuum of care” for substance use disorders, and said they are not well supported by the evidence.
“We are starving for access to preventive and proactive mental health care services in this province, and we hear again and again from parents who say ‘I couldn't get help from my child when they needed it,’” Furstenau said.
“The response of both Eby and Rustad is to say, well, we'll wait until that person is in absolutely the worst state of crisis and then we'll force them into involuntary care. It makes no sense.”
https://theijf.org/bc-parties-trade-blame-after-addiction-treatment-bed-investigation
#BCpoli #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #ImVotingGreen #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #EthicalVoters #BritishColumbia #CDNpoli #PublicHealth #AddictionsTreatment #MentalHealth #MedicalCare #HumanRights #HealthCare #PatientRights #BCGreenParty #BCgovernment #HarmReductionSavesLives #FundMentalHealthCare #FundTransitionalHousing #FundCommunityCareVillages
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Just registered to get my BC vote-by-mail package. It was so easy.
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At least a third of the publicly funded #AddictionTreatment beds #BCgovernment claims are available for drug users across #BritishColumbia do not actually offer treatment, the #IJF has learned.
“B.C. now has 3,645 publicly funded substance-use treatment beds, including 659 beds opened since 2017 with more to come,” the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions announced in an Aug. 27 press release.
But a breakdown of the available types of adult and youth treatment options provided by the ministry shows that its tally includes 1,232 low-barrier housing beds, accounting for about 34 per cent of the total.
#Addictions treatment is not directly provided in low-barrier housing in B.C., but is part of “a full continuum of support services,” the ministry said in an email to the IJF. This type of facility simply makes shelter available to people who use drugs, without requiring them to abstain or be in treatment.
The news comes as both the #BCConservatives and the #BCNDP government are touting #involuntary addiction care as a solution to the province’s ongoing #ToxicDrugCrisis.
That #political focus is deeply frustrating for Correne Antrobus of #MomsStopTheHarm, an advocacy group led by families affected by tainted illegal drugs.
https://theijf.org/bc-publicly-funded-addiction-treatment-low-barrier-housing
#BCpoli #Medical #PublicHealth #HarmfulPolicy #Cruelty #HumanRights #MentalHealth #AddictionsStigma #MentalIllnessStigma #BreakTheSitgmas #HelpNotHarm #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #FundMentalWellness #FundSocialHousing #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCelection #CDNpoli
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#BCNDP unelected & current #BCPremier #DavidEby flips on forced treatment/involuntary care. They're leaning more to the right - taking same policy positions on addiction & mental health as the BC #Conservatives 👎People need mental wellness services to be included under Pharmacare because it hasn't been included. People can't afford to access many services that would help them a lot. There's long wait lists for the very few free to access programs. We need better funding for public health that includes mental health & addictions because they're interconnected.
[ #BritishColumbia will be opening secure facilities to provide #InvoluntaryCare under the #MentalHealth Act for those with severe #addictions who are mentally ill, the premier announced Sunday, just days ahead of the start of a provincial election campaign.
David Eby pledged the #NDP would change the law in the next legislative session to "provide clarity and ensure that people, including youth, can and should receive care when they are unable to seek it themselves."
"People with addiction challenges, brain injuries and mental-health issues need compassionate care and direct and assertive intervention to help them stabilize and rebuild a meaningful life," he said in a news release.]
#BCpoli #ForcedTreatment #BCElection2024 #ElectionsBC2024 #OctoberElection #BCVotes2024 #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PublicHealth #BChealth
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#BCNDP unelected & current #BCPremier #DavidEby flips on forced treatment/involuntary care. They're leaning more to the right - taking same policy positions on addiction & mental health as the BC #Conservatives 👎People need mental wellness services to be included under Pharmacare because it hasn't been included. People can't afford to access many services that would help them a lot. There's long wait lists for the very few free to access programs. We need better funding for public health that includes mental health & addictions because they're interconnected.
[ #BritishColumbia will be opening secure facilities to provide #InvoluntaryCare under the #MentalHealth Act for those with severe #addictions who are mentally ill, the premier announced Sunday, just days ahead of the start of a provincial election campaign.
David Eby pledged the #NDP would change the law in the next legislative session to "provide clarity and ensure that people, including youth, can and should receive care when they are unable to seek it themselves."
"People with addiction challenges, brain injuries and mental-health issues need compassionate care and direct and assertive intervention to help them stabilize and rebuild a meaningful life," he said in a news release.]
#BCpoli #ForcedTreatment #BCElection2024 #ElectionsBC2024 #OctoberElection #BCVotes2024 #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PublicHealth #BChealth
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#BCNDP unelected & current #BCPremier #DavidEby flips on forced treatment/involuntary care. They're leaning more to the right - taking same policy positions on addiction & mental health as the BC #Conservatives 👎People need mental wellness services to be included under Pharmacare because it hasn't been included. People can't afford to access many services that would help them a lot. There's long wait lists for the very few free to access programs. We need better funding for public health that includes mental health & addictions because they're interconnected.
[ #BritishColumbia will be opening secure facilities to provide #InvoluntaryCare under the #MentalHealth Act for those with severe #addictions who are mentally ill, the premier announced Sunday, just days ahead of the start of a provincial election campaign.
David Eby pledged the #NDP would change the law in the next legislative session to "provide clarity and ensure that people, including youth, can and should receive care when they are unable to seek it themselves."
"People with addiction challenges, brain injuries and mental-health issues need compassionate care and direct and assertive intervention to help them stabilize and rebuild a meaningful life," he said in a news release.]
#BCpoli #ForcedTreatment #BCElection2024 #ElectionsBC2024 #OctoberElection #BCVotes2024 #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PublicHealth #BChealth
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#BCNDP unelected & current #BCPremier #DavidEby flips on forced treatment/involuntary care. They're leaning more to the right - taking same policy positions on addiction & mental health as the BC #Conservatives 👎People need mental wellness services to be included under Pharmacare because it hasn't been included. People can't afford to access many services that would help them a lot. There's long wait lists for the very few free to access programs. We need better funding for public health that includes mental health & addictions because they're interconnected.
[ #BritishColumbia will be opening secure facilities to provide #InvoluntaryCare under the #MentalHealth Act for those with severe #addictions who are mentally ill, the premier announced Sunday, just days ahead of the start of a provincial election campaign.
David Eby pledged the #NDP would change the law in the next legislative session to "provide clarity and ensure that people, including youth, can and should receive care when they are unable to seek it themselves."
"People with addiction challenges, brain injuries and mental-health issues need compassionate care and direct and assertive intervention to help them stabilize and rebuild a meaningful life," he said in a news release.]
#BCpoli #ForcedTreatment #BCElection2024 #ElectionsBC2024 #OctoberElection #BCVotes2024 #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PublicHealth #BChealth
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#BCNDP unelected & current #BCPremier #DavidEby flips on forced treatment/involuntary care. They're leaning more to the right - taking same policy positions on addiction & mental health as the BC #Conservatives 👎People need mental wellness services to be included under Pharmacare because it hasn't been included. People can't afford to access many services that would help them a lot. There's long wait lists for the very few free to access programs. We need better funding for public health that includes mental health & addictions because they're interconnected.
[ #BritishColumbia will be opening secure facilities to provide #InvoluntaryCare under the #MentalHealth Act for those with severe #addictions who are mentally ill, the premier announced Sunday, just days ahead of the start of a provincial election campaign.
David Eby pledged the #NDP would change the law in the next legislative session to "provide clarity and ensure that people, including youth, can and should receive care when they are unable to seek it themselves."
"People with addiction challenges, brain injuries and mental-health issues need compassionate care and direct and assertive intervention to help them stabilize and rebuild a meaningful life," he said in a news release.]
#BCpoli #ForcedTreatment #BCElection2024 #ElectionsBC2024 #OctoberElection #BCVotes2024 #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PublicHealth #BChealth
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCGreenParty made the first big splash of the 2024 provincial #election campaign with a major commitment to expand #PublicTransit, including a promise of “free public transit, province-wide” that has been widely criticized as being too costly.
While shifting to #FreeTransit for everyone, everywhere could be fiscally and logistically challenging in the short run, BC needs bold solutions to address the congestion clogging up our cities, shrink our societal dependence on cars and improve affordability of #transportation.
Free transit would need to be combined with major transportation investments to bolster local #transit systems and interconnect them across the province, as recommended in our recent #ConnectingBC report. In that report we call for doubling the number of buses in BC within five years and tripling within 10 (both of which are echoed in the #GreenParty platform), in addition to new #rail and #ferry infrastructure and expansion of free transit.
https://www.policynote.ca/free-transit
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #Election2024 #ElectionsBC #PublicPolicy #TheFutureIsGreen #Environmental #Infrastructure #FreeTransitForAll #PublicTransportation #BusTransport #BritishColumbia #VancouverIsland #BCGreens
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Former Esquimalt city councilor & #BCUnited candidate for #Esquimalt #Colwood riding, Meagan Brame, has endorsed #BCGreens candidate, Camille Currie 🍏
Camille Currie will be attending the Esquimalt Lantern Festival on Friday.
I'll update with event photos, evening of & day after.#BCVotes2024 #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #ElectionsBC #BCElection2024 #VancouverIsland #Lekwungen #SongheesTerritory #VanIsle #GreenParty #CDNPoli #VoteForGreenFutures