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It’s true. I’ve lost count the amount of times many Conservatives claim feeling attacked for their Christian faith. It’s reprehensible to have someone mock another person’s faith.
The Conservative Party of Canada, including Pierre Poilevre and some provincial Conservative leaders rolled out the red carpet for Jasmine Laine. Clearly, they haven't learned anything from the midterms.
Going after assimilated immigrants because they don't share your religion or skin colour, or because they occasionally use expressions from another language, is a strange way to make the case for assimilation. If that triggers you, perhaps the problem isn't with them.
If Laine deleted the post because she thought it was in poor taste, good for her.
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Yet you deleted the video. Why? Because it was racist, and you knew exactly what you were doing. Spare us the pretence of wanting reasonable debate. You’re not interested in dialogue. You traffic in racism, profit from division, and hide behind free speech when you’re called out.
Oh no Sharan, let's not be ridiculous... Saying "diversity is our strength, what is happening" to a Senator who relies on identity focused optics to deflect from radical structural policy isn’t fear of arabic… that’s just a lazy take. It’s calling out his own political branding in real time, what he used and advocated for himself to mask a deeply polarizing and fractured winning coalition. Deconstructing that campaign theater is standard commentary, not being terrified of a language, culture or religion. Which you should know, as it’s something you do frequently on CTV News, right? I think this just shows that one of us paid attention to his rhetoric during the campaign trail and watched many rallies live, and the other read a lot of news headlines and social media posts.
P.S. As for "grifter"? If that’s what you call a 13-year broadcast veteran, you might want to open a dictionary. There's a massive difference between professional media commentary and a grift. The fact you chose to dishonestly use that term (like the left always does) to discredit, demean, and distract away from any conversation is a big red flag. If a woman with a decade + career in communications, public speaking, broadcasting and political/news commentary is a grifter… then I guess we’re two of the same! The difference is id rather have a conversation with you, and you’d rather do whatever this is to try and score some sort of political point for your party. Bizarre… but good luck!
Here we go 🙄
NEW - In a sit-down interview, premier designate Lorne Doerkson says he’s not ruling out an overhaul of the short term rental restrictions.
He also said he supports government employees returning to the office, but added he’s open to a “hybrid” remote work model. #bcpoli
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If the conservatives thought they were in for an easy ride with a majority, buck up. @JM_Whiteside is a badass. She lived through the last round of conservative cuts at the expense of health care workers and she’ll fight ruthlessly to lead our caucus to stand up for BCers #bcpoli
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Welp it didn't take long for the first bad decision from this new government
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The Conservative camp has been trying to restrict media access this whole campaign. And now they're telling journalists to "go away".
Lorne Doerkson meets with volunteers and candidate Alex McMillan in Eby’s riding of Vancouver-Point Grey. It was supposed to be a photo op but a reporter asked Doerkson how he responds to Eby calling him a “Trojan horse” for extreme candidates. Here’s what he said:
#bcpoli
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I'm pretty shocked that Emily Lowan didn't rule out putting the Conservatives in power yesterday.
They would be catastrophic on Indigenous rights and environmental protection, and countless other progressive causes.
The answer to this question should be clear: rule it out.
You should be able to enjoy a night on Davie St and not have to worry about running into Maragareta and her racist friends.
You should be able to enjoy a night out and get home without looking over your shoulder.
A Conservative government will:
🍺 Remove PST on Canadian alcohol to save BC pubs & nightlife
👮 Hire hundreds more police & prosecutors to crack down on street crime
🏥 Get people struggling with addiction & mental health issues into care
Safe streets and great nightlife go together. @ConservativeBC will deliver on both.
E-Day is Saturday 👉 VoteMargareta.ca
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One thumb up if you want BC to leave Canada.
Two thumbs up if the guy with one thumb up is your own riding association president.
The party of "we'll cut your taxes, but magically not any spending" and "we promise we're not in it for the millionaires and billionaires" getting endorsed by the ghost of HST made me chuckle today.
Gordon Campbell proudly served Vancouver-Point Grey for 15 years.
I'm honoured to have his support as I seek to serve the community he represented for so many years.
Together, we share a belief in new ideas and a brighter future for BC. #BCpoli
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Not only will the BC NDP always support a united Canada - but we're clear that there's absolutely no room for separatism in our party.
Why are Conservative MLAs Bryan Tepper, Heather Maahs, and David Williams in the separatist BC Prosperity Project Facebook group?🧵
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The BC Cons have finally released their full costed platform
They are saying their deficit would be smaller than the current NDP's path because of mostly 2 things: "new revenues thanks to the 'pro-growth' agenda" (that's about 2.6b by the 3rd year) and "spending restrains" (reducing the contingency vote, which is a good thing, but also some vague 'efficiency' stuff and a hiring freeze) (that'd would save about 4b by year 3).
The two combined allow the BC Cons to promise new spendings on other things and the massive tax cut (cost of almost 3b) and still have a lower deficit.
Up to you to believe these numbers. The 'pro-growth' stuff seems especially made up. Like "hey the growth is projected at 2.1%, our plan would raise it to 2.8% just because". I don't see any reference or sources for this claim
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I am astounded. What does Heather Maahs have to do before Lorne Doerkson does something?
I'm glad the rest of BC has noticed @HeatherMaahs and her awful views.
One thing that's been missed: her blog post supporting a slave auction in a school, and **putting a student in blackface** in school productions of To Kill a Mockingbird. #bcpoli
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“I am trying to get that ready to go before we go to advance polls."
Today is the third day of advance voting. How bad is his costing that he's *still* hiding it?
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I'm glad the rest of BC has noticed @HeatherMaahs and her awful views.
One thing that's been missed: her blog post supporting a slave auction in a school, and **putting a student in blackface** in school productions of To Kill a Mockingbird. #bcpoli
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Mark Marissen’s list of L’s now is:
❌ Kareem Allam
❌ his own failed mayoral campaign that got him and his party banned from this election
❌ Hector Bremner’s mayoral campaign
❌ Michael Lee’s failed BC Liberals leadership bid.
How do they keep throwing money at this guy for these kind of results @vancolour ?
Silver lining for @kareemformayor:
He's almost doubled @marissenmark's 2022 percentage of the popular vote in the mayor's race
Lesson for any future aspiring municipal politicians: if Mark's involved, run in the opposite direction as fast as you can