MLA Selina Robinson speaking to
#BCpoli
media immediately following her resignation from the NDP to sit as an Independent. She says the NDP have a double standard when it comes anti-Jewish behaviour and states "There are antisemitic voices within the NDP Caucus."
The way in which NDP Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth spoke to
@SoniaFurstenau
in the House today was unacceptable, but to then angrily sit down and murmur "fuck off" after responding to her question is beyond the pale.
He should apologize immediately.
#BCpoli
I've handled media relations for the Official Opposition for ages & not once have I ever felt like
@TheTyee
's
#BCpoli
coverage was "running interference for the NDP" or engaging in "gotcha journalism"
Folks like
@A_MacLeod_Tyee
,
@JenStDen
&
@amandajfollett
have always been fair.
.
@paulwillcocks
: I’ve been a newspaper publisher, editor, reporter and am co-ordinating The Tyee election coverage with a great team.
I have never wanted my media outlet to become the story.
But that’s what happened, due to the Conservatives’ tactics.
10:29AM -
@KevinFalcon
calls for BC Liquor to stop importing Russian alcohol.
11:39AM -
@jjhorgan
says he won't listen to Kevin Falcon on sanctions.
3:26PM - NDP announce they will halt imports and sale of Russian liquor products.
#BCpoli
#UkraineRussia
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
John Horgan finally responds to the 3 options presented by
@KevinFalcon
and the
@BCLiberalCaucus
that the province could take to reduce gas prices.
His response to British Columbians facing
#PainAtThePumps
? "Think before you hop in the car"
Yikes.
#BCpoli
BC's NDP Premier, David Eby, stands "with the Muslim community throughout Canada" on... International Holocaust Memorial Day. Wait... WHAT?!
Glad to see this tweet was taken down but who the hell drafted and approved this? Unacceptable.
#BCpoli
#CDNpoli
#IHRD2024
With
#bclib22
voting over, I want to thank
@shirleybond
for all the amazing work she did, day after day, as Interim Leader of the
@BCLiberalCaucus
over the last 15 months and for trusting me to serve as her Press Secretary. I'm so proud of the good work we did together.
#BCPoli
BC Con Leader John Rustad makes it 10 mins into his press conference before calling Eby a socialist authoritarian. When pressed, he doubles down and calls him a dictator.
Not sure how those who have lived under actual murderous dictatorial regimes will feel about that...
#BCpoli
4 days later and John Rustad is still standing by his candidate who believes 5G cell towers are a "genocidal weapon" that spread COVID-19 and credit cards and microchips will summon the antichrist.
Conspiracy theories aren't a bug with John's Cons... they're a feature.
#BCpoli
Microchips and the Antichrist - could it get more whacky?
New revelations show John Rustad’s candidate for Prince George-Mackenzie not only believes 5G is a weapon and the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also believes that credit cards are a sign the Antichrist is coming.
Wow,
@jjhorgan
just admitted that his promise to bribe BCers with $1000 if re-elected only came about because of the
@bcliberals
policy on eliminating the PST, saving families $1700. How can he insist it's just for economic relief when it was a clear partisan retaliation?
#BCpoli
Successful surprise party tonight for Penelope Chandler, an incredible colleague and
@BCLegislature
institution for 40 years of service to the
#BCLeg
and our province. Her wisdom and knowledge of this building and
#bcpoli
is unparalleled. Here's to 40 more years!
BC Liberal Leader, and newly-elected MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena,
@KevinFalcon
takes the stage at the
@bcliberals
victory party. Immediately talks about the importance of tackling housing affordability & rising costs of living. Ready to hold the NDP to account.
#BCpoli
#VQNvotes
While filming a video on
@jjhorgan
's decision to spend a billion dollars on a brand new
@RoyalBCMuseum
in the middle of an affordability crisis, this lady patiently waited for
@KevinFalcon
to finish so she could come up and tell us she supported the
@BCLiberalCaucus
plan.
#bcpoli
Our
@BCLiberalCaucus
team wishing congratulations to
@shirleybond
on 20 years as an MLA!
The people of Prince George-Valemount are lucky to have had someone with your passion and work ethic in their corner each and every day!
#bcpoli
#CityofPG
When you've been making six figures on the public dime for as long as
@jjhorgan
has, it's no surprise that he doesn't "understand this affordability stuff"
His one-time $110 cheque to drivers will barely fill a tank of gas in Victoria or Metro Vancouver.
#OutOfTouch
#BCpoli
After YEARS of the NDP gaslighting British Columbians about
#SiteC
and Independent Power Producers not being needed,
@Dave_Eby
is up today telling everyone that more electricity is needed for B.C.'s future.
Complete 180° turn.
#Hypocrites
#BCpoli
Today is when the
@BCLegislature
was scheduled to return for the fall session. Due to Horgan calling a snap election
#PandemicPowerGrab
, MLAs are out busy campaigning instead of working in Victoria to get help to British Columbians struggling right now. Shame on you
@jjhorgan
.
4 DAYS.
That's how long it took the NDP to fast-track their restrictive fees on access to government information.
Turns out the NDP can slap costs on FOI requests faster than it took to get the Alert Ready System up and ready to warn people of coming disasters.
#BCpoli
“Thank God Elenore was here, a fluke accident, having coffee here and kind of saving the day getting the weapon out of his hand. It could have been a lot worse."
Way to go
@elenoresturko
!
#BCpoli
Hell of a first week for
@KevinFalcon
as BC Liberal Leader at the
@BCLegislature
. Touching on real concerns about rising costs of living, the severe lack of family doctors, and of course, the NDP's sudden announcement of a billion dollar vanity museum project.
#Momentum
#BCpoli
BC Liberal Leader
@KevinFalcon
urging the provincial government to help Ukrainian refugees by informing Ottawa that BC stands ready to welcome refugees and advocating for the extension of visitor visas, work, and study permits for Ukrainians currently in British Columbia.
#bcpoli
Wild to hear
@Dave_Eby
just try to claim he wasn't able to comment on why he fired the NDP-appointed board of BC Housing... because he did comment on it... directly to the
@VancouverSun
.
#BCpoli
BC Liberal Health Critic
@shirleybond
reintroduces her Private Members Bill that would make defibrillators mandatory in public buildings. This is deeply personal legislation for her as a long-time champion of
@HeartandStroke
initiatives and the Bill Bond Memorial Fund.
#BCpoli
BC Liberal Leader
@KevinFalcon
on the NDP's lack of action on crisis in healthcare: "After another week of ER closures & understaffed hospitals, British Columbians deserve investments in recruiting & retaining frontline nurses and physicians, not a billion dollar museum."
#bcpoli
@JeanetteAshe
The NDP will really say anything to distract from their disastrous record on housing affordability.
If
@JeanetteAshe
truly believes no politician should ever host an event at a golf club then I eagerly await her condemnation of John Horgan:
#bcpoli
BC Liberal Leader
@KevinFalcon
, back at the
@BCLegislature
after his by-election victory, takes questions from
#bcpoli
media. Most questions surround the health system on the brink: Massive healthcare shortages, 1 in 5 BCers w/ no family doc, unacceptable NDP gag order on nurses.
Thank you
@shirleybond
for your many years of service to B.C. and, on a personal note, for trusting my input & advice while serving as your Press Secretary when you were Interim Leader of the Official Opposition. We're proud of all we did during those important 15 months!
#BCpoli
One week ago today, my life and career took an unexpected turn. As many of you know that sequence of events has led to my family and I making the difficult decision to end my campaign for re-election in the upcoming Provincial Election.
To say it has been an honour to serve our
Remember in 2017 when the NDP promised to make life more affordable & build 114,000 new homes in 10 years?
Half a decade later: Only 5,269 units have been completed & housing is more expensive than ever.
We need a government that's serious about helping increase supply.
#BCpoli
The NDP are all talk and no action on housing affordability. Life under the NDP has only seen higher rents, skyrocketing housing prices, and record low levels of housing supply.
We need real action to get affordable housing built in B.C.
#BCpoli
BC Liberal Leader
@KevinFalcon
takes the stage on the third and final day of the
@bcliberals
convention.
The atmosphere is electric here at the Penticton Trade & Convention Centre.
This is truly an energized political party ready to form government in the next election.
#BCpoli
BC Liberal Leader
@KevinFalcon
arrives at the
@BCLegislature
with his family ahead of being sworn in as the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena and Leader of the Official Opposition.
#BCpoli
Hitting the ground running bright and early this morning. The
@BCLiberalCaucus
is fueled up on coffee and ready to hold
@Dave_Eby
accountable on his first day in the House as Premier of British Columbia.
#BCpoli
Today's NDP announcement seems to be taking place in a 'Nordic Noir' judging by the lighting, color grading, and clothing.
Spencer is the 'by the books' rookie detective and Eby is the grizzled loose cannon who has to work the case while facing his personal demons.
#BCpoli
Global's
@richardzussman
reporting live on the explosive new letter from 13 urban mayors demanding John Horgan and the NDP finally take action to stop the catch and release cycle constantly putting dangerous prolific offenders back on the streets of B.C. communities.
#BCpoli
In case you were ever curious about John Horgan's true feelings about
#FreedomOfInformation
he finally says it out loud. This is why he will go full speed ahead with Bill 22.
#BCpoli
Wow. Is this really a precedent you want to set, Matt? Being held accountable for the tweets of supportive internet strangers?
I have an entire album of screenshots of truly heinous and horrible things said to me by Twitter accounts supportive of the NDP.
Don't do this.
#BCpoli
Yesterday I tweeted about Sonia Furstenau’s personal attack on Dr. Henry. Here’s a sample of people who defended
@SoniaFurstenau
- and who she’s pandering to.
#bcpoli
Totally agree
@SoniaFurstenau
. Debate is an essential part of our political system and vital for many voters when it comes to how they will cast their ballots in an election. I know that both you, and
@KevinFalcon
, understand and respect this.
Why won't Rustad and Eby?
#BCpoli
Debate is essential to democracy. If a leader is afraid to take a stand and be held accountable before an election, that tells you a lot about how they'd govern if elected.
It's time BC's other leaders stepped up.
From
@ccdacre
story on Dr. Malthouse making false claims about COVID-19 in Kelowna:
"On Monday in Kelowna, he made false claims that the COVID-19 vaccine can cause people to become magnetized.
“'We have seen things like magnetism, things sticking to people. It's well proven.'"
So while the
@bcndp
is under fire from their own youth wing protesting a lack of NDP leadership on climate, their response is to put out an insensitive tweet downplaying the ~260 wildfires raging throughout BC?
Climate change is scary but don't worry, Horgan says it's OK
#bcpoli
The "proficiency scale" replacing letter grades in BC is opposed by 60% of parents and 83% of students, not to mention a majority of BC teachers as well. So... who exactly wants this except for the NDP government?
#BCpoli
BC Liberal Leader
@KevinFalcon
joins
@GlobalBC
's
@richardzussman
for today's
#FocusBC
episode to discuss his bold plan to drastically increase access to, and availability of, mental health and addictions treatments and supports in BC.
#BCpoli
.
📺 WATCH:
The Holocaust is not a weapon for your partisan speeches
@routledge_janet
.
Highlighting NDP government incompetence =/= hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric, let alone the type of words that started the Holocaust.
Retract this now.
#bcpoli
Oh to be a fly on the wall in
@Dave_Eby
's office as the realization dawns on the NDP that they've banned AirBNBs & short-term rentals ahead of tens of thousands of the most passionate & vocal fans in the world descending on Vancouver next year.
#BCpoli
#TSTheErasTour
If this image doesn't sum up NDP politics best, I don't know what does. A big catchy slogan to distract you, masquerading as positive action, while completely ignoring their failures which are obvious to everyone else.
#BCpoli
BC United Leader
@KevinFalcon
speaking to media after touring Surrey Memorial Hospital to witness the crisis firsthand. Following conversations with docs, nurses, and other healthcare workers, Falcon pledges to build a second tower at SMH to meet community needs.
#BCpoli
#Surrey
To wake up this morning on
#YomHaShoah
and find out Chabad, just down the road from me here in
#VictoriaBC
was targeted with antisemitic graffiti is beyond words. My thoughts are with Rabbi Kaplan and all who call Chabad a safe place. This is unacceptable.
#yyj
Jewish children have a right to feel safe in places of learning and recreation, and should never have to come across such hateful slogans when coming to the Chabad Centre in
#Victoria
.
NDP Comms: Wow, we really got raked over the coals by
@RobShaw_BC
&
@VaughnPalmer
for our disaster of an event in
#Nanaimo
on Wednesday. Should we lay low on that for a bit?
AG Staff: Nah, how about a tone-deaf tweet re: Nanaimo bars amidst grave public safety concerns?
#BCpoli
The "EBY DID IT!" sign speaks volumes.
He was the NDP Attorney General for half a decade who oversaw a 75% increase in no charge assessments and BC's Catch & Release justice system.
#BCpoli
The cost of the NDP's
@Royal_BC_Museum
vanity project could instead:
- Build 7,890 units of affordable housing
- Build +400 Urgent Primary Care Centres
- Build 24 new elementary schools
- Complete seismic upgrades on nearly 70 schools
#BCpoli
Wild look at the
@BCLegislature
Chamber today. Everything, including the iconic red carpet, has been stripped out as they craft a new seating arrangement to accommodate an increased number of MLAs following electoral boundary redistribution.
#BCpoli
"
@Dave_Eby
will become the next Premier of B.C. with a cloud over his head, having disenfranchised thousands in his own party, disqualified his only real challenger, and sidelined democracy to make it to the top."
#BCpoli
An historic moment! MLA
@Stephanie4BC
has tabled this
#EqualPay
Reporting Act six times in the
@BCLegislature
and the NDP never once called it for debate.
Today (thanks to some procedural finagling) in her final week as an MLA, she can finally speak to her bill.
#BCpoli
The NDP has the
@BCLegislature
sitting until 10pm tonight and our
@BCLiberalCaucus
team is here until the bitter end.
Picking up some pizza for the hard-working staffers in Research and my amazing Comms team known collectively as the "kids in the basement" by
@jjhorgan
.
#BCpoli
Just renewed my car insurance. Despite over a decade of safe driving my payments have INCREASED 48.83%, nearly $600 a year. This is ridiculous. It's time to introduce choice to auto insurance in BC & force
@icbc
to compete to bring down rates. Stop punishing good drivers.
#Bcpoli
"The reason I’m running here is primarily the feeling that that the interests of the community have not really been addressed. I feel that not a lot has taken place, under the BC Liberals..."
Ummm... anyone want to tell
@p_greaves
the NDP have been in power for +5 years?
#BCpoli
Surrey South deserves a representative who'll keep moving forward on important projects like the Massey Tunnel replacement and the new Cloverdale hospital. We're so glad to have
@p_greaves
on our team!
Powerful piece on BC Liberal MLA
@elenoresturko
and her personal journey by
@katiederosayyj
.
Thank you for continuing to share your story to help
#EndTheStigma
and push for a better approach to solving mental health & addictions issues in our province. 🙏
#BCpoli
BC United MLA
@MichaelLeeBC
speaking to
@GlobalBC
, calling for Victoria Councillor Susan Kim to resign after she signed an open letter, along with former NDP MPP
@SarahJama_
, denying the veracity of atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre.
#BCpoli
David Eby: "[British Columbians] can afford housing, they just need it to be available."
Breaking news folks, housing is officially affordable in B.C. now according to the NDP... 🙄
#BCpoli
Great speech on his bold vision for the future of BC by
@KevinFalcon
with the largest turnout for any Leader of the Opposition in the history of the
@BoardofTrade
.
With more than 300 people attending, GVBOT had to change venues just to accommodate! Momentum is building!
#BCpoli
NDP Public Safety Minister
@mikefarnworthbc
says
#SurreyBC
's proposed 17.5% property tax increase due to NDP gov delays on police transition decision is "just nonsense". Raises his voice and gets very agitated.
NDP clearly feeling the pressure on this one.
#bcpoli
I've never heard of having to sign an NDA to attend a political convention. This is insanity.
First the FOI bill and now this. The BC NDP are really doubling down on their disdain for transparency.
#bcpoli
The BCNDP is making their members sign an NDA to attend their convention. Who does that? What are they trying to hide? What are they so afraid of? Why is the NDP continuing their association with the BCNDP? Why aren’t MLAs and NDP MPs from BC speaking out against this?
Our system is collapsing. We need to start putting Patients First through a new healthcare model. Our new model will be a universal single-payer healthcare system where healthcare is delivered through public and non-governmental facilities
#bcpoli
Policy:
BC Liberal MLA
@toddstonebc
in Victoria today, holding John Horgan and the NDP accountable for their failure to focus on
#RealPriorities
. Instead of investing in childcare spaces or family doctors, the NDP continues full speed ahead with the billion-dollar vanity museum.
#BCpoli
Leave it to the NDP to spin a tax break on the 2 lowest tax brackets as elitist. The wealthy would have seen the same savings on the first $60K of income and continued to pay higher % taxes in higher brackets but that cut meant a hell of a lot to lower income families.
#NDPMath
On Kevin Falcon’s first day in office, his BC Liberals gave a huge tax break to the wealthiest 1%. In this morning's debate, he tried to deny it happened.
He’s not telling the truth about who he’s working for: the wealthy and well-connected.
BC Liberal MLA
@jordansturdy
introduced a private members bill to bring in ridesharing within 90 days, to circumvent NDP's miserable
#RideFailing
legislation that won't see Uber/Lyft in BC for over a year. 2/3 Greens supported. Marks first time Greens have opposed NDP.
#BCpoli
BC United Leader
@KevinFalcon
speaking to UBCM delegates this morning: "I came back to politics to get BC working again for my 2 daughters and their generation. It's vital we elect representatives who are thinking about the next generation, not just the next election."
#BCpoli
BC Liberal Leader
@KevinFalcon
unveils a new policy commitment: A BC Liberal government would help fund in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments for British Columbians struggling with fertility challenges or are otherwise unable to conceive.
#BCpoli
Statement by
@KevinFalcon
following the
@BCSupremeCourt
granting a temporary injunction which suspends the Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act:
#BCpoli
1,000 people all here in
#Vancouver
tonight to see
@KevinFalcon
at the largest
@bcliberals
event held since becoming Official Opposition in 2017.
The energy is electric, the excitement is palpable, and the momentum is growing!
#BCpoli
#BCpoli
Horse Race, Day One:
The clips of
@KevinFalcon
&
@Dave_Eby
's two press conferences featured in
@GlobalBC
's top story are a great contrast.
A picture is worth 1000 words & only one of these guys looks like a Premier.
Hint: It's the one who won a real leadership race.
Hey
@rparmarBC
I sincerely hope you apologize to the
@redcrosscanada
for your harmful comments now they've officially debunked your sad & cheap attempt at smearing BCU fundraising efforts on their behalf.
You're a brand new MLA so I hope this was a learning experience.
#bcpoli
BC Liberal Leader
@KevinFalcon
outside the
@RoyalBCMuseum
pledging to cancel the NDP's billion dollar demolition & rebuild that nobody asked for. As Premier, he would support upgrades & modernizing existing museum at fraction of the cost. Will invest more in family docs.
#bcpoli