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Barbara Martin 🇨🇦

@bcmartin.bsky.social
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"Courage my friends, 'tis not too late to build a better world". Mom, grandma, feminist, lifelong prochoice advocate, Retired CHN. Gardening, singing, and Heather Cox Richardson help keep me sane.

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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Let's "experiment" in taxing these fkrs into the Stone Age. Predators. One n all.
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Freya Keddie @keddieff.bsky.social · 21h
The BC NDP Govt had only a 1-seat majority The BC Conservatives took advantage of this & repeatedly tried to force an election & almost succeeded several times Had my MLA not voted from hospital hours after giving birth, we'd have had an elxn 18 months ago #SurreyBC www.threads.com/@mourrej/pos...
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David Eby explains clearly why he called a BC provincial election now, and doesn't hold back on putting the cause where it belongs: Conservative members constantly obstructing parliamentary progress...
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I hate the way the BC NDP are taxing me to death, then the reality hits them! #bcpoli
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 23h
Listen to every word
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is very good. #NoToTheNine
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is calling out Smith’s claims she had no idea separatists were meeting with the US State Department… While pointing out they raised the alarm on this months ago. With receipts. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Awww, what a shame. globalnews.ca/news/1209127...
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U.S. lenders sue Jeff Rath for $112M, allege he concealed First Nation firing | Globalnews.ca
Two American litigation funders allege the Alberta separatist leader misled them into financing First Nations lawsuits even after his firm had been fired.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Agreed 🤷🏽‍♀️
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What would James ("It's the economy stupid") Carville say if he was in BC rn? We've debated election timing & culture wars, but eventually the economy will be the deciding issue. And by most metrics, BC's has done very well. My take for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202.... #bcpoli
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Why BC’s Economy Is a Strong Card for Eby’s NDP | The Tyee
For wages, incomes, growth, investment and more, BC has outpaced most other provinces in recent years.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a good day to ponder what an amazing deal B.C. residents have enjoyed thanks to public auto insurance. Avg nominal premiums are no higher than 9 years ago when J.Horgan was elected Premier, vs 45% avg increase in Canada and 119% in next-door Alberta. Data from StatsCan. #bcpoli
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The families, and everyone touched by this event, should sue Open AI for what happened here. Not reporting the first account and then allowing the kind of activity that took place in the second account is malpractice at minimum and makes them accessories in my mind.
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I know one of the trial lawyers, they are winding up the last of their cases and going to retire. Net worth, well over $20M.
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Get your wallets out, just like Alberta and Ontario.
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We are on a dangerous path Canada if we don’t protect our beautiful, peaceful country from the separatists who are working with Trump regime 🇨🇦 🍁
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This contagious claim that under the NDP BC has become 'the highest taxed province' is nonsense. Provincial own-source revenue as share of GDP is 4th lowest among the provinces, and below the Canadian weighted average. #bcpoli /2
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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 05/10/2026
Sharing this again because this is a story about an issue impacting communities all over the world making its way to the suburb I grew up in. I'm so happy with how this turned out. Also, the more people that listen, the more likely Rumneek will let me spend time making radio docs. LISTEN NOW.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Econ 101
Person one: Taught my kids how socialism works. Let them trick or treat while I stayed home. Then took all their candy. Socialism 101.

Person two : The socialism part is where the community came together and fed your kids for free. The capitalism part is where you made them do all the work and stole from them.
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Joyce Arthur @joycearthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My new co-authored piece with Ashna Hudani! The government must act now to ensure that unregulated pregnancy centres are not allowed to continue harming people who need prompt and reliable reproductive health care. @canadiandimension.bsky.social
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Unregulated pregnancy centres cause lasting harms—we need transparency
Should organizations serving pregnant people be allowed to use disinformation and pressure to prevent them from accessing abortion care? About 160 unregulated pregnancy centres (UPCs) operate across C...
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Brooke Fairplay Nasty Canadian🍁🌻🎗🏳‍🌈 @brookefairplay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dear Fellow Canadians, Please consider buying Christmas gifts from Hummingbird Chocolate makers, another Canadian company suffering because of trump hummingbirdchocolate.com
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Hummingbird Chocolate Maker - Pure Craft From Bean-to-Bar
We are one of the few who make chocolate from scratch. We work with farmers to get the best cocoa beans. We take our time to craft something uniquely delicious.
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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎯 'A man raped her' instead of 'she was raped.' Have you ever read a headline that reads "A bank was robbed by a suspect?" Nope. It's "A suspect robbed a bank."
Christina Ricci in front of a patterned wall with the text: Maybe we should start talking about how many men out of 3 will sexually assault someone... instead of how many women out of 3 will be assaulted. Lets shift the ownership..
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5B a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5B they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions. Kudos to these Autozone workers.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💙 This is a company with integrity 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨ATTENTION BRITISH COLUMBIA🚨 👇🏽 💯💯💯
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Barbara Martin 🇨🇦 @bcmartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What a country 🤮
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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Barbara Martin 🇨🇦 @bcmartin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Congratulations to North Cowichan council....no negotiating behind closed doors. As reported in The Discourse....1/2
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Canada/US Trade War Facts 👇 (@kopke613/TikTok)
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“This bill explicitly gives government the power to end legal strikes when a minister decides that a strike is or could become contrary to the national interest — and the national interest is defined solely by the opinion of the minister,” warns top labour leader Bea Bruske. Holy shit. This is bad.
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Breaking: The United States has reached a security agreement with Denmark over Greenland that consists of exactly what the situation has been for the last eight decades and not a thing more
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 18/09/2026
Canadians have grasped that Trump's presidency isn't merely a temporary diplomatic crisis. It is proof that the United States can no longer be trusted as a stable ally. www.thebulwark.com/p/canada-ame...
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Canada Is Making America Its B*tch
The story of how a crafty middle power pantsed a moronic superpower.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
👀 Nothing to see here. Just Ag Canada ministry cutting 1300 food inspection jobs yet 'investing'* in AI #cdnpoli
CTV news headline from earlier this year re: food inspection job cuts
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good question
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Paul L. @paul9876.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I love how pissed Americans are at some celebrity for not standing up, while 350 million of them cower in their closet or under their beds from their orange tyrant.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Harper *wishes* he could have said the shit Poilievre says and *wishes* he could do the things Carney does. Mark Carney is the strongest conservative leader we've seen in decades (derogatory.)
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Carney’s privatization spree from the public service to the postal office to airports is taking well paying union jobs out of the Canadian economy, giving Canadians less opportunity to do well. #cdnpoli #canlab
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 10/09/2026
According to Forbes, the Tesla Cyber Truck has surpassed the Edsel as the worst selling vehicle in history.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Barbara Martin 🇨🇦 @bcmartin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Marked on my calendar! Dolly's legacy....
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Canadians says sorry not because we because have made a mistake. It is a form of politeness. But don't mistake politeness for weakness. Ever. Strong, proud and will never be the 51st state, Sorry! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canada 'will NEVER be the 51st state. Sorry!': B.C. premier unveils new border welcome signs | CBC News
B.C. Premier David Eby unveiled new welcome signs for U.S. border crossings at a Tuesday press conference, which he says reflect a message from his government: "Welcome to British Columbia, Canada. St...
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Barbara Martin 🇨🇦 @bcmartin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For those concerned about the increased racism and residential schools denialism, this event is shared on youtube as well as life at McNally Robinson Books in Winnipeg. Sean Carleton & Niigaan Sinclair Book Launch - McNally Robinson Booksellers share.google/o7CfD1V35PAo...
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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