Reposted by Ian BushfieldShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 14hI dream of someday having the space to report on how David Eby went from telling NDP supporters BC could not afford to keep approving fossil fuel projects to being one of LNG's biggest boosters He made that shift in less than 4 years 84215
Reposted by Ian BushfieldEmma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 20hMy second article for the day is about this morning's historic BC Supreme Court ruling in favour of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF). The judge praised DULF's work, said a safe supply is necessary to save lives, and threw out charges of drug trafficking. 012441
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 16hThe Angus Reid poll was likely an outlier but we've got Liaison and Leger (often S-tier pollsters) both showing a faltering NDP. Maybe it'd be great to actually present something for people to vote for sooner than later... 130
Reposted by Ian BushfieldDe Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 22hCanada’s drug policy violates its Charter, BC Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray ruled on Tuesday, by making it de facto illegal to run a compassion club providing tested illicit drugs. Read the full breakdown of her decision, by @godfrey.work: www.defactomedia.ca/breaking-dul...defactomedia.caBREAKING: DULF founders’ trafficking charges thrown out in BC Supreme Court ruling on constitutional challengeJustice Catherine Murray applauds Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, declares a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional 04624
Reposted by Ian BushfieldParis Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.disconnect.blogThe media has the AI threat all wrongGenerative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios. 271738584
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 28/09/2026It's truly breathtaking that Meta managed to make marketplace worse 330
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 25/09/2026Danielle Smith let the rats into Alberta. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAlberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of ratProvince’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin 060
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 25/09/2026For how tiring the standard/daylight time debate is, I may as well have changed our clocks 020
Reposted by Ian BushfieldMax @fixie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Okay let's do a roundup: Adriane Carr was the party's first leader for 1983-1985, after which the position was abolished, and the party had no formal leader till 1993, instead having 3 spokespeople. Carr will return though! 1152
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 24/09/2026New Cambie Report out! @natevl.bsky.social joins me to discuss the emotional impact of #EvictKenSim and the results of the progressive primary. Listen where all fine podcasts are found www.cambiereport.ca/e3-24-the-po...cambiereport.caE3-24 The politicians are politickingVancity Lookout's Nate Lewis joins to discuss the results of the progressive primary and the emotional impact of the Evict Ken Sim slogan 060
Reposted by Ian BushfieldRobert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's something I've been working on for a while, that I'll be getting into a lot more soon. This is where Land Acknowledgements come from, this is what they mean, and this is how you've all been doing them wrong. 24817
Reposted by Ian BushfieldJohn Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The perception that red tape is preventing Canada from building major projects doesn’t hold hold up. Hundreds of projects, worth hundreds of billions of dollars are planned under existing regulations. Yet Carney blames a bureaucratic maze for stifling growth to justify his deregulatory agenda.nationalobserver.comCarney's red tape narrative doesn't hold upThe perception that a bureaucratic maze is preventing Canada from building major projects, as Prime Minister Mark Carney has argued to support his deregulatory nation-building agenda, doesn’t hold up ... 1114469
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 24/09/2026This has been in the works for a while. What @rjjago.bsky.social delivered went far deeper than we could've hoped. It gives us a lot to reflect on in our work but also will hopefully contribute to the much wider conversation. 01711
Reposted by Ian BushfieldRichard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It is an honour to be the BC NDP candidate for the upcoming election in Saanich South. I can't wait to hit the doors and meet as many of you face to face as possible. We will see you on the campaign trail. #bcpoli 610014
Reposted by Ian BushfieldShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026BC election dates you need to know: Candidate registration deadline: Saturday, October 3rd Advanced voting: Oct 16-21 Final voting day: Saturday, October 24, 8-8pm Elections BC has all the info #bcpolielections.bc.ca2026 Provincial Election | Elections BCA provincial general election has been called. Final Voting Day is October 24, 2026. You can vote if you are: a Canadian citizen, 18 or older on October 24, 2026, and a resident of B.C. since April 23... 01813
Reposted by Ian BushfieldShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Jeremy Valeriote will run again in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky #bcpoli 0142
Reposted by Ian BushfieldJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I promise that you will not expect what Ken Sim is looking at in this new ad he put out 1515824
Reposted by Ian BushfieldWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Feds tout trickle down reconciliation 06313
Reposted by Ian BushfieldHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Carney is truly the Reagan of Canada. A calming, paternalistic figure in a period of apocalyptic uncertainty who galvanizes the economy with short-sighted right wing fiscal policies. And like Reagan, every disaster that Canada encounters in the future will be traceable to his administration. 482432544
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 22/09/2026Also good news for the Recall Tara Armstrong team who recently suspended their own (unlikely to succeed) efforts. 060
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 22/09/2026Is it too much to ask for an election where the parties actually present positive visions for what they will do to make life better? 0120
Reposted by Ian BushfieldShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Lots of speculation that CentreBC and the BC Conservatives are merging A statement from CentreBC's president makes it seem like maybe that's not the thing? Peter Milobar, who just became CentreBC's leader, is holding a press conference with BC Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson #bcpoli 4217
Reposted by Ian BushfieldAndrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 22/09/2026Confused by what's going on in B.C. politics? Catch up on the disarray www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caConfused by what's going on in B.C. politics? Catch up on the disarray | CBC NewsB.C. Premier David Eby is set to speak at 12:15 p.m. PT amidst speculation of a snap election call that would capitalize on the disarray among opposition parties who have splintered into multiple fact... 173
Reposted by Ian BushfieldBC Humanist Association @bchumanist.ca · 21/09/2026Our latest report in The Saguenay Project is out: Amen, Again! revisits unconstitutional prayers in Ontario municipalities. There's been major progress, but many municipalities still opened their most recent inaugural meetings with a prayer. Our release: www.bchumanist.ca/amen_again_r...bchumanist.caOntario remains municipal prayer outlier, finds new reportStill 62 municipalities had prayer at their 2022 inaugural council meetings and 2 pray at every meeting 042
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 21/09/2026Kinda fitting that after writing Canadian Naomi Klein wrote the literal book on The Shock Doctrine, that the practice comes home to Canada while her spouse leads the opposition to this massive assault on environmental regulations, labour rights and public ownership. 031
Reposted by Ian BushfieldRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A reporter asked the government about the Trumpian tactic of flooding the zone with this bill (it’s an omnibus!) and the ministers appear outraged. They balk at a question that…accurately characterizes what they’re doing. If you don’t like it, don’t do it! 11336105
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 21/09/2026Honest question: Has Doerkson commented on his new role? Because I saw it reported he's out of cell reception in Africa and may legitimately not know anything that's happened in bcpoli last week. 1101
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 21/09/2026Kevin Falcon has the chance to do the funniest thing if David Eby calls an election. 111
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 21/09/2026Man couldn't read a room if there were a bright neon sign telling him the vibe 0224
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 21/09/2026Has anyone heard from Pierre Poilievre on Kerry-Lynne Findlay's resignation? I'm really eager to hear how this is the Liberals fault. 192
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 20/09/2026There's honestly a good chance the BC Conservatives do significantly better without any leader. Because then voters mad at the government (and there's plenty of them) can put all their own hopes and dreams into that vacant shell. 290
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 20/09/2026Incredible. Now if Eby doesn't call the election, there's a chance she wins her byelection and joins a caucus she no longer leads. 43310
Reposted by Ian BushfieldShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If a snap election is called this fall, what happens with the two independent MLAs currently facing criminal charges? Thats Jordan Kealy in Peace River North and Hon Chan in Richmond Centre Awkward campaigns if they decide to run again, I guess? 1112
Reposted by Ian BushfieldBrandon Yan 甄念本 @brandonyan.com · 19/09/2026static.klipy.comPoe Dameron: Somehow, Palpatine ReturnedAlt: Poe Dameron: Somehow, Palpatine Returned 0203
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 18/09/2026Did her PI discover the former leaders of the BC Conservatives secretly members of David Eby's NDP government? 040
Reposted by Ian BushfieldShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There definitely isn't enough #bcpoli drama happening today so OF COURSE Centre BC leader Mike Bernier and TBD Party interim leader Peter Milobar are holding a press conference at 1PM 🥴 2195
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 17/09/2026People out there waiting hours in line for the Pokemon 30th anniversary cards that came out today. I dropped by a random local card shop in the afternoon right as their shipment arrived and got a box in ten minutes. 100
Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 16/09/2026I'm honestly agnostic on whether Canada should join the EU, but as a dual Can-UK citizen, it would be funny if I got EU citizenship back this way 2190