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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Comment replies are bugged in the app and sometimes only work if you press on the comment itself (not on the little speech box button)

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Glad to see there is always funding to subsidize car ownership (even at the expense of victims of reckless driving) and nothing for public transportation! 👎

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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"19 times Canada’s financing for renewable energy projects, which totalled $975 million per year during the same period. Meanwhile, most G20 countries already use their public banks to finance more renewables than fossil fuels." environmentaldefence.ca/2026/07/09/n...

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New Report Shows Canada is the Worst Public Financier of Fossil Fuels in the G20. - Environmental Defence

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL New Report Shows Canada is the Worst Public Financier of Fossil Fuels in the G20 Toronto | Treaty Lands

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Feds will subsidize a $100 billion pipeline after paying $34bil for the last one. But the PM signs on with Trump to fight subsidized EV technology. This has nothing to do with jobs. It is about blocking the expansion of cheap/accessible alternatives. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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Canada signs on to pledge to fight subsidized overproduction of EVs, batteries, and solar panels

More than a dozen G20 countries say their domestic industries are being harmed by excess factory capacity elsewhere

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i dont see it as an incentive/punishment or anything i just see it as a gov revenue source. avg doctor in BC makes $241k and will be paying approx $1000 more in annual income taxes, i dont see that moving the needle while the claimed $1bn additional healthcare funding from this is significant imo

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i mean yeah unsurprisingly the centre left government wants to capitalize on left populism without committing to things that would give them friction w senior gov, industry insiders etc glad to see greens propose actual wealth tax, but im still not against this modest tax bracket change

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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One of our volunteers just saw an R2 going down Gilmore Ave, and sure enough, both the R2 and R5 are being detoured down Gilmore due to traffic. We need true, all-day bus lanes on Hastings! (And everywhere else where buses get delayed.)

a screenshot from translink's website of the bus detour notice for the R5

a screenshot from translink's website of the bus detour notice for the R2

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yeah this is a fine change, small change to tax brackets impacting a small number of people who can afford it to generate $1b for healthcare. Too many people up in arms over this. Yes a real wealth tax / wealth inequality fix would target land, capital gains etc, this is not that. Lets do that next

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yea i think thats a fair take. To me this is the type of thing that would be a reasonable change to make in one of their budgets, but weird to campaign on. Just getting too much air overall i think lol. Now a wealth tax and a stable funding model for transit would be somethin to get excited about!

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They have some government revenues to make up and this is stable long-term revenue that will not affect 98% of people. I don't have a problem with this at all. That said, yes please go after capital gains, land wealth etc. there's gold in them hills

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I agree but I think there's too much of a kneejerk reaction to this announcement. This will impact about 2% of BC and make very little difference - e.g. if you make $250k per year this will be a change of ~$1200 per year. This is just increasing revenues from the tax base w/o impacting most people.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Any serious solution needs to be with the barriers to new supply, of which rent control is a drop in the bucket. Overhaul restrictive zoning so we dont need to have years of consultation and hearings to build a little apartment on an empty single family home lot. Stop 'growth pays for growth' DCCs.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think this is a good take. Acknowledging that rent control is not the primary driver of low supply - a shortage is a shortage. You can ration with who can afford higher prices, or with waitlists and measures to avoid displacement. Either way you still dont have enough housing for everyone.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I live in Quebec, with strong rent control by North American standards. Does it reduce housing/rental construction? Possibly! But I *know* our zoning rules limit housing construction. I know there’s demand from developers to build more housing and we’re flat out saying “no”. So that’s my focus.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My view of rent control is that it doesn’t solve the underlying problem (housing supply shortage). But also, to the extent that it’s net negative, it’s pretty far down the list of the main causes of the housing crisis. So, I don’t spend much time advocating for or against it. Am I wrong?

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The reality is that we currently live in a market economy, so cost increasing policies negatively affect creation of new housing. Easy wins in current conditions are upzoning, removing barriers to new housing, and ADD government funded nonmarket housing that the market would never deliver.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think it can be a good policy tool for protecting the people least able to move if market rates would otherwise force them to. But it cannot be considered a solution to the housing crisis, and likewise repealing it is not a silver bullet either.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I generally agree with this take. I dont think rent control is a primary driver of affordability, and while removing it may measurably improve average rents, I think there are bigger fish to fry that wouldn't expose people to sudden market rate shocks.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Investments in public transit & active transit create tremendous economic uplift. Frustrating to see reactionary vote pandering at the expense of policy that would actually broadly reduce costs.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Save money at the pump, by causing service cuts to the transit that a million people rely on... not sure about that one @davidebybc.bsky.social If transit service worsens, that will lead to more people driving which will increase their costs at the pump

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Anyone know the numbers in Canada? BC specifically I'd be especially curious about.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending

a graph of roadway and mass transit lights

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Most relatable thing about him

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dont think its like a wildly out of line joke or anything but perfectly reasonable that people dont like it, I think its just a matter of the target audience of the joke being Americans clowning on the Trump admin, and not Canadians that are in their crosshairs🤷

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah i mean i dont think we need to litigate her intentions to acknowledge why the joke rubs some people the wrong way or feels like downplaying the US power tripping towards neighbouring countries...

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That's just not true unfortunately. The bluesky bubble largely knows its American corporate slopaganda but plenty of people read it here because they own the local papers like Vancouver Sun etc which bundles NP sections into it.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Love a good rain, it's been quite some time since a proper rain and today we've had a reasonable amount around the lower mainland too. Spent some time just sitting outside listening to the rain this evening, it's like meditation for me

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Could be an AI thing as well. Some people I know are OBSESSED with how AI can know everything for them and will ask Siri for their card numbers, phone number etc I'm sure that not knowing the address is bull and trying to normalize surrendering all mental load to AI, but some people love this shit.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Paul Numberino is too funny, such a treat any time hes featured as a cast member 😃

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NDP Leader Avi Lewis says Carney’s government is “flooding the zone.” “We are in a crisis moment. We’re under economic attack from the United States and we need a crisis response,” Lewis said. 1/2

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“But prime minister Mark Carney is using our fear and disorientation around the trade war to push through a series of unpopular measures that he did not run on, has no mandate for, and would never get away with under normal circumstances.” 2/2

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

yah you can definitely tell who cares about something and who just cares about living the dream

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i think he's just a very famous normie dumbass who is not used to having to actually think about the world outside his bubble & reckon with the fact that what's easy and what's right doesn't always line up person not normally affected by politics overwhelmed by small dose of politics lol

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NDP @ndp.ca · 19/09/2026

A strike is by definition a labour disruption. Liberals are going after the right to strike.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thanks for sharing, Seth. I've written my MP. It feels like all these "nation building projects" that are touted as attracting investment in Canada is really just Canada footing the bill for oil/gas companies to make more money for themselves while trashing the environment...

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Important new report here from @stand.earth: Ksi Lisims LNG: Making Canada Weaker Dangled before Canadians as a nation-building project, Ksi Lisims LNG - a floating methane gas export facility on BC’s north coast - is a risky project with few benefits for Canadians. stand.earth/ksi-lisims-l...

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Ksi Lisims LNG: Making Canada Weaker - Stand.earth

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Is it accurate to say BC gov has been rolling out the red carpet for AI data centres? The only push behind datacentres I could see has come at the federal level, I haven't seen much talk at all from the BCNDP on AI datacentres Certainly agree re: pipelines & LNG projects, and who is benefiting.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Transit signal priority would be such a gamechanger for our region.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the implied fine print being, the homes people "need" are only a specific kind of home. Most likely meaning low carbon affordable housing... unfortunately even removing red tape, those projects dont pencil out without prov/fed funding because land & construction is expensive asf

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Went toe-to-toe with Mayor Brad West and Conservative MP Ellis Ross at Resource Works’ Get It Done event this week to deliver one message: for the sake of our economy, our workers, and our environment — BC needs a green industrial strategy. 💪 Join the bc greens today: bcgreens.ca/join

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A Trains Woman @trainswoman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Riding EVERY transit route in Metro Vancouver! Route: 25 King Edward Vehicle: New Flyer DE60LFR Duration: 77min Review: The 4th busiest bus route in the system, the 25 is a long east-west route connecting UBC to King Edward Stn, Nanaimo Stn, BCIT, and Brentwood. The bulk of the route +

an articulated bus on route 25 King Edward to UBC Exchange

route map for bus 25 King Edward travelling from UBC Exchange via Wesbrook Mall, 16th Avenue, Dunbar Street, King Edward Avenue through King Edward Station, Kingsway, Nanaimo Street through Nanaimo Station, 22nd Avenue, Boundary Road, Kincaid Street, and Willingdon Avenue to Brentwood Station

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Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On airports it’s probably worth a point of clarification for folks new to all this. A 🧵 1/n #cdnpoli Govt doesn’t “own” airports today. It created a series of non-profit concession corps (who can do profit making things) who run on top of land Canada owns.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh nice Queens Park appears to be in Madrid

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Curious why compass card values/passes take so long to update. Buy a daypass for my grandpa and reload my compass in the morning, and an hour later the cards still are not ready. How is it this slow to update a stored value in 2026 lol

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Beyond having fantastic visual clarity, these are helpful since the next stop displays on buses are notoriously slow to update, sometimes not updating until after you already pass the stop.

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Erik @hiebe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Also the irony of business owner complains about losing parking, yet in the photo we see a car parked in the street parking in front of their business. 🤨 Unless people were parking in front of the hydrant 1m from the corner before (which wouldnt have been allowed regardless of barricades)

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