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Wilbur Turner

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Wilbur Turner LL.D. (Hon.) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦2SLGBTQ advocate. Writer. Founder Advocacy Canada. Proud father & granddad. Follow for advocacy news & opinion. Views are my own. he/him

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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The RCMP raised a Pride flag and said their employees deserve to work in an inclusive environment. For this, a Kelowna man has publicly called for the execution of every officer in the country. queergranddad.substack.com/p/kelowna-fr...
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Kelowna 'Freedom Fighter' Calls for Execution of RCMP over Pride Post
A Kelowna man with a documented history of confrontational and threatening behaviour is now calling for the capture and execution of every RCMP officer in Canada, triggered by the national police forc...
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Is Something Not Quite White? The Brave New Victims: A Field Guide to Anti-White Racism. Read my latest: queergranddad.substack.com/p/is-somethi...
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Is Something Not Quite White?
The Brave New Victims: A Field Guide to Anti-White Racism
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Irony Is Loud. Findlay's silence is deafening. Two MLAs from the BC Conservative movement face criminal charges while their supporters call the rainbow community groomers and predators queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-irony-...
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The Irony Is Loud
Two MLAs from the BC Conservative movement face criminal charges while their supporters call the rainbow community groomers and predators
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Me 🍁, Antifa / Love My Country 🇨🇦 @l82be.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
What the heck? Ignorant ! @queergranddad.bsky.social @transparentokanagan.ca
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
British Columbia's Radical Middle - Who speaks for the voters neither party wants to claim? Read the latest: queergranddad.substack.com/p/british-co...
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British Columbia's Radical Middle
Who speaks for the voters neither party wants to claim?
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Kerry-Lynne Findlay is the new leader of the Conservative Party of BC. Does she have what it takes? Read my analysis and the round by round results in my latest column. queergranddad.substack.com/p/findlays-p...
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Findlay’s Political Earthquake: A 182-Point Win
Did the BC Conservatives just hand David Eby exactly what he wanted?
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I Apologize in Advance for Pride Month — or Is It Pride Season? ...and the lack of proper licensing for the rainbow. If you have additional complaints and your rebuttal to them please leave them in the comments. queergranddad.substack.com/p/i-apologiz...
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I Apologize in Advance for Pride Month — or Is It Pride Season?
...and the lack of proper licensing for the rainbow.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Clarity or Confusion: The Supreme Court's Decision to Not Hear an Appeal. Aboriginal Title Not Settled. queergranddad.substack.com/p/clarity-or...
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Clarity or Confusion: The Supreme Court's Decision to Not Hear an Appeal
Aboriginal Title Not Settled
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
When Political Loyalty Becomes a Democratic Liability. Diehard political loyalty has some fancy names, but the impact of it has serious consequences. queergranddad.substack.com/p/when-polit...
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When Political Loyalty Becomes a Democratic Liability
There is a psychological phenomenon that helps explain one of the most frustrating patterns in modern politics: the sight of otherwise reasonable people defending a politician they almost certainly kn...
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Smith Promises Years of Legal Wrangling over Separation. And Wab Kinew schools Danielle Smith at the Western Premiers’ Meeting substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Smith Promises Years of Legal Wrangling over Separation
And Wab Kinew schools Danielle Smith at the Western Premiers’ Meeting
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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
in support of this post, alt text so everyone can see how much of a badass Senator Kim is: "I ran up and put myself between the ICE officers and the crowd, and that's when they started to shoot at us with the pepper balls--as well as using the pepper spray--and were tackling people."
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Cans. Roads. Kicks. A can kicking operation with a made by Smith label. Read the latest. queergranddad.substack.com/p/cans-roads...
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Cans. Roads. Kicks.
A can kicking operation with a made by Smith label.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
When Satire Is Fine, Until It Isn’t How a Borat style show has Conservatives up in arms queergranddad.substack.com/p/when-satir...
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When Satire Is Fine, Until It Isn’t
How a Borat style show has Conservatives up in arms
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Is Danielle Smith a Separatist? Or, what does desperation look like? queergranddad.substack.com/p/is-daniell...
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Is Danielle Smith a Separatist?
Or, what does desperation look like?
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Findlay's Clock Defence - Kerry-Lynne Findlay's campaign wants British Columbians focused on the timing of a federal investigation disclosure. The allegations inside it deserve more attention. queergranddad.substack.com/p/findlays-c...
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Findlay's Clock Defence
Kerry-Lynne Findlay's campaign wants British Columbians focused on the timing of a federal investigation disclosure. The allegations inside it deserve more attention.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Listen and share to help dispel the myths and misinformation about SOGI 123.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Party That Can’t Run Its Own Election The Gift the BC Conservatives Wrapped for the NDP queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-party-... #bcpoli
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The Party That Can’t Run Its Own Election
The Gift the BC Conservatives Wrapped for the NDP
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Alberta's Trojan Horse - Danielle Smith didn't import separatism into Alberta politics. She inherited it, renovated it, and handed it the keys. queergranddad.substack.com/p/albertas-t...
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Remember, I Love You: A Mother's Day Reflection. Many of the things that guide my life I learned from my mom. The good things. And the unintended harm she caused has quietly shaped my advocacy work in a good way. queergranddad.substack.com/p/remember-i...
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Remember, I Love You: A Mother's Day Reflection
Many of the things that guide my life I learned from my mom.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
1,577 origami cranes, each folded from a message written by someone with a view on sexual orientation and gender identity, now hang in Kelowna's downtown library. Worth a look. www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article...
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Origami art turns division into dialogue
A rainbow-like art installation now on display at the downtown library celebrates peace, hope, and equality.
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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Saturday | 10:30 PT Wilbur Turner gives us the facts on the SOGI 123 program in BC schools: What it is, what it isn’t and why it matters. @bccla.bsky.social @queergranddad.bsky.social @faejohnstone.bsky.social @egalecanada.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social
RAINBOW coloured strip over the words SOGI 123
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Stronger Together," Says Premier Who Just Stiffed the Disabled to Pay Her MLAs - Danielle Smith went to Ottawa to talk about the people she serves. Naheed Nenshi brought the receipts. queergranddad.substack.com/p/stronger-t...
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Teflon Premier - But for how long? Danielle Smith has survived a remarkable catalogue of scandals. Will she survive the latest over Canada's largest data breach and her government's culpability? queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-teflon... #abpoli
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The Teflon Premier
But for how long?
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The Gray Zone - Sources allege a structured deal tied Darrell Jones' endorsement of Caroline Elliott to debt relief and a future nomination for Tracy Gray. open.substack.com/pub/queergra... #bcpoli
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The Gray Zone
Sources allege a structured deal tied Darrell Jones' endorsement of Caroline Elliott to debt relief and a future nomination for Tracy Gray.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Jeff Bezos and his wife are the lead sponsors of tonight's Met Gala. Now seems like a good time to remind folks of all the ways Bezos is shafting American consumers and Amazon workers — and how his wealth is putting our democracy at risk. www.commondreams.org/opinion/amazon…
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It Is Difficult for the Brain to Comprehend All the Ways Jeff Bezos Is Shafting Americans | Common Dreams
Like the robber barons of the first Gilded Age, Bezos’s consumption is of the conspicuous kind. But is luxurious lifesty
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The Speaker's List Tells the Story -The optics aren't accidental. Poilievre and Smith join an anti-Canadian line up. queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-speake...
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The Speaker's List Tells the Story
The optics aren't accidental.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Your Name, His Database - How Alberta's self-appointed nation-builder got hold of three million voters and called it civic virtue. queergranddad.substack.com/p/your-name-...
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Who is Actually Reading the Room in BC Politics? BC Conservative leadership candidates are telling British Columbians what to care about. British Columbians have other ideas. queergranddad.substack.com/p/who-is-act...
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Who is Actually Reading the Room in BC Politics?
BC Conservative leadership candidates are telling British Columbians what to care about. British Columbians have other ideas.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A King in the Court of Chaos - The Crown Schools a Congress Full of Cowards. There is something almost unbearably strange about watching a monarch lecture a republic on the importance of not becoming a monarchy. Read the latest here: queergranddad.substack.com/p/a-king-in-...
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Today's News: The Pressure Campaign Behind the Curtain - The same pressure pushing BC Conservative leadership candidates to abandon trans rights is now running for school trustee in Greater Victoria. queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-pressu...
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The Pressure Campaign Behind the Curtain
The same pressure pushing BC Conservative leadership candidates to abandon trans rights is now running for school trustee in Greater Victoria.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Media's Silence Is the Story - Pierre Poilievre told CTV that Mark Carney owns Brookfield and refuses to pay his taxes in Canada. Neither claim is true. The silence that followed tells us something important about our politics. queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-medias...
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The Media's Silence Is the Story
Pierre Poilievre told CTV that Mark Carney owns Brookfield and refuses to pay his taxes in Canada. Neither claim is true. The silence that followed tells us something important about our politics.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
BC Conservative Leadership Candidates Make Bold Announcement to Remove Part of Human Identity - Candidates vow to eliminate Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from province's children, pending discovery of how to do that. queergranddad.substack.com/p/bc-conserv...
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BC Conservative Leadership Candidates Make Bold Announcement to Remove Part of Human Identity
Candidates vow to eliminate Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from province's children, pending discovery of how to do that.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Whose Ideology? Bill 25 hadn't passed yet. That didn't stop a BC-based Christian Nationalist organization from flying to Red Deer to thank Danielle Smith for what she had done for them. open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
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Whose Ideology?
Bill 25 hadn't passed yet. That didn't stop a BC-based Christian Nationalist organization from flying to Red Deer to thank Danielle Smith for what she had done for them.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The Reclaiming Conference that Couldn't Reclaim Kelowna queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-reclai...
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The Reclaiming Conference that Couldn't Reclaim Kelowna
The We Unify organization had big plans for Kelowna.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
While Orbán Fell, Smith Is Still Rising - Sixteen years of authoritarian rule just ended in Hungary. Alberta's version is only getting started. I planned to go to bingo tonight. I even bought a ticket. But I've got something to talk about instead. queergranddad.substack.com/p/while-orba...
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While Orbán Fell, Smith Is Still Rising
Sixteen years of authoritarian rule just ended in Hungary. Alberta's version is only getting started.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The man who brought down Viktor Orbán's 16-year regime was once his own ally, grew up with Orbán's poster on his bedroom wall, and built an opposition party from scratch in two years. New in Queerly Beloved. queergranddad.substack.com/p/he-made-th...
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
What will Canadian politicians who clamoured for positions adjacent to Trump say now? When no one checks the monster - Donald Trump is threatening to erase a civilization. Who will stop him? queergranddad.substack.com/p/when-no-on...
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When No One Checks the Monster
Donald Trump is threatening to erase a civilization. Who will stop him?
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Easter Sunday delivered two moments I couldn't let pass without comment. In BC and across North America, faith is being used as a political weapon, and the people paying the price are real. I wrote about it in this today's Queerly Beloved. queergranddad.substack.com/p/cross-and-...
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Cross and Logo Politics: By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them
From 60 Minutes to the BC Legislature, the Loudest Christians Have the Least to Do with Jesus
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Tara Armstrong puts a bounty on advocacy organizations. queergranddad.substack.com/p/glass-hous...
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Glass Houses: Tara Armstrong’s Transparency Demand Comes With No Mirror
Tara Armstrong wants to know everything about advocacy organizations. She has told us nothing about who is behind her legislative activism.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
When the Good Book Becomes a Prop I grew up being told that God sees through pretense. Read about what is happening across the country. queergranddad.substack.com/p/when-the-g...
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When the Good Book Becomes a Prop
I grew up being told that God sees through pretense.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Hall Pass - Alberta's Bill 25 doesn't remove ideology from classrooms. It erases queer students while waving religious belief straight through. Read my analysis here: queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-hall-p...
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The Hall Pass
Alberta's Bill 25 doesn't remove ideology from classrooms. It erases queer students while waving religious belief straight through.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
When the Right Eats Its Own Future - Yuri Fulmer's deal with Dallas Brodie is not a coalition. It is a confession. queergranddad.substack.com/p/when-the-r...
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When the Right Eats Its Own Future
Yuri Fulmer's deal with Dallas Brodie is not a coalition. It is a confession.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The Lewis Leap. Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership on the first ballot. But can a politics of eat the rich rebuild a party that has lost its way — without losing moderate progressives in the process? Read my take: queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-lewis-...
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The Lewis Leap
Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership on the first ballot. But can a politics of eat the rich rebuild a party that has lost its way — without losing moderate progressives in the process?
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Art of Illusion - On Tuesday night I walked into the Kelowna Community Theatre and the energy hit me before I found my seat. open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
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The Art of Illusion
On drag, illusion, and the art of shining in the dark
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Crying Wolf in BC: The SOGI Myth and the Politicians Who Need It queergranddad.substack.com/p/crying-wol... #bcpoli
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Crying Wolf in BC: The SOGI Myth and the Politicians Who Need It
There is a particular kind of political move that depends entirely on the audience not knowing very much.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A tribute to Kelowna's Daryle Roberts queergranddad.substack.com/p/a-lasting-...
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A Lasting Legacy
A tribute to Daryle Roberts
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Is Caroline Elliott B.C.'s Version of Danielle Smith? A message to BC Conservative leadership candidates. Culture wars is not a platform. Be better. #bcpoli open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
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Is Caroline Elliott B.C.’s Version of Danielle Smith?
A message to BC Conservative leadership candidates. Culture war is not a platform. Be better.
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The floor has moved. So has the argument. Another floor crossing elicits the same tired argument. queergranddad.substack.com/p/the-floor-...
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The Floor Has Moved. So Has the Argument.
Another floor crossing elicits the same tired reaction
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The Deficit They Wanted to Run - On fiscal responsibility, the BC Conservatives are performering a sentiment they actually never held #bcpoli open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
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The Deficit They Wanted to Run
On fiscal responsibility, the BC Conservatives are performing a sentiment they never actually held
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Wilbur Turner @queergranddad.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
When a Vote is More Than a Vote - BC Conservatives scramble to explain a change in voting policy #bcpoli open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
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When a Vote is More Than a Vote
BC Conservatives scramble to explain a change in voting policy
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