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Also isnt it wild that apparently "security of the person" includes a right to drug trafficking but not to buy medical services out of pocket because they public waitlists are too long?

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I think they are doing everything they possibly can to avoid the subject

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Yeah, he at least he isnt running on using tax payer funds to buy and distribute drugs which will then get diverted and resold

Sad thing is I cant even begin to guess at what of the many, many news items might have prompted this particular reflection

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BC Cheese Commissar for High Prices and BC Cheese Commissar for Low Prices That is two more jobs than there otherwise be

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Most of those are supply manged, which is a literal government sponsored and protected cartel designed to raise prices. Artificially increasing the price of milk and eggs then layering price controls on top because the price is too high is completely incoherent

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The NDP is intent on relearning all the economic lessons of the 20th century the hard way

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Today in unintentionally apt metaphors

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Step 1: Carney declares the Kitsilano National Defense Zone Step 2: feds acquire land build a bunch of "PMQs" in super talls, telling CoV to go pound sand Step 3: any unneeded for soldiers (ie almost all of them) get rented to civies

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This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Sorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'll respectfully disagree, this provincial election is about serious and significant issues. Mostly, whether voterd want David Eby's policies from 2022 (Green), January 2026 (CentreBC), May 2026 (BCCons) or Oct 2026 (BCNDP).

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a few too many decision makers who think that the mechanical effects of the exit of a pulse of temporary residents through the housing market is actually victory over the housing crisis.

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And they're doing that during a period of a global oil shortage. Just amazing work on their part

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Thankfully price controls on fuels have never resulted in shortages

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The NDP is out of juice if cut the gas tax by $0.10 is the best they have

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Too bad, you championed some much needed ideas. I hope you run again

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Can you blame them? The idea that there is a constitutional right to drug trafficking in wild.

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That is a bit of the lore I must have missed

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Be a government that has been in power long enough to get tired of it, be in a tough reelection bid and turn to LNG development as an economic booster shot. Pic unrelated

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I would say probably at least 15%-20%. That about where I have seen the Vancouver Liberals polling, which is probably a useful yard stick for how much the brand is worth on its own when attached to a new party.

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Checking in on how Eby's opportunistic snap election against an opposition with no permanent leader is going

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How does the stay of the declaration of invalidity work? If someone gets arrested tomorrow for drug trafficking how does prosecution possibly proceed when a court just declared the law unconstitutional? And thats before even considering the trial probably wont even happen until after the stay ends.

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it is quite confusing that “inclusionary zoning” is not the opposite of “exclusionary zoning”, but actually functions as a tool of exclusionary zoning

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To get a bit more philosophical, governing is naturally moderating influence, so its no surprise that Eby drifted rightward. Just as Harper left office to the left of where he entered.

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Been amusing to watch Eby slowly become the very thing he ran for office to destroy

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Be a government that has been in power long enough to get tired of it, be in a tough reelection bid and turn to LNG development as an economic booster shot. Pic unrelated

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Sure seems like courts are inclined to erase any agency on the part of anyone but the government in these rulings

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An actually good Chuck Marohn piece that is a useful contribution to the discourse

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Why can't Chuck write more peices like this than "supply and demand in housing markets is fake"?

He absolutely should end the structurally guaranteed to bankrupt the UK program. But I'll believe it when I see it

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Part of the YIMBY strength, drawing support from across the ideological spectrum is also its weakness, it isn't dominant within either coalition. Doesn't mean you can't move the ball forward, but the game is more elite persuasion than mass electoral mobilization

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I don't think you can ever eliminate separatism. Just got to beat it down when it rears its head then starve it of oxygen the rest of the time

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Sure, I just wouldn't go out of my way to roll the dice additional times

AFAIK, no. It would just be a very dumb strategy