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Dawn Sparks

@sparkygazelle.bsky.social
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Just a human living in Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish territory. Cats, horses, the smell of the sea, the smell of the forest - heaven. She/her. Let's stop the fascists, the transphobes, the racists and bigots.

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 21h
1/7 🇨🇦 LIBERAL MP PUSHES BACK ON NEW MAJOR PROJECTS BILL 🇨🇦 Patrick Weiler challenges the sweeping powers in Bill C-39. He warns fast-tracking approvals risks ecological safety. Source: CBC News #ClimateSky #CdnPoli #BcPoli #BillC39 #Ecology
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 20h
oh that's me. I'm not doing great and I need 40$ for various survival supplies and my phone bill (30$) is due tomorrow, if anyone could chip in to help, its most appreciated etransfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com
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NDP @ndp.ca · 21h
Today, far-right trillionaire Elon Musk said that Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Quebec should separate from Canada. Powerful foreign interests want our country broken up, and vulnerabilities in Alberta’s referendum give them that chance. Why aren't the Liberals taking this threat seriously?
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K a s s i e D e e @kassiedee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Israel killed more Palestinian children from Jan to Aug 2023 than any other year on record. Israelis refuse a "two-state solution" so why do you keep repeating this scenario that everyone, including you, knows will never happen. End the apartheid. End the occupation. End the genocide.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 20h
Indigenous leaders from the Amazon and Canada joined Manitoba NDP Leah Gazan in Ottawa to call for urgent action to address climate emergencies and Canada’s violation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Indigenous leaders from the Amazon and Canada call for urgent climate action - APTN News
Indigenous leaders from the Amazon and Canada joined Manitoba NDP Leah Gazan in Ottawa to...
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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Leah is the sole NDP member who was elected in Manitoba. Her tireless work not just for her constituents but for all Canadians is unmatched by any other opposition MP and she's consistently on the right side of the big issues. Follow her for a good take on what's really going on with the Liberals.
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bank of Canada security officers have been on strike for 100+ days. The Bank has been caught twice violating federal anti-scab law and even hired Pinkertons, a contractor notorious for violent strikebreaking. PM Carney says he stands with workers. Why won't he condemn this corporate lawbreaking?
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 23h
Different parties have different ideas for how to reform the B.C. tax system and potentially make the rich pay a fairer share. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Taxing the rich: What’s on the table in the 2026 B.C. election? | CCPA
Different parties have different ideas for how to reform the B.C. tax system and potentially make the rich pay a fairer share.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 23h
"there’s much more to life than working, and everyone desires down time to relax, to have, to enjoy the world. This is why @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social includes a modest amount for leisure and recreation in the calculations for living wage." #canlab www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
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Telling people to just 'work harder' to get ahead is the biggest scam of all time - Halifax Examiner
Elected officials should do the work of changing tax and political systems that work against people.
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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Please help Ahmed. People shouldn't have to film pain to get people to care.
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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Abood needs our help, please do what you can.
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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I wasn't able to boost Bara'a for three days, bc I spoke out against the genocide she and Ibrahim are living through. Don't do what this site wants you to do, don't ignore people, don't be complicit. Boost. Help.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What is the point of this watchdog if what they see is excused?
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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Please help Om Amir
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When we see the excess deaths from record-breaking temperatures we shouldn't be shy in saying those journalists who knowingly lied and obfuscated about climate change until there was nothing we could do about it have blood on their hands the same way Nazi propagandists did.
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ᵀᴴᴱꀤNGᒪOᖇIOᑌᔕ¹🇨🇦 @inglorious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mass die-offs are already happening. Ocean acidification is accelerating. Dissolved bicarbonate in human blood will hit toxic levels in 50 years. Fuck right off with the economy talk you gd chuds - the literal future of life on this planet is in jeopardy. ROI's ain't shit when humanity is DOA.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pretty sad that electoral desperation is the only thing that can get Canadian politicians to even think of taxing the wealthy. Eby could've done this last year and been a legend. Instead it's a sweaty hail Mary.
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FIRST READING: David Eby's pledge to make B.C. the highest taxed jurisdiction on earth
Proposed top marginal tax rate would be higher than anywhere except Denmark.
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Dawn Sparks @sparkygazelle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something something 4 dimensional chess that us regular people can't even begin to understand ... JFC
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Rick @calder12.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We have to pay for those pipelines folks, it is critical to our defense against the US, especially as we up our contracts for government with US companies. Use your heads, he knows what he is doing!
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frankenstonk's monster @stonkers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
October 6: this extremely menacing black-eyed demon baby
a gilt-framed painting of a baby floating head and shoulders above a bank of grey cloud. the baby has a pink ruffled dress on, entirely black irises, a distressingly red lip, and bram stoker's dracula's haircut. it stares directly and eternally at the viewer
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A national newspaper basically threatened NDP Leader Avi Lewis’ life. Why is no major media talking about this?? Thank you @rachelgilmore.bsky.social for this excellent essay and video on the hypocrisy of the MSM on this matter: rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/a-national...
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A national newspaper basically threatened NDP Leader Avi Lewis’ life. Why is no major media talking about this??
Watch now (12 mins) | One of Canada’s largest newspapers just published what read a whole lot like an incitement to violence against NDP Leader Avi Lewis, prompting widespread condemnation.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
could anyone possibly spare a few bucks because the sidewalk ripped my pants when I tripped on the broken curb a few other things, goal is 40$ etransfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com the curb was in pieces. a deathtrap. everything, all of it
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Is he dead yet? 🇨🇦 @maximummeh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So we lose on the Geordie Howe bridge. We lose on the pipeline. And we're supposed to pay for another pipeline?
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 05/10/2026
Carney sucks.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
update. I am at -$5.50
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Far-left party wins Berlin election. Leader promised to proceed with nationalising the housing associations and "drive speculation from Berlin," in accordance with a referendum from 2021 in ​which 58% backed proposals to legislate for nationalisation. www.reuters.com/world/far-le... #Vanre
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Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to nationalise housing
While the AfD ​has attracted most attention, the ⁠Left Party has benefited from a general turn against the mainstream parties.
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Won't offset whale impacts: '$1.2B for ocean protections is simply pennies” compared to $10 billion pledged for an expanded terminal at Roberts Bank, The Wilderness Committee responded in a release. “Right now, I have no confidence the southern resident killer whales will survive Carney’s agenda...'
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New LNG Canada Deal ‘Like Betting on a Concrete Canoe’
The LNG Canada megaproject in Kitimat, British Columbia, is expected to announce a final investment decision today to double its output to up to 30 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year, th...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 05/10/2026
Oyster fishing is a way of life on PEI, but disease is threatening to wipe out the sector that has sustained communities here for generations. In an unstable world, we need to protect Canada's industries. I spoke with fishers in Charlottetown to learn what the federal government can do to help.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Let me be clear: we know from evidence in countries around the world that physician dual practice drains resources away from the public system and, in many cases, increases wait times for public patients. This goes directly against the spirit of the Canada Health Act. 1/3
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Through the Liberals' Bill C-39, they're ramping up their attacks on workers' rights, including the right to strike. Whether it’s workers, Indigenous peoples or defenders of the environment, the Liberals say they consult only to totally ignore those worst impacted by their corporate agenda. (1/3)
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Canadians will officially never recoup the costs of ***TMX*** and the government is going to drive the orcas to extinction for ANOTHER oil pipeline. Isn’t Carney supposed to be a great economic brain or something?? Why are we killing the whales for nothing?!
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Dawn Sparks @sparkygazelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Because of course, why would the Liberals bring in a wealth tax or excess profits tax. Can't mess with their donors even if it means the demise of the Southern Resident Killer Whales or, indeed, adding fuel to the burning of the planet.
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Dawn Sparks @sparkygazelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another " you don't support pipelines so it must mean you want to stop using fossil fuels overnight" oil and gas apologist.
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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Om Jameel needs our help. We have a chance to do something.
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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Please help Elias.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
wow I am not doing great but I could be doing worse could anyone help me out with a 20$ for foods and 20$ for various supplies etransfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
Anyone who wants to support my living expenses as I currently have zero sources of income can always do it here where I accept mutual aid. Know that your donations do not make me rich in any way. They just make my continued survival possible. buymeacoffee.com/chantaljames
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Support Chantal!
Hello friends! It's me, the author of the novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS and the novella FES IS A MIRROR and poetry and essay that touches your heart. You might know me from Bluesky where I constan...
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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cool. And somebody just drove right into the side of my spouse's work van. They seem to be fine, but what in the fuck. I don't know how we're gonna survive.
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mythsout.bsky.social @mythsout.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Those who understand how fiat money systems work know that everything Carney says is b.s. Whether it's trying to run the currency issuing govt like a household, or selling public assets to "raise money", it's all B.S. The price Canadians are, and will pay for handing power to Carney is considerable.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I regret to inform you that if you genuinely believe Mark “Zionist Palestine” Carney deserves the Nobel peace prize, you have molasses for brains ❤️
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
with all respect: i'm losing touch with what AI does because i have no interest in it and it's not my business. nobody worries about me losing touch with developments in particle physics or artificial bull insemination. it's not my fault the richest guys on earth want me to make their toy my life
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.thebeaverton.com/2026/10/carn...
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Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.
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Burdock and Bramble @burdockandbramble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watching hobby farmers get support by using language popularized by human trafficking industries is never not infuriating. Do I need to emulate the system that sold me in order to get traction?
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/10/2026
The West Coast oil pipeline has been designated a project of national interest, side-stepping environmental safeguards that have been in place for decades and charting a course that could irrevocably alter the Salish Sea. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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Carney Fast Tracks Oil Pipeline, Promises Environmental Protection | The Tyee
Announcing funding to prepare BC for oil spills is ‘a warning sign all on its own,’ UBCIC rep says.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Behold, a column by the @theglobeandmail.com's Tony Keller that cries out for a debunking. Allow me. 🧵 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: This was the week Canada stopped shooting its oil patch in the foot
We’re finally witnessing our country act with some sense of its own self-interest
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tgk...
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Avi Lewis is getting American FOX NEWS-Style attacks From Canadian Media
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney's first-ever project designated as being in the “national interest" is...a crude oil pipeline. That means the oil pipeline can bulldoze past environmental laws, impact assessments, and Indigenous consultation. It can also kill all of Vancouver's orcas. Here's what you need to know:
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Sherri Iona @lfkgirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Listen to Charlie. Avi was right in his statement. The NP is creating a dangerous dialogue.
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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dallas Brodie and OneBC out here doing anti-Indigenous racism, masks off, day-to-day lives and in their election platform. #bcpoli
from ONEBC platform:
Reconciliation

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Repeal DRIPA and declare UNDRIP to have no force and effect in BC

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Halt all voluntary transfers of cash, land, and control over public resources to band governments

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Restore oversight and accountability for Indigenous Band spending

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Demand constitutional reforms to repeal the Indian Act, transform reserves into townships, and unite all British Columbians under one law and political framework.

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Restore the original names of public institutions and public places — Names must primarily be in English

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End the practice of mandatory land acknowledgements within the government and government-funded institutions.
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vancouverobert.bsky.social @vancouverobert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just finished my summer project of writing to Liberal MPs asking what they are personally doing about climate change. The government seems unaware of the billions of dollars of cost. Wrrite to any MP w/o postage. House of Commons Ottawa K1A 0A6. Cc: @cathmckenna.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
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