Jon Ellacott

@ahmedshubber25 You are thinking this will allow you to do full service Design-Build work with your electric excavation equipment?

I’m looking to setup a geo technical engineering office in nyc. Unknown to many, alot of the worlds civil engineering happens in nyc. Id like to handle the whole lifecycle of an earthworks project(from pre planning to surveying, to project management and actual deployment)

@MarkJCarney The boldest outcome would be to come to terms with our southern neighbor for the betterment of our populace.

In a crisis, fortune favours the bold.

A strong Canada that prioritizes hard power over rhetoric benefits us all. Unfortunately, Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments. DoW is pausing the Permanent Joint Board on Defense to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense. 1/3

@optionscaller @Howard__24 Construction hard costs and energy and utilities availability, even considering the creative energy involvement.

@EllacottJon @Howard__24 explain what I'm missing. How is it an expensive location without land cost factoring in?

If you follow me / subscribe to my Substack, The Realist, this week's Westbank-Telus AI data centre announcement should be no surprise. Both have been in the works for some time, as I've reported. #vanRE Here's a thread. (1/4)

@optionscaller @Howard__24 When did I mention land cost?

@EllacottJon @Howard__24 Land cost is the least worry in a multi billion dollar buildout

@MarkJCarney @BarackObama You are meeting with the wrong president, Mark. Give your head a shake.

Welcome back to Canada, President @BarackObama. Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future — and empower more people to build with us.

We don’t lack ideas in Canada—we bury them in red tape. canadiangrocer.com/we-dont-lack-i…

@joshryanjames That’s the service guy driving it back to the yard which was likely close, because the lift gate is broken.

QE2 near Red Deer, Alberta: Dashcam footage shows Tim Horton's distribution truck with tailgate/lift gate dragging on the road, creating sparks in foggy conditions, with items like a pallet jack visable in the back. twitter.com/RadioIndia_/st…

@Jay_Coupar @JohnCCoupar Because the active listings do not reference total inventory. The entire industry is still finding lacklustre presale interest.

Most Vancouver condo markets I work in have been rising since January. Example: False Creek’s sales-to-active listings ratio just hit 22% — anything over 20% is considered a seller’s market. Why isn’t the media covering this?

@MarkJCarney @EmmanuelMacron Do you know who is a closer friend? Both geographically and politically?

Canada and France are the closest of friends — bound by shared history, values, and language. @EmmanuelMacron and I are looking at new ways to create more opportunities for trade between our nations, and create more prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic.

@mario_canseco It’s not hard to rival ineptitude.

65% of British Columbians (-5 since March 2025) want the Official Opposition to develop a housing policy that rivals what the provincial government is doing. #bcpoli researchco.ca/2026/04/30/bcp…

Carney's a brand new prime minister. Unfortunately, the last administration, what can you say? The numbers are horrific. Justin Trudeau, I call him the idiot king, devastated the economy there. Everything by the numbers is a disaster. We have to give Carney a chance. He's only been there a year and a month or something, so nothing's really happened yet. Hopefully he can pull this off and figure out how to not piss it away, because the Canadian government has not had a good track record of managing anything.

@Bzubyk You mean Caroline’s campaign team?

I'd be super happy if people in Ontario, Alberta and points in between STFU about the conservative race in BC. We've been doing this for a while and I'm sure you all have your own issues to deal with. We know how to beat the NDP and honestly it's a good slate of candidates. We will rise to the occasion without your help. We will support whoever wins and win the next election without your thoughts, prayers and self interest. Thank you for your attention to this.

@MarkJCarney Built by workers but taken apart by bureaucrats and the establishment.

Le Canada a été bâti par les travailleuses et les travailleurs.    En ce Jour de deuil national, nous rendons hommage à toutes les femmes et à tous les hommes qui ont perdu la vie ou ont été blessés au travail.   Pour bâtir un Canada plus fort, il nous appartient à tous – gouvernements, entreprises et syndicats – d’assurer de veiller à ce que les Canadiennes et les Canadiens puissent travailler en toute sécurité.

@Bzubyk Conservatives need to understand that if less than 5% of the electorate prioritizes an issue, you don’t ever need to mention it.

A note on purity tests. Before John Rustad took over as leader of the BC Conservatives, the party was polling in the low single digits, typically 2–4% in provincial vote intention surveys. This was consistent with their weak performance in the 2020 election (1.91% of the popular vote, no seats). This is fact, not opinion. The reason that the BC Conservatives finished above 40% and came a few hundred votes short of victory was that the anti-NDP vote coalesced under the conservative brand. This was helped by BC United being an absolute vanilla and valueless mess coupled with exhaustion of the NDP. The conservatives brought new energy and edge to the race that helped brand the centre-right differently. This was long overdue and was a stark contrast to the dithering BCU. As well, the centre-right coalition was redefining itself both nationally and provincially. Conservatives became younger, more blue collar and more ethnic. While I expect the NDP to be defeated in the next election, this new coalition has not won at the polls as of yet. That doesn't mean it can't or won't and looking at different western democracies one can reasonably assume that it is more than capable of winning. Now to purity tests. Elections are won in BC on the margin. Campbell had his landslide win and Horgan easily won a pandemic election but aside from those, most are nail biters. You cannot win by making your coalition more exclusive and unwelcoming. That doesn't mean that you abandon core principles or can't offer a fundamentally different vision. This should include so called "cultural issues" and "economic issues" (In my opinion a false dichotomy pitched primarily by online keyboard warriors) as most people share concerns about both, even if prioritized somewhat differently. The general public doesn't care about who said or did what ten years ago. They want change and a vision they can unite behind. There are quality choices in this leadership race but if the campaigns continue to play "gotcha" wedge politics (an NdP specialty BTW) the public will tune out. Leadership candidates should be held to account for their record but not to the point where the race looks more like a mean girls remake than a serious debate of issues and values. Every word spoken is being saved by the NDP to use against the eventual winner - guaranteed.

@elonmusk They’ve been in power for the last several decades.

If they’re willing to die to assassinate, imagine what they will do if they gain political power

One was elected to successful negotiate with our largest partner and closest neighbor, and has categorically failed to do that. And add to that his clear conflicts of interest. The other is a lifelong politician who has never had a job outside of politics, who promised he would never run again after two terms and establish term limits. Neither have working Canadian’s best interests at heart.

No, Andrew Scheer. People don’t like Mark Carney because he’s better than Justin Trudeau. People like Mark Carney because he’s better than Pierre Poilievre.

@junonewscom God forbid we find someone who can fix the economy.

Caroline Elliott takes aim at B.C.'s education system: "Are you OK with your kids being taught that the land they stand on does not belong to them? That they should feel shameful about our past?" "We need to scrap SOGI and take activism out of the education system."

@Dave_Eby Note the ratio on this post.

Today, the First Nations Leadership Council and I released a joint statement on DRIPA. Our government is committed to working with First Nations in B.C. in genuine collaboration to find a path forward. Read the full statement here: news.gov.bc.ca/33646