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Happy to tough it out—just as soon as the provincial government & CRA stops treating my paycheck like an all-you-can-tax buffet 😒 @MarkJCarney #Canpoli

@DrMattKleinMN Being a grandparent is such a blessing and delight 😊 Confrats from Canada, eh

@TillieMartNuuk "Wait him out like bad weather." Keep speaking! I admire yours & Greenlands intelligence, honesty and values. This should be on every channel and media network! youtu.be/DMPe_e-WRMk?si… @MeidasTouch @SenAdamSchiff @krassenstein @GavinNewsom @ericswalwell

@TillieNuuk "Wait him out like bad weather." Keep speaking! I admire yours & Greenlands intelligence, honesty and values. This should be on every channel and media network! youtu.be/DMPe_e-WRMk?si… @MeidasTouch @SenAdamSchiff @krassenstein @GavinNewsom @ericswalwell

Colleen Hardwick is the only mayor for Vancouver. Stop believing the hype & instant bogus policies like 0 taxes or 100 mental health nurses etc. Yes wealthy speculators will slam her but she is the better way, at this point the only way.

@AwesomeNewsom 🌮 🥗

TACO GOT SCARED OF ATTACKING CHICAGO THE WAY HE ATTACKED L.A. BECAUSE YOUR #1 GOVERNOR, GAVIN C. NEWSOM ("C" IS FOR COURAGE, SOME SAY CHARISMA) TOOK HIM TO COURT. I DON'T FEAR KINGS. I MAKE CAESAR SALAD OUT OF CAESARS. (MANY SAY THE TASTIEST THEY'VE EVER HAD.) BRING IT, GRANNY!

The House of Cards in B.C.’s Economy British Columbia, and much of the country, is confronting the consequences of an economic model that was never built to last. For years, we have been told a comforting story about growth — that as long as cranes dot the skyline and property values climb, prosperity will follow. But beneath that veneer lies a stark truth: our economy is not driven by value-added manufacturing, groundbreaking technology, innovation, or by unlocking our vast natural resource potential. It is built almost entirely on real estate and relentless population growth driven by mass immigration. And it relies on the building and selling of homes to the next wave of newcomers. This is not diversification. This is dependency. And like all dependencies, it eventually demands a price. The Shift Away from Real Wealth Creation In the not-too-distant past, B.C.’s prosperity came from sectors that created enduring value: forestry and mining that supplied the world; fisheries that sustained communities; manufacturing that turned raw materials into products; and, in more recent years, tech companies that could compete globally. Today, those industries are shadows of their former selves in our economic mix — thanks, in part, to the strangulation of over-regulation and inordinately lengthy approval processes that are easily weaponized by those ideologically opposed to resource extraction. Their demise is not a naturally occurring phenomenon — and it is reversible — but it reflects the agenda and decisions of policymakers. In their place, real estate has become the dominant force, representing nearly 30% of B.C.’s GDP with its ancillary sectors. That’s a hell of a lot of eggs in a single basket, and the province’s balance sheet has become frighteningly tied to this cycle. As the government oversaw this reorganization of the economy, it sent out the proverbial bat signal that investment capital didn’t belong in business development, but in land. Message received. Billions upon billions poured into bidding up land prices. Among the many consequences of this misallocation of capital are high land values squeezing out industrial employers and gnawing away at industrial land, weakening our capacity to make and export things. Today, industrial land makes up barely 4% of Metro Vancouver’s landmass. Mass Immigration as Fuel for the Model This new growth machine runs on people — specifically, the rapid influx of newcomers. In theory, immigration is a tool to strengthen an economy, replenish a workforce, and foster innovation. But in practice, B.C. and Canada have relied on it as the primary fuel for real estate demand. And what a record they’ve set. In 2023 alone, Canada added 1.27 million people — the most in 66 years, and almost entirely through immigration. No other G7 country even comes close. The country’s notorious Temporary Foreign Worker Program and unprecedented number of International Students have figured prominently in this population surge, and programs once intended to fill specific gaps or foster academic exchange, have morphed into de facto population pipelines. It’s all about feeding the beast: bring in more people than the market can comfortably absorb, then build and sell homes to meet the stimulated demand. Rising prices are framed as a sign of economic health, when in reality, they are a sign of scarcity and strain. In B.C., the government has clung to this model by throwing community planning out the window with a series of legislation that overrides local decision-making and forces blanket upzoning without regard for infrastructure capacity or livability. But all the smoke and mirrors in the world can’t obscure the reality of where this has led us. Hospital emergency rooms close not sporadically, but routinely. More and more students are educated in portables rather than properly resourced schools. Infrastructure — from roads and public transit to sewers and utilities — is under immense strain.

@PressSec 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Trump Is Most Consequential Energy President In US History dailycaller.com/2025/09/07/opi…

@KenSimCity Your housing "solution" isn’t about livability or affordability - it’s about creating investment boxes for offshore buyers and cramming renters into overpriced cages.

Vancouver already has some of the strongest renter protections in Canada. Our job is to protect renters while delivering more homes for Vancouverites. 📢🏘️ Renters need both. That’s the balance we’re focused on.

@FintwitGeneric @BillTieleman “Density” isn’t about livability or affordability - it’s about creating investment boxes for offshore buyers and cramming renters into overpriced cages. #vanpoli #bcpoli

@BillTieleman We need the density bill. If you hate living in a modern city move to a gulf island. You don’t get a veto over new housing

#Vancouver Council is debating the Jericho Lands massive high-rise🏙️development – not even a full council; MST Development Corp executives have mostly left; no questions from Council to speakers pro or con; it’s a massive windfall profit developer play!💰#vanpoli #bcpoli

I’m now in line waiting to vote in the #Vancouver by-election - incompetently run - 1-3 hour waits all day - 1 hour here at Kerrisdale Community Centre! Great that people are turning out but democracy shouldn’t be this hard! 🤬🗳️#vanpoli #bcpoli

A new wedding store on Seymour street. A small business. The customers are too scared to frequent the premises with this crowd outside of it. @Dave_Eby @bcndp @CityofVancouver #bcpoli #vanpoli

@pressprogress In 2022, Team Candidates spoke to what was presented as a neighborhood group-not knowing it was linked to the Freedom House. Team stands for inclusion, affordability & open dialogue with all Vancouverites, but did & do not align with that movement or its values #bcpoli #vanpoli

Candidates for Vancouver Municipal Party Say They Attended Multiple Events with Conspiratorial Far-Right Groups By Accident Two candidates for ‘TEAM Vancouver’ in upcoming by-election appeared at event with far-right groups pressprogress.ca/candidates-for… #bcpoli #vanpoli

Please run for PM! Canada needs you 🙏 🇨🇦🙏bsky.app/profile/charli…

@RBReich "King Mump" must go 😒

A brief word today at the end of the fifth horrific week of Trump 2.0. We are witnessing the transformation of our democracy into a dictatorship (or, as Trump enjoyed promoting this week, a monarchy). robertreich.substack.com/p/from-democra…

Inflation rose in January.Working people are struggling to make ends meet. Trump’s tariffs will make the problem worse. Let me explain.

@nationalpost The Mump Administration must go! 😒

Musk email and deadline for federal workers creates chaotic weekend for U.S. agencies nationalpost.com/news/world/mus…

@JustinTrudeau USA loses bet. Becomes Canada's 11th province.

@rebeccaleebligh 🚨 Breaking: ABC Vancouver just dropped a B... now it’s just AC? 🤔 Guess independent thinking wasn’t part of the Sim City™ expansion pack. 🏙️ But trying to distance yourself from ABC now is like a getaway driver claiming they just realized the heist was illegal. 🚗💨 #VanPoli

Confirming I have been ejected from A Better City. Due to the volume of media inquiries I will be available to speak with media at City Hall today at 3:30 PM

The asshole who divided us now wants us to unite. We have now entered the universe of the galactically stupid and unfortunately there is no cure for that. Communism is a cowardly disease that only inflicts misery, pain and death.