Raymond Tomlin (he/him/his)

Tara Armstrong was ruled out of order for her use of Nazi ideology in the House today - but not before she made several posts on social media & if you watch, she tries to justify herself before being shutdown. She withdrew her words but her intentions are clear. She doesn't uphold the dignity of her position. Shame on her.

@BestStephenD @yanickmproulx @MarkJCarney Mark Carney as Prime Minister … * not only kept the Canada dental plan, but expanded it, so that crowns are now covered. Nine million Canadians benefit from the expanded program. * brought in a national lunch programme for children enrolled in our country’s education system.

@yanickmproulx You're correct, of course. What @MarkJCarney has done is, effectively, a betrayal of Canada's progressive voters who comprise the country's largest voting bloc.

You hate Mark Carney because he’s a Liberal. Fine. But I keep hearing “he’s done nothing” from people who can’t name a single policy. So here are the receipts from his first 12 months: 1 - Killed the consumer carbon tax. Gone on day one. 2 - Scrapped the EV mandate. Replaced it with a $5,000 rebate and choice. 3 - Reversed the capital gains tax hike. 4 - Passed the One Canadian Economy Act (C-5) to tear down interprovincial trade barriers. 5 - Cut 40,000 federal jobs with a plan to actually shrink government. 6 - Slashed immigration targets to match housing and infrastructure capacity. 7 - Hit NATO’s 2% target with $82B in new defence spending. 8 - Launched Build Canada Homes + a Major Projects Office fast-tracking 20+ projects. 9 - 26 international trips, China canola tariffs reduced, $97B in foreign investment secured. Read it again: carbon tax gone. EV mandate gone. capital gains reversed. immigration down. defence up. trade barriers down. government trimmed. You don’t have to like him. You don’t have to vote for him. But saying “he’s done nothing” after that list isn’t analysis, it’s selective memory. #canpoli #cdnpoli #LIB2026 #markcarney

@jodyvance Yes. The more voices we have weighing in on civic politics, the better off we’ll all be. As I recover from my prostate cancer surgery, I hope (soon) to once again begin writing about municipal politics this election year. #vanpoli

If I wrote a weekly column on municipal politics….would you read it?

@tamarataggart speaks truth to power on an issue that is rarely addressed in a public forum. A critically important and heartbreakingy articulate voice in the political realm, she MUST join the next BC government as a Minister. #bcpoli

@klarsenTEAM Congratulations, Kathleen. 6 months of joy, satisfaction, hard work, long hours and the camaraderie of all your fellow candidates, inside @vote4team and without. Sure to be one of the most satisfying experiences of your life. Best of good fortune. #vanpoli

I'm so excited to announce! TEAM 2026 City of Vancouver Council Candidate Proud single mom BA double major geography and psychology MA program (SCARP) UBC Community and Heritage Planner lower mainland Director Vancouver Heritage Foundation Follow me ! @teamkathleenlarsen

History will indeed be kind to Justin Trudeau, for all the reasons Rosemarie Green points out, supplemented by further recognition by those who comment on her post. #cdnpoli

@JcookeJeff @guyfelicella Convention delegates were chosen because of their fealty to Poilievre / required to commit to vote for Poilievre. Most delegates were a despicable amalgam of ne’er-do-well Freedom Convoyers. Hardly representative of the broad spectrum Conservative Party.

@guyfelicella Yes Guy and he won the leadership with over 80% support, so that leaves 20% who don’t agree with him, we are seeing that 29% play out in floor crossings.

This might go down as the biggest political collapse in Canadian history. From a promised supermajority to his own party abandoning ship. He didn’t just lose the election, he lost his seat, and they still brought him back. 🤯 Let that sink in.

@JasJohalBC Ain’t gonna happen, Jas. Anjali will work with new federal NDP leader Avi Lewis, and will seek a federal seat in the next federal election. Ms. Appadurai has already made that clear to the good folks in COPE. Your question is based on old news.

Closer to home, when will climate campaigner Anjali Appadurai announce her run for Vancouver Mayor under the COPE banner? Also, interesting to see BC Green Party Leader Emily Lowan at this event, considering Pete Fry is the Green candidate for Mayor. #vanpoli #bcpoli

@fabulavancouver For what it’s worth, Frances, you have my full and enthusiastic support. I would like to see @wazaroff tip the scales in your favour (and @BurrowsAmanda, too) and announce you (both) as a preferred candidate on the @OneCityVan slate for Council. We need the both of you. #vanpoli

Just called up a friend of my second cousin's, as one does when campaigning for Vancouver city council, and when she got on the phone, she said, "Yes, I heard you're running" and then laughed and laughed and laughed for a full minute.

Tonight, we cry tears of joy. 🥹 Congratulations to Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, and to everyone behind THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS, for bringing home the #Oscar for Best Animated Short! 🏆🇨🇦✨ Stream it for free → bit.ly/CriedPearlsNFB @TheAcademy #StreamCanadian #Oscars2026

@DilulloCody @CBCVancouver @KenSimCity Gloria Mackarenko is an embarrassment to the @CBC, a vacuous “professional” broadcaster. When #CBC took her off the air as host of their evening newscast, that should’ve been the end of her career - sadly, it wasn’t. #vanpoli

Unacceptable @CBCVancouver This attempt to legitimize @KenSimCity's lies is really awful here. How many voters heard or saw this and will attribute Gloria's suspicious and investigatory tone to legitimacy?

@MikeKlassen @CityofVancouver Yes. Nice juxtaposition of photos. I particularly like the photo of Vancouver City Hall, and the unique angle you have chosen to capture the image of the seat of Vancouver municipal government, the image both unique and beautiful.

Council day in the most beautiful city in the world. @CityofVancouver 😊☀️

@MikeKlassen @CityofVancouver Thank you, Councillor Klassen. My grandfather escaped the pogroms in Ukraine in 1903, sailing from Sweden to Canada, where he set about to clear land near High River, Alberta to become a (very successful) farmer. We are all Ukrainians. Slava Ukraini, indeed.

Today in @CityofVancouver Council, I marked the 4th anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. We honour the courage of those defending their homeland and their freedom. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini

@fabulavancouver Everything I’d heard was Amanda had it in the bag. With Heather Stoutenberg (former NDP provincial director) as her campaign manager, Amanda seemed like the chosen one. Apparently not. William Azaroff, though, is a strong candidate for Mayor.

Non-profit housing developer William Azaroff chosen as mayoral candidate for OneCity with 1,324 votes to 929 for Amanda Burrows. About 400 out here at York Theatre for the announcement

@bobmackin Absolutely it’s Lucy Maloney, who worked for the mining industry in Australia, as did her husband, who in Canada saw her husband continue to work in the mining industry. By the by, as a chief environmental officer in Australia, she had an egregious record.

Trick question: which city councillor in the photos below works for a mining company and is married to a mining company executive? #vanpoli

@JasJohalBC Thank you for all the good that you do, for your integrity and hard work, for your consistently deep and incisive insights, for all the news stories you break, for your non-partisan no holds bar sincere and honest reporting. In 2025, you set a new high bar for the work you do.

I want to wish Merry Christmas to you all on #bcpoli and #cdnpoli Hope you take time off from the hot takes and leadership intrigue, and spend some quality time with family and friends this holiday season. See you all in 2026! (Took these pics on Monday. City looks amazing)

I have to give credit where credit is due....Don Davies intern NDP leader was funny...My pronouns is broke and irrelevant 🤣 🤣 ..He did some pretty good roasting.

@sizzle_sarah Destructor. That poor former TV.

Name the cat 😂

@fabulavancouver It would seem that accountability does matter any more. In times past, Ministers and their staffs, and City Councillors and Planning staff would stand before reporters extolling their accomplishments when it came to building housing. No more. Alas.

Dear City of Vancouver Planning: A thread about how kooky it is that you can provide no data on what your city plans are actually accomplishing. I've been trying for about a week to find out how many new apartments have been permitted/built under the Grandview-Woodland 2016 plan