Congratulations to our talented team. We took home 3 major awards tonight:
🏆 Best Integrated Comms Campaign
🏆 Best Media Relations
🏆 Best Nonprofit Campaign
@CTVVancouver
I'm a member of the LGBTQ community, I think it's great if players want to wear the jersey, but why are they being forced to or shamed if they don't want to?
This is basically another 'Portland Hotel Society'-level scandal, likely worse. What other orgs in this space need to be audited? Glad the media are jumping on this.
#vanpoli
#BCpoli
Until harm reduction advocates also prioritize public safety for communities where services are offered, harm reduction policies will never be long-lasting or widespread enough to be considered effective interventions. You cannot ignore public safety concerns—full stop.
#vanpoli
Mayoral wins in Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa all following a trend: the center candidate with an emphasis on public safety and economy.
#vanpoli
#topoli
#ottpoli
@CityNewsVAN
This actually humanizes the mayor and makes me like him more. The mayor is out in the community supporting it and the local economy as mayors should.
#vanpoli
Spotted in downtown Toronto! A Beaver right at the foot of York Street and Queens Quay. A stones throw from the
@BeaverTails
stand! Turn up the volume, the play by play by a group of excited children is the best!
#TorontoBeaver
#CanadianContent
This tweet encapsulates why the previous mayor lost so badly. Downplaying the legitimate safety concerns of the Asian community as seniors were (literally) being attacked by people who use drugs is why I changed my stance on many issues and my support for activists
#vanpoli
Harm reduction where the goal is not treatment and recovery is not compassionate and rooted in public health principles:
"Harm reduction is like throwing them a life preserver but leaving them in the river."
#cdnpoli
#bcpoli
When you're 93-years-old a broken hip can be fatal. This is the type of downplaying of violence that has the
#DTES
activist community losing support and why ABC won a landslide victory in the last election.
@melrod42
@PeterKimData
Jeez when I read the original tweet I thought this guy literally beat up a senior now I hear it was a single push that can't obviously be determined as intentional? The accused obviously deserves their day in court if this is what actually happened.
If all the
#DTES
activist rage tweeters channeled that same energy into actual real-world action, they'd have much less to rage tweet about. Twitter is the perfect distraction
#Vanpoli
#BCpoli
#CDNpoli
The
#DTES
radical activists are losing. Turns out calling people who are concerned about public safety and victims of violent crime fascist isn't a winning strategy—who knew?
#BCpoli
#CDNpoli
#Vanpoli
Congratulations to
@lorrainelowe_
for being appointed chair of the VPD board! Couldn't think of a more deserving and qualified leader who's been a stalwart advocate and supporter of
#ChinatownYVR
from day 1. Well deserved. Things are looking up ;)
#vanpoli
Feel awesome that politicians of all levels are paying attention to
#Chinatownyvr
revitalization and prosperity
#vanpoli
Huge shout out to people like
@lorrainelowe_
for putting in the work
@JenStDen
Majority of Vancouverites don’t share this view. Removal of tents and propane tanks improves safety and reduces fire hazards for surrounding building that support marginalized communities in the
#DTES
#vanpoli
Dozens of volunteers at Surrey's Dukh Nivaran Sahib Gurdwara cooked more than 3000 meals for those stranded in Hope. They're paying for private helicopters to deliver meals (roti, cooked carrots, fruit) Wed AM - and will try for more trips in the coming days
@CityNewsVAN
#BCStorm
Just walked through Gastown and wow it has become a shell of its former self. So happy Vancouver now has mayor & council who care about Vancouver business areas and nighttime/entertainment economy which generate so much vitality to the city & vibrancy for its residents.
#vanpoli
Proud of the Asian community in
#RichmondBC
who showed up last night & faced off against racist activists. For too long Chinatowns have been left to deteriorate because of the racism that assumes we won't fight back. That all changed last night:
#BCpoli
Today I was at JJ Bean on Main/15th in the morning and two of your officers helped someone who was unhoused get medical attention. The entire time the officers were patient and kind to him. The situation was deescalated without incident.
Not uncommon to get comments from passersby about arrests, especially those involving use-of-force; & that’s okay. We hope having some information helps. We make over 50+ arrests/day, unfortunately some don’t want to be arrested.
#contextmatters
During the election I remember a lot of my friends commenting that they didn't even know what Kennedy Stewart looked like. The first time they saw him was during the media coverage. Ken seems much more visible and accessible to Vancouver residents
#Vanpoli
The extreme right & extreme left are both damaging to society, engendering toxic divisiveness that encourages tribalism & eschews reason/critical thinking. Both are also highly fragile and defensive when their ideologies are challenged:
#CDNpoli
#BCpoli
In
#vanpoli
: rage tweeting is literally all one side can do right now. And it does absolutely zero in regaining the power they lost in the last election when ABC won their super majority. One would think this would be the first lesson learned. But 🤷🏻♂️
"The new report, which uses interviews with over 20 healthcare experts, including 14 addiction medicine specialists, suggests safer supply recipients and drug dealers are scamming the system."
#vanpoli
#bcpoli
#cdnpoli
More and more the alt-right and radical left are looking like the same crowd. To subscribe to any extreme ideology is to surrender your critical thinking skills, agency, and ability to think for yourself.
#vanpoli
#BCpoli
#CDNpoli
British Columbia has led the country in overdose deaths despite widely embracing harm reduction. It's time to focus on treatment and recovery as well.
#vanpoli
#BCpoli
#CDNpoli
Wow, NDP has fallen to 4th place? This is further evidence that subscribing to extreme left social policies is not a good strategy in
#CDNpoli
politics. The NDP of Jack Layton was when the party was at the top of its game and extremely electable. It's a shell of that now.
Updated
@338Canada
Federal Model:
CPC: 138 (+19)
LPC: 137 (-23)
BQ: 34 (+2)
NDP: 26 (+1)
GPC: 3 (+1)
- April 23, 2023 -
(Seat Changes With 2021 Federal Election)
Check out the model here:
This is because
@Vote4ABC
's huge win in Vancouver made politicians realize that public safety is a universally popular issue and that the majority of people on Twitter downplaying it are the loud/strident minority
#Vanpoli
I cannot stress to you how weird it is that David Eby is "Mr. Public Safety" now. Ten years ago, he was the guy you'd call to get a quote complaining about even the most soft-handed application of police power.
@rodmickleburgh
As opposed to a mayor who's letting Vancouver backslide into lawlessness and chaos and pointing fingers at everyone other than himself? Yeah, that's strong leadership right there 👍🏼
@Vote4ABC
#Vanpoli
#VanElxn2022
#VPDNews
: VPD arrests illegal drug store operator selling cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, and heroin out of a mobile trailer parked near Main and Cordova streets.
More Information:
I think one thing Canadians have come to realize after this weekend's unidentified flying object episode is that we'd be utterly defenseless without the United States having our back 🇺🇸.
#NORAD
#CDNpoli
🧵 The negative impact this site has had on the community by way of crime and violence has been immense. When opening SIS/OPS, good neighbour agreements must be strictly adhered to "as a condition of" operation. It should be an evaluative measure.
#BCpoli
Really sad to read, hoping
#Vancouver
can avoid a similar path: "To live in San Francisco right now, to watch its streets, is to realize that no one will catch you if you fall."
This actually humanizes the mayor and makes me like him more. The mayor is out in the community supporting it and the local economy as mayors should.
#vanpoli
A video of Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim at the Khatsahlano Street Party is going viral on social media this weekend. In the video, Sim is seen shotgunning a drink can with two other men on one of the event stages.
They didn't just win... they won a Super Majority--unprecedented. "
@Vote4ABC
candidates running for Vancouver city councillor have secured seven of the 10 seats in the chamber"
#Vanpoli
#VanElxn2022
People like Carol are why the extreme left is losing support. Asian seniors (mostly women) raising concerns about physical violence in
#chinatownyvr
is not "manipulation" It's a legitimate concern worthy of media attention. That she can't see that is why
@OneCityVan
lost so badly
Too often the DTES activists will justify this violence and turn the victim into the aggressor and aggressor into the victim… not realizing it only continues to lose them public support
#vanpoli
#ChinatownYVR
A big THANK U to
@davidshor
, former data scientist for
@BarackObama
& current Senior Fellow w/ Ctr for American Progress Action Fund, for joining our meeting to share insights on political messaging. So many in Comms have opinions on what works; but u have the facts!
#Grateful
"We will end this humanitarian crisis not with big budgets or unrealistic utopian fantasies but by empowering people to reach their fullest potential."
#VPDNews
: A
#VPD
drug investigation has shut down a major fentanyl lab and intercepted nearly $8 million in illicit, deadly drugs that was destined for distribution in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
Like clockwork, you can always count on the losing team to cite low voter turnaround as an explanation to why their side lost an election. But the question needs to be asked: why wasn't your side able to inspire and mobilize its base?
#Vanpoli
#TOpoli
#Ottpoli
Wanting public safety in your community is not nimbly. The concerns of women, seniors, and young families should also be priorities. The vast majority support this
#BCpoli
@KevinFalcon
@KenSimCity
Finally, a mayor that gets it. This inspires civic pride and involvement. Communities where people get out, interact, socialize, and contribute to the local economy
#vanpoli
NEW - The BC Government is launching new repeat violent offender co-ordinated response teams, made up of police, and dedicated prosecutors and probation officers and expanding mental-health crisis response teams into more communities.
#bcpoli
Well done on another community cleanup in
#ChinatownYVR
. Kudos to the organizers and to all the participants and volunteers. ❤️ Together we’re helping uplift Chinatown.
So many parallels between Vancouver & San Francisco underscoring how vital public safety is as an issue. Without a sense of public safety, you don't have compassion/empathy. People are less open to these when they don't feel safe in their own communities
#Vanpoli
#BCpoli
#CDNpoli
I’m really looking forward to joining this panel at
@UCBerkeley
today moderated by poli sci Dr.
@dbroockman
. Sneak peek:
@Vote4ABC
borrowed policies from previous San Francisco elections. Join in to find out which ones and why.
A big thank you to police. This guy violently pushed a 93-year-old senior down in
#chinatownyvr
breaking his hip. An injury that could have been fatal. This is why we need police in
#vanpoli
😥Aw, my partner is a pilot gone for long stretches ✈ to clandestine airports I'm not allowed to know about across 🌎 delivering secret cargo—literally. I had to pick up his dry cleaning a week ago & he hid Valentine's Day 🎁 inside. Now I feel bad I wasn't as forward thinking
This is a damning report by Global News corroborating
@ZivoAdam
's National Post story. The activists say doctors are lying, but journalists say otherwise. Happy to see my old employer jumping on this story.
#cdnpoli
Here is the good news. Where ABC share priorities, we're ready to work together.
But if our worst fears prove true - if he cuts affordable housing, if he cuts climate action - OneCity will be there to fight him.
What a sad and senseless tragedy. The suspect should never have been on the street. He has a lengthy criminal history and shot and killed an innocent young mother and her unborn child.
Few of my friends in
#Yaletown
have moved out already. Another was threatened while returning w/ her daughter from elementary school when she politely asked someone to not block entrance to her building. There has to be a better way to do this that works for everyone.
#Vanpoli
Really awesome to see the Asian community mobilize. This is a community with the technical expertise, skill, connection, and resources to get things done.
#RichmondBC
#BCpoli
This important story reported by
@zivoadam
@scoopercooper
would make for a powerful, timely, and important documentary
@tarawoodbury
(
@netflix
)—an issue many major cities along west coast are struggling with. There would be an audience for it for sure.
@CTVVancouver
These two stories juxtapose how out-of-touch some academics in the humanities (far removed from the worst outcomes of
#DTES
because they all live on the West Side) are. Note there are no science or business profs. Reality = ⬇ ⬇ ⬇
1.🧵Many Asians in cities across North America are becoming more center/center-right because they're tired of seeing seniors in their communities assaulted and attacked. Protip: the response is not "but how do police make us safer?" That's the point at which you lose our support
Regional issues like this should be in the hands of the community. Not activists from the
#DTES
who parachute in and will not feel the fallout from increased crime and disorder similar to what happened in Yaletown.
#RichmondBC