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Every vote counts.
Get out there today, advanced voting is open. I can’t tell you what to do, but I’ve only ever had personal conversations with two of these candidates.
The one blatantly ignoring constituents was Grace.
Tim has shown up time and time again this year for
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@LauraBabcock
Canada only contributes 1.5% to the global GHG emissions.
Even if we all switched to bikes and turned off every fossil fuel project… we’d solve nothing.
Better off investing in technologies, than sticking our heads in the sand.
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@JulieSLalonde
The difference is… a person who drinks a beer after work, normally goes to work and lives in house.
The person that consumes opioids and fentanyl normally lives in a tent.
Comparing opioids to a beer is like comparing a tent to a house.
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Airbnb owners are (or were) also local tourism spenders, and supporters of local B.C. economy’s.
Many of us had a “buy local” theme to our rentals. Supporting local soaps, glassware, wines, food, and our favourite items in our neighborhoods; by putting them on display in our
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13 HR wait in Victorias emergency room… whatever you do, don’t get hurt while Dix and
@bcndp
friends are running this show.
I believe this will be the biggest voting issue for those who are retired; housing issues don’t seem to bother them since they own homes but maybe not
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🚨A letter to the Premier🚨
“Dear Premier Eby,
I am writing to you as both a dedicated first responder and a deeply concerned citizen of Victoria. The escalating violence and alarming decisions being made by City of Victoria officials have put my life, the lives of my
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B.C. homeowners reveal they have the space but are reluctant to rent: poll
“We have done other surveys where the No. 1 reason that we found is people are worried about problem tenants,”
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@liberal_party
Imagine if people could afford things instead of relying on government hand outs.
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@timthielmann
If people are loosing their jobs for speaking freely against the government then we have a serious problem with democracy in Canada.
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I don’t care how many taxes I’m saving.
I’m voting for this to end.
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@CHEK_News
Holy flip flop captain.
So he creates the problems in BC with the decriminalization free for all… now wants to save us from it.
Does this guy know what he’s doing??
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David Eby said, “if the Airbnbs don’t want to rent long term they can sell!”
The airbnbs for sale now ⬇️ 🤣
How is this helping renters?
How badly is this hurting tourism and jobs that support making rent?
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A literal sign of the times
Here we have a great example of Grace Lores MLA action at work… tax payer funded advertising; with addicts literally leaning against it.
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Well I’m glad some people can do math.
I don’t think anyone in the
@BCNDP
housing department can… oh by the way, rents continue to go up on Van Island since May 1… and tourism numbers are declining all around the province.
Way to go NDP for kicking BC’s amazing tourism sector
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Property taxes have skyrocketed by over 40% in some municipalities just six years.
Basic utilities by more than 20% within the same timeframe.
Development permit hurdles tack on an extra 20% to construction and carrying costs.
BCNDP makes life expensive.
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@CTVVancouver
Because we don’t have an electric grid that can meet the governments idea of the idealist world.
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BC NDP’s decriminalized drug experiments have long lasting effects… now we have hard drug users living with seniors.
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Parking in Victoria kills the self employed trades people.
I remember paying over 300$ in fines the first month I was in Vic installing lights.. we just passed the cost on to the customer.
They need a better system to help out the people just trying to keep the city together
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@valdombre
Also Eby “give everyone free meth” so they can enjoy camping on the streets.
How is this guy in charge?
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It is alarming that British Columbia is poised to become the first jurisdiction in Canada to lose self-regulation of lawyers. This change not only alters the structure of the governance of the legal profession — but also politicizes our courts
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Where did all the tourists go??
Anyone else notice that Down Town Victoria foot traffic took a dive this summer?
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BCNDP trying to now add a capital gains tax to peoples principal residence
The spending governments do isn’t free.
It eventually comes from the peoples wealth… whatever we have that’s left… which isn’t much these days when they waste so so so much.
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@CHEK_News
Only because they decriminalize drugs.
If that was still criminal it’d be through the roof.
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@jtferrier
So BCNDP are trying to shame people for saying they regret taking the vaccine??
If it wasn’t for the threat of job loss many people wouldn’t have. I got two… that was enough for me.
I’ve questioned if I did the right thing ever since… I’ve also questioned if the government
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@GlobalBC
The BCNDP always political about the wrong things 🤦🏻
Since 2016, more than 21,000 people have lost their lives to overdoses across BC.
Total ever Covid deaths has been 7,394 in BC.
The BCNDP had the public focused on the wrong subject yesterday. I wonder if the Covid deaths would have been lower if the BCNDP didn’t call an
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Just a reminder, the
@BCNDP
decided that removing 10,000 STR’s that were legally zoned, licensed, and built was the response to our housing crisis when we need 180,000 new homes every year.
Those 10,000 units on average brought at least 100,000,000$ into the tourism business
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Really
@GraceALore
Do you want no snowbirds or seasonal people to share their homes?
Not everyone has a government job, pension, and bikes on million dollar bike lanes every day. With a set number of holidays 4x a year..
Starting to realize how much tunnel vision BCNDP has.
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@PeterHRatcliffe
Housing, homeless, drugs, deficits…. What other subjects should they cover?
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@Stephen_Andrew
How many days was Susan Kim suspended for supporting Hamas attacks and supporting “glory to the….” Etc?
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@katiederosayyj
@Dave_Eby
Straight up just a deflection.
Someone in the city hall definitely knew what was going on and stood by doing nothing.
Apathy to city issues is systemic
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@queergranddad
He had his vaccines, as have most of us.
Do you believe in your body, your choices, or not?
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@timescolonist
People have had it with “safe supply” and lawlessness
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in B.C. Supreme Court alleging the province and federal government are responsible for the addictions and in one case the death of teens gaining access to diverted supply.
READ MORE:
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@BrendaBaileyBC
Eby’s BC..
On July 11, 2024, a paramedic was viciously attacked in the 900 block of Pandora Avenue while trying to assist a patient. Following the attack, a shocking swarming incident occurred, with approximately 60 unhoused people circling and threatening first responders.
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@JulieSLalonde
It’s almost like our whole medical system needs to re-evaluate how liberal they are with opioids.
Countries that restrict its use on all levels (including prescriptions) have fewer overdoses.
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@TorranceCoste
@Conservative_BC
Comparing a beer to opioid drugs is like comparing a house to a tent… guess which user lives in which “home”
Beer = people with jobs and homes… the Navy lets people drink a beer.
Opoids = tents.
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@CityNewsVAN
Ravi is stealing peoples property rights and the democratic process of consultation with neighbourhoods.
This process also just makes single lots more expensive and out of reach for the next generation while making current owners even more wealthy.
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@PropertyRtsBC
Renting my home out while I’m at work more than 4x a year in Victoria… illegal.
Doing meth at a bus stop full of kids or at a hospital… legal…
What’s going on with the world NDP?
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@CanadianPolling
Honestly when you look at the medical system failure, housing failure, and now the economic cliff we’re staring at as we follow the lefts into extreme provincial debts?
It’s no surprise the only ones voting for
@BCNDP
are the ones who compare meth to a beer 🍻
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@RobShaw_BC
More public consultation goes into a pickle ball court in Victoria than a consumption site.
And no I’m not joking.
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@GlobalBC
🤣 caused the problems with decriminalization free for all, and now wants to save us from the problems??
So if there wasn’t an election we would have just kept going as is straight into the iceberg??
At least have the decency to go down with your ideals Mr Eby… don’t be the
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I thought banning Airbnb was supposed to make things affordable?
Good job
@GraceALore
@bcndp
A new report says the average asking rent for a home in Canada in April was up 9.3 per cent compared with a year ago. Vancouver continued to be the most expensive place to rent in Canada, with Burnaby the second most expensive place — eclipsing Toronto.
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@Pauls_Musings
We do want drugs and anarchy to be toned down a bit, so thats a vote for blue.
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@CityNewsVAN
lol I love how the NDP are finally listening to everything the conservatives are attacking them with
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@Harold_Steves
Care about the environment?
Stop the flow of drugs into our waters.
Vote out the BCNDP.
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@timescolonist
Protesting? He wrote one letter.
🚨A letter to the Premier🚨
“Dear Premier Eby,
I am writing to you as both a dedicated first responder and a deeply concerned citizen of Victoria. The escalating violence and alarming decisions being made by City of Victoria officials have put my life, the lives of my
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@RobShaw_BC
@Dave_Eby
Can we get that put onto pre existing mortgages??
What about renter help??
The Rustad rebate seems like the more fair deal for everyone.
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@GraceALore
@PropertyRtsBC
@westcoastjan4
@CityOfVictoria
“Hello, it’s me, I must have called a million times” didn’t realize Adelle was singing about getting ahold of your office 🤔
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@cowling175
If you compare a beer to opioids.
You’re part of the problem.
You may as well call a tent a home, or an apple an orange.🍊
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@CHEK_News
Stop allowing these drugs to be consumed.
The only thing that will help society are closed rehabilitation or jails.
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Empty patios everywhere in the height of tourist season… what good are empty apartments if no one has jobs to support renting them?
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@timescolonist
Average 1odrm rent in Victoria in 2018 after the NDP took power: $1080
Average 1dbrm rent in Victoria today: $2,172
More than double since the BC Liberals left office. If that's a decline, l'd hate to see an increase.
#bcpoli
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@BrendaBaileyBC
@Dave_Eby
@bcndp
He’s done nothing but hurt people that depended on zoning and tourism.
Statscan study:
Converting Airbnbs won't make dent in housing crisis
Less than 1 per cent of the country’s housing stock are Airbnbs and Vrbo rentals that could be turned into long-term rentals or permanent housing, according to a Statistics Canada study.
Housing experts have
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@timthielmann
Tim has really put in the work, people need to choose an MLA who actually meets with people. Not just run an “influencers account” like Grace Lore.
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@timescolonist
I think we the people, have had enough of the NDP meddling.
@VancouverSun
The NDP appear to flat out be bribed by the hotel lobbyists as well to remove the airbnb competition. Never before has an entire industry had their Nonconforming rights stolen; and I don’t know if anyone noticed, rents aren’t getting cheaper with the removal of STR’s.
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Banning STR’s was purely a move to help hotels and screw the little guys over.
It did nothing to help affordability past this fire sale that’s happening this month
It was the hotel Monopoly act pure and simple.
@KirkpatrickWVC
@PropertyRtsBC
@bcndp
@CPC_HQ
Langford approves zoning for a 103-unit hotel in downtown
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