This week, I am voting for #BCGreens. I'd #NeverVoteConservative & after what's happened to me, my family, my BIPOC friends & my clients under #BCNDP leadership, I'd #NeverVoteNeoliberal either.

No one can expect me to support #BCNewDeathParty after they keep approving more budget increases for #RCMPCIRG to protect #ecocide #CorporateGreed over protection of our environment/ecosystems, especially irreplaceable #AncientForests & over #BCcitizens #PublicHealth.

#BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath includes my Dad. Their lack of taking #Covid seriously resulted in him being infected in hospital by unmasked staff. It is unforgivable. This government is still aiding/abetting unnecessary infections, deaths & long covid disability.

#BCpoli #GreedKills #CDNpoli #EthicalVoters #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #VotingGreen #VotingForSustainableFutures #VotingForGreenerFutures #VotingForHumanity #ProportionalRepresentationNOW #End2PartySystem #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoJustice #SocialJustice #Environmentalist
#Decolonize #FightAgainstColonialism #WildFirst #WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #AbolishRCMPCIRG #CorporateMercenaries #KKKanada

#MonochromeMonday

This is not progress.
This is not civilized.
We need to protect remaining #OldGrowth #AncientForests. They're our 2nd largest #CarbonSinks - after the giant kelp forests in the oceans. #Clearcutting forests should be banned.

#WorthMoreStanding #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #BritishColumbia #VancouverIsland #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #Ecocide #PacificNorthwest #photography #WorldInMyEyes #DisabledPhotographer #Backroads #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #Stumps #ProtectNature #ProtectForests #environmental #ClimateAction #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #HumanDestruction

@WuMargaret It is not going well but I'm gonna ensure my client gets best care possible in shitty hospital, unsafe settings. My current client is another #immunocompromised patient who got #covid from #UnmaskedMedical staff & that avoidable infection led to cardiac arrest - months after initial infection, on patient with no heart issues prior. It is brutal as it was same way my Dad & elder Auntie got infected in #hospitals too - by unmasked #medical staff.

#BCpoli #BCHealth #FireBonnieHenry #Eugenics #Dismal #PublicHealthCrisis #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #MaskUpSaveLives #CovidIsNotOver #StillMasking #YallMasking #PutAMaskOn

At least a third of the publicly funded #AddictionTreatment beds #BCgovernment claims are available for drug users across #BritishColumbia do not actually offer treatment, the #IJF has learned.

“B.C. now has 3,645 publicly funded substance-use treatment beds, including 659 beds opened since 2017 with more to come,” the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions announced in an Aug. 27 press release.

But a breakdown of the available types of adult and youth treatment options provided by the ministry shows that its tally includes 1,232 low-barrier housing beds, accounting for about 34 per cent of the total.

#Addictions treatment is not directly provided in low-barrier housing in B.C., but is part of “a full continuum of support services,” the ministry said in an email to the IJF. This type of facility simply makes shelter available to people who use drugs, without requiring them to abstain or be in treatment.

The news comes as both the #BCConservatives and the #BCNDP government are touting #involuntary addiction care as a solution to the province’s ongoing #ToxicDrugCrisis.

That #political focus is deeply frustrating for Correne Antrobus of #MomsStopTheHarm, an advocacy group led by families affected by tainted illegal drugs.

https://theijf.org/bc-publicly-funded-addiction-treatment-low-barrier-housing

#BCpoli #Medical #PublicHealth #HarmfulPolicy #Cruelty #HumanRights #MentalHealth #AddictionsStigma #MentalIllnessStigma #BreakTheSitgmas #HelpNotHarm #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #FundMentalWellness #FundSocialHousing #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCelection #CDNpoli

#BCNDP unelected & current #BCPremier #DavidEby flips on forced treatment/involuntary care. They're leaning more to the right - taking same policy positions on addiction & mental health as the BC #Conservatives 👎People need mental wellness services to be included under Pharmacare because it hasn't been included. People can't afford to access many services that would help them a lot. There's long wait lists for the very few free to access programs. We need better funding for public health that includes mental health & addictions because they're interconnected.

[ #BritishColumbia will be opening secure facilities to provide #InvoluntaryCare under the #MentalHealth Act for those with severe #addictions who are mentally ill, the premier announced Sunday, just days ahead of the start of a provincial election campaign.

David Eby pledged the #NDP would change the law in the next legislative session to "provide clarity and ensure that people, including youth, can and should receive care when they are unable to seek it themselves."

"People with addiction challenges, brain injuries and mental-health issues need compassionate care and direct and assertive intervention to help them stabilize and rebuild a meaningful life," he said in a news release.]

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/eby-pledges-involuntary-care-for-severe-addictions-in-bc-ahead-of-october-election-9524136

#BCpoli #ForcedTreatment #BCElection2024 #ElectionsBC2024 #OctoberElection #BCVotes2024 #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PublicHealth #BChealth

The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.

"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.

Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.

He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.

“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”

He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.

"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.

https://www.nelsonstar.com/local-news/bc-parks-rejects-protected-status-for-duncan-lake-cedar-grove-7523100

#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals

#RCMP was ‘unreasonable’ when setting up exclusion zones around Fairy Creek protest
By Leanne Sanders
Sep 11, 2024

The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP - #CRCC says that the RCMP was unreasonable in setting up broad #ExclusionZones and checkpoints while enforcing a civil #injunction covering the #FairyCreek area in #BritishColumbia, home to #OldGrowth #forests and a #protest led by people trying to save them.

“In its review, the CRCC found that the broad exclusion zones and checkpoints used by members of the RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group #CIRG were unreasonable,” said the report released on Wednesday. “The review determined that the RCMP’s demand to search the complainant at a checkpoint on a public road was unfounded, and his arrest, after refusing to agree to the search, was groundless.”

C-IRG is a low-profile RCMP group tasked with responding to protests and other public order events about resource based #industrial projects like #logging and #pipeline construction.

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/civilian-complaints-commission-releases-final-report-crcc

#AbolishCIRG #CorporateMercenaries #PublicTaxMoney #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #SaveOldGrowth #CriminalCops #CorporateGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #RCMPCriminals #Ecocide #EbyTheEnabler #HorganizedCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #StopDeforestation #BanClearcutting #environmental #ACAB #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfDueProcess #CriminalsWithBadges #ThinBlueLineCriminals #RCMPThugs #CDNpoli #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VancouverIsland #PortRenfrew #VanIsle

Briefly: Payments to #BCNDP #BCPremier DavidEby’s #HealthAdvisor were #hidden under a numbered company in the annual sunshine list.
Penny Ballem, who is also chair of #VancouverCoastalHealth, billed nearly $300,000 last year, exceeding #HealthMinister #AdrianDix’s salary.
The #PublicAccounts also reveal payments to NDP-aligned #advertising agencies and high salaries to #CrownCorporation heads.

https://thebreaker.news/business/2024-ndp-public-accounts

#BCpoli #PublicHealth #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #HealthCareFailure #BCHealth

I'm pretty sure some of my local, offline disabled friends now have brain damage from making piss poor personal decisions to expose themselves to unsafe covid crowded environments & getting covid multiple times over past 5 years. I can't be around them because they're so reckless with their already immunocompromised lives.

They seem amazed that I haven't got covid even once & haven't suffered any cold/flu for over 5 years too. It's not rocket science. I haven't been infected because I don't make reckless personal decisions. I'm already disabled, with 3 incurable progressive illnesses & don't need to get sicker/weaker. I am vicious about protecting my health & equally viscious on protecting my loved ones' health.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #Covid #FireBonnieHenry #OathbreakerBonnie #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #CovidCautious #AdrianDix #EbyTheEnabler #CrimesAgainstHumanity #C19 #MasksWork