Vancouver byelection win by left-leaning candidates sends a clear message to Sim City

COPE's Sean Orr and OneCity's Lucy Maloney trounce ABC candidates..

The Georgia Straight

@commonscapitalism Prison Industrial Complex. Involuntary incarceration, those deemed "threats" to themselves/society, to an outsourced (privatized) "treatment" facility.

Joe Lonsdale/Cicero Institute/demonization of homelessness
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113476849446929581

Poverty Industrial Complex
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113640503317799738

#billionaires #JoeLonsdale #PeterThiel #Trump2 #fascism
#CiceroInstitute #antiHomelessness #ModelActs #UAustin
#ChipWilson #Lululemonn #VancouverIsDying #propaganda #copaganda #discrimination

@Lydie
/1 Need to mention:

1. Homelessness (despite SCOTUS' City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson) is NOT a crime; homeless people have right to exist, live somewhere, freely.

2. Addiction (despite populist whining of shills like Pierre Poilievre - Canadian leader of official opposition / presumptive next Prime Minister) is a medical/public health issue, not a criminal issue.

#CiceroInstitute #JoeLonsdale #ChipWilson #VancouverIsDying #propaganda #copaganda #ModelActs #discrimination

@RIJim m/w here in Vancouver we have Lululemon billionaire turd Chip Wilson πŸ’©
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022

* chose name Lululemon to mock Asian pronunciation of brand

Lululemon employees call company's response to founder Chip Wilson's comments on DEI 'slap in face' to people of color
https://www.businessinsider.com/lululemon-diversity-inclusion-employees-of-color-chip-wilson-2024-1

#ChipWilson #Lululemon #billionaires #WealthTax #PacificProsperityNetwork #propaganda #copaganda #VancouverIsDying #FarRight #TakeBackAlberta #conservatism #racism #homelessness #meritocracy

Lululemon employees of color respond to founder's comments on DEI

Lululemon has long been plagued with diversity issues. Current and former employees are calling for change.

Business Insider

(2022-10-24) Billionaire Chip Wilson/Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110543467219717686

(2022-10-05) Vancouver Police Union backs Ken Sim for mayor
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110543465623668803

THEN (2022): Sim promised to hire 100 nurses, 100 police officers

NOW (2024): Here's what's actually happened so far
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/in-2022-vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-promised-to-hire-100-cops-and-100-nurses-here-s-what-s-actually-happened-so-far-1.7086308

* 2022: Sim promised to hire 100 cops + 100 nurses
* Aug 2024: 35 positions filled; 50% of them nurses

#KenSim #ABCvancouver #populism #ChipWilson #VancouverIsDying #copaganda #rhetoric

In 2022, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim promised to hire 100 cops and 100 nurses. Here's what's actually happened so far.

An update on the health-care piece of Mayor Ken Sim's pledge to hire 100 mental health nurses to pair with 100 police officers has revealed just how little resemblance what is being implemented bears to what was promised in 2022.

British Columbia

Millionaire Ken Sim, no political experience; newly-founded party - elected w. carte blanche majority
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110455236639465780

* supporters: Vancouver Police | Lululemon billionaire/far-right political operative Chip Wilson
* Wilson funded "Vancouver is Dying" populist copaganda film demonizing homelessness/addiction

#ABCvancouver #KenSim #populism #FarRight #billionaires #ChipWilson #VancouverIsDying #propaganda #copaganda #antiHomelessness #antiHarmReduction #WealthTax #rhetoric

[thread] Ken Sim, ABC Vancouver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sim

* Canadian politician/businessman
* 41st mayor of Vancouver 2022+
* during 2022 campaign Sim promised to hire 100 nurses + 100 police officers

#Canada #Vancouver #KenSim #ABCvancouver #populism #FarRight #billionaires #ChipWilson #PacificProsperityNetwork #VancouverIsDying #propaganda #copaganda #antiHomelessness #antiHarmReduction #WealthTax #rhetoric

Ken Sim - Wikipedia

David Eby reacts to B.C. billionaire Chip Wilson's pre-election op-ed

B.C. NDP Leader David Eby slammed his billionaire constituent Chip Wilson – again – on the campaign trail, following the publication of an op-ed by the Lululemon founder.

British Columbia