Mastodawn

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 5, 2024

Populist rhetoric

BC Conservatives cry lawlessness after Vancouver stranger attacks
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-conservatives-decry-lawlessness-after-gruesome-vancouver-stranger-attacks-1.7026421

Facts:
* random attack: Vancouver is safe
* crime/violent crime/unprovoked stranger attacks trending down
* VPD chief: Vancouver is not dying, Vancouver is not dead, Vancouver is not unsafe. That's all hyperbole, and it's not actually factual

Chip Wilson | Ken Sim | ABC Vancouver
Demonization, criminalization of homelessness
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022

#conservatism #Vancouver #BC

BC Conservatives decry 'lawlessness ' after gruesome Vancouver stranger attacks

After two grisly stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver, members of the BC Conservatives were quick to decry the crimes as the most recent example of the lawlessness and violence plaguing the city – directly contradicting statistics and assurances to the contrary provided by the chief of police.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 6, 2024

Update:

Man charged with murder after deadly Vancouver stranger attacks
The suspect in an Vancouver 'unprovoked stranger attack' that left one man dead and another with his hand cut off has been charged
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/man-charged-after-deadly-vancouver-stranger-attacks-9480580

* random attack by mentally ill person

#Vancouver #BritishColumbia #VPD #ViolentCrime #populism #BCconservatives #JohnRustad

Man charged with murder after deadly Vancouver stranger attacks

The suspect in an Vancouver 'unprovoked stranger attack' that left one man dead and another with his hand cut off has been charged.

Vancouver Is Awesome

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 6, 2024

Climate Denier John Rustad Now Major Player in British Columbia 2024-Oct Election
https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/05/climate-denier-john-rustad-is-now-a-major-player-in-bcs-october-election

* BC United (Liberals) party imploded
* leader of Conservative Party of BC John Rustad no longer fringe player
* fast-approaching provincial election
* Rustad’s fringe ideas, shared on Jordan Peterson’s podcast, condemned by Indigenous grps
* expressed incredulity that people worry about carbon emissions

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #JordanPeterson #ClimateDenial #FarRight #disinformation

Climate Denier John Rustad Is Now a Major Player in BC’s October Election

The BC Conservative leader’s fringe ideas — shared on Jordan Peterson’s podcast — have earned condemnation from Indigenous groups.

DeSmog

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 9, 2024

Russian Disinformation/Right-Wing Influencers
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113108176086366850

BC Conservative exec Angelo Isidorou; Lauren Southern
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113108176086366850

Lauren Southern
* Cdn alt-right political activist/propagandist/commentator/transphobe/wh. nationalist
* Great Replacement/white genocide conspiracy theories

Angelo Isidorou
* billionaire-backed Vancouver is Dying homelessness/addiction-demonizing copaganda film

#LaurenSouthern #AngeloIsidorou #FarRight #antiLGBT #JohnRustad #BCconservatives

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 9, 2024

Anti-Climate Culture War Led by Jordan Peterson & Project 2025
Canadian influencer, U.S. religious right allies want people to see climate action as pseudo-religion
https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/09/inside-the-anti-climate-culture-war-led-by-jordan-peterson-and-project-2025

Comment: so many intersections that combinatorially appear, du jour:

#conservatism #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #JordanPeterson #JoeRogan #Poilievre #populism #ConspiracyTheories #ClimateChangeDenial #disinformation #libertariaianism #FarRight #ChristianRight #antiLGBT #transphobia #Project2025 #theocracy

Inside the Anti-Climate Culture War Led by Jordan Peterson and Project 2025

The Canadian influencer Jordan Peterson and his allies in the U.S. religious right want people to see climate action as a ‘pseudo-religion.’

DeSmog

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 10, 2024

BC United leaks extremism file on B.C. Conservative director Angelo Isidorou
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-united-sources-leak-extremism-file-on-b-c-conservative-director-1.7031235

Comment: Isidorou was the producer of the Chip Wilson (billionaire: Pacific Prosperity Network; Take Back Alberta far-right political funder)-backed "Vancouver is Dying" copaganda film that demonized the homelessness and addiction treatment services (safe injection / harm reduction)

#LaurenSouthern #AngeloIsidorou #FarRight #antiLGBT #JohnRustad #BCconservatives #ChipWilson #TBA #billionaires

BC United sources leak 'extremism' file on B.C. Conservative director

Sources in the Official Opposition BC United party have leaked a file on the "extremism" of the B.C. Conservatives' executive director, Angelo Isidorou, less than two weeks after the parties' leaders announced a deal to work together.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 10, 2024

John Rustad Is Old-School Climate Change Denier
It’s ‘real’ but not really real, he says - certainly not the fault of humans
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/09/10/John-Rustad-Old-School-Climate-Change-Denier

John Rustad Is an Old-School Climate Change Denier | The Tyee

It’s ‘real’ but not really real, he says. And certainly not the fault of humans. Our latest BC election Logic Check.

The Tyee

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 12, 2024

Unpacking Rustad’s Pledge to Review British Columbia’s Textbooks
Educators/advocates ready for a fight
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/09/12/Unpacking-Rustad-Pledge-Review-BC-Textbooks

* proposing to review B.C. school books to ensure they’re "neutral" - By whose standards?
* pending election: statistical tie w. Premier David Eby’s incumbent BC NDP

#Canada #BritishColumbia #BCUnited #BCLiberals #BCconservatives #conservatism #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #SOGI #FarRight #populism #disinformation #ChristianRight #ParentalRightsMovement #BookBans #censorship

Unpacking Rustad’s Pledge to Review BC’s Textbooks | The Tyee

Educators and advocates are ready for a fight. It’s one they’ve won before.

The Tyee

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 25, 2024

Far-Right Content on BC Conservatives Social Media
White nationalism; far-right German politician’s speech
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/09/25/Troubling-Far-Right-Content-BC-Conservatives

Lindsay Shepherd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Shepherd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Shepherd

#BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #LindsayShepherd #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists

#racism #SystemicRacism #StructuralViolence #WhiteSupremacism #WhiteNationalism

#discrimination #antiLGBT #SOGI #ParentalRightsMovement #BookBans #censorship #FarRight #ChristianRight

The Troubling Far-Right Content on BC Conservatives’ Social Media | The Tyee

Candidates have faced criticism for ‘jokes’ about white nationalism and links to a far-right German politician’s speech.

The Tyee

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 25, 2024

[Canada] B.C. Conservatives laser-focused on mining as potential multi-billion revenue source
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-conservatives-laser-focused-on-mining-as-potential-multi-billion-revenue-source-1.7051358

#Canada #BritishColumbia #NaturalResources
#capitalism #libertarianism #corporations #WealthInequality #inflation #WealthTax

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists #racism #SystemicRacism #StructuralViolence #WhiteSupremacism #WhiteNationalism #discrimination #antiLGBT #ParentalRightsMovement #BookBans #censorship #FarRight #ChristianRight

BC Conservatives 'laser-focused' on mining as potential multi-billion revenue source

At a campaign stop in the Interior, the leader of the BC Conservatives heavily promoted the mining industry, pledging reforms he believes would unlock billions of dollars in annual government revenue.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 27, 2024

[Canada] John Rustad Is Threat to First Nations, Threat to Reconciliation’
Indigenous leaders unpack BC Conservative leader’s statements on DRIPA, First Nations title ...
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/09/27/Rustad-Threat-First-Nations-Reconciliation

Comment. On eve of Sep 30 Truth & Reconciliation Day, it's noted that John Rustad was minister of Aboriginal relations & reconciliation under BC Liberals so he knows better. No issues swapping ethics for votes, apparently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada#Federal_statutory_holidays,_also_observed_in_some_provinces

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad

‘Rustad Is a Threat to First Nations and a Threat to Reconciliation’ | The Tyee

Indigenous leaders unpack the BC Conservative leader’s statements on DRIPA, First Nations title and more.

The Tyee

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 28, 2024

[Canada:BC] Leaked Dossier Reveals 200 Pages of Conspiracies & Controversial Statements f. John Rustad’s BC Conservative Candidates
Opposition research raises new questions about far-right extremism w.i. BC Conservative Party
https://pressprogress.ca/leaked-dossier-reveals-200-pages-of-conspiracies-and-controversial-statements-from-john-rustads-bc-conservative-candidates

NDP uses BC United research to attack crackpot BC Conservatives
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/ndp-uses-bc-united-research-to-mount-attacks-on-crackpot-b-c-conservatives-1.7055991

#BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #disinformation #ChristianRight #censorship #ConspiracyTheorists #SystemicRacism #transphobia

Leaked Dossier Reveals 200 Pages of Conspiracies and Controversial Statements From John Rustad’s BC Conservati

BC United Party’s oppo research dossier raises new questions about far-right extremism inside the BC Conservative Party

PressProgress

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 28, 2024

Comment: exemplar, negative political/social effect of hucksters like John Rustad on progressive politicians (David Eby)
* ditto federal level: huckster Pierre Poilievre viz-a-viz Justin Trudeau

Critics say overdose crisis politicized in BC election
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/critics-see-drug-debate-tainted-by-politicization-in-b-c-election-campaign-1.7055809

* NDP would open "secure facilities" for involuntary care for people w. severe drug addiction or mental health problems
* policy unity with rival B.C. Conservatives ahead of fall election

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism

Critics see drug debate tainted by politicization in B.C. election campaign

When NDP Leader David Eby announced this month that the province would open "secure facilities" to provide involuntary care for people with severe drug addiction or mental health problems, it represented a moment of policy unity with the rival B.C. Conservatives ahead of the fall election.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 28, 2024

B.C. voters: your future leadership

BC Conservative Candidate Mike Harris Blames Staff for Video Claiming Hairdryers Can Cure COVID-19
Video on BC Conservative candidate’s LinkedIn profile claimed blowing hairdryer up your nose can “kill” COVID-19 virus
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-candidate-blames-staff-for-video-claiming-hairdryers-can-cure-covid-19

#Canada #BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #MikeHarris #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #homophobia #transphobia #disinformation #ChristianRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #pseudoscience

BC Conservative Candidate Blames Staff for Video Claiming Hairdryers Can Cure COVID-19

Video posted on BC Conservative candidate’s professional LinkedIn profile claimed blowing a hairdryer up your nose can “kill” COVID-19 virus

PressProgress

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 29, 2024

Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/rustad-wants-b-c-indigenous-rights-law-repealed-chief-sees-that-as-40-year-setback-1.7056306

Rustad Threat to First Nations, Reconciliation
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113210090439578183

First Nations leader Says BC Conservative Candidate’s Residential School Postings are ‘Outrageous, Disgusting and Very, Very Sad’
https://pressprogress.ca/first-nations-leader-says-bc-conservative-candidates-residential-school-postings-are-outrageous-disgusting-and-very-very-sad

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #populism #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #Indigenous

Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback

British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out standards including free, prior and informed consent for actions affecting them.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 1, 2024

Where Does Rustad Draw the Line on Toxic Candidates?
After booting 5 of his own he echoes some of them
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/01/Where-Rustad-Draw-Line-Toxic-Candidates

* misogynist, anti-LGBTQ views expressed by BC Conservative candidates
* Rustad espouses belief that “climate narrative” conspiracy to reduce global population
* unclear where Rustad draws the line

#BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #disinformation #censorship #ConspiracyTheorists #InstitutionalRacism #transphobia #ClimateDenial #populism

Where Does Rustad Draw the Line on Toxic Candidates? | The Tyee

After booting five of his own for weird views, now we know he’s echoed some of them. Time for a Logic Check.

The Tyee

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 2, 2024

[Canada] Drug Policy Experts Say BC Conservatives’ ‘Dehumanizing’ Rhetoric About People Who Use Drugs is Going Too Far
‘They’re eliciting emotional reactions like disgust, fear and anger’
https://pressprogress.ca/drug-policy-experts-say-bc-conservatives-dehumanizing-rhetoric-about-people-who-use-drugs-is-going-too-far

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #Poilievre #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation

Drug Policy Experts Say BC Conservatives’ ‘Dehumanizing’ Rhetoric About People Who Use Drugs is Going Too Far

‘They’re eliciting emotional reactions like disgust, fear and anger’

PressProgress

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 2, 2024

[Canada] BC Conservatives Scrub Right-Wing Culture War Policies, Rhetoric f. Website
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-scrub-right-wing-culture-war-policies-rhetoric-from-platform-posted-on-partys-website

* John Rustad/BC Conservatives/proto-fascists
* removed sections on education, law and order, homelessness, drug policy

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation

BC Conservatives Scrub Right-Wing Culture War Policies, Rhetoric From Platform Posted on Party’s Website

John Rustad’s BC Conservatives are quietly making edits to their party’s platform in the middle of an election

PressProgress

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 2, 2024

BC Conservatives Threaten Notwithstanding Clause If Courts Rule Involuntary Care Violates Human Rights
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-threaten-use-of-notwithstanding-clause-if-courts-rule-involuntary-care-violates-human-rights

* Rustad threatens to override Charter of Rights & Freedoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism

BC Conservatives Threaten Use of Notwithstanding Clause If Courts Rule Involuntary Care Violates Human Rights

BC Conservative leader John Rustad is threatening to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms if the courts rule against him

PressProgress

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 7, 2024

Lululemon billionaire / far-right political activist Chip Wilson Denounces BC NDP as Communists
1 day later
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad Accuses BC Premier David Eby of Being a Communist
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113250766674180983

#ChipWilson #Lululemon #billionaires #WealthTax #FarRight #TakeBackAlberta #JohnRustad
#propaganda #VancouverIsDying #homelessness #PovertyIndustrialComplex #discrimination

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 7, 2024

[Canada] BC Conservative Leader Rustad Suggests Nuremberg-Style COVID-19 Trials
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-leader-john-rustad-suggests-province-would-participate-in-nuremberg-style-covid-19-trials

* Nuremberg 2.0: idea pushed by conspiratorial far-right groups
* prosecute politicians, doctors, others for ‘crimes against humanity’

Revisionism:
Rustad: Nuremberg/Nazi comparisons to COVID-19 measures 'unacceptable'
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/nuremberg-and-nazi-comparisons-to-covid-19-measures-unacceptable-rustad-1.7065088

#PublicHealth #COVID19
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #populism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad Suggests Province Would Participate in ‘Nuremberg’-Style COVID-19 Trials

‘Nuremberg 2.0’ is an idea being pushed by conspiratorial far-right groups to prosecute politicians, doctors and others for ‘crimes against humanity’

PressProgress

#BritishColumbia #Alberta #DanielleSmith #JohnRustad #MarshallSmith #PublicHealth #HarmReduction

Public health consequences of conspiracy theorists John Rustad (B.C.), Danielle Smith (Alberta)

Alberta Drug Czar departing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/marshall-smith-departs-chief-of-staff-alberta-addiction-recovery-1.7346529

* champion: abstinence-based treatment
* foe: harm reduction
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/10/09/Alberta-Drug-Czar-Marshall-Smith-Exits

* recovery model biased against harm reduction
* drug overdose deaths surged 2019+ under M. Smith
* BC Conservatives John Rustad promised to copy Alberta's approach

Danielle Smith's top aide and drug strategy architect to leave government | CBC News

Marshall Smith, a recovered addict himself, led Alberta's strategy away from harm reduction, and has pushed the rest of Canada to follow suit.

CBC

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #ConspiracyTheorists #antivax #populism

23 Metro Vancouver doctors sign letter questioning BC Conservative policies
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/23-doctors-from-metro-vancouver-sign-letter-questioning-b-c-conservative-policies-1.7067035

* concerns about health-care system if John Rustad/Conservatives elected
* essent. that leaders make decisions based on science, best available evidence, rather than pandering to specific subsets of society
* “... we are extremely concerned by John Rustad’s comments on vaccines, undermining public health advice/medical science"

23 doctors from Metro Vancouver sign letter questioning B.C. Conservative policies

An open letter signed by 23 doctors and one nurse practitioner in B.C.’s Lower Mainland highlights their concerns about the potential for cuts to the health-care system if John Rustad’s Conservatives form government after this month’s provincial election.

British Columbia

#BritishColumbia #dickhead #JohnRustad #BCconservatives #transphobia #WedgeTactics #antiLGBT #populism #DivisiveRhetoric #CultureWars #SOGI #conservatism #ConspiracyTheorists #WedgeIssue #FarRight #ChristianRight #discrimination #PublicEducation

BC Conservatives Using 2SLGBTQIA+ Student Supports as Wedge Election Issue, Experts Say
Rustad kicked off the election campaign by stating the SOGI 123 initiative is “too divisive"
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-are-using-2slgbtq-student-supports-as-a-wedge-election-issue-experts-say

Transphobia tactics
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113045722754370894

BC Conservatives are Using 2SLGBTQ+ Student Supports as a Wedge Election Issue, Experts Say

Rustad kicked off the election campaign by stating the SOGI 123 initiative is “too divisive."

PressProgress

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #SOGI #conservatism #ConspiracyTheorists #FarRight #CostedPlatform

[Canada] 5 memorable moments from the B.C. leaders' debate
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/5-memorable-moments-from-the-b-c-leaders-debate-1.7067435

* John Rustad's populist policies, conservative ideology attacked (poorly defended)

Party Leaders Trade Barbs in TV Pitch to Voters
Rustad faced criticism re: lack of costed platform
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/09/Party-Leaders-Trade-Barbs-Tv-Pitch-Voters

* costed platform i.e. platform costing (funding accountability): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3642744

5 memorable moments from the B.C. leaders' debate

Some sparks flew during Tuesday night’s televised leaders’ debate between David Eby, John Rustad and Sonia Furstenau, as the trio had impassioned conversations about the issues that are on many British Columbians’ minds ahead of election night, including housing, health care, the cost of living and public safety.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 10, 2024

Q. Did John Rustad witness overdose death on way to BC leaders' debate (as he claimed)? A: No. He lied
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/did-john-rustad-witness-an-overdose-death-on-his-way-to-the-b-c-leaders-debate-1.7068490

* BC Emerg. Health Services: no records of any patient events Oct. 8 at location Rustad mentions
* Rustad later on social media: happened at diff. location AND person did not die
* avg 6 people/d dying 2024
* ann. rate of death f. toxic drugs lowest over 3 y

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists #FarRight #HarmReduction

Did John Rustad witness an overdose death on his way to the B.C. leaders' debate?

During the campaign, BC Conservative Leader John Rustad has repeatedly said people are "dying on the streets" in the province – and on Tuesday he claimed to have witnessed that very thing in downtown Vancouver while he was on his way to the leaders' debate.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 10, 2024

Rustad changes story on fatal overdose coroner had no record of
B.C. Conservative leader had claimed at televised debate that he saw overdose at Robson and Hornby streets

Q. Did John Rustad witness overdose death on way to BC leaders' debate (as he claimed)? A: No. He lied
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113280770241191148

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists #FarRight #HarmReduction

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 10, 2024

BC Conservative Leader Was ‘Offensive and Insulting’ During BC Election Debate, First Nations Leaders Say
First Nations chiefs take issue with John Rustad’s paternalistic rhetoric and plan to roll back Indigenous rights
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-leader-was-offensive-and-insulting-during-bc-election-debate-first-nations-leaders-say

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists #FarRight #HarmReduction #ClimateDenial #FarRight #disinformation #Indigenous #colonialism #TRC #racism #SystemicRacism #StructuralViolence #conservatism #ChristianRight

BC Conservative Leader Was ‘Offensive and Insulting’ During BC Election Debate, First Nations Leaders Say

First Nations chiefs take issue with John Rustad’s paternalistic rhetoric and plan to roll back Indigenous rights

PressProgress

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism #populism #racism #misogyny #poverty #demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #deception

BC Conservatives Under Fire Over Spokesperson Known for Insults, Slurs, Online Abuse
Anthony Koch repeatedly made misogynistic, divisive, & inflammatory remarks, targeting Muslims, Sikhs & women of color
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-under-fire-over-spokesperson-known-for-insults-slurs-and-online-abuse

BC Conservatives Under Fire Over Spokesperson Known for Insults, Slurs and Online Abuse

Groups pen open letter calling for action against a BC Conservative spokesperson for “targeting Muslims, Sikhs and women of colour”

PressProgress

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #populism #misogyny #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence

A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC provincial election?
https://www.policynote.ca/racial-equity

Comment: yes, it's the far right play book/wedge tactic/noise (distraction) ...

BC Conservatives Under Fire Over Spokesperson Known for Insults/Slurs/Online Abuse
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113286391578480947

A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC’s provincial election?

Ever since the economy started to slow down, the political discourse in BC has shifted dramatically. Immigrants and international students are blamed for the housing crisis and for driving down wages; people experiencing homelessness, addiction or mental health crises are blamed for making public sp

Policy Note

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #populism #misogyny #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #ProtoFascism #racism #poverty #demonization #deception

B.C. Muslim Association calls for Conservative candidate’s removal over racist remarks
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-muslim-association-calls-for-conservative-candidate-s-removal-over-racist-remarks-1.7071245

A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC provincial election?
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113289440734610963

B.C. Muslim Association calls for Conservative candidate’s removal over racist remarks

There are growing calls for the B.C. Conservative Party to remove a candidate over racist remarks he made about Muslims and Palestinians on social media years ago.

British Columbia

#billionaires #Lululemon #ChipWilson #TakeBackAlberta #PacificProsperityNetwork #capitalism #libertarianism #WealthTax #VancouverIsDying #copaganda
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #populism #misogyny #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #ProtoFascism #poverty #deception #addiction #homelessness

Lululemon billionaire Chip Wilson posts 3rd large sign criticizing NDP ahead of BC election
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113289630097773079

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #BrentChapman #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism #populism #misogyny #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #xenophobia #Islamophobia

BC Conservative Candidate Brent Chapman’s Campaign Shared Graphic Comparing Public Health Policies to Nazi Holocaust
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-candidates-campaign-shared-graphic-comparing-public-health-policies-to-nazi-holocaust

* BC Conservatives face calls to remove Chapman, who posted anti-Muslim/anti-refugee content

BC Conservative Candidate's Campaign Shared Graphic Comparing Public Health Policies to Nazi Holocaust

BC Conservatives already facing calls to remove candidate Brent Chapman after posting anti-Muslim and anti-refugee content

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 12, 2024

BC Conservative candidate Dallas Brodie under fire for comments about First Nations
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-conservative-candidate-under-fire-for-comments-about-first-nations-1.7072246

"... when people ... want to be First Nations & want autonomy & equal footing, those rights also come w. responsibility. When a large % of your people are on the Downtown Eastside ..."

* audible gasps in reaction to Brodie's statement

#BCconservatives #DallasBrodie #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #Indigenous #Vancouver #DTES

BC Conservative candidate under fire for comments about First Nations

With just over a week to go until election day, another BC Conservative candidate is coming under fire. This time, for comments about First Nations communities.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 12, 2024

John Rustad Wants Nuclear Power for BC. We Don’t Need It
BC Conservatives energy policies based on wrong assumptions
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/12/Rustad-BC-Energy-Plan-Nuclear-Power

6 Things re: Rustad’s Chat w. Jordan Peterson
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113085645736965080

Climate Denier Rustad Major Player in BC Election
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113088207111455495

Anti-Climate Culture War Led by Jordan Peterson & Project 2025
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113108741070342714

Rustad: Climate Change Denier
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113113949126074552

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #JordanPeterson #ClimateDenial

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 13, 2024

BC Conservative Candidate Brent Chapman Warns United Nations ‘Conspiracies’ to Take Control of Canada
Warns UN taking control of Cdn municipalities, while crediting far-right leaders in Argentina, Hungary, El Salvador
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-candidate-warned-united-nations-conspiracies-to-take-control-of-canada

#BCElxn2024 #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #BrentChapman #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #transphobia #ClimateDenial #JordanPeterson #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism #populism #misogyny #discrimination #racism #xenophobia

BC Conservative Candidate Warned of United Nations 'Conspiracies' to Take Control of Canada

Brent Chapman warned UN is taking control of Canadian municipalities while crediting far-right leaders in Argentina, Hungary and El Salvador

PressProgress

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 15, 2024

BC Conservative candidate Brent Chapman: Mass shootings share sketchy stories
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mass-shootings-share-sketchy-stories-b-c-conservative-candidate-claims-in-resurfaced-social-post-1.7073597

* B.C. Conservative candidate Brent Chapman under fire once again
* Facebook comments cast doubt on official accounts of mass shooting events in Canada & USA

BC Conservative Candidate Brent Chapman Warns United Nations ‘Conspiracies’ to Take Control of Canada
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113297169638819439

#BCElxn2024 #BCconservatives #BrentChapman #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #JohnRustad #antiLGBT

Mass shootings share 'sketchy stories,' B.C. Conservative candidate claims in resurfaced social post

Embattled B.C. Conservative candidate Brent Chapman is under fire once again, this time for past Facebook comments casting doubt on the official accounts of mass shooting events in Canada and the U.S.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 15, 2024

BC Conservative Candidate Brent Chapman Posted Graphic Instructing Critics of Donald Trump on How to Kill Themselves
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-candidate-posted-graphic-instructing-critics-of-donald-trump-on-how-to-kill-themselves

* graphic shared by Chapman ft. imagery of handguns/violent suicide rhetoric

#BCElxn2024 #BCconservatives #BrentChapman #Trumpism #FarRight
#JohnRustad #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #antiLGBT #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #ClimateDenial #ProtoFascism #populism #misogyny #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #xenophobia #Islamophobia

BC Conservative Candidate Posted Graphic Instructing Critics of Donald Trump on How to ‘Kill Themselves’

Graphic shared by controversial BC Conservative candidate Brent Chapman featured imagery of handguns and violent suicide rhetoric

PressProgress

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 16, 2024

BC Conservative Platform Promises Bigger Deficits, Lacks Detail
‘Laughable’ the costed platform comes 4 days before election day, says Greens’ Furstenau
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/15/BC-Conservative-Platform-Promises-Big-Lacks-Detail

* costed platform i.e. platform costing (funding accountability): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3642744

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #education #SOGI #conservatism #ParentalRightsMovement #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateChange #JordanPeterson #ClimateDenial #FarRight #CostedPlatform
#transphobia #disinformation

#billionaires #capitalism #libertarianism #WealthTax

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

/1
These populist shills ramp up toxic/divisive rhetoric, demonizing vulnerable populations with no solutions/ability to pay for those programs if they magically materialize (usually corporate).
The ploy is to outsource to private groups (e.g. Cicero Institute in the USA - billionaire Joe Lonsdale). On the back end Cicero writes anti-homelessness model legislation.
B.C.: Chip Wilson, Pacific Prosperity Network, "Vancouver Is Dying" copaganda.

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 16, 2024

Incompetence or Worse? BC Conservatives’ Education Platform
Rustad’s party set education plans, changed them hours later
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/10/16/BC-Conservatives-Big-Education-Platform-Changes

* Voters worried BC Conservatives plan to implement secret/extreme agenda
* “remove classroom material that instills guilt based on ethnicity, nationality or religion, focusing instead on uplifting students & helping them thrive”
* i.e. schools couldn’t teach about residential schools, or internment of 22k Japanese Canadians during WWII

#BCWElxn2024

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 17, 2024

Very Dangerous: BC Conservatives Seek to Force Far-Right Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Ideology on BC Schools
https://pressprogress.ca/very-dangerous-educators-warn-bc-conservative-platform-seeks-to-force-far-right-anti-lgbtq-ideology-on-bc-schools

* BC Teachers’ Federation: BC Conservative education platform echoes language of U.S.-style right-wing culture war politics
* focus on purging “ideology” f. classrooms
* ban SOGI 123: educational tools that make schools safer/more inclusive for students of ALL sexual orientations, gender identities

#BCWElxn2024 #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #transphobia

‘Very Dangerous’: Educators Warn BC Conservative Platform Seeks to Force Far-Right Anti-LGBTQ+ Ideology on BC

BC Teachers’ Federation says the BC Conservative education platform echoes language of American-style right-wing culture war politics

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 17, 2024

Who's Running the BC Conservatives? The party is a new force on BC’s political scene
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/17/Who-Is-Running-BC-Conservatives

Comment: this smacks of conservative Lululemon billionaire, far-right political activist Chip Wilson (same players, agendae)
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022

#BCWElxn2024 #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #SOGI123 #transphobia
#ChipWilson #Lululemon #WealthTax #PacificProsperityNetwork #disinformation #copaganda #propaganda #VancouverIsDying #TakeBackAlberta #protofascism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 17, 2024

Alberta Freedom Convoy group helping elect B.C. far right Conservatives
https://breachmedia.ca/freedom-convoy-group-british-columbia-elections

* radical right-wing BC Rising
* mobilizing to get B.C. Conservatives elected
* effort to replicate Take Back Alberta

Who's Running the BC Conservatives?
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113323474049946331

#BCWElxn2024 #BCconservatives #BCrising #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #SOGI123 #transphobia
#ChipWilson #WealthTax #PacificProsperityNetwork #disinformation #copaganda #VancouverIsDying #TBA #TakeBackAlberta #protofascism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 18, 2024

David Eby reacts to B.C. billionaire Chip Wilson's pre-election op-ed
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/david-eby-reacts-to-b-c-billionaire-chip-wilson-s-pre-election-op-ed-1.7078071

Chip Wilson: far-right political interference:

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113267051506459019
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113110314298185466
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113289897808239223
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113323474049946331
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113324732944870422

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

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 20, 2024

224 BC Election outcome

* fittingly, done under atmospheric river
* rural BC: BC Conservative; urban areas (Lower Mainland...): NDP
* outcome: minority government; bickering, stagnation ahead

No clear winner after tight B.C. election
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-wakes-to-election-uncertainty-with-conservatives-ndp-in-tight-race-1.7080352

B.C. election reflects voter frustration, final results pending
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-election-uncertainty-reflects-voter-frustration-eby-says-as-final-results-pending-1.7080144

Brent Chapman wins Surrey South
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/controversial-candidate-brent-chapman-wins-surrey-south-riding-1.7080100

#BCWElxn2024 #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #antiLGBT #ConspiracistTheorist

B.C. wakes to election uncertainty, with Conservatives, NDP in tight race

British Columbia woke up Sunday to a reshaped political landscape but no clear winner of a provincial election marked by the rise of the B.C. Conservatives from the political fringe to centre stage.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 21, 2024

Extreme, Far-Right BC Conservative Candidates Now B.C. Legislators
https://pressprogress.ca/meet-the-extreme-far-right-bc-conservative-candidates-who-are-now-legislators-following-bcs-wild-election

* BC Conservatives assoc. w. extreme, conspiratorial, bigoted views elected in British Columbia
* BC Conservatives: far-right party previously relegated to fringes of B.C. politics
* received 1% of vote, held no seats after prev. 2020 election
* U.S. style politics

#BCWElxn2024 #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #antiLGBT #ConspiracistTheorists #populism #billionaires #ChipWilson #ignorance

Meet the Extreme, Far-Right BC Conservative Candidates Who Are Now Legislators Following BC’s Wild Election

Numerous BC Conservative MLAs associated with extreme, conspiratorial and bigoted views were just elected in British Columbia

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 22, 2024

B.C. election results still uncertain as NDP and Conservatives vie for Greens' support
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-election-results-still-uncertain-as-ndp-and-conservatives-vie-for-greens-support-1.7082443

#BCWElxn2024 #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #antiLGBT #ConspiracistTheorists #populism #billionaires #ChipWilson #ignorance

B.C. election results still uncertain as NDP and Conservatives vie for Greens' support

Saturday was a wild election night in B.C., where the dust is still settling and there isn’t a clear winner—but the B.C. Conservatives claimed a historic numbers of seats.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 23, 2024

B.C. Election: Social Media War
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/23/BC-Election-Social-Media-War/

* Conservatives frequented X
* NPD frequented Instagram
* users distrust/don't seek news media
* information bubbles

Media Ecosystem Observatory:https://meo.ca

British Columbia Election Information Ecosystem Project
https://meo.ca/work/british-columbia-election-information-ecosystem-project-baseline-report
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6450265301129e5dbabfe8a2/t/66f6ac5ac031861caedcbc4b/1727442012759/MEO_BCEMP-BaseRept-2024_006jp.pdf

Partisan divide across social media platforms
Less local news available

#Canada #BCWElxn2024
#BCUnited
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #transphobia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 28, 2024

Toxicity & tight race fuel B.C. election integrity doubters
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/toxicity-and-tight-race-fuel-b-c-election-integrity-doubters-says-professor-1.7089815

* social media questioning of provincial election integrity "inevitable" result of political "toxicity" & tight race
* social media platforms: anyone can publish doubts
* no evidence of ballot fraud

#Canada #BCWElxn2024 BCNDP
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #transphobia #SocialMedia #populism #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #billionaires #ChipWilson #meritocracy #WealthTax #VoterApathy

Toxicity and tight race fuel B.C. election integrity doubters, says professor

A British Columbia political scientist says social media questioning of the provincial election's integrity is an "inevitable" result of political "toxicity" and a tight race.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 2, 2024

[Canada: British Columbia] From the shadows to the spotlight: Conservative surge shakes up B.C. politics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-conservative-success-1.7369754

* 2020: Conservative Party of B.C. had 1.9% of popular vote; not one elected candidate
* 2024: now Official Opposition; 44 elected MLA

#Canada #BCWElxn2024
#BCUnited #BCLiberals
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #transphobia #SOGI #ParentalRightsMovement #ChristianRight #PublicEducation #populism #ignorance #discrimination #disinformation

From the shadows to the spotlight: Conservative surge shakes up B.C. politics | CBC News

In 2020, the Conservative Party of B.C. had just 1.9 per cent of the popular vote and not a single elected candidate. Four years later, the party is the Official Opposition, with 44 elected MLAs provincewide.

CBC

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 8, 2024

John Rustad says Trump2 administration could benefit B.C.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/john-rustad-says-2nd-trump-administration-could-bring-benefits-to-b-c-1.7102857

One 💩 polishing a bigger 💩 🤬

Rustad: “I’m hopeful for a win with Trump, it's going to change a couple of things”

* growing popularity of conservative movements in B.C. & Canada

Prof. David Black: “The unifying principle here – what brings these very disparate parties and politics together – is the magic ingredient that is populism”

#BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #Trumpism

John Rustad says 2nd Trump administration could bring benefits to B.C.

On the heels of president-elect Donald Trump's resounding win this week, B.C. Conservative Leader john Rustad says the incoming U.S. government could be positive for British Columbia.

British Columbia

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 17, 2024

Eby says new B.C. cabinet built around 'kitchen table' issues: affordability, homes
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/eby-says-new-b-c-cabinet-built-around-kitchen-table-issues-affordability-homes-1.7113321

Comments - we'll see
* I personally like Eby/voted NDP
* razor thin electoral victory
* As I state in Trump2 threads voter anger/abandonment over unaddressed social issues (food cost; inflation; housing; reduced public services: emerg. rooms/OR, 9-11 lines; employment ...) leads to incumbents voted out of office (regardless of egregiousness of opposition)

#VoterAnger #PoliticalInertia

Eby says new B.C. cabinet built around 'kitchen table' issues: affordability, homes

Premier David Eby says the British Columbia cabinet he introduces Monday will be tasked with focusing on issues voters strongly told the government they are most concerned about: affordability, health care, community safety, housing and the economy.

British Columbia