Erin Despard

Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet. Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.

I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. I'll be taking action in Vancouver on Sept. 20, 2025. Will you join me? drawtheline.world?event_id=262...

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Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining. Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.

Hey @themetalsco.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, the ocean is not for sale. Don't open the floodgates to extraction in the deep sea. The world is watching: Say NO to deep sea mining.

#StopDeepSeaMining

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Even with amendments, this bill is worse than I thought it could be.

‘Ass Backwards’: Canada’s New Legal Posture Post-Bill C-5 | The Tyee The Senate-bound law would allow Ottawa to stamp major projects approved before their risks are assessed.

“It’s a strange thing to find myself more shocked now than at things that the Harper government tried,” said Green MP Elizabeth May.

#cdnpoli

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Stop the PRGT Pipeline Petition Join the BC Green Party in calling on Premier Eby to reject the MAGA-backed PRGT pipeline — a climate-wrecking, Trump-aligned fossil fuel project that threatens Indigenous rights and BC’s energy sover...

There is so much wrong with this approval: Expired permit, changed route, lack of true indigenous consent and no accountability--all to benefit the interests of a MAGA billionaire.

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Genius. Must watch.

Vancouver bike-to-work week event at VCC!

What does this mean exactly? Are these costs that he had reimbursed ad an MP, or does this include other kinds of ´chargé?

Will Cutting Red Tape Make BC Great Again? | The Tyee The province is facing opposition to legislation that would streamline approval for infrastructure projects.

Dear David Eby,

You won't beat Trump by becoming more like him... Our leaders should stand up for our values, not obfuscate them!

Sincerely,

A federal NDP voter who has entirely lost faith in the BC NDP

Will Cutting Red Tape Make BC Great Again? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

Implement a full, two-way arms embargo without delay. - Leadnow

The least we can do as a country!

Gaza is on the brink of an imposed famine. Sign the petition calling on PM Mark Carney to implement a full, two-way arms embargo on Israel to end the violence: leadnow.ca/campaigns/ca...

The ‘Progressive Primary’: Who Will Win? | The Tyee Local campaigns and voter efficiency should be top of mind as you decide where you place your ballot.

The dangers of strategic voting, well explained:

The 'Progressive Primary': Who Will Win? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Mark Carney might save us from PP but at what cost?

By Scrapping WAGE, Carney Unravels Decades of Progress | The Tyee Women and Gender Equality Canada did vital work. Now that it’s gone, here’s what we stand to lose.

Angela Marie MacDougall: With Mark Carney’s decision to eliminate WAGE and house the gender equity portfolio under a wide-ranging cultural file with the heritage minister, Canada faces the unravelling of decades of progress on women’s rights.

CPPIB – Report Card 2024 — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet Shift's 2024 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card assesses large Canadian pensions on their management of climate-related risks. Find out how CPPIB scored.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) earned an overall C-minus in Shift’s Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, placing it toward the bottom of the pack of Canadian pension funds on its approach to the climate crisis.

“Praise the Broken Promise of America” by Alison Luterman Praise deep mineral veins under rich dirt, and fossilized remains of dinosaurs turning themselves into gas for our benefit. Praise the exhausted earth, miles and miles of subsidized corn and cattle…

Praise the weirdos because if anyone can save us
it will be us.

—Alison Luterman