Ted Harrison

BC Ferries says state-owned Chinese builder clear choice for new vessels despite trade war No Canadian companies stepped up, mostly because they are too busy fulfilling federal military contracts, ferry operator says

These vessels should be built in Canadian shipyards, by Canadian tradespeople, with Canadian materials. So much for elbows up?

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In my experience, when people say things like “you don’t understand, it works differently here,” it usually doesn’t and they’re usually wrong. Very disappointing development for the GTA.

Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means? Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to bec...

“The labor movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released.” -AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social

Pride season celebrates the many hard-fought victories gained by 2SLGBTQIA+ people over the decades.

It’s also a declaration that hate and discrimination have no place in BC and everyone has the right to live in safety regardless of who they are or who they love.

Happy Pride!

Great steps forward by Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org in the US in the face of a very adverse labour climate that is hostile to organizing efforts ✊

Mr Au is simply shrugging off that responsibility and trying tell everyone it’s fine because he’s giving his salary to charity is rude. Who’s doing the work in council with his chair empty? Interesting that Mr Au is very worried about the cost of a local byelection but the leader of his party is not

The people of Richmond should be insulted that Mr. Au clearly doesn’t think city councillors do anything of value if leaving Richmond down one council member for the next 18mths is acceptable. Municipal govt has a bigger impact on our day to day lives than any other branch of govt.

Not a great indication of early cohesion within the small caucus that the first response was to post about it publicly …

I think the critique is focused on at least 1/7 of the NDP caucus finding out about the appointment through the media. The central party could have emailed the caucus or even had the new leader call them. Not a critique of MP Davies’ qualifications to be the interim leader.

Adding more lanes doesn’t reduce congestion. Making the biggest highway in North America bigger will make traffic and the climate worse. Invest in efficient and reliable alternatives to car dependency.

I am so not cut out for 300 characters at a time …

As a union leader, I’ve heard from my own members, “the Union should never be political” more than once. This completely ignores that every gain won by the labour movement has been won as part of a political battle. Employers don’t increase wages, improve benefits, etc because they’re benevolent.

Part of me wonders if it connects with the populist “anti-woke” backlash. It seems like “the left only cares about they/them the right cares about you” type messages have captured people while ignoring the right’s playbook of watering down worker protections, employment standards, etc.

While labour leaders are almost always out in force supporting progressive candidates and parties, more and more of our rank and file members are supporting and voting for the Right. We need to do a better job engaging with our members about political issues and why they matter.

There are absolutely the population and travel volumes to make such a service viable. But you’re completely right that getting public funds in Alberta for anything other than highway expansion would be Herculean task!

Investing to improve VIA Rail service would also be outstanding of course after consistent cuts in service for over 40 years. It should be an embarrassment that Amtrak runs 14 trains/week to Vancouver (with expansions coming) vs VIA’s 2 trains/week.

But a high speed rail line (or even higher speed rail) between Calgary and Edmonton is completely feasible.

But when I decided to support the face eating leopards, I didn’t think the leopards would eat my face!

It’s such a huge loss to the entire progressive movement to lose your voice, experience, and expertise in the House. You and your colleagues have accomplished so much and there are so many things to be proud of. Thank you for the last 20 years of service to your constituents and Canadians.

I’ve been a little bewildered by the number of posters that are claiming that the CPC was defeated. What election results are they looking at? The Tories outperformed the polls, increased their share of the vote and increased their seat count. They didn’t form govt but they’re anything but defeated.

That’s not what Fair Vote is advocating for. This is about moving away from the Single Member Plurality system (first past the post) to a system of Proportional Representation. It’s the idea that 40% of the vote shouldn’t give a party 60% of the seats and 100% of the power.

With far less than 1% of the popular vote, I’m pretty sure we can all just forget they exist now.

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The polls are open! What are you waiting for? Vote!

Is Pierre suffering in silence?

In the BC provincial election last year, BC Conservative members complained that pointing out they ducked every all candidates forum was an “unfair personal attack.” If you can’t be bothered to show up at a candidate’s meeting, you shouldn’t be representing anyone in parliament/the legislature.

Polls are interesting, but national polls really can’t tell you anything about an individual race. As an example, the latest Léger poll had 1600 people and MoE 2.5%. Not bad. But then you see there were only 149 respondents from BC suddenly the MoE gets pretty big.

Different polling aggregators come up with slightly different results from the same batch of polls because they each use slightly different methods, weightings, baseline assumptions, etc, in their models.

So you’re mad at Mr. Singh for a confidence vote didn’t actually take place? Ok then.

Which election are you talking about? This one was triggered when the PM asked the GG to dissolve parliament. PM Carney triggered the early election, not the NDP or any opposition party …

What Happened to Poverty as an Election Issue? | The Tyee As politicians fixate on an anxious middle class, millions of Canadians are left out of the conversation.

As Carney and Poilievre vie for votes, their promises to cut taxes for the middle class seem tailored to quell the anxieties of a middle class whose financial security is no longer a given.

But the relief these pledges offer is momentary and could further tatter our social safety net.