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Thinker, sailor, lawyer... spy? Proud member of the Simpcw First Nation Co-Chair of the CBABC Aboriginal Lawyers Forum (ALF) #BarristerFarmer I hope that it is obvious that my tweets are not legal advice. He/him/learned friend
Tonight, two of the white nationalists I reported on in this piece showed up to attempt to intimidate me on a private night out at a small music venue.
I’ll have more to say tomorrow. I’m safe.
They also didn’t pay cover 🖕
NEW: Amber Bracken and The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for wrongful arrest. Haven’t heard an update in a while? We got you covered. @ethancox.bsky.social of @ricochetmedia.bsky.social and Camilo Ruiz, who has been covering every day of the trial, join me to discuss the proceedings. #cdnnews #cdnpoli
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
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Premier David Eby has issued the following statement about continued work regarding the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Act: Over decades, our courts have recognized, and our constitution protected, First Nations rights and title in British Columbia. These rights are not new – we just marked the ten-year anniversary of the Chilcotin decision that declared First Nations title over a large swath of central British Columbia. In recognizing our province’s legal reality, our government’s goal has always been to stay out of court and avoid the uncertainty court decisions create, and to try to deliver prosperity through partnership with First Nations and local communities in a way that lifts everyone up. And we’re succeeding. A new mine in the Northwest, Eskay Creek, announced just weeks ago, was a joint environmental assessment decision between the Tahltan First Nation and the province. Cooperation, not conflict, and a billion dollar a year mine opens, employing hundreds of people, instead of a multi-million dollar lawsuit filed, employing dozens of lawyers. This was enabled by the Declaration Act. A recent court decision, however, has created confusion and concern about the intent of the Act and reconciliation work generally. We are seeking to appeal that decision at the Supreme Court, while we work with First Nation partners on amendments to get back to the original intention of the Declaration Act. The Act’s purpose is to be a roadmap to stay out of court and try to find constructive resolution of shared concerns. It reflects that reconciliation is a two-way street. That’s why the law was supported unanimously when it was introduced in the legislature. The court decision upends that balance. We will introduce amendments to this law to address this issue and ensure the Act delivers resolution and a path forward, not conflict and uncertainty. Section 35 of Canada’s constitution will always be there for Nations who wish to chal…
To the Premier: will you ensure you have the full support of First Nations before proceeding with proposed changes to DRIPA? Hon. Spencer Chandra Herbert: Thank you to the House Leader of the Third Party for the question. No question, reconciliation is the journey that we must walk on together with British Columbians, with First Nations in this province, and that means listening to each other. That means working together and listening to each other when we don’t always agree with each other. So there’s no question; there’s work we have ahead. But I do want to focus that the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has led to some great success recently. I think of our work with the Tāłtān Nation and a day of great pride when we stood together to announce a major new mine approved together in their territory with incredible benefits for the region, for jobs, for our country of Canada. And I want to keep doing that work with nations as we use the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act to raise us all up and, more specifically, to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The BC government keeps mentioning the Tahltan Nation when defending its work on reconciliation and plans to change the Declaration Act
See Premier Eby's Feb 6 statement and Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister Spencer Chandra Herbert's answer in QP today #bcpoli
Health authorities and school districts? Those are autonomous from the provincial government. How is that supposed to work?
Legal experts are concerned about B.C.'s plan to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act: https://bit.ly/46SD65O
NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Shannon, do you feel that one or both of the NDP and greens is trying to set up an election for this spring?
In a letter Friday to West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, the Federal Judicial Center said it had "omitted" the climate science chapter from its latest Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. The removal marks a significant victory for Republican efforts to thwart a raft of climate lawsuits that the fossil fuel industry has warned could cost it billions of dollars. On Friday, the Republican Attorneys General Association congratulated its members on X, writing that the "Federal Judicial Center has announced they are removing ridiculous WOKE climate science from judicial manuals."
Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
LNG Canada’s facility in Kitimat, B.C., burned more than 1.7 million cubic metres of gas on a single day in September.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
This all highlights the importance of the case brought by The Narwhal and Amber Bracken against the RCMP and others that is in trial right now in Vancouver.
BC Human Rights Commissioner says the media exclusion zone established by the Vancouver Police Department while dismantling the Hastings encampment in 2023 unjustly restricted press freedom
It unjustly restricted press freedom and compromised transparency, per the new report
The Narwhal is suing the RCMP for arresting Amber Bracken while she was embedded with land defenders in 2021. This morning don lemon was arrested for embedded with protesters. The Crown arguing right now to be able to make the same type of arrests in Canada
While we are reading the news about journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort being arrested, a reminder that a Canadian journalist was arrested while covering a protest action in Northern B.C. in 2021. thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Counsel for the Attorney General of BC: Being shot at by the police is not a Canadian experience.
Maybe not a Canadian experience, but certainly an Indigenous experience.
Disputes over a hypothetical new pipeline have devolved into a rote debate that pits environment against economy, @michellecyca.com writes. Meanwhile, First Nations in B.C. are demonstrating that protecting the environment creates wealth and jobs: thenarwhal.ca/environment-...
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi’s challenge this week to UCP MLAs to sign a letter saying they are proud Canadians and opponents of Alberta separatism and promise to make that known to voters is not bad. Not bad at all. #abpoli
Shit’s so bad in Minnesota that he’s gonna have to release the Epstein files to distract from it
A Canadian-made armoured vehicle was spotted on Minneapolis streets the day ICE murdered Alex Pretti.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
This also tells you that they will do anything to retain power in the upcoming midterms.
Psst Americans..... you are losing your freedom.
The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Stop doing business with companies supporting Nazis
Trump regime thugs murder Alex Pretti
The United States, 2026, unarmed civilian murdered in broad daylight in front of dozens of people by Trump regime forces. #3E #GoodvsEvil
Footage from the witness in pink who managed to save the footage from ICE coverup. Clearly shows the murder of the man in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Trump regime ICE forces.
#3E #GoodVsEvil
Man holds phone recording ICE before being killed
He was holding a phone not a gun, his crime? Opposing the regime. So they murdered him.
A new video appears to show the moments leading up to a fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis, with the individual appearing to simply record on his phone as agents escalated the situation.
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