NEW - BC Government launching involuntary care under B.C. Mental Health Act for some brain injury, mental illness and severe addiction patients. The first corrections facility is at Surrey Pretrial Service Centre. The first housing facility set for Alouette Correctional. #bcpoli

Addiction is a chronic relapsing condition. The rate of success for involuntary care is lower than the rate for people who WANT treatment. And none of it changes the unregulated poisoned drug supply, which is still there waiting for people if they slip and use again ☹️

On a more happy note today one of our fronline workers who has taken a few weeks off I saw him today has self detoxed. I asked him what inspired him he sad working for OPS and meeting another person who detoxed and was able to move on with his life. He also said the reason he

There is no world in which the explosion of hundreds, if not thousands, of pagers is not an indiscriminate attack prohibited by international law. When those pagers were set off, there was no way to know if they would be in shopping markets, homes, or streets with busy traffic.

My brother has stood up to bullies his whole life, and we all know bullies fold when someone stands up to them. People forget he’s trained in MMA for years—he’s not afraid of these far-right cowards. It’s time we all stand up to them.

Slowly but surely Nch'u7mut Indigenous Student Council + #MustangJustice preparing for Truth In Justice Week as part of #OrangeShirtDay and National Truth and Reconciliation Week #sd36learn @surrey_schools @surreyteachers @racialeq36 #bced BC Teachers’ Federation

It's hard to overstate how significant this is. True North is an outlet that some mainstream politicians take seriously. Poilievre did a one on one with them. Its managing editor is seeking a Conservative nomination. And they just had a podcast episode banned for hate speech.

1/ On August 18, Elenore Sturko spoke at Freedom House, a space in Vancouver for far-right organizing. The event was called Into the Abyss: A Solution Orientated Discussion on the Drug Crisis and included a viewing of Aaron Gunn's Vancouver Is Dying.

#MustangJustice off to a busy start: Truth In Justice Week, City of Surrey Dignity Project, Khalsa Aid Canada CIVIX Canada (EN) .with more to come. Thanks to our students who stepped up so early in school year. #sd36learn @surreyteachers @surrey_schools racialEQ36 #bced BC Teachers’ Federation

Intersectionality Matters. @terryfoxfoundation #MustangJustice #sd36learn @surreyteachers @surrey_schools @racialeq36 #bced BC Teachers’ Federation

Powerful evidence from Surrey Teachers’ Association during Surrey Schools Board liaison meeting. The lack of funding, worsening workplace conditions , and threats to public #bced must be addressed Where there is a will there is a way.

Thank you Lookout Housing and Health Society, OptionsCommunityServ, EFry, @PCRS_bc and Realistic Success Recovery Society for holding a straight to the point human rights lens all candidates on the important topic of housing insecurity. Baltej Singh Dhillon Jessie Sunner Ravi Kahlon Linda Hepner Pat McCutcheon

Just a reminder that this was John Rustad's statement on the first 1 Million 4 Children (September 20, 2023), where he shared conspiracies & threw his support behind a far-right movement that aims to strip 2SLGBTQ+ people of their basic human rights.

This is John Rustad launching his campaign at the CRAB Park Tent City. The Conservatives are running a campaign to increase violent displacements targeting people who are unhoused. The BCNDP will go along for the ride. Please support unhoused neighbours during this time.

The Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs released a plan for Lebanon. He says because it’s not a sovereign nation, Israel has the right to redraw the map and occupy areas to allow it to prevent shooting into the country. This will be a permanent occupation. What happens to the

Closing supervised consumption sites risks undoing years of progress in harm reduction. Treatment and recovery are vital, but these services must coexist. We should be enhancing these programs not turning our backs on those who need both harm reduction and pathways to recovery.

Incredibly disturbing.

Soaking wet but happy to support TerryFoxFoundation race to end cancer by #lamfam L.A. Matheson Mustangs