Unpopular take: Getting off the reserve alive is what makes an indigenous person a “survivor,” not having attended a residential school. Here’s why. You may want to bookmark this one. 1/10 🧵

Adam LaBoucan, who brutally raped a baby, drowned a toddler, and “transed” his way into the women’s prison in Abbotsford, is now seeking parole. He wants into an indigenous women’s healing circle. How lost are we even to contemplate his release? bc.ctvnews.ca/canada-s-young…

Our ancestors did not steal this country. They built it. 🇨🇦

Teachers are prohibited from saying the Lord‘s Prayer in class. Why should they perform ritualized land acknowledgments?

“Tell me the name of a single residential school child murdered anywhere.”

BREAKING - OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie calls for the resignation of British Columbia’s Grand Chief Stewart Phillip for propagating the lie that 215 children were found buried in Kamloops. Phillip has backed the bill to imprison Canadians who dispute residential school stories.

This is not a dog whistle. It’s a bullhorn. I will not tolerate this outlandish defamation and plunder of our nation. For generations, missionaries, priests, and nuns fed, clothed, equipped and protected indigenous students, many of whom boarded at residential schools because of deprivation or neglect at home. We should honour them for their sacrifice and service. Canadians are a gracious and compassionate people, and the manipulation of their decency is a great evil which must end.

SHOWDOWN between Dallas Brodie and BC’s most powerful chiefs. They’re stunned that a politician won’t bow at their feet and beg for forgiveness after being called all the bad words.

With Parliament prorogued, my NDP MP, Laurel Collins (@Laurel_BC) and her daughter just showed up at my house, door knocking! Here’s a rundown of our exchange. What would you have asked? 🙋 LC: Do you have any questions for me? Me: yes. Lots! Do you support the anti-Israel marches blocking traffic downtown? LC: What marches? LC’s daughter: [whispers] the Free Palestine marches. LC: I support the right to protest. Me: ,..and also to block traffic? For 15 months straight? LC: I don’t know anything about that. Me: Why not? Aren’t you the MP? It’s been 15 months. LC: There are a lot of protests in Victoria. Me: [sigh] LC: Well, I certainly don’t support anything anti-Semitic! Me: They are chanting “There is only one solution, intifada revolution”. During the second intifada, 1500 Jews were killed; mostly women and children from suicide bombers. Some organizers celebrated Oct 7th. LC: That’s a terrible thought. Me: That’s the truth. LC: Well, we’d better get going… Me: Thanks for stopping by. You probably shouldn’t count on my vote.

Grace Lore, who infamously promoted “bringing out the knife” against opponents of child transition, has just been named BC’s Minister for Children and Families. Take that in. She’ll decide if parents keep their kids. Help me stop her. conservativebc.ca/tim #ConservativeBC #cdnpoli #bcpoli #yyjpoli #yyj cheknews.ca/eby-promotes-vic… cc: @BillboardChris @jordanbpeterson @JohnRustad4BC @jonkay @MattWalshBlog @preta_6 @justdad7 @Conservative_BC @DouglasTodd @Adam_Stirling @RobShaw_BC @keithbaldrey @motherabieth @CHEK_News @TrueNorthCentre @cosminDZS @rupasubramanya @shellenberger @SwipeWright @DrDebraSoh @RebelNews_CA @ezralevant @AbigailShrier @TristinHopper @cosminDZS

The “truth and reconciliation” mob tells Canada’s most informed academic on Kamloops to “go home you fucking hick”. Orange shirts symbolize lies and vengeance. The Canadian flag includes us all. Choose accordingly tomorrow.

Every Canadian citizen should have the same rights, regardless of race or ancestry. Period.

Numbers aside, nobody disputes that children in residential schools and on reserves and in non-Indian schools died of disease and were buried, often in community graveyards near those schools. And I take no issue with any person that simply wants to find out where his or her ancestors may be buried, such as where records have been lost or memories have faded. But what has happened since Kamloops though is something sinister. A number of bands together with unscrupulous anthropologists,consultants and lawyers have portrayed existing graveyards that have fallen into neglect as if they were crime scenes with mass Graves full of murdered children. This is Dunn by juxtaposing carefully crafted communications about the “discovery” of burials (sometimes band cemeteries, sometimes unverified GPR anomalies, or other vaguely described sites) with lured stories of children disappearing and unverifiable horror stories demonizing priests, nuns, and teachers as the ostensible murderers. Critical questions from the media are typically disallowed, despite the false implications of mass murder, police have either been blocked from investigating or have rarely been called. There are no known active murder investigations. There are no names of children that are missing. No police reports. Nothing but stories at the public is manipulated into believing cannot be questioned either because of the magical power that indigenous elders must possess or because there is somehow a moral duty not to question claims by indigenous people. This is a tapestry of deception, it must be pulled apart. Why? It trivializes the real abuse that some individuals did suffer and exploits the compassion of the Canadian public to reinforce false narratives of genocide. It isn’t always clear if the bands and their reconciliation industry allies do this because they get caught up in the deception and are too embarrassed to walk back their claims or whether it is an intentional play to increase political leverage. Regardless, they will be exposed and held accountable in time. I welcome you to join us in holding these bad actors accountable. And I extend this invitation to all people who are honest and decent and want to make peace and move forward together based on truth and mutual respect.

Sir. I didn't attack you. You're not a victim. As an MLA, you're one of the most powerful men in BC. It's your own party's Equity and Diversity nomination policies that reduce individuals to their skin colour and other group identities. See? globalnews.ca/news/7346608/b…

We broke their brains. BC NDP and “Conservative” mLAs are furious that OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie proposed a law to stop teachers from humiliating children with ritualized land acknowledgments.

Cab driver on tonight’s ride home after learning that I’m running against the NDP: “Just got my passport. This is my FIRST vote and the first for six of my friends too. I’m voting Conservative. We all are.”

Land acknowledgements are recited in schools to humiliate your children.

“Canada has 10 times as many health-care administrators as Germany, even though Germany has twice the population of Canada.” And Germany has one of the best healthcare systems in the world. Less Government. 📝 More Doctors! 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️ calgaryherald.com/opinion/co…

This story must be told.

The Haida Title Act is being debated in the Legislature this week. If passed, it will relinquish British Columbia’s ownership and jurisdiction to over 10,000 square kilometres of land and resources on Haida Gwaii. Haida laws and customs will govern the territory. It will call into question the validity of every tenure ever granted without Haida consent. And contrary to the Premier’s claims, the agreement does not protect private property rights either. It's a big deal. So we should probably talk about it outside of the Legislature too. The Conservative Party of BC is not alone in sounding the alarm. Tom Isaac, who has written 12 books on aboriginal law and been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, is warning that the Haida Agreement has ambiguous and conflicting provisions which include a recognition of Haida title over fee simple lands. This could tie the province’s hands in the ongoing litigation (the agreement will *not* settle the Haida’s court claims) or if the Haida decide to assume control over private lands in the future. Over the next two years, the Haida’s leaders and laws will replace British Columbia’s. This will mean roughly *half* the population, who are not Haida members, will be governed by rulers who they do not elect. Nor is it clear to what extent the Charter rights of these British Columbians will be enforceable against the laws and other actions taken by their new government. Wave goodbye to democracy on Haida Gwaii. This is precisely what the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) foresees: that all lands previously owned, occupied or otherwise acquired be given to people with indigenous ancestry or compensation paid in lieu. And it is precisely what the NDP is busy implementing across the entire province, aligning BC laws with UNDRIP under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), a law the Conservative Party of BC has committed to repealing if elected in October. Does the dream of UNDRIP look like moral progress to you? Not to me. Not anymore. As a lawyer, I dedicated the first dozen years of my career helping indigenous clients to achieve these goals. I had the best of intentions, believing as I’m sure the NDP do now, that since indigenous people had lost power in the past the only ethical thing to do was to give it back to them. But there’s a missing variable in this moral arithmetic. Indigenous inhabitants did lose ownership and control of these lands to Great Britain and successor governments. But they and their descendants got something in return. Keys to the modern world. The wheel, the lightbulb, the microchip. Modern medicine, which has tripled human lifespans from 25 to 75 years. And every right possessed by their fellow British Columbians. How could one ever quantify that? Will they be returned under the Haida Agreement? We cannot turn back the clock. Our history is complex, with leaps forward as well as setbacks. And I understand as well as anybody that there are legal realities we need to face. So let’s acknowledge the racist boxes that have historically defined us and ask: Will we dig them deeper? Or will we extract ourselves, gracefully and collaboratively, from those boxes and onto firmer ground? We must choose. I believe we can have reconciliation now. If we recognize our common humanity. If we refuse to calculate a “balance owing” from our distant past. And if we instead build on the legacy of our mutual trade, cooperation, and empowerment. Let us rise above our racial distinctions and walk as equals on the path to peace, prosperity, and good government.

Do you guys realize just how insane the NDP and Green MLAs are? This morning we have the NDP instructing all non-indigenous British Columbians to describe themselves as “settlers”, “colonizers”, and “uninvited guests”. And the Greens blathering on about another day for “trans visibility” because apparently an entire summer season for celebrating Pride doesn’t afford them enough special attention. These people got ELECTED. Insane.

The grand chief can dictate terms to David Eby. Not to Dallas Brodie. It’s about time somebody stood up for all British Columbians.

BREAKING: We have learned that reluctance by police to make arrests of antisemitic extremists may be due to an unwillingness by Crown Prosecutors in the Office of the Attorney General, Niki Sharma to proceed with charges. In her resignation letter, Selina Robinson points to Niki Sharma as being unaware of the fear the Jewish community as we have witnessed the rise of antisemitism and intimidation of Jews across BC. BC Conservatives have received recent reports that @vicpdcanada Chief Del Manek has in a private meeting, pinned the reluctance of police to make arrests on the belief that Crown Prosecutors, who report to Ms. Sharma, may be unwilling to lay charges. Over the last month, I have prepared a 26-page legal brief documenting instances that I consider to be violations of criminal laws, including hate speech and terrorism, by persons associated with the weekly anti-Israel demonstrations in Victoria. This includes repeated unlawful obstructions of roads and motorists, blatant hate speech, and even the promotion of terrorism. This brief has been shared with local Jewish leaders, presented to Victoria Police Chief @Chiefmanek and to the Attorney General of British Columbia, Niki Sharma. Below, you will find the executive summary of this legal memo reproduced. Full copies have been provided to the media. Press Release: nitter.app/conservative_bc/status… 1/x

I took a six-figure pay cut to leave aboriginal law and join OneBC. But now I get to tell the truth and expose frauds like Sean Carlton who, naturally, has preemptively blocked me. Sign up to watch this monumental documentary: makingakilling.ca

We’ve tried 7 years of NDP policies. Drug deaths have DOUBLED 💔and streets are UNSAFE. 🔪 Rent has DOUBLED 💰and the cost of living is out of control. 💸 Nearly HALF of Victoria residents now have NO family doctor. 👨‍⚕️ The writ drops today. Who’s ready for CHANGE?🗳️

BREAKING: Victoria firefighter, Josh Montgomery is speaking out against the "outrageous" plan for an unregulated drug consumption site 100 feet from his home and two young girls, He's asked @Dave_Eby to step in. Do you stand with Josh and B.C. families? I do. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #yyj

A single story can bring down a government. This one should. Brianna’s. Dead at 13. Overdosed in a homeless camp. Her parents begged for treatment. But in 2022 David Eby broke his promise to allow involuntary care, leaving them powerless. Nothing he says now matters.

If they try to silence us, we will come back LOUDER. If they try to knock us down, we will come back STRONGER. Polls have opened. If you’re feeling down today, it’s time to STAND UP and VOTE for Common Sense Change! #bcpoli

John Rustad has fired Lindsay Shepherd for defying the Kamloops Graves lie—just like Dallas Brodie. What a pathetic party. None of his MLAs will defend her. They hide under the table when it’s time to fight for the truth!

Delighted to announce that I will have the honour and responsibility of supporting 44 newly elected MLAs in my new role as the Director of Research for the BC Conservative Caucus! Going to daylight so much corruption you'll WISH you were blind. 😎

Masks off for the NDP. If you question their lies, they want you in prison.

The Hamas mob in Victoria has been blocking roads to shout slurs and nonsense at passersby every week for the last 10 months. They don’t get permits. Police act as private security. Canada‘s elites love those who hate Jews and Christians.

Reconciliation is leftist racism.

The NDP knows the public will revolt once they learn the true cost of the so-called reconciliation agenda. That’s why they negotiate in secret and hide the costs from taxpayers. Prime example: legislative changes Eby made to FOIPPA to prevent public disclosure of documents relating to indigenous rights, including apparently any costs paid to band members for attending meetings, performing land, acknowledgments, and negotiating deals with government officials.

“You belong in the ground.” The orange shirts do not represent truth or reconciliation. They symbolize lies and vengeance. I’m wearing red and white tomorrow in solidarity with Frances.

You know what @Dave_Eby wants even less than an independent review of the 2024 election? An independent review of his ties to alleged CCP 🇨🇳proxies implicated in election interference. We deserve them both. 🇨🇦

We are literally calling for the integration of indigenous and non-indigenous Canadians under one set of laws. Watching leftists realize that they are in fact the ones who are racist is like watching the Sixth Sense where Bruce Willis finds out that the reason he is seeing ghosts all over the place is because he is in fact a ghost.

“You work for US!!!” @Dallas_Brodie HAMMERS David Eby and all the useless politicians who won’t stand up for Canadians.

Thank you. Thank you for every conversation, every door knocked, every email you wrote, every dollar donated, every idea you shared, every prayer, and every vote. Thank you for the hope you’ve planted in Victoria and across B.C. Thank you for the future we are yet to build!

Never thought I’d get attacked by an MLA for attending memorial events for the October 7th massacres, but here we are. @GraceALore, this was disgraceful.

OneBC is the only party in British Columbia that will stand up for your property rights. The other parties all believe you live on stolen land. 1bc.ca

I just sat down with Constable Mark Jenkins, a community liaison officer with the downtown street community and police. He says we're approaching the point of no return in the addiction crisis. And the provincial government is making it worse. He told me a story I'll never forget. One man living on the street told Mark he'd keep stealing again and again. "Nothing personal", he said. Why? Because he has a $40-a-day habit and his girlfriend's is $160-a-day. So the first thing he thinks about each morning is how to steal enough stuff to feed the addiction. And how much is that? The man gets 10 cents on the dollar on the black market for the stuff he steals. So that's $2000-per-day he needs to shoplift to feed the beast. And the province wants you to think "stigmatization" is the problem. That more drugs are the answer. As if it's not the drugs themselves that are a robbing men like this of his freedom and dignity. And the man says recovery terrifies him. Like having your skin on fire. But let's say he works up his courage and wants to give it a shot? It takes 3-6 months to get into rehab. He might not last that long. Let's say he makes it into rehab and gets clean. Where can he go when the program is over? Back to the streets! Or into the "wet" housing where he'll be surrounded by the drugs and drug-based community he's worked so hard to escape. In fact, I'm told that BC Housing doesn't have a single dry unit in the city. The province? That's an unbelievable scandal in itself. In New York, EVERY shelter is now dry and people using them need to have a plan to move towards recovery. Nor are there any real supports for those exiting treatment. No skills training. Recovery ("therapeutic") communities. No counseling. Just the street and its drugs. Is it any wonder overdose deaths have doubled in 7 years under the NDP? They don't believe in recovery. Or they do but can't make it work. A distinction, which frankly, doesn't matter if you're the one trying to get free. I don't have all the answers. But I'm listening. Especially to the people who are actually dealing with the reality of the tragedy on our streets. More to come, including what we can learn from Amy Allard, who runs Sea Spring Mental Wellness Coalition and has gotten 130 people off Victoria's streets and into market-housing in the last 3 years alone. A true inspiration.

Canadian universities are committing intellectual genocide.

“A kick in the gut”. That’s how a lifelong NDP voter in Victoria just described David Eby’s ban on short-term rentals as I spoke with him this evening. After a workplace injury took his job a few years ago, he and his wife bought a condo in Victoria and began renting it out to pay the bills as they entered retirement. They loved it, hosting nurses, other seniors, and many more. They bought a second condo by borrowing against the equity in the first. Both were zoned for short-term rentals (legal nonconforming use. “I like to sleep at night”, he said. “So we played by the rules.” But as they were to learn, the NDP doesn’t. The province had a housing crisis and the NDP wanted a scapegoat. So David Eby went after one of his favourite villains: “investors”. They got the hotel lobby to cook up a study conveniently placing the blame on their chief competitors and then brushed aside the legitimate cries of STR-owners whose livelihoods would be wiped out without a penny of compensation. It’s cost this man and his wife $300,000. They’re stuck with a $1 million mortgage and no clue how to cover it. “We will NEVER vote NDP again. Not this time. Not in my lifetime. Not in my children’s lifetimes.” They are not alone. David Eby has trampled thousands of innocent British Columbians underfoot in his rush to be seen as a man of action. And that’s today’s progressives, really. It’s how they’re “seen”. BC Conservatives will stand for what’s right. We’ll ask “Is it true?” and “Does it work?”. Because its RESULTS that matter. Not how we look as we get them. CC: @conservative_bc @PropertyRtsBC

It is incredibly stupid or incredibly evil to claim that residential schools were concentration camps. The Nazis were not equipping their prisoners to thrive in a changing world – they murdered them. Students at residential schools were objectively safer and healthier than those on reserve. This included higher survival rates from disease, growing up to 1 inch taller, and being more likely to have healthy adult body weights. They also learned English (good luck without it and gained essential skills. Residential schools were supported by many chiefs and parents, who lobbied governments to keep them open. Parents signed permission slips for their children to attend. Do you think parents signed permission slips for their kids to go to Auschwitz? The period during which attendance was mandatory was limited to 1920 to 1951; even then, it was rarely enforced and was a policy also applied to non-Indigenous schools. But what of the abuse? The independent assessment process (IAP) created as part of the residential school settlement agreement offered claimants up to $250,000 for claims of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse but required no evidence beyond a written statement—in some cases less than 50 words. The rules of evidence were cast aside. The accused were not permitted to challenge evidence, and complainants did not even have to attend a hearing. $250,000 is a lot of money. Who wouldn’t want to cash in? 38,000 claims were paid out for $2 billion (that was on top of the $3 billion paid to students simply for attending a residential school for at least one day). Major decades-long criminal investigations into alleged sexual abuse were conducted in Manitoba, BC, Ontario, and elsewhere. What did they find? Next to nothing. The TRC itself reports that there were only 31 convictions for sexual offenses over the 150-year history of residential schools. So, yes, abuse occurred, but there is no evidence at all of widespread abuse by priests and nuns, which is the dominant narrative polluting Canadian consciousness. Much of what is now alleged as abuse is the strict discipline that was common during that era—the strap, etc. That same discipline would have been used by teachers to raise their own children. Yes, it would have been a harsh culture shock for Indigenous kids who typically came from less structured environments. But was it evidence that residential schools were operated at scale in malice? No, quite the opposite. Ultimately, the alternative available at the time would have been to abandon Indigenous children on isolated, impoverished reserves where conditions were abysmal. Residential schools were a sign of Canadian compassion, reflecting the best efforts and intentions of the day. Crucially, this is where kids received medicine, dentistry, new clothes, and nutritious meals, along with the loving care that many sadly did not have at home, as for many decades the schools functioned as de facto orphanages for children suffering neglect. We should thank those who served selflessly in those schools, and not demonize the men and women who dedicated their lives to teaching Indigenous kids.

Residential schools were a refuge for impoverished children. They weren’t perfect– no government program is. educate yourself this orange shirt day. Here is a good primer: Not a Genocide by Ian Gentles quillette.com/2023/08/02/not…

To put those numbers in perspective, $32 billion divided by the 420,000 status Indians on reserve equals approximately $75,000 per person per year in federal payments. I can assure you that the average person living on reserve is not receiving anywhere near that figure, which means an enormous amount of waste, corruption, and fraud runs throughout the federal and first nations administrations. It’s great for the reconciliation industry though!

If you want to protect reproductive rights, you can't promote the sterilization of youth. Yesterday, I spoke with someone who works in a B.C. gender clinic who'd never even heard of the Cass Report. Or Tavistock. The evidence is in. Gender transitions don’t alleviate underlying conditions. And they rob youth of their human rights to have children. Moms and dads across this province are voting for the reproductive rights of their children. They're voting @Conservative_BC. *Cass Report: cass.independent-review.uk/h… *@ZivoAdam on Tavistock: nationalpost.com/opinion/whi…

BREAKING: BC Conservatives Condemn Chilling Retaliation Against Victoria Firefighter Mr. Montgomery was scheduled to speak as a representative of Victoria’s North Park neighbourhood at a town hall hosted last night by Tim Thielmann, Conservative Party of BC candidate for Victoria-Beacon Hill. But attendees learned from Stephen Andrew, a journalist and the event’s moderator that Mr. Montgomery had been forced to cancel and had just been suspended without pay for his letter to the Premier. “This is a man who risks his life to save ours. Every day. A man who’ll stand up for the safety of his children and his neighbours. And they want to make an example out of him simply for writing to his Premier? I don’t think so. The people of British Columbia won’t stand for this,” said Mr. Thielmann. In his letter, Mr. Montgomery asked the Premier to suspend a proposed drug consumption site that would service 300 unhoused people just 100 feet from where his young daughters, ages 4 and 6, play outside his house. Victoria firefighters now require a police escort to answer emergency calls on Victoria’s troubled 900 block of Pandora Avenue, the site where a paramedic was recently attacked and first responders swarmed by approximately 60 hostile street residents. A loaded 9mm handgun was recovered by police days later. “We demand an account. Was Mr. Montgomery’s suspension at the insistence of the Mayor or did it come from the Premier himself? Mr. Montgomery and B.C.’s first responders deserve an explanation and a formal apology for this outrageous and vindictive attack,” said Mr. Thielmann. “I’ve spent my entire legal career getting governments to consult. Plenty didn’t want to. But this is the first time I’ve seen a government that’d go after a man’s job simply because he wrote a letter with some tough questions. As a lawyer I’m shaking my head. As a father, I’m standing with Josh,” said Tim Thielmann. #bcpoli #yyj

I’m not surprised that the NDP voted against our bill to ban land acknowledgements on first reading – ie without reading the bill. But John Rustad, and all but two of his MLAs did as well. Wow. OneBC is the Actual Opposition.

1200 meetings with indigenous tribes in one week and ZERO meetings with the general public about the giveaways of BC’s money, land, and power.

This is basically why I left the practice of aboriginal law. It is being used to undermine foundations of democracy and placing band councils in charge of virtually every aspect of public life, and now even private property is subject to aboriginal title.

Why publish this man’s sob story? Give pity to mass murderers and they’ll multiply. He is not the victim. The victims are the victims.

This is what leadership looks like. Calm and principled. Focused on the real concerns of the public, whether or not it perturbs the delicate sensibilities of establishment mouthpieces.

Remember how far fetched this kind of firing seemed 10 years ago. Now imagine what they will do 10 years from now if we don’t fight back. If you stand for the truth, then you stand with Amy Hamm.

Reconciliation is a mirage. The path to prosperity is to guarantee property rights for every single Canadian, regardless of race or ancestry.

We get knocked down. And we get up again!

Dallas Brodie is showing us all how to lead. Courage. Integrity. Truth. Never give in to the mob. Never apologize for the truth. Never give up on our future.

Stray comments can be forgiven. A political career devoted to drug use cannot. Eby’s ends Saturday.

“ unless you’re indigenous, you’re a second class citizen.“ You are the racist. We are for all Canadians.

As a staff member employed at the Legislature, I must voice my disappointment. This is highly inappropriate. There is no evidence in news reports or the band’s statements substantiating the claim of discovered children’s remains. Nor was there in Kamloops. Have we learned nothing? And the chief is making wild unattributed accusations of teachers taking children into forests never to return, implying that children were murdered by teachers—again with zero evidence. Are we amplifying inflammatory and dubious claims of murder now? On behalf of all British Columbians? Validating such claims by lowering the flag absent any evidence dishonours both our Legislature and British Columbians.

Ok Premier @Dave_Eby. Let’s talk prosperity. In 6.5 years, your party has: DOUBLED carbon tax rates 🚙 DOUBLED total provincial debt 💰 DOUBLED overdose 💉 and homeless ⛺️ death rates Our party will: Axe the tax 🪓, Cut waste 🗑️ Get street addicts into care 🏥 Could be my poor eyesight, but BC prosperity is looking pretty BLUE to me. 🧐 #ConservativeBC #CPBC #bluewave #bcpoli #yyj @Conservative_BC bc.ctvnews.ca/surging-conser…

Former Chief Judge of the Manitoba Provincial Court Brian Giesbrecht is asking the lawyers who amplified the false claims from Kamloops to apologize. They should have known the story was bogus from day one. I never bought the story, but as a lawyer who once worked in the reconciliation industry myself, I have no problem apologizing for the role that I and others in my profession had in dividing Canadians by distorting our history and by legally entrenching an identity of victimhood for indigenous people. I’ve never been more convinced than I am today that the only path forward for us is if we leave the past behind and rebuild a society where honest, hardworking, and talented people thrive no matter where your parents or grandparents were born.

All Canadians should respect the stories of our Elders.

And we are now TIED with the NDP on Vancouver Island. Tied. Yes we can win. Even here! “The BC Conservatives lead in the interior by 10 points, are tied with the NDP on Vancouver Island and trail the NDP by 11 point in greater Vancouver.” mainstreetresearch.ca/poll/m…

Victoria's Mayor now says church parking lots should become homeless shelters. Many using shelters are addicted to drugs, mentally ill, carry knives, and/or have poor impulse control. Insane. And where's Eby? We'll stop this!🛑 cheknews.ca/victoria-mayors-…

The sound of David Eby's worst nightmare, last night in Duncan.

More fire from the Leader of the Actual Opposition. 🔥🔥🔥

Tonight’s debate showed that @SoniaFurstenau is earnest and hopeful. The only problem is that her communist policies would spell ruin for the poor and the middle class—the very people we all want to help. Ideas matter. Here are some of hers (in plain language, without the waxy semantic coating): -ban private investment in housing (leading to a government monopoly over renters. You thought your landlord was tough to get a hold of!) -ban oil and gas investment (but also ban nuclear, so no replacement for the base load power we all need when the wind doesn’t blow and sun doesn’t shine) -free and legal fentanyl and other hard drugs for everyone (what’s the big deal? They’re all just “substances” right?) -pay for public services with rainbows and unicorns (if you tax and ban the most productive industries and workers out of B.C.—because yes, the rich can and will leave!—who pays for all the free stuff you want to offer to the poor?) 🦄 As Winston Churchill is accredited with saying: If you’re not a socialist when you’re young, you don’t have a heart. But if you’re a socialist when you’re old, you don’t have a brain. Keep your compassion tethered to your common sense. Vote Conservative.

A nurse called me last night to share her experience dealing with drug users inside a lower mainland tertiary care centre where she’s worked over the last year and a half. Not only can patients bring their drugs inside, staff are expected to provide lockboxes for safekeeping! They then smoke or shoot up in parking lots, bathrooms, and even inside emergency rooms filled with extremely vulnerable patients. She tells me nurses are left without any guidance or tools whatsoever to deal with the chaos. Staff can’t take the drugs away. There are no limits to how much drugs or alcohol can be consumed, leading, naturally, to verbal abuse, physical assaults, and on-site overdoses. Nurses are being exposed to fentanyl smoke, triggering vomiting, illnesses, and several on sick & stress leave. It’s not that they don’t care. They do! In fact, doctors know that there aren’t appropriate mental health and recovery facilities available, so they’re slow to release patients back to the streets. This turns hospital beds into makeshift shelters, occupying beds and staff who would otherwise be addressing acute care needs. This mayhem is EXACTLY what the NDP and the BCU asked for last year when they worked with Justin Trudeau to decriminalize hard drugs in BC. It’s why the status quo is not helping anybody. Not the people trapped in the downward spiral of addiction, trauma and abuse. And not the nurses, doctors, and other frontline workers who haven’t been equipped to help them escape it. BC Conservatives will end the decriminalization of hard drugs. We need to protect and equip our dedicated healthcare workers. And we need to build the integrated recovery-programs desperately needed to address the crises overflowing from the streets into our hospitals.

Exactly. At some point we have to stop the cycle of victimization by removing some individuals from circulation.

Whoa. The Auditor General just accused the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction of hiding the results of BC’s “safe supply” program from the public. I’m guessing it’s not because the program’s been wildly successful. Keep speaking up. The walls are coming down!

No more threats of violence. No more mob rule. No quarter for terrorist recruiters. Imagine that. Vote for this.

So if you voted for the BC conservatives believing they would stand up for your freedoms, you can switch your support to OneBC for the same reason.

Rustad, joined by his handpicked lieutenants, just gave the NDP a standing ovation for smearing MLA Dallas Brodie. Don’t feel bad if he fooled you. He fooled us too. The mask is off now, isn’t it? halifax.citynews.ca/2025/03/…

BREAKING: BC Conservatives will invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to protect families, businesses, and users themselves by ENDING open drug use in Victoria’s downtown, parks, and public spaces! @Adam_Stirling @CHEK_News @keithbaldrey @TristinHopper @timescolonist @katiederosayyj @RobShaw_BC @CKNW @myDVBA @KevinSabet #ConservativeBC #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli @VaughnPalmer

BC Conservatives have shot from 2% to 25% in the polls while EVERY other party has sunk. Why? 💡We’re NOT led by woke activists or in bed 🛏️ with the Trudeau Liberals. We WILL knock down sacred cows 🐄 to make BC more affordable, safe, and healthy. If you can give this Christmas🎅, please do! 🎁 Change is coming. Let it be soon! conservativebc.ca/donate_ra_… #ConservativeBC #yyj -#ncpoli #CPBC #commonsense4yyj #bluexmas #bluewave

If we had an actual news media in B.C., they might ask @Dave_eby if this man in a bikini should have been allowed to shower with young girls at a Saanich pool because he says he’s trans. Think they will? #bcpoli

CTV didn't air my interview with Rob Buffam last week. That's ok. Here's what I had to say to David Eby and his friends on Victoria City Council who don't believe residents should be consulted before massive new drug consumption sites open next to schools, homes, and churches.

Every numbered treaty contained a promise to educate Indian children. In the 1880s, Chiefs Big Bear, Sweet Grass, and others begged John A. Macdonald to open more schools for their children to learn to read and write. He did. Attendance was not mandatory until 1920 through 1951 and even during that period it was rarely enforced. In fact, parents on reserve filled out applications and sent their kids either to day schools or residential schools to be fed, clothed, given medical care, and equipped with skills to thrive in a changing world. Like any government program – including the ones that you knoww are responsible for - it was imperfect. Abuse did occur as it did in public schools and does today. But the lies which characterize the schooling of indigenous kids in Canada as a “genocide” are absolutely corrosive both to indigenous people and non- indigenous people alike— to say nothing of the outrageous lie still perpetuated about the burials claimed to have been discovered in Kamloops, Sechelt,Kuper Island, and elsewhere. Canadians have always been a compassionate and caring people. Residential schools provided a refuge for many impoverished children whose parents had died or were unable to look after them. The priests, nuns and teachers who worked in the schools deserve to be honoured for their sacrifice and their commitment, not demonized and defamed. These are our elders and our stories too. Orange shirt day is divisive, manipulative, and anti-Canadian. We should unite behind the Maple leaf in our search for unity as equals and as believers in the power of the truth.

Women’s rights advicate @MeghanEMurphy says her bank account was frozen by the Canadian government the day after she launched an election campaign and that she’s gotten no explanation after an entire week’s inquiries.

Saturday, @scoopercooper reported that new CSIS intelligence suggests @Dave_Eby flew to China for a secret meeting with consular officials in June 2022 and was subsequently funded by CCP proxies in his bid to become the Premier. Crickets from #bcpoli media. How? thepostmillennial.com/china-…

The truth is that Canadians are a kind and compassionate people. There was no genocide and no bodies in Kamloops. No reason to be divided.

Oh, Grace.🤦‍♀️ Four things. 1. While I appreciate the donation, you didn't need to sneak a volunteer into my fundraiser to learn that I *personally* believe governments should provide universal care to all while also allowing citizens to purchase insurance or pay out of pocket. Here's one of my videos on the subject! Maybe you can try another "gotcha" tweet tomorrow! nitter.app/timthielmann/status/17…. 2. What our party is actually proposing is NOT "US-style" healthcare at all. The US doesn't guarantee universal coverage for those who can't pay. Canada does, as does most of the rest of the western world. Our Patients First plan won't change that. It maintains universal public coverage. No credit cards needed. 3. The claim that our party will cut healthcare funding is a lie. Not an exaggeration. Not speculation. A lie. It was born from Ravi Parmar's false claim that page 12 of our plan contained a $4.1 billion cut. It doesn't. This lie is especially pernicious because of its specificity, which has the effect of leading the rational but uninformed voter to believe it must contain SOME truth, as the voter will assume "where there's smoke there's fire". But there's actually just smoke. 4. Here is our Patients First healthcare plan: conservativebc.ca/patients_f…. If you read it, you'll see that the plan is not to cut funding but to SHIFT funding from a bloated and opaque healthcare bureaucracy (Germany has 2x our population, but we have 10x the administrators). Why? To raise pay and improve working conditions for MORE doctors, MORE nurses, and MORE front line staff. And we'll need to increase funding, actually, to clear backlogs (4,000 people in Victoria waiting for joint surgeries today) and make long-overdue technological upgrades (doctors are still using FAX MACHINES).

In the wake of a recent threat by @vicpdcanada to arrest Rabbi Lynn Greenhough @KolotRabbi for standing in the path of Victoria’s pro-Palestine demonstrators, I thought it might be helpful to share some legal information that may be of interest to police, organizers, and the public. I’m going to set aside the potential hate speech and terrorism criminal code offences for now and ask whether the demonstrators’ Charter rights to free expression mean police are obligated to allow the ongoing obstruction of public roads. 1. What is happening? Demonstrations in Victoria began the week after the October 7th massacre by Hamas and have persisted for the past 15 months. After speeches at the Legislature, organizers lead a crowd of demonstrators northward up Government Street and along other busy Victoria streets. Police regularly meet with organizers to plan routes and then accompany demonstrators for the duration of the march. 2. The Criminal Code It is a criminal offence to block or obstruct a highway in order to compel or stop others from doing or not doing something they are otherwise entitled to do: 423 (1) Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who, wrongfully and without lawful authority, for the purpose of compelling another person to abstain from doing anything that he or she has a lawful right to do, or to do anything that he or she has a lawful right to abstain from doing, (g) blocks or obstructs a highway “Highway” is defined in the criminal code as a road to which the public has the right of access (Coastal Gaslink Pipeline v. Huson, 2019 BCSC 226 , para 170). It is also a criminal offence to obstruct, interrupt, or interfere with another person’s use, enjoyment, or operation of property: 430(1) Every one commits mischief who wilfully (d) obstructs, interrupts or interferes with any person in the lawful use, enjoyment or operation of property. The marches block and obstruct motorists from carrying out their own lawful activities. They interrupt and interfere with the rights of cyclists and motorists in the use and enjoyment of their vehicles. It may also impede first responders, families driving to emergency rooms, or other critical and lawful activities requiring the use of Victoria roads. There is no question that these marches violate sections 423 and 430 of the criminal code. 3. What about the Charter? Is the Charter right of free expression a defence to enforcement actions against what would otherwise be criminal obstructions of roads? R. v. Breen, 2023 BCPC 84, a recent British Columbia Provincial Court judgement, addresses this very question. In R. v. Breen, Nanaimo RCMP had arrested two protesters for temporarily blockading a highway and interrupting traffic in order to express their opposition to old growth logging. The court reviewed the relevant constitutional case law and rejected the protesters’ Charter defences. Let’s walk through the three steps in the court’s analysis: a. The content of the expression: in that case, there was no issue with the content of the speech, as it pertained to provincial forest management policy. However, in our situation, anti-Zionist demonstrators regularly praise terrorists and chant slogans such as “globalize the intifada” and “there is only one solution intifada revolution” which may constitute hate speech. So, the demonstrations could fail to qualify as protected free speech and therefore fail as a defence to the criminal code offenses on this ground alone. b. The method and location of the expression: In R. v. Breen, the court noted that the blockade was on a public road and that it interfered with other motorists, as well as the fact that it could have been held in less obstructive locations. It was obvious in R. v. Breen, as it is in Victoria now, that protesters were obstructing traffic intentionally to target their desired audiences. However, the court in R. v. Breen rejected this reasoning, drawing from an Ontario case cited by our own court of appeal which had denied the rights of pro-life activists to protest outside of an abortion clinic for this same reason. The underlying principle is this: “the right of freedom of expression does not include the right to a captive audience”. Put another way, you may have the right to speak, but we also have the right not to listen. These factors weigh even more heavily in the case of Victoria’s demonstrations. Organizers regularly target specific businesses believed to support Israel or Zionism. They stop traffic at intersections downtown to give speeches on megaphones to captive audiences of motorists and pedestrians. There is no reason why demonstrators could not remain on the Legislature grounds but for their desire to take these nonconsensual audiences hostage. As in R. v. Breen, a court would very likely deny that the marches are a form of Charter-protected free expression. c. Justification of Infringement: Even if an enforcement action infringes a Charter right, that infringement can be justified under section 1 of the Charter if that action is a reasonable limit on the right justifiable in a free and democratic society. In R. v. Breen, the court found that even if the blockade had constituted a form of free expression, the arrests would have been justified because there was no practical alternative that would have reduced the impairment of the blockaders’ rights of expression. The arrests in R. v. Breen would have been justified despite the blockade having been a one-time occurrence lasting only a few hours. In Victoria, Police notices typically warn of traffic disruptions of about 4 hours and these disruptions have now occurred weekly for approximately 15 months. To my knowledge, this is a degree of public disruption that is unprecedented in our history as a city. Are there practical alternatives to arrests? That is hard to determine for the sole reason that police have been enabling the commission of these offences rather than attempting to prevent or enforce them. Their ongoing accompaniment of demonstrators, and apparent acts of intimidation against counter-protesters, display a concerning disregard for their fundamental responsibilities to uphold the law. One further fact worth noting is that organizers could have sought to obtain special events permits to lawfully authorize road closures, as other organizations such as the Victoria Pride Parade are rquired to do. However, to my knowledge permits have not been sought or obtained by organizers at any time in the last 15 months. R. V. Breen has been cited with approval as recently as last year by the BC Provincial Court in R. v. George-Jim 2024 BCPC 186, which referred to several other cases across Canada in which civil unrest and public obstruction were found not to qualify as protected forms of free expression. 4. Conclusion: Time for Prevention & Enforcement It would appear to be obvious that the ongoing obstruction of motorists and pedestrians by Victoria’s anti-Israel demonstrators are unlawful and are not protected forms of free expression. Victoria Police should immediately cease enabling these criminal offences and instead take appropriate prevention and enforcement actions. This includes: a. Inform organizers and the public that it is a criminal offence to obstruct public highways and motorists and that the organization of marches through Victoria’s downtown must cease immediately. b. Encourage organizers to obtain permits for protests at the Legislature or other permitted locations. c. Inform organizers and the public that arrests will be made if obstructive marches through Victoria continue. From my perspective the enablement of these blockades by law enforcement is disgraceful. It ought to stop immediately to restore public confidence in the administration of justice and the rule of law. NOTICE TO READER: This post is NOT legal advice. If you are involved in any way, consult a practising lawyer. This information is not new. I provided an earlier version of this summary to @ChiefManak and Attorney General of BC @NikiSharma2 in March of 2023. Please feel welcome to identify any errors or oversights in the above information or to share it if you find it helpful. Photo credit: @CharlesBodi

⚠️whoa. Victoria residents voicing concerns over the Dowler Place Consumption Site were assured that SOLID, the operator, conducts criminal record checks on staff. Then we learned SOLID’s ED has a record for trafficking, was considered “violent”, and is now using a new name.

If you were serious about protecting reproductive rights, you’d oppose the sterilization of minors. You don’t. You’re not.

BC Conservative House Leader A’aliya Warbus (@awarbus) says her ancestors never asked for the lightbulb. Fair enough. But if you want the land, can we have it back? #lightbulbback 1/3

Don’t take lessons on racism from cowards like David Eby, Grace Lore, and Sonia Furstenau, all of whom have refused even to mention this man who has preached death to Jews in Victoria for YEARS. Not surprised we had radicals chanting “Death To Canada” on Oct 7th.

A paramedic was just attacked on Pandora. 60 street people rioted when police arrived to help. My heart goes out to Victoria's first-responders. David Eby has to answer for the chaos now reigning in our streets. This election can't come soon enough. #bcpoli #yyj ladysmithchronicle.com/news/…

My remarks at City Hall this morning on the 300-person drug camp opening within 150m of a school without any public consultation. You've got a choice in October: More NDP Chaos or Common Sense Change!

They know. They know you know. And now they know you know they know. Remember when the truth was supposed to be the guide for reconciliation?

Will David Eby tell mothers in North Cowichan why he’s allowing bearded men inside women’s change rooms while little girls are undressing? Because, thanks to @Johnkoury, they know where @Conservative_BC stands. Protecting women’s-only spaces is Common Sense!

We will end it in British Columbia too and I don’t even think it will take another election. The walls are coming down and progressives know it.

After 7 years of the BC NDP: Housing costs: DOUBLED Overdose deaths: DOUBLED Provincial debt: DOUBLED Wildfires RAGING A MILLION in BC with no family doctor Don’t let them distract you. There’s hard work ahead and Conservatives are here for it!

Without constitutional reform, the courts cannot be stopped. There are scores of bands lined up behind the Cowichan. Only OneBC will fight for equality. One law for all. 1bc.ca

Here is the Victoria jihadist that NDP MLA Grace Lore refuses to condemn, that Victoria police refuses to charge, that Nikki Sharma refuses to prosecute, that the city Council funded, and that David Eby refuses to recognize as a threat to public safety. Jihad is not a Canadian value. Extinguish these fires while we can.

Rent in Victoria has doubled over the last 7 years. Thank you for your service. We'll take it from here.

The NDP Attorney General and the BC Coms Comms director say schools aren’t transing kids. Wrong. OneBC Will end this insane indoctrination.

This is the park where my 3-year old plays. It's not a home. Or a bar. A prison, psych ward, or rehab. Those have their place. But this is a park. It's where my 3-year old plays. #bcpoli #yyj timescolonist.com/local-news…