Arzeena Hamir
@arzeena.bsky.social
Farmer, mother, climate and food security activist, former CVRD Director & BC Green Party Candidate 🇨🇦. Born at 325ppm
Comments are my own and do not represent those of my employer
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Arzeena Hamir
@arzeena.bsky.social
· Feb 7
Almost 70 members of the Comox Valley Starter pack. Share with friends and let me know if anyone is missing.
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This was a terrifying read - McCarthy-like tactics creeping into Canadian politics. There should be no tolerance for this type of behaviour, especially in our science community.
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This was a terrifying read - McCarthy-like tactics creeping into Canadian politics. There should be no tolerance for this type of behaviour, especially in our science community.
#SiteC and BC Government gaslighting. Started under Christy Clark's Liberals but happily continued under the BCNDP.
"Critical risks were underestimated, oversight faltered, and communication with the public was shaped more by public relations than transparency"
lailayuile.com/2025/11/03/w...
"Critical risks were underestimated, oversight faltered, and communication with the public was shaped more by public relations than transparency"
lailayuile.com/2025/11/03/w...
When Government Gaslighting Becomes Policy: The Cost of Official Denial revealed in new ‘Site C Lessons Learned’ report.
Independent observers documented risks years ago, yet public messaging cast doubt on reality itself — until evidence could no longer be ignored.
lailayuile.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#SiteC and BC Government gaslighting. Started under Christy Clark's Liberals but happily continued under the BCNDP.
"Critical risks were underestimated, oversight faltered, and communication with the public was shaped more by public relations than transparency"
lailayuile.com/2025/11/03/w...
"Critical risks were underestimated, oversight faltered, and communication with the public was shaped more by public relations than transparency"
lailayuile.com/2025/11/03/w...
Sadly, my MP has contributed to the blatant racism by jumping on the racist bandwagon, criticizing temporary foreign workers at Time Hortons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjQ...
#FireGunn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjQ...
#FireGunn
Tim Hortons’ migrant workers are being scapegoated to distract from corporate greed
YouTube video by The Breach
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sadly, my MP has contributed to the blatant racism by jumping on the racist bandwagon, criticizing temporary foreign workers at Time Hortons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjQ...
#FireGunn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjQ...
#FireGunn
Yes!! Instead of taxpayers constantly having to subsidize this dirty industry & not the $2.25/million liters they currently get billed for. Dawson Creek residents & farms should not go thirsty because of #LNG
#bcpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#bcpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why Fracking Firms Should Pay for a $100-Million Water Pipeline | The Tyee
As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Yes!! Instead of taxpayers constantly having to subsidize this dirty industry & not the $2.25/million liters they currently get billed for. Dawson Creek residents & farms should not go thirsty because of #LNG
#bcpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#bcpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
If you're sending prayers to Jamaica and still pro pipeline and LNG, you're part of the problem.
#earthinovershoot #climateinaction #bcpoli #canpoli
#earthinovershoot #climateinaction #bcpoli #canpoli
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you're sending prayers to Jamaica and still pro pipeline and LNG, you're part of the problem.
#earthinovershoot #climateinaction #bcpoli #canpoli
#earthinovershoot #climateinaction #bcpoli #canpoli
A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water—70 times less than Quebec—at at time funding for watershed protection has plummeted more than 80 per cent.
#bcpoli #watersecurity #watersheds #fracking
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
#bcpoli #watersecurity #watersheds #fracking
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
B.C. charges Canada's lowest industrial water rates, finds report
A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water—70 times less than Quebec—at at time funding for watershed protection has plummeted more than 80 per cen...
www.biv.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water—70 times less than Quebec—at at time funding for watershed protection has plummeted more than 80 per cent.
#bcpoli #watersecurity #watersheds #fracking
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
#bcpoli #watersecurity #watersheds #fracking
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
BC has a big problem with Temporary Foreign Workers. The number of BC employers breaking migrant worker laws surpasses all other Canadian jurisdictions. Since 2022, 77% of inspections were “paper-based” and involved no site visit at all.
#bcpoli #foodsecurity #BCAg
www.biv.com/news/economy...
#bcpoli #foodsecurity #BCAg
www.biv.com/news/economy...
B.C. companies dominate Canadian migrant worker violations
The number of employers breaking migrant worker laws surpasses all other Canadian jurisdictions, BIV analysis finds
www.biv.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
BC has a big problem with Temporary Foreign Workers. The number of BC employers breaking migrant worker laws surpasses all other Canadian jurisdictions. Since 2022, 77% of inspections were “paper-based” and involved no site visit at all.
#bcpoli #foodsecurity #BCAg
www.biv.com/news/economy...
#bcpoli #foodsecurity #BCAg
www.biv.com/news/economy...
Chilling to read this exposé on the unraveling of democracy in the US and what is looking like a 21st Century civil war.
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open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Chilling to read this exposé on the unraveling of democracy in the US and what is looking like a 21st Century civil war.
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
Reposted by Arzeena Hamir
The Cowichan Tribes debate is quickly becoming an international culture war issue, which means any attempt by someone to try and clarify facts, timelines or arguments by the people materially involved in the actual discussion will not matter in slightest.
But literally none of this is correct.
But literally none of this is correct.
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Cowichan Tribes debate is quickly becoming an international culture war issue, which means any attempt by someone to try and clarify facts, timelines or arguments by the people materially involved in the actual discussion will not matter in slightest.
But literally none of this is correct.
But literally none of this is correct.
Did you see the latest Fifth Estate episode on Canadian charities funding war crimes? The #CBC is being lobbied hard to take it down. Send your letter in to thank them for this important piece of journalism.
actionnetwork.org/letters/than...
actionnetwork.org/letters/than...
Thank You Fifth Estate.
This letter is to thank The Fifth Estate for their recent investigation exposing how Canadian-registered charities are funneling tax-deductible donations to Israeli settlements built on occupied Pales...
actionnetwork.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Did you see the latest Fifth Estate episode on Canadian charities funding war crimes? The #CBC is being lobbied hard to take it down. Send your letter in to thank them for this important piece of journalism.
actionnetwork.org/letters/than...
actionnetwork.org/letters/than...
CBC’s 5th Estate investigates Canadian charities funnelling money into the illegal occupation.
#Palestine #canpoli
youtu.be/-4eOsVAxCTM?...
#Palestine #canpoli
youtu.be/-4eOsVAxCTM?...
Are charities getting tax breaks for funding illegal West Bank settlements? | Full episode
YouTube video by the fifth estate
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October 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
CBC’s 5th Estate investigates Canadian charities funnelling money into the illegal occupation.
#Palestine #canpoli
youtu.be/-4eOsVAxCTM?...
#Palestine #canpoli
youtu.be/-4eOsVAxCTM?...
A fantastic example of what is possible with sensible bylaws
#localgovernment #bcpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/15/n...
#localgovernment #bcpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/15/n...
Toronto slashes single-use waste by third, plans to expand bylaw
The city wants to expand its successful bylaw to large events, sports venues and restaurants. Under the next phase, these businesses could be required to use reusable dishware.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A fantastic example of what is possible with sensible bylaws
#localgovernment #bcpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/15/n...
#localgovernment #bcpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/15/n...
Despite covering just 0.2% of the sea floor, seagrasses account for an estimated 10% of all the carbon stored by the world’s oceans. They are also able to capture carbon from the atmosphere up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests such as the Amazon.
reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...
reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...
A 'Secret Weapon' for Fighting Climate Change Comes Surging Back
Capturing carbon 35 times faster than the Amazon, seagrasses have faced centuries of decline. Now restoration projects across North America are seeing their meadows quadruple in size.
reasonstobecheerful.world
October 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Despite covering just 0.2% of the sea floor, seagrasses account for an estimated 10% of all the carbon stored by the world’s oceans. They are also able to capture carbon from the atmosphere up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests such as the Amazon.
reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...
reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...
Reposted by Arzeena Hamir
Bc public health is effectively doing anti-science, as quite a few physicians have pointed out
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Bc public health is effectively doing anti-science, as quite a few physicians have pointed out
This is incredibly unfortunate. Paper-based inspections for 77% of all worksites that employ Temporary Foreign Workers?!!
Not good enough
#bcpoli
theijf.org/b-c-governme...
Not good enough
#bcpoli
theijf.org/b-c-governme...
B.C. government, unions call for more foreign worker program inspections
IJF investigation found most federal inspections don’t involve a worksite visit
theijf.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is incredibly unfortunate. Paper-based inspections for 77% of all worksites that employ Temporary Foreign Workers?!!
Not good enough
#bcpoli
theijf.org/b-c-governme...
Not good enough
#bcpoli
theijf.org/b-c-governme...
This is so brilliant
F$ck ICE
F$ck ICE
Bread and Puppet Theater on what to do when stopped by police.
i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is so brilliant
F$ck ICE
F$ck ICE
#Homelessness dropped in my community by almost 30%!! Why are we not hearing more success stories like this?
#comoxvalley
www.mycomoxvalleynow.com/114416/news/...
#comoxvalley
www.mycomoxvalleynow.com/114416/news/...
Point-in-time count reveals homelessness declining in Comox Valley : My Comox Valley Now
Get the latest Comox Valley & Courtenay news, events, weather updates, community contests, and live radio via 98.9 Jet FM on My Comox Valley Now—your go-to source for local happenings and information.
www.mycomoxvalleynow.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#Homelessness dropped in my community by almost 30%!! Why are we not hearing more success stories like this?
#comoxvalley
www.mycomoxvalleynow.com/114416/news/...
#comoxvalley
www.mycomoxvalleynow.com/114416/news/...
October 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reposted by Arzeena Hamir
LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
Stop Funding the Methane Menace: Tell Banks to End LNG Expansion!
LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.
act.stand.earth
September 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
In response to consumer demand for higher-welfare products, grocery members of the Retail Council of Canada collectively pledged in 2016 to sell only cage-free eggs by the end of 2025. Nine years later, none have stepped up to fulfill that promise. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/25/o...
The shoddy ethics of our grocery industry's 'buy Canadian' marketing
Selling national pride while continuing to hawk the eggs of birds kept in cages is ethically inconsistent and betrays both consumer values and trust.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In response to consumer demand for higher-welfare products, grocery members of the Retail Council of Canada collectively pledged in 2016 to sell only cage-free eggs by the end of 2025. Nine years later, none have stepped up to fulfill that promise. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/25/o...
I hope every Indigenous person in BC reads this.
Rustad touches on friction related to reconciliation, reiterated pledge to repeal DRIPA, denounced impacts he says Cowichan Tribes decision will have on private property rights ("Indigenous rights and private property rights cannot co-exist") and touted natural resource industries #bcpoli
September 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I hope every Indigenous person in BC reads this.
The emergency resolution to institute a 2-way arms embargo with Israel, take Israeli liquor off shelves, and support Gazan resettlement failed at UBCM today.
How did your local electeds vote?
#freePalestine
How did your local electeds vote?
#freePalestine
September 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The emergency resolution to institute a 2-way arms embargo with Israel, take Israeli liquor off shelves, and support Gazan resettlement failed at UBCM today.
How did your local electeds vote?
#freePalestine
How did your local electeds vote?
#freePalestine
"If you're talking to the shelfish industry and communities that are very intimately connected to mussels and oysters … they will be able to tell you that they're worried" because they are seeing those species under stress"
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News
The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...
www.cbc.ca
September 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"If you're talking to the shelfish industry and communities that are very intimately connected to mussels and oysters … they will be able to tell you that they're worried" because they are seeing those species under stress"
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
I'm ecstatic that @emilylowan.bsky.social is the new Leader of the #BCGreens
The future is bright for the party.
#bcpoli
The future is bright for the party.
#bcpoli
September 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm ecstatic that @emilylowan.bsky.social is the new Leader of the #BCGreens
The future is bright for the party.
#bcpoli
The future is bright for the party.
#bcpoli