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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 10h

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...

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

Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 2d

This is so brilliant

F$ck ICE

Dan Vie @danvie.bsky.social · 2d

Bread and Puppet Theater on what to do when stopped by police.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 2d

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

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 2d

Thank-you @gordjohns.bsky.social for raising this incredibly important issue in the House. The response from the Minister of Agriculture, that they consulted 100 value-chain stakeholders, is NOT GOOD ENOUGH

#seedsecurity #iamaseedsaver

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 2d

I was just reminded that dozens of Indigenous Seniors were housed in the last year due to the opening of Naut'sa mawt next to the Wachiay Friendship Center

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 2d

#Homelessness dropped in my community by almost 30%!! Why are we not hearing more success stories like this?

#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

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 3d

Which Canadian city will be next?!!

#AFC #freePalestine

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Jens Wieting @globalhome.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 13d

Is John Rustad in the room? Or is he still:

Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 13d

How did we every let him in? Some vetting failed on that guy.

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 13d

I hope every Indigenous person in BC reads this.

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 14d

"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...

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

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 14d

Sadly, I'll be missing it. Going to visit my daughter.

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 14d

I'm ecstatic that @emilylowan.bsky.social is the new Leader of the #BCGreens

The future is bright for the party.

#bcpoli

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Dan Vie @danvie.bsky.social · 15d

Report from two Australian doctors who made it into Gaza, putting their own lives at incredible risk as Israel is massively bombing the hospital. No supplies, no soap, dead everywhere, "1500 buried under the rubble". This is beyond insane.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18d

This is a ten minute video broken up into parts for Bluesky from two australian doctors who made it into Gaza. The video starts with them saying the baby formula they brought with them was taken away and that Israel bombing the hospital in front of them and lying about giving warnings

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 15d

Quite frankly, I'm surprised Sturko lasted this long. Getting into bed with homophobes, residential school denialists and misanthropes couldn't have been easy.

#bcpoli

www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/breakin...

'Blindsided': Rustad kicks Surrey MLA Elenore Sturko out of B.C. Conservatives

The news of the Surrey—Cloverdale MLA’s ousting follows Rustad’s leadership review

www.comoxvalleyrecord.com

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Jens Wieting @globalhome.bsky.social · 16d

BC government agency BC Timber Sales auctioning at-risk #oldgrowth #forests recommended for logging deferrals, 5 years after the provincial promises to fully implement the Old Growth Strategic Review is gut-wrenching, for present and future generations #bcpoli www.timescolonist.com/local-news/l...

Lichen, logging, land rights: Complex forces play out in fate of ancient B.C. forest

A shaggy, cool-green lichen hangs from the trunk of a tree in a forest on northeastern Vancouver Island, growing on the bark like coral on a rocky sea floor.

www.timescolonist.com

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 18d

How quickly do we forget? Apparently 4 years.

#bcpoli #climateaction

Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 19d

Funding for flood strategy runs dry.

"'Sobering' news: No money for B.C.'s flood strategy that will need billions, Metro Vancouver told" as told by Gordon Hoekstra via @vancouversun.bsky.social

#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

vancouversun.com/news/no-mone...

'Sobering' news: No money for B.C.'s flood strategy that will need billions, Metro Vancouver told

No money for B.C.'s flood strategy that will need billions of dollars cabinet minister tells Metro Vancouver

vancouversun.com

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 19d

I see @yfblanchet.bsky.social @dleblancnb.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social standing. Disgusting.

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 20d

Many Canadians were dismayed to see MPs stand to honour Charlie Kirk - and despite the perception that everyone took part, several MPs have explained why they didn't stand to applaud. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Not Every Canadian MP Stood to Honour Charlie Kirk | The Tyee

South Surrey MP Ernie Klassen said he and other colleagues abstained from the gesture. Here’s why.

thetyee.ca

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West Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 19d

Red Chris mine (co-owned by the same company responsible for the Mount Polley disaster) has been fined a second time in less than three months, in addition to its years-long record of noncompliance. Yet Canada has fast-tracked its expansion as one of five "nation-building" projects.

B.C. penalizes mine again amid federal plan to fast-track expansion

Newcrest Red Chris Mining Ltd. was penalized for a second time in less than three months for failing to monitor groundwater at a site that could soon produce 15 per cent of Canada's copper.

www.biv.com

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 19d

The 1000s of farmers and farm worker members of the @nfucanada.bsky.social denounce Israel’s deliberate attack on #Palestinian seeds and agricultural heritage & renew calls for the CDN government to implement a 2-way arms embargo & diplomatic & economic sanctions www.nfu.ca/nfu-condemns...

NFU Condemns Israel’s Destruction of Seeds in Palestine | National Farmers Union

Photo: Screenshot of video shared by the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), showing the destruction of the seed bank. The NFU condemns the Israeli military forces’ targeted destruction of a...

www.nfu.ca

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 21d

I love a good news story, especially from a region that I've been to. Farmers in Assam get support to increase the climate resiliency of their homes, using local design upgrades and local materials. Win-win.

reasonstobecheerful.world/assam-india-...

The Modern Makeover of Assam's Centuries-Old Stilt Houses

Architects and communities are collaborating to design flood-resilient housing fit for the challenges low-lying regions are facing around the world.

reasonstobecheerful.world

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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 23d

Fracking pumps hidden chemicals into land, water, and air, yet in Canada, these toxics are still exempt from public reporting. Tracking Fracking asks: why are communities denied the right to know what’s in their environment?

#Fracking #Toxics #ClimateJustice #WaterProtection #FossilFuels #LNG

Tracking Fracking | Watershed Sentinel

In light of new research on health impacts, a working group is renewing calls to to add fracking chemicals to Canada's National Pollution Release Inventory.

watershedsentinel.ca

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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 21d

If you are concerned about what you eat and want to know what you're putting in your body, the latest move by the Canadian government to sneak in new, novel products that are genetically modified without labeling is really abhorrent.

Sign the petition!

Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) @cbanaction.bsky.social · 21d

Sign and share the House of Commons petition for mandatory labelling of #GMOs. Demand transparency and choice. Sign e-6768 at www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... Show your concern over genetically engineered (genetically modified) foods, unlabelled in grocery stores. More info: cban.ca/labelling

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