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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25d

Notice how easily, how seamlessly this conversation moves from forced treatment to euthanasia. (Aka state sanctioned murder.) Once you systematically dehumanize people, “involuntary lethal injection” just seems the next logical step to “cleaning up” our streets.

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 27d

Every time Robert Tanguay speaks I remember the flawed report that he was a part of. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Flawed reports can harm: the case of supervised consumption services in Alberta

Supervised consumption services have been scaled up within Canada and internationally as an ethical imperative in the context of a public health emergency. A large body of peer-reviewed evidence demonstrates that these services prevent poisoning ...

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25d

As city columnist for the Edmonton Journal, I wrote often about the crisis of homelessness. I was naive. For years, I thought people wanted to help those living on the street. It took me ages to realize that many people just wanted the homeless gone, someplace away, out of sight and out of mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 27d

Vancouver Police Department expecting to be over budget by nearly $8 million: report

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

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P.O.W.E.R. @power1312.bsky.social · 27d

"Salaries and benefits were over budget by 2.8 per cent, or $5,154,536 at Q2, and the trend is projected to continue"

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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 27d

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Vancouver Police Department expecting to be over budget by nearly $8 million: report

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Spinster @spinster777.bsky.social · 27d

A legitimate political system would not let police budget themselves. The VPD are defunding all of our necessary public services while making our city more violent. Safety comes from meeting people's needs, and spending $8mil on housing would create more safety than police ever could.

#vanpoli

isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 27d

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Vancouver Police Department expecting to be over budget by nearly $8 million: report

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

www.ctvnews.ca

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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 27d

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Vancouver Police Department expecting to be over budget by nearly $8 million: report

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

www.ctvnews.ca

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 27d

“our best friend, Mayor Sim”

isabella zavarise
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This stood out to me at the VPD announcement. New chief Steve Rai was asked what he sees as biggest challenge. Rai talked abt VPD being young & added "We're going to come to our best friend, Mayor Sim & ensure that he gets the full picture of how the city is growing & policing is growing with it."
May 22, 2025 at 9:34 P

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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 27d

The Vancouver Police Department continues to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on Mayor Ken Sim’s security detail.

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

$527K spent on security detail for Vancouver mayor, police say

The Vancouver Police Department continues to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on Mayor Ken Sim’s security detail.

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P.O.W.E.R. @power1312.bsky.social · 27d

"Salaries and benefits were over budget by 2.8 per cent, or $5,154,536 at Q2, and the trend is projected to continue"

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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 27d

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Vancouver Police Department expecting to be over budget by nearly $8 million: report

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.

www.ctvnews.ca

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P.O.W.E.R. @power1312.bsky.social · Sep 6

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P.O.W.E.R. DISPATCH #6

Update on community-based reporting at P.O.W.E.R.

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Dan Vie @danvie.bsky.social · Sep 3

End the Global War on Drugs

Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · Sep 3

"War on Drugs everywhere is a deliberately punitive war that destabilizes communities, blocks access to care, and maintains colonialism and capitalism through carceral systems of police & prisons & borders & gentrification & involuntary treatment."

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WOW Statement: End the Global War on Drugs

WOW Statement: End the Global War on Drugs Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together around the world to take action on preventable overdose deaths and the legislate...

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · Sep 5

It’s grimly ironic that DULF could fall short of an adequate legal defence for the equivalent of a police chief‘s salary.
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The most urgent legal case in drug policy needs money. For Overdose Awareness Day, give what you can.

The question is not whether allowing access to regulated drugs is the right thing to do –– that is now confirmed. The question is whether enough collective will can be mustered to overcome the carcer...

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dustin @godfrey.bsky.social · Sep 2

BC housing kept 117 PHS housing units vacant in the lead-up to the 2023 decampment, and no one can even say that anyone from the Hastings encampment received housing, per The Mainlander

themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...

Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment

Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.

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Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.com.web.brid.gy · Sep 4

Swept aside: Study links Vancouver’s ‘street sweeps’ of homeless to greater risk of overdose, violence

Controversial "street sweeps" carried out by the City of Vancouver between 2021 and 2023 to clear makeshift housing and personal belongings from public spaces put homeless residents at greater risk, a new Simon Fraser University study suggests. Read More

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Heather Hobbs @hghobbs.bsky.social · Sep 4

"The findings echo a February 2024 statement from Canada’s Federal Housing Advocate, who described forced encampment evictions, including “street sweeps,” as a #humanrights violation and urged all levels of government to halt the practice."

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Sep 4

Swept aside: Study links Vancouver’s ‘street sweeps’ of homeless to greater risk of overdose, violence.

Many participants in the study lost essential items, including medications, ID, clothing and harm reduction supplies such as Naloxone kits:
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Swept aside: Study links Vancouver’s ‘street sweeps’ of homeless to greater risk of overdose, violence

Many participants in the study lost essential items, including medications, ID, clothing and harm reduction supplies such as Naloxone kits

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P.O.W.E.R. @power1312.bsky.social · Sep 4

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Sep 4

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When a street dies, a city dies': B.C. businesses say disorder, crime jeopardizing their survival
A recent survey for the Business Improvement Association of B.C. says nearly one in five businesses may not be financially viable beyond the next year if conditions do not improve

Author of the article:By Gordon Hoekstra
Published Sep 02, 2025

Swept aside: Study links Vancouver’s ‘street sweeps’ of homeless to greater risk of overdose, violence
Many participants in the study lost essential items, including medications, ID, clothing and harm reduction supplies such as Naloxone kits

Author of the article:By Sarah Grochowski
Published Sep 03, 2025

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P.O.W.E.R. @power1312.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · Sep 3

International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together against legislated violence of drug policy & militarizing, racial capitalist global war on drugs.

DULF is facing protracted legal battle & prison time for harm reduction

Join me in wage solidarity fundraiser:
chuffed.org/project/dulf...

Wage Solidarity: Fight the War on Drugs

Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together around the world to take action on preventable overdose deaths and the legislated violence of drug policy. On August 31, We...

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P.O.W.E.R. @power1312.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Street sweeps:" The municipal government-enforced confiscation of personal belongings among unstably housed people who use drugs in Vancouver:

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Original Research
“Street sweeps”: The municipal government-enforced confiscation of personal belongings among unstably housed people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · Sep 3

International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together against legislated violence of drug policy & militarizing, racial capitalist global war on drugs.

DULF is facing protracted legal battle & prison time for harm reduction

Join me in wage solidarity fundraiser:
chuffed.org/project/dulf...

Wage Solidarity: Fight the War on Drugs

Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together around the world to take action on preventable overdose deaths and the legislated violence of drug policy. On August 31, We...

chuffed.org

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · Sep 3

"War on Drugs everywhere is a deliberately punitive war that destabilizes communities, blocks access to care, and maintains colonialism and capitalism through carceral systems of police & prisons & borders & gentrification & involuntary treatment."

www.weavingourworlds.ca/wow-statemen...

WOW Statement: End the Global War on Drugs

WOW Statement: End the Global War on Drugs Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together around the world to take action on preventable overdose deaths and the legislate...

www.weavingourworlds.ca