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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 16d

Rebecca Bligh voted to slash wages for workers, to block rental housing in wealthy neighbourhoods, and to oppose common sense tools to properly fund our schools.

We need a progressive mayor on the ballot to deliver the change Vancouver needs. And we’ll get one. More soon.

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 16d

Vancouver councillor Rebecca Bligh makes official she will run for mayor next year under a new banner of “Vote Vancouver”.

Bligh was first elected in 2018 with the NPA, left them, joined Sim’s ABC Party and was re-elected, before she was booted from ABC, mostly on divisions over social issues.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 16d

Bligh has a decent amount of support from the province and feds (more than Sim or Allam at this point), which could help.

But her 6 years being a supporter of Ken Sim, and getting elected under both the NPA and ABC banners, means it’ll be difficult to get support from local left-wing parties.

OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 16d

Rebecca Bligh voted to slash wages for workers, to block rental housing in wealthy neighbourhoods, and to oppose common sense tools to properly fund our schools.

We need a progressive mayor on the ballot to deliver the change Vancouver needs. And we’ll get one. More soon.

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 16d

Vancouver councillor Rebecca Bligh makes official she will run for mayor next year under a new banner of “Vote Vancouver”.

Bligh was first elected in 2018 with the NPA, left them, joined Sim’s ABC Party and was re-elected, before she was booted from ABC, mostly on divisions over social issues.

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Sep 8

👎🏾A complicated process to sign up to speak at meetings
👎🏾Members of the public being discouraged from from speaking on the public record at meetings

Join us and hold your school board accountable! Kids, families, teachers, support staff, building service workers, and more deserve our support!

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Sep 8

👎🏾Too many private sessions where the public is not welcome and cannot participate
👎🏾Reduced time for the public or stakeholder groups to comment at meetings
👎🏾Removal of the “personnel committee”, which was the only meeting dedicated to discussing the issues affecting staff
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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Sep 8

ABC back room decision making doesn’t stop at City Council.

My motion to restore democracy and transparency at the Vancouver School Board is an attempt to address this.

This motion tries to address the following problems that I, alongside unions, believe are an obstacle to good governance:
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Aug 25

Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner has found Mayor Ken Sim and ABC councillors broke the code of conduct on multiple occasions for coordinating amendments to controversial motions in separate private online conversations ahead of public council meetings

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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · Aug 21

VPD was aware of the intense public interest – and also of the “fear and anxiety” news of stranger assaults was causing in 2022. VPD issued at least 52 releases mentioning stranger assaults, but provided no updated data about the frequency of these crimes. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare

Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Jun 24

Rules of order should be used to enable participation and engagement, instead they’re used to shut it down. We won’t stop showing up and making our voices heard and insist we talk about what matters to folks impacted by public ed 🎯 #bced #vanpoli

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Jun 24

Locked 🔒 doors & school fields, the absence of a food committee with experts to guide our school food programs - the board can feel like a place we are locked out of and where the rules are at best inconsistent and at worst punitive and exclusionary.👇🏾

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Jun 24

As we’ve heard, people want to be invited in, generously and with enthusiasm, so that we can build a system that everyone feels a part of. Proud of. Invested in.👇🏾

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Jun 24

Last night we sounded the alarm 🚨 People are being shut out, uninvited, made to feel outside of, the decisions of public education that impact them👇🏾

Steve Cardwell @myphronesis.bsky.social · Jun 24

Wild times at the @vsb39.bsky.social board meeting. @reddyforchange.bsky.social likens the actions of board to muzzling her - shows the muzzle for effect. Where is the public voice and advocacy that used to be present at board meetings? #bced #bcpoli #vanpoli

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Steve Cardwell @myphronesis.bsky.social · Jun 24

At the @vsb39.bsky.social board meeting. Trustees denied adding @reddyforchange.bsky.social’s amendment to the agenda. #bced #bcpoli

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Steve Cardwell @myphronesis.bsky.social · Jun 24

Wild times at the @vsb39.bsky.social board meeting. @reddyforchange.bsky.social likens the actions of board to muzzling her - shows the muzzle for effect. Where is the public voice and advocacy that used to be present at board meetings? #bced #bcpoli #vanpoli

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Steve Cardwell @myphronesis.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thanks @sharongregson.bsky.social for your constant leadership with the @$10aDay Child Care campaign.

Expand $10aDay child care. Provide more spaces. Implement fair wages. Build new programs and spaces - in schools and post secondary. #bced #bcpoli #vanpoli @publicedbc.bsky.social

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Jun 20

Second, a motion to consult school communities on school field use, we are faced with locked school fields and an impending heat dome, folks need places to go, let’s find solutions together! See 🔗 in bio for full motions! #bced #vanpoli

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · Jun 20

I am so proud to bring forward 2 important motions informed by community leaders. First, a motion to establish a school food committee, we are inching closer to a universal school food program and #VSB is a key partner!

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 6

I worry that the culture of this school board is to limit voices both of trustees and members of the public. You’ll note this isn’t the first time I’ve said this.

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 6

I was elected by people in this city and I will stop at nothing to make their voices, and my voice heard.

I have reached out to past trustees, former superintendent, and I see no precident for this.👇🏾

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 6

Today is the board budget meeting and I am unable to attend in person. I have spent the last five hours debating discussing and arguing with the board chair about whether or not I can attend this meeting virtually, despite past practice where others are allowed without special permission or vote.👇🏾

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 6

Guess what… the Chair of the VSB is blocking my virtual participation on the #VSB budget meeting!

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 2

I believe that it is my job is to listen to student and staff needs, to establish our values through budget priorities.

We must start preparing for our next chance to vote in brave leaders with the will to stand up for kids. I hope you’ll join me. #bced #vanpoli

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 2

❎ upgrading student washrooms and increasing availability of menstrual supplies, adding to our billion $ deferred maintenance on buildings

You know what wasn’t affected?
✅Administration budget.👇🏾

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 2

❎ adequate staffing in our district reducing our budget for teachers on call and waiting to replace resource teachers after three days of absence - adding to the burden of an existing staffing shortage and leaving kids without key learning support

There’s more👇🏾

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 2

❎ living wage for our VSB employees, accounting for .001% of our budget and affecting 200 bus drivers
❎ support for kids with disabilities, redirecting millions away from classrooms and toward administrators
❎ mental health support for kids, eliminating 9 staff from Safe & Caring Schools Team 👇🏾

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Jennifer Reddy @reddyforchange.bsky.social · May 2

❎ additional psychologists to help assess kids’ learning needs in a timely manner
❎ additional money for food programs, failing to move towards universal school food programming and failing to protect consistent food programming in our schools

There’s more👇🏾

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