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Topper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2026 2:23 pm Eby went from "We'll be introducing amendments to DRIPA in the next session" - December

to "the vote on amending DRIPA will be a confidence motion"- 2 weeks ago

to "the vote on amending DRIPA will not be a confidence motion" - a week ago

to "we won't be amending DRIPA" - yesterday

BC is no longer run by an elected government, we have a Hereditary Chief.

I wonder how many NDP members and supports attended "No King" rally's?

If the conservatives could get a proper leader they will wipe NDP off the map. Unbelievable how Eby looks and the NDP.

That EB dude looks like Steve Carell in the 40 yr old virgin

Vaughn Palmer, looking like an old wino, nail it.

The threat of blocking highways and railways made Eby back off.

Mob violence or the threat there of, carried the day

On the Musqueam-Ottawa Aboriginal title agreement, Eby claims he knew nothing about it and was only invited to the signing ceremony as the local MLA.

Documents now show he wrote a support letter for the Musqueam and his invitation to the signing was addressed to the Premier and sent to the Premier's office.

Yesterday he claimed giving land to the indigenous is more difficult than handing out free opioids.

If gravely ill and in his prayers, MLA Phillips dies, will Eby have his votes on DRIPA.

Will he husband be investigated under MMIW?

Conservative Leadership debate last, listened this morning

First with all candidate present. The Conservative purity contest continues.

Milobar - low key, competent, only sitting MLA on the stage. Took shot because of his past with BC Liberal/BC United but shrugged them off competently. Went back to WAC and Bill Bennett references for unity on the right.

Black - slick, competent, very well spoken. Maybe too slick. Shed criticism with humour and politician honesty.

Fulmer - not much unique to say except he's ceding 5 seats in the contest to One BC's Dallas Brodie. No idea what seats or who chooses. What happens if One BC doesn't win those seats? Attack dog on Elliot was his goal.

Elliott - attacked from all sides all night, especially from Fulmer. Spoke in rehearsed set pieces. If you have watched Kori Tenyke, her campaign manager, also managed Doug Ford's campaign, as a CTV pundit, the phrasing was straight from his mouth. Tried to play the outsider but was in trouble with her lack of experience. There is a reason her campaign is heavily stage managed away from open forums. Opponents feasted on her Ontario managed campaign, Kevin Falcon (brother in-law) ties, the way she avoided the 1st debate (interesting, Milobar wasn't really targeted on this), her backing off of bringing down the NDP when Eby planned the DRIPA vote as a confidence vote and her endorsement by Eby for skipping the 1st debate. She also repeatedly denied statements she'd previously made. Her fresh faced optics and slick messaging may appeal to the casually political West Van housewife set that Federally votes Liberal but won't vote NDP provincially (maybe Green though). how many of those are voting in the leadership campaign?

Findlay - competent, likely the worst speaker of the group. Touts her Federal Conservative cabinet experience under Harper and the fact she's never been a BC Liberal/BC United member. She was the loudest on the Conservative purity tests.

Milobar and Black were clearly ahead but Elliott's slickly managed campaign has everyone worried.

Black reminds me of Poilievre a bit.

Elliott reeks of Carney to me.

Acknowledging my personal limited data base on each currently but I like Milobar best thus far.

Thinking a bit more

Elliott's scripted talking points got her the short social media clips her campaign is geared for without the rebuttals proving her wrong. As LBJ said, "make the bastards deny it."

I think Milobar comes across closest to Trevor Halford, the interim leader, in presentation. Low key competence. Got his points across clearly, succinctly and without drama.

Elliot campaign posted a post debate picture of her holding a beer, captioned, well earned after the debate victory.

She's holding up a Corona, not a BC beer. During the debate she championed her stance on BC jobs only to be countered on her imported campaign staff.

Reminds me of doing a catering gig at the US consular residence, a fund raising for the Vancouver Art Gallery. Art Gallery staff showed up with several cases of French wine left over from a previous function. The US Consul took us down into the basement as he selected several cases of California wine he thought would be more appropriate.

Eby shut down horse racing in Vancouver for a Whitecaps stadium site. Whitecaps received an offer today to be bought and moved to Vegas.

Two popular sports gone from BC by eBay's actions.

Cypress Provincial Park now called Cypress Park.

Happening in Parks BC wide rumour has it.

Allegedly this one cost 16 grand.

16 grand times how many Provincial parks.

Seems a positive use of funds for a debt ridden over budget poor credit government entity.

I've read the old signs were at end of life.

Bigger concern these days is the status of the slumlord properties BC Housing was acquiring and is now having to close due to safety, structural and health, concerns. BC Housing went on one hell of a buying spree a few years ago.

But that was when Eby inherited a surplus from Horgan.

Now we are seeing Seniors Housing and Hospital rebuilds rescheduled, postponed, just say cancelled due to exploding cost over runs.

Mismanagement, pork, union labour.

Health Ministry is saying +$1 million per bed costs and growing. Private sector health senior care providers say they could do it for less than 1/2 that.

Who knows when ground breaking on the Deas Tunnel replacement will occur. Arguably the replacement bridge would be completed by now.

On the Conservative Leadership front, it seems the National Post (Sun and Province) has endorsed Elliott.

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Those look like cutbacks to me.

Eby trying to walk back DRIPA to a degree after recent polling showing it's not very popular.....but of course he's hitting blowback from the bands.

5.7 million people in this province and only 300K of them are Indigenous. Seems like world-beating democracy to adopt DRIPA the way Eby & Co. are trying to do, you know, it's perfectly representative to give massive powers to 5% of the population and say fuck you to the remaining 95%.....and the numbers are showing that nearly 50% of BC wants this repealed and only 30% actually support it.....that figure drops to 25% if you remove the 5% that comprises Indigenous peoples (who almost certainly think they deserve it).

Almost all of the prospective BC Conservative leaders have said they will scrap it.....that will set off a powder keg with the tribes for sure.

With BC NDP numbers starting to look Trudeau-like, I wonder who the NDP snag to replace Eby before the next election.

Mëds wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 12:02 am Eby trying to walk back DRIPA to a degree after recent polling showing it's not very popular.....but of course he's hitting blowback from the bands.

5.7 million people in this province and only 300K of them are Indigenous. Seems like world-beating democracy to adopt DRIPA the way Eby & Co. are trying to do, you know, it's perfectly representative to give massive powers to 5% of the population and say fuck you to the remaining 95%.....and the numbers are showing that nearly 50% of BC wants this repealed and only 30% actually support it.....that figure drops to 25% if you remove the 5% that comprises Indigenous peoples (who almost certainly think they deserve it).

Almost all of the prospective BC Conservative leaders have said they will scrap it.....that will set off a powder keg with the tribes for sure.

With BC NDP numbers starting to look Trudeau-like, I wonder who the NDP snag to replace Eby before the next election.

The pendulum has swung too far in favor of the FNs. They went from being unfairly treated, to getting way too much power and say over what is good for the Country. Too bad that they weren't just integrated into society way back when, instead of being put on reserves.