Matthew Cook
@anarchistfish.bsky.social
Social worker on coast Salish Territories.
Shop Stewart in the BCGEU
Lousy Christian, worst anarchist. Politics of the Inferno.
Here for housing advocacy and silly memes
Shop Stewart in the BCGEU
Lousy Christian, worst anarchist. Politics of the Inferno.
Here for housing advocacy and silly memes
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Matthew Cook
@anarchistfish.bsky.social
· Nov 13
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
CARGA UPDATE: BC Ends Spousal Caps and Clawbacks, Expanding Support for People Living with a Disability - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025NANAIMO, B.C. – The BC Greens and BC NDP have announced that, starting December 1, 2025, couples in which both partners receive disability payments will now rece...
bcgreencaucus.ca
This is a great step forward. As a social worker I have been advising people for years to hide the fact that they're married, or in a relationship because being honest could cost them $300 a month, and PWD isn't much to start with.
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
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five years of coordinated effort by a Canada/U.S network of christofascist grifters, five years of dehumanization and violence against – your weird kids
Canada failed to be who it claims to be these last five years and Poilievre is campaigning on the corpses for his closing argument
Canada failed to be who it claims to be these last five years and Poilievre is campaigning on the corpses for his closing argument
Poilievre's actual announcement today:
he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city
He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl"
Compassionate!! /s
he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city
He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl"
Compassionate!! /s
Watching Pierre Poilievre’s press conference in Hamilton right now, and his speech has devoted extended amounts of time to repeating two debunked claims:
1) that the Liberal platform was written for Trudeau (it wasn’t, Janyce McGregor already fact checked this)
1) that the Liberal platform was written for Trudeau (it wasn’t, Janyce McGregor already fact checked this)
April 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
five years of coordinated effort by a Canada/U.S network of christofascist grifters, five years of dehumanization and violence against – your weird kids
Canada failed to be who it claims to be these last five years and Poilievre is campaigning on the corpses for his closing argument
Canada failed to be who it claims to be these last five years and Poilievre is campaigning on the corpses for his closing argument
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How telling, tragic and not at all surprising this focus on a shooter's gender the anomalous time they are not cis male.
February 12, 2026 at 12:14 AM
How telling, tragic and not at all surprising this focus on a shooter's gender the anomalous time they are not cis male.
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"The wealthiest 0.01% of Canadian families (1,685 families) hold an average of $448.5 million, 4,041x the average wealth of a family in the bottom 50% in 2023."
Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.
Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.
Canada is the only G7 country without an inheritance tax: heirs of families with huge fortunes never have to work a day in their lives while millions of Canadians struggle to afford a place to live. New report by Silas Xuereb & Alex Hemingway
The new robber barons: a quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
Wealth and political influence tend to reinforce each other. Tracking who owns wealth and how that distribution is changing is more important than ever for the health of our democracy and the future of Canada.
bcpolicy.ca
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"The wealthiest 0.01% of Canadian families (1,685 families) hold an average of $448.5 million, 4,041x the average wealth of a family in the bottom 50% in 2023."
Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.
Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.
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Within hours, we already had an elected official—B.C. MLA Tara Armstrong—blaming the Tumbler Ridge school shooting on gender-affirming care.
February 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Within hours, we already had an elected official—B.C. MLA Tara Armstrong—blaming the Tumbler Ridge school shooting on gender-affirming care.
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CUPW, one of Canada's largest unions, released a statement condemning the fuel blockade against Cuba.
www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-stat...
www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-stat...
February 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM
CUPW, one of Canada's largest unions, released a statement condemning the fuel blockade against Cuba.
www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-stat...
www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-stat...
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The right & far-right politicians, pundits & influencers attacking trans folks over the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge come from a movement that has hated & harmed communities around BC with impunity for years.
Other politicians posting condolences today have been silent on that hate.
Other politicians posting condolences today have been silent on that hate.
February 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The right & far-right politicians, pundits & influencers attacking trans folks over the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge come from a movement that has hated & harmed communities around BC with impunity for years.
Other politicians posting condolences today have been silent on that hate.
Other politicians posting condolences today have been silent on that hate.
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As an ethics professor I used to use questions like “can we agree genocide is bad?” or “it’s wrong to put certain races into concentration camps, right?” without controversy. Now it’s controversial and students drop the course
"should the government kidnap 5 year olds and deport them? We asked seventeen ethics professors and they all just screamed"
February 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
As an ethics professor I used to use questions like “can we agree genocide is bad?” or “it’s wrong to put certain races into concentration camps, right?” without controversy. Now it’s controversial and students drop the course
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Extremes do not need majority support to gain power in winner-take-all systems. They just need to capture one party.
Proportional representation changes that incentive structure and reduces the payoff of takeover politics.
Proportional representation changes that incentive structure and reduces the payoff of takeover politics.
February 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Extremes do not need majority support to gain power in winner-take-all systems. They just need to capture one party.
Proportional representation changes that incentive structure and reduces the payoff of takeover politics.
Proportional representation changes that incentive structure and reduces the payoff of takeover politics.
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All this shit would be more bearable if we at least knew for sure it ends in 3 years. But Trump could reign for another week or another decade. It’s maddening!
February 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
All this shit would be more bearable if we at least knew for sure it ends in 3 years. But Trump could reign for another week or another decade. It’s maddening!
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My article has more details about why the move to welcome wheelchairs and (3&4 wheel) mobility scooters is important. ecoplanning.ca/want-better-... #yyj #bcpoli
Want better bike lanes? Make room for wheelchairs and mobility scooters - Ecopath Planning
I was recently in Amsterdam where wheelchairs and mobility scooters are a common part of the traffic flow on bike […]
ecoplanning.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
My article has more details about why the move to welcome wheelchairs and (3&4 wheel) mobility scooters is important. ecoplanning.ca/want-better-... #yyj #bcpoli
Melania is the most expensive documentary ever made, the critics gave it 10% audience 99%....this is the problem with America.
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Melania is the most expensive documentary ever made, the critics gave it 10% audience 99%....this is the problem with America.
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Really liked this opening line:
"Queerness is not a problem Catholicism needs to solve — it is a lens through which the church can recover its liberatory core."
"Queerness is not a problem Catholicism needs to solve — it is a lens through which the church can recover its liberatory core."
Proud to have written about this subject for my latest column at NCR
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Really liked this opening line:
"Queerness is not a problem Catholicism needs to solve — it is a lens through which the church can recover its liberatory core."
"Queerness is not a problem Catholicism needs to solve — it is a lens through which the church can recover its liberatory core."
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Great @maddow.bsky.social recap on our successful Pattison ICE boycott🧊🚫
To keep up the pressure against ICE in Canada - follow @democracyrisingnow on Hootsuite actions, keep sharing and educating your community, and donate to relief funds for families impacted by ICE.
To keep up the pressure against ICE in Canada - follow @democracyrisingnow on Hootsuite actions, keep sharing and educating your community, and donate to relief funds for families impacted by ICE.
February 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Great @maddow.bsky.social recap on our successful Pattison ICE boycott🧊🚫
To keep up the pressure against ICE in Canada - follow @democracyrisingnow on Hootsuite actions, keep sharing and educating your community, and donate to relief funds for families impacted by ICE.
To keep up the pressure against ICE in Canada - follow @democracyrisingnow on Hootsuite actions, keep sharing and educating your community, and donate to relief funds for families impacted by ICE.
I'm often surprised by how tempted we in North America are in comparison to our European neighbours.
The French simply won't stand for this kind of nonsense and neither should we!
The French simply won't stand for this kind of nonsense and neither should we!
Paris prosecutors raid Elon Musk’s X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images
#Pinks
www.npr.org/2026/02/03/g...
#Pinks
www.npr.org/2026/02/03/g...
Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images
The prosecutors raided the offices of X as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They also summoned owner Elon Musk for ques...
www.npr.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I'm often surprised by how tempted we in North America are in comparison to our European neighbours.
The French simply won't stand for this kind of nonsense and neither should we!
The French simply won't stand for this kind of nonsense and neither should we!
Read half of the book and hope to be there for the reading.
Cory Doctorow is coming to Victoria! For tickets and more info www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-docto...
#yyj
#yyj
February 3, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Read half of the book and hope to be there for the reading.
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Peter Meiszner on Jan 8, 2026 when the Woodwards London Drugs announced it would close. The CEO campaigned for more cops (& got them) while blaming all business problems on street disorder.
Peter Meiszner when the Thomus Donaghy OPS closed for the *second* time: total silence.
Peter Meiszner when the Thomus Donaghy OPS closed for the *second* time: total silence.
February 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Peter Meiszner on Jan 8, 2026 when the Woodwards London Drugs announced it would close. The CEO campaigned for more cops (& got them) while blaming all business problems on street disorder.
Peter Meiszner when the Thomus Donaghy OPS closed for the *second* time: total silence.
Peter Meiszner when the Thomus Donaghy OPS closed for the *second* time: total silence.
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Glad to see @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social speaking clearly about what voters already know.
When Parliament does not reflect how people vote, democracy suffers.
Proportional representation is the fix.
When Parliament does not reflect how people vote, democracy suffers.
Proportional representation is the fix.
February 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Glad to see @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social speaking clearly about what voters already know.
When Parliament does not reflect how people vote, democracy suffers.
Proportional representation is the fix.
When Parliament does not reflect how people vote, democracy suffers.
Proportional representation is the fix.
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Trump's oil blockade on Cuba will hit average and marginalized Cubans the hardest, and the country is already feeling the impacts of Trump tightening the screws (screws that Biden, despite promises, never removed). Tell your reps you don't support this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYO-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYO-...
How Do Cubans Feel About Trump’s Oil Blockade?
YouTube video by Belly of the Beast
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Trump's oil blockade on Cuba will hit average and marginalized Cubans the hardest, and the country is already feeling the impacts of Trump tightening the screws (screws that Biden, despite promises, never removed). Tell your reps you don't support this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYO-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYO-...
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People power works. Thanks to everyone who came together to force Pattison’s hand this week. #bcpoli
A Canadian company said on Friday that it would no longer sell a warehouse in Virginia to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had planned to use the site as an ICE processing facility.
Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE
Jim Pattison Developments said the sale of an industrial building, which was planned to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, would not go forward.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
People power works. Thanks to everyone who came together to force Pattison’s hand this week. #bcpoli
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Oh no the imbecile god-king, the viziers, the astrologers, the enslavers, they all joined a pedophile cult, per newly uncovered cuneiform tablets. Nevertheless, our divine entrails-readers prophesy our god-king shall reign forever
Terminal decline in other empires gets framed as: elites were unresponsive to critical needs of the lower classes.
But you rarely get specifics on how that stupidity worked. Like oh no the god-kings of Uruk burned down the grain storehouses to amuse some guy teaching chickens to read cuneiform!
But you rarely get specifics on how that stupidity worked. Like oh no the god-kings of Uruk burned down the grain storehouses to amuse some guy teaching chickens to read cuneiform!
February 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Oh no the imbecile god-king, the viziers, the astrologers, the enslavers, they all joined a pedophile cult, per newly uncovered cuneiform tablets. Nevertheless, our divine entrails-readers prophesy our god-king shall reign forever
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Paid leave did not happen by accident.
Countries with proportional representation are more likely to pass worker friendly policies because governments must earn broad support, not just win a few swing ridings.
Systems shape outcomes.
Countries with proportional representation are more likely to pass worker friendly policies because governments must earn broad support, not just win a few swing ridings.
Systems shape outcomes.
February 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Paid leave did not happen by accident.
Countries with proportional representation are more likely to pass worker friendly policies because governments must earn broad support, not just win a few swing ridings.
Systems shape outcomes.
Countries with proportional representation are more likely to pass worker friendly policies because governments must earn broad support, not just win a few swing ridings.
Systems shape outcomes.
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If you're wondering how little space exists between OneBC & people who call themselves conservatives, Dallas Brodie is busy networking at the CPC's convention in Calgary this week.
January 31, 2026 at 9:14 PM
If you're wondering how little space exists between OneBC & people who call themselves conservatives, Dallas Brodie is busy networking at the CPC's convention in Calgary this week.
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Marcella Desjarlais (Stand United BC) is at the Vancouver Art Gallery for the Mark Carney protests. She blames immigrants for the fact that she can't find a job in Canada...and not the fact that she's spent the last five years being a fascist.
February 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Marcella Desjarlais (Stand United BC) is at the Vancouver Art Gallery for the Mark Carney protests. She blames immigrants for the fact that she can't find a job in Canada...and not the fact that she's spent the last five years being a fascist.
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Minnesota law professors call arrests of journalists for documenting church protest an attack on free press
Minnesota law professors call arrests of journalists for documenting church protest an attack on free press
Georgia Fort and Don Lemon were arrested nearly two weeks after the demonstration at Cities Church in St. Paul.
www.startribune.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Minnesota law professors call arrests of journalists for documenting church protest an attack on free press