Derrick O'Keefe
@derrickokeefe.bsky.social
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I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to Sim, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to Sim, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
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Ken Sim hopes you don't see this screenshot from the City's 2026 Budget Feedback report.
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ken Sim hopes you don't see this screenshot from the City's 2026 Budget Feedback report.
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
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The vast majority of budget survey respondents says they’d payback moderate property tax increase to protect services.
Remember this is all to save the average condo owner 8 bucks a month.
Remember this is all to save the average condo owner 8 bucks a month.
Vancouver's proposed 2026 budget has been released.
It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.
Full report here.
It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.
Full report here.
council.vancouver.ca
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The vast majority of budget survey respondents says they’d payback moderate property tax increase to protect services.
Remember this is all to save the average condo owner 8 bucks a month.
Remember this is all to save the average condo owner 8 bucks a month.
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Hi, I'm Kevin O'Leary, millionaire, Trump lover, Canadian, fraud, bad investor, and person who worships income disparity and believes people in poverty should admire the 1%. Here is why I am extremely angry and confused that I was not Zohran Mamdani's first priority and favourite special little boy
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Hi, I'm Kevin O'Leary, millionaire, Trump lover, Canadian, fraud, bad investor, and person who worships income disparity and believes people in poverty should admire the 1%. Here is why I am extremely angry and confused that I was not Zohran Mamdani's first priority and favourite special little boy
We really are ruled by supervillains.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We really are ruled by supervillains.
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This budget is further confirmation that Mark Carney is Stephen Harper’s political heir.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This budget is further confirmation that Mark Carney is Stephen Harper’s political heir.
Amusing to see celebrity leftists, politicians, and insiders who steadfastly ignored years of socialist electoral challenges here now basking in Mamdani's win and giving lessons on what we should learn from the win.
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Amusing to see celebrity leftists, politicians, and insiders who steadfastly ignored years of socialist electoral challenges here now basking in Mamdani's win and giving lessons on what we should learn from the win.
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MAMDANI CAME OUT TO JA RULE "NEW YORK" AND IMMEDIATELY QUOTED EUGENE DEBS
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
MAMDANI CAME OUT TO JA RULE "NEW YORK" AND IMMEDIATELY QUOTED EUGENE DEBS
Having volunteered on and helped run socialist campaigns at the municipal level a few times here in Vancouver, what a joy it is to see the bar raised so spectacularly.
May Zohran Mamdani's historic win inspire us all to continue and to scale-up our political courage & the audacity of our efforts.
May Zohran Mamdani's historic win inspire us all to continue and to scale-up our political courage & the audacity of our efforts.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Having volunteered on and helped run socialist campaigns at the municipal level a few times here in Vancouver, what a joy it is to see the bar raised so spectacularly.
May Zohran Mamdani's historic win inspire us all to continue and to scale-up our political courage & the audacity of our efforts.
May Zohran Mamdani's historic win inspire us all to continue and to scale-up our political courage & the audacity of our efforts.
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Congratulations, New York City!!
Zohran Mamdani’s win is historic, the result of a grassroots campaign that fought to make life more affordable.
Vancouver’s next municipal election is October 17, 2026.
Zohran Mamdani’s win is historic, the result of a grassroots campaign that fought to make life more affordable.
Vancouver’s next municipal election is October 17, 2026.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Congratulations, New York City!!
Zohran Mamdani’s win is historic, the result of a grassroots campaign that fought to make life more affordable.
Vancouver’s next municipal election is October 17, 2026.
Zohran Mamdani’s win is historic, the result of a grassroots campaign that fought to make life more affordable.
Vancouver’s next municipal election is October 17, 2026.
Great news for our neighbourhood - and for the whole city.
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Great news for our neighbourhood - and for the whole city.
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This is why it’s a problem to have right-wing governments at the local government level. If passed, this budget would not only devastate services, it would pass debt to future councils.
Interest and inflation don’t magically disappear.
It’s “electoral math,” not fiscal prudence or good governance.
Interest and inflation don’t magically disappear.
It’s “electoral math,” not fiscal prudence or good governance.
A number of amendments are being brought forward by opposition councillors, including having a line by line budget comparison or deferring this vote until after the budget survey, but is being defeated on party lines.
Based on timelines, full budget wouldn’t be voted on until early next year.
Based on timelines, full budget wouldn’t be voted on until early next year.
Mayor Sim’s zero means zero motion has been tabled. 43 speakers signed up. According to Sim, this means a zero percent property tax increase. No infrastructure tax increase.
October 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is why it’s a problem to have right-wing governments at the local government level. If passed, this budget would not only devastate services, it would pass debt to future councils.
Interest and inflation don’t magically disappear.
It’s “electoral math,” not fiscal prudence or good governance.
Interest and inflation don’t magically disappear.
It’s “electoral math,” not fiscal prudence or good governance.
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In B.C., progressive movement leaders feel betrayed by David Eby’s NDP.
The 'government's calculation appears to be billions for LNG and pennies for families'.
New from @westernwriter.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/in-b...
#BCpoli
The 'government's calculation appears to be billions for LNG and pennies for families'.
New from @westernwriter.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/in-b...
#BCpoli
In B.C., progressive movement leaders feel betrayed by David Eby's NDP
The 'government's calculation appears to be billions for LNG and pennies for families'
ricochet.media
October 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In B.C., progressive movement leaders feel betrayed by David Eby’s NDP.
The 'government's calculation appears to be billions for LNG and pennies for families'.
New from @westernwriter.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/in-b...
#BCpoli
The 'government's calculation appears to be billions for LNG and pennies for families'.
New from @westernwriter.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/in-b...
#BCpoli
Ken Sim is a desperate and pathetic figure.
We need a lot more Sean Orrs in elected office. 🌹🇵🇸 #vanpoli
We need a lot more Sean Orrs in elected office. 🌹🇵🇸 #vanpoli
Today the mayor of Vancouver called me an antisemitic terrorist supporter. Here is my speech:
This isn’t controversial
Being against what the UN calls a genocide is not controversial
Being against apartheid is not controversial
This isn’t controversial
Being against what the UN calls a genocide is not controversial
Being against apartheid is not controversial
October 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Ken Sim is a desperate and pathetic figure.
We need a lot more Sean Orrs in elected office. 🌹🇵🇸 #vanpoli
We need a lot more Sean Orrs in elected office. 🌹🇵🇸 #vanpoli
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“It was a lightning rod of hope. We brought in thousands of new members to this party, many of whom were completely disillusioned with politics.”
Emily Lowan’s victory is a sign that the climate movement still has the energy to capture voters. Hugh Chan writes. #bcpoli
Emily Lowan’s victory is a sign that the climate movement still has the energy to capture voters. Hugh Chan writes. #bcpoli
How a Zoomer Became Leader of the BC Green Party | The Tyee
Inside the campaign that scored a victory for 25-year-old Emily Lowan.
thetyee.ca
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“It was a lightning rod of hope. We brought in thousands of new members to this party, many of whom were completely disillusioned with politics.”
Emily Lowan’s victory is a sign that the climate movement still has the energy to capture voters. Hugh Chan writes. #bcpoli
Emily Lowan’s victory is a sign that the climate movement still has the energy to capture voters. Hugh Chan writes. #bcpoli
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Big news today, as Ecuador has revoked the licence for a Canadian company to develop a massive gold mine.
Brandi Morin reported from Ecuador on this mining project in May, with locals telling her it was a ‘ticking time bomb.’
Brandi’s feature: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...
Brandi Morin reported from Ecuador on this mining project in May, with locals telling her it was a ‘ticking time bomb.’
Brandi’s feature: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...
Brandi Morin in Ecuador: Indigenous water defenders take on a Canadian mining giant
The proposed Loma Larga gold mine represents a ‘ticking time bomb’ for arsenic contamination in the region
ricochet.media
October 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Big news today, as Ecuador has revoked the licence for a Canadian company to develop a massive gold mine.
Brandi Morin reported from Ecuador on this mining project in May, with locals telling her it was a ‘ticking time bomb.’
Brandi’s feature: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...
Brandi Morin reported from Ecuador on this mining project in May, with locals telling her it was a ‘ticking time bomb.’
Brandi’s feature: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...
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Solidarity with the people of Gaza is not controversial.
Read City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social's speech from today: www.votecope.ca/news/solidar...
#vanpoli
Read City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social's speech from today: www.votecope.ca/news/solidar...
#vanpoli
Solidarity with the people of Gaza is not controversial — COPE Vancouver
The following are remarks made Oct. 4, 2025 by COPE City Councillor Sean Orr at a rally in solidarity with Gaza in Vancouver - part of a global day of action that saw millions demand an end to w...
www.votecope.ca
October 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Solidarity with the people of Gaza is not controversial.
Read City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social's speech from today: www.votecope.ca/news/solidar...
#vanpoli
Read City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social's speech from today: www.votecope.ca/news/solidar...
#vanpoli
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Ken Sim killed the city's Equity Office.
Now, less than a week later, he's retweeting far-right residential school denialists and anti-LGBT activists.
Evict Ken Sim.
Now, less than a week later, he's retweeting far-right residential school denialists and anti-LGBT activists.
Evict Ken Sim.
October 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ken Sim killed the city's Equity Office.
Now, less than a week later, he's retweeting far-right residential school denialists and anti-LGBT activists.
Evict Ken Sim.
Now, less than a week later, he's retweeting far-right residential school denialists and anti-LGBT activists.
Evict Ken Sim.
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"My biggest focus in the coming weeks and months is fighting against ABC’s push for an austerity budget that could see many vital services cut back and hundreds of workers lose their jobs." - @seanorr.bsky.social
September Orr Report: www.votecope.ca/news/the-orr...
#FightForVancouver #vanpoli
September Orr Report: www.votecope.ca/news/the-orr...
#FightForVancouver #vanpoli
THE ORR REPORT: Big win for housing as a human right at UBCM in Victoria, ABC blocks improvement of Empty Homes Tax, and the fight against austerity ramps up — COPE Vancouver
I’m exhausted. I just wrapped up a busy week in Victoria where I took part in my first Union of B.C. Municipalities meeting as an elected representative. I attended along with other members of ...
www.votecope.ca
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"My biggest focus in the coming weeks and months is fighting against ABC’s push for an austerity budget that could see many vital services cut back and hundreds of workers lose their jobs." - @seanorr.bsky.social
September Orr Report: www.votecope.ca/news/the-orr...
#FightForVancouver #vanpoli
September Orr Report: www.votecope.ca/news/the-orr...
#FightForVancouver #vanpoli
THE GOOD CANADIAN premieres today on CBC & APTN, also available on CBC Gem & APTN Lumi. I hope you will take the time to watch this important movie that connects the dots between the injustices faced by Indigenous people. Proud to have been a researcher on this project.
#truthandreconciliation
#truthandreconciliation
September 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
THE GOOD CANADIAN premieres today on CBC & APTN, also available on CBC Gem & APTN Lumi. I hope you will take the time to watch this important movie that connects the dots between the injustices faced by Indigenous people. Proud to have been a researcher on this project.
#truthandreconciliation
#truthandreconciliation
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Canada’s increasingly militarized border pushes migrants into taking riskier routes to claim asylum.
We travelled along the border to highlight the human impact of the government's ‘security’ plan.
New investigation from @xaviersfournier.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/migr...
#cdnpoli
We travelled along the border to highlight the human impact of the government's ‘security’ plan.
New investigation from @xaviersfournier.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/migr...
#cdnpoli
Canada's increasingly militarized border pushes migrants into taking riskier routes to claim asylum
Ricochet travelled along the Canadian border to highlight the human impact of the federal government's ‘security’ plan
ricochet.media
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Canada’s increasingly militarized border pushes migrants into taking riskier routes to claim asylum.
We travelled along the border to highlight the human impact of the government's ‘security’ plan.
New investigation from @xaviersfournier.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/migr...
#cdnpoli
We travelled along the border to highlight the human impact of the government's ‘security’ plan.
New investigation from @xaviersfournier.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/justice/migr...
#cdnpoli
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City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social is at UBCM this week with municipal electeds from across the province fighting for more of the housing we need www.biv.com/news/ubcm-le... #vanpoli #bcpoli #HousingIsAHumanRight
UBCM leaders call on B.C. to fill housing gaps that led to increased homelessness
VICTORIA — Municipal leaders in British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to fill housing gaps that have been pressing for "far too long" and have increased homelessness in their commu...
www.biv.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social is at UBCM this week with municipal electeds from across the province fighting for more of the housing we need www.biv.com/news/ubcm-le... #vanpoli #bcpoli #HousingIsAHumanRight
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“This campaign was electrifying. It was a lightning rod of hope.”
British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader.
#bcpoli
British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader.
#bcpoli
New Green Leader Emily Lowan Vows to Challenge NDP | The Tyee
Climate activist says her campaign reached people ‘disillusioned with politics.’
thetyee.ca
September 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“This campaign was electrifying. It was a lightning rod of hope.”
British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader.
#bcpoli
British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader.
#bcpoli