Arzeena Hamir
@arzeena.bsky.social
Farmer, mother, climate and food security activist, former CVRD Director & BC Green Party Candidate 🇨🇦. Born at 325ppm
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Arzeena Hamir
@arzeena.bsky.social
· Feb 7
Almost 70 members of the Comox Valley Starter pack. Share with friends and let me know if anyone is missing.
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Finally, some good news for the season!
Pipeline companies won’t be getting a massive property tax break for Christmas at the expense of some rural homeowners. At least not this year.
BC Backpedals on Pipeline Assessment Reductions | The Tyee
Officials have kiboshed changes that would have handed companies a tax break at residents’ expense.
thetyee.ca
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Finally, some good news for the season!
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Enough empty statements. Canada must end its complicity, pass NDP MP Jenny Kwan’s No-Loopholes Arms Embargo Act and impose broad sanctions on Israel.
December 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Enough empty statements. Canada must end its complicity, pass NDP MP Jenny Kwan’s No-Loopholes Arms Embargo Act and impose broad sanctions on Israel.
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The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable: latest research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
This is why BC’s housing crisis hasn’t been solved yet
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable.
Throughout the province and country, the housing crisis is marked by high rents and prices, a scarcity of homes, displacement, homelessness and the quiet exclusion of people from entire neighb
bcpolicy.ca
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable: latest research by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
Reforms from a flurry of government announcements gesture at the right ideas but fall short in scale and implementation.
Eby says hard no to Proportional Representation. Is anyone surprised?
#bcpoli @bcgreencaucus.bsky.social
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#bcpoli @bcgreencaucus.bsky.social
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Rob Shaw: Proportional representation won’t be revived on Eby’s watch
B.C. premier says three failed votes settled the issue, shuts down calls for another review
www.biv.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Eby says hard no to Proportional Representation. Is anyone surprised?
#bcpoli @bcgreencaucus.bsky.social
www.biv.com/news/comment...
#bcpoli @bcgreencaucus.bsky.social
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Tell me again why the #BCNDP are so hell bent on more LNG? Who do they expect to sell it to?
#bcpoli #climatechaos
www.theenergymix.com/lng-imports-...
#bcpoli #climatechaos
www.theenergymix.com/lng-imports-...
LNG Imports Fall in Asia, Europe as Investors Get Set for Phaseout
A drop-off in Asian and European demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG), just as a wave of new production facilities come online, is raising questions about whether demand will ever materialize for a ...
www.theenergymix.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Tell me again why the #BCNDP are so hell bent on more LNG? Who do they expect to sell it to?
#bcpoli #climatechaos
www.theenergymix.com/lng-imports-...
#bcpoli #climatechaos
www.theenergymix.com/lng-imports-...
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I don’t like bigots, racists, conspiracy theorists, or #MapleMAGA traitors. OneBC is all those things, so good riddance to their vanity project.
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OneBC’s Founders Turn on Each Other
Tara Armstrong publicly declares she has lost confidence in the leadership of Dallas Brodie
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I don’t like bigots, racists, conspiracy theorists, or #MapleMAGA traitors. OneBC is all those things, so good riddance to their vanity project.
open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
open.substack.com/pub/queergra...
Is it also time for our government to begin incentivizing farmers to move out of the Sumas Lake and other flood-prone areas?
B.C.’s failure to fund flood response ‘troublesome’ as atmospheric river strikes again : thenarwhal.ca/bc-fraser-va...
#bcpoli #foodsecurity
B.C.’s failure to fund flood response ‘troublesome’ as atmospheric river strikes again : thenarwhal.ca/bc-fraser-va...
#bcpoli #foodsecurity
Another severe atmospheric river has hit B.C. | The Narwhal
As Fraser Valley grapples with another major flood, some say the province isn’t doing enough
thenarwhal.ca
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Is it also time for our government to begin incentivizing farmers to move out of the Sumas Lake and other flood-prone areas?
B.C.’s failure to fund flood response ‘troublesome’ as atmospheric river strikes again : thenarwhal.ca/bc-fraser-va...
#bcpoli #foodsecurity
B.C.’s failure to fund flood response ‘troublesome’ as atmospheric river strikes again : thenarwhal.ca/bc-fraser-va...
#bcpoli #foodsecurity
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Read my latest: thediscourse.ca/comox-valley...
Q&A: Anti-SLAPP case win against Union Bay shipbreaking company – The Discourse.
After a three-year legal battle with Union Bay shipbreaking company Deep Water Recovery, Mary Reynolds was awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
thediscourse.ca
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Read my latest: thediscourse.ca/comox-valley...
A summary of the ugliness that OneBC has created in our Legislature.
#bcpoli
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#bcpoli
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Freedom for me, but not for thee
OneBC has been desperately trying to ban any kind of expression its leader does not approve of
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A summary of the ugliness that OneBC has created in our Legislature.
#bcpoli
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#bcpoli
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For The Kids
Chip in to help protect the Charter rights of kids in Alberta
www.momentumcanada.net
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Is a "Carney maneuver" pissing off an entire province where millions voted for you just to placate another province that's never happy and never votes for you?
Masterful gambit, sir.
Masterful gambit, sir.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Is a "Carney maneuver" pissing off an entire province where millions voted for you just to placate another province that's never happy and never votes for you?
Masterful gambit, sir.
Masterful gambit, sir.
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Hey @arzeena.bsky.social ICYMI the Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program is opening its next round of applications for eligible farmers and communities.
💦Drought Preparedness 💪💦
(Arzeena Hamir is the B.C. Greens’ expert on small scale independent agriculture)
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
💦Drought Preparedness 💪💦
(Arzeena Hamir is the B.C. Greens’ expert on small scale independent agriculture)
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
B.C. helps farms with solutions for water storage
Farmers and communities throughout B.C. are becoming better equipped for drought with ongoing support to help improve their management, delivery and storage of water for agricultural purposes.
news.gov.bc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hey @arzeena.bsky.social ICYMI the Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program is opening its next round of applications for eligible farmers and communities.
💦Drought Preparedness 💪💦
(Arzeena Hamir is the B.C. Greens’ expert on small scale independent agriculture)
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
💦Drought Preparedness 💪💦
(Arzeena Hamir is the B.C. Greens’ expert on small scale independent agriculture)
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
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The story is actually that Dallas Brodie’s anti-Indigenous racism and generally antisocial politics aren’t welcome in Kamloops, and she was booted to the curb. Byyye. www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop...
Venue cancellation forces OneBC leader to shift Kamloops event to street outside hotel - Kamloops News
www.castanetkamloops.net
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The story is actually that Dallas Brodie’s anti-Indigenous racism and generally antisocial politics aren’t welcome in Kamloops, and she was booted to the curb. Byyye. www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop...
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If you live in Mission, Duncan or Colwood/Langford, you have some neo-Nazis you need to excise from your communities, permanently.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you live in Mission, Duncan or Colwood/Langford, you have some neo-Nazis you need to excise from your communities, permanently.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This was a terrifying read - McCarthy-like tactics creeping into Canadian politics. There should be no tolerance for this type of behaviour, especially in our science community.
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This was a terrifying read - McCarthy-like tactics creeping into Canadian politics. There should be no tolerance for this type of behaviour, especially in our science community.
#SiteC and BC Government gaslighting. Started under Christy Clark's Liberals but happily continued under the BCNDP.
"Critical risks were underestimated, oversight faltered, and communication with the public was shaped more by public relations than transparency"
lailayuile.com/2025/11/03/w...
"Critical risks were underestimated, oversight faltered, and communication with the public was shaped more by public relations than transparency"
lailayuile.com/2025/11/03/w...
When Government Gaslighting Becomes Policy: The Cost of Official Denial revealed in new ‘Site C Lessons Learned’ report.
Independent observers documented risks years ago, yet public messaging cast doubt on reality itself — until evidence could no longer be ignored.
lailayuile.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#SiteC and BC Government gaslighting. Started under Christy Clark's Liberals but happily continued under the BCNDP.
"Critical risks were underestimated, oversight faltered, and communication with the public was shaped more by public relations than transparency"
lailayuile.com/2025/11/03/w...
"Critical risks were underestimated, oversight faltered, and communication with the public was shaped more by public relations than transparency"
lailayuile.com/2025/11/03/w...
Sadly, my MP has contributed to the blatant racism by jumping on the racist bandwagon, criticizing temporary foreign workers at Time Hortons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjQ...
#FireGunn
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#FireGunn
Tim Hortons’ migrant workers are being scapegoated to distract from corporate greed
YouTube video by The Breach
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November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sadly, my MP has contributed to the blatant racism by jumping on the racist bandwagon, criticizing temporary foreign workers at Time Hortons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjQ...
#FireGunn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjQ...
#FireGunn
Yes!! Instead of taxpayers constantly having to subsidize this dirty industry & not the $2.25/million liters they currently get billed for. Dawson Creek residents & farms should not go thirsty because of #LNG
#bcpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#bcpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why Fracking Firms Should Pay for a $100-Million Water Pipeline | The Tyee
As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Yes!! Instead of taxpayers constantly having to subsidize this dirty industry & not the $2.25/million liters they currently get billed for. Dawson Creek residents & farms should not go thirsty because of #LNG
#bcpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#bcpoli
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
If you're sending prayers to Jamaica and still pro pipeline and LNG, you're part of the problem.
#earthinovershoot #climateinaction #bcpoli #canpoli
#earthinovershoot #climateinaction #bcpoli #canpoli
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you're sending prayers to Jamaica and still pro pipeline and LNG, you're part of the problem.
#earthinovershoot #climateinaction #bcpoli #canpoli
#earthinovershoot #climateinaction #bcpoli #canpoli
A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water—70 times less than Quebec—at at time funding for watershed protection has plummeted more than 80 per cent.
#bcpoli #watersecurity #watersheds #fracking
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
#bcpoli #watersecurity #watersheds #fracking
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
B.C. charges Canada's lowest industrial water rates, finds report
A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water—70 times less than Quebec—at at time funding for watershed protection has plummeted more than 80 per cen...
www.biv.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water—70 times less than Quebec—at at time funding for watershed protection has plummeted more than 80 per cent.
#bcpoli #watersecurity #watersheds #fracking
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
#bcpoli #watersecurity #watersheds #fracking
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
BC has a big problem with Temporary Foreign Workers. The number of BC employers breaking migrant worker laws surpasses all other Canadian jurisdictions. Since 2022, 77% of inspections were “paper-based” and involved no site visit at all.
#bcpoli #foodsecurity #BCAg
www.biv.com/news/economy...
#bcpoli #foodsecurity #BCAg
www.biv.com/news/economy...
B.C. companies dominate Canadian migrant worker violations
The number of employers breaking migrant worker laws surpasses all other Canadian jurisdictions, BIV analysis finds
www.biv.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
BC has a big problem with Temporary Foreign Workers. The number of BC employers breaking migrant worker laws surpasses all other Canadian jurisdictions. Since 2022, 77% of inspections were “paper-based” and involved no site visit at all.
#bcpoli #foodsecurity #BCAg
www.biv.com/news/economy...
#bcpoli #foodsecurity #BCAg
www.biv.com/news/economy...
Chilling to read this exposé on the unraveling of democracy in the US and what is looking like a 21st Century civil war.
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open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Chilling to read this exposé on the unraveling of democracy in the US and what is looking like a 21st Century civil war.
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
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The Cowichan Tribes debate is quickly becoming an international culture war issue, which means any attempt by someone to try and clarify facts, timelines or arguments by the people materially involved in the actual discussion will not matter in slightest.
But literally none of this is correct.
But literally none of this is correct.
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Cowichan Tribes debate is quickly becoming an international culture war issue, which means any attempt by someone to try and clarify facts, timelines or arguments by the people materially involved in the actual discussion will not matter in slightest.
But literally none of this is correct.
But literally none of this is correct.