Billy Young
@billyyoung.bsky.social
He/him, dad, cinephile, musician, photographer, hiker, skier, sci-fi lover, chess player. Settler on Coast Salish land. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
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BC friends, important piece by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social
She writes: BC’s own source revenue—taxes, fees & royalties—has plummeted from 19.2% to 15.4% of GDP over 25 years. This drop represents $16.8 billion in foregone revenues annually."
Tax cuts drive the deficit; progressive tax ⬆️ needed 👇
She writes: BC’s own source revenue—taxes, fees & royalties—has plummeted from 19.2% to 15.4% of GDP over 25 years. This drop represents $16.8 billion in foregone revenues annually."
Tax cuts drive the deficit; progressive tax ⬆️ needed 👇
BC folks! Outstanding piece here by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social.
BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.
Read on 👇
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.
Read on 👇
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs
vancouversun.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BC friends, important piece by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social
She writes: BC’s own source revenue—taxes, fees & royalties—has plummeted from 19.2% to 15.4% of GDP over 25 years. This drop represents $16.8 billion in foregone revenues annually."
Tax cuts drive the deficit; progressive tax ⬆️ needed 👇
She writes: BC’s own source revenue—taxes, fees & royalties—has plummeted from 19.2% to 15.4% of GDP over 25 years. This drop represents $16.8 billion in foregone revenues annually."
Tax cuts drive the deficit; progressive tax ⬆️ needed 👇
Does anyone else hear the sound of 🦗 coming from the direction of the self-appointed "free speech warriors"?
September 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Does anyone else hear the sound of 🦗 coming from the direction of the self-appointed "free speech warriors"?
Narcissistic fascists deserve to be silenced and disempowered, but not with bullets, lest we become them.
September 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Narcissistic fascists deserve to be silenced and disempowered, but not with bullets, lest we become them.
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Interim BC Green Leader Jeremy Valeriote continues his questions of Premier Eby in Budget Estimates.
#bcpoli
Watch the afternoon sitting here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gufz...
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Watch the afternoon sitting here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gufz...
May 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Interim BC Green Leader Jeremy Valeriote continues his questions of Premier Eby in Budget Estimates.
#bcpoli
Watch the afternoon sitting here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gufz...
#bcpoli
Watch the afternoon sitting here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gufz...
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We're back at Premier's estimates.
@jervaler.bsky.social will ask questions until noon, break for lunch, and return at 1pm
#bcpoli
@jervaler.bsky.social will ask questions until noon, break for lunch, and return at 1pm
#bcpoli
Here's the clip of @jervaler.bsky.social questioning the Premier from last night.
You'll have to fast forward through the long silence between question and answer -- that is typical for Budget Estimates, so Ministers can confer with staff to provide accurate data.
#bcpoli
youtu.be/vK_1o-XTOwY
You'll have to fast forward through the long silence between question and answer -- that is typical for Budget Estimates, so Ministers can confer with staff to provide accurate data.
#bcpoli
youtu.be/vK_1o-XTOwY
May 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We're back at Premier's estimates.
@jervaler.bsky.social will ask questions until noon, break for lunch, and return at 1pm
#bcpoli
@jervaler.bsky.social will ask questions until noon, break for lunch, and return at 1pm
#bcpoli
Ash showed me Conan O'Brian's Mark Twain Prize special yesterday, and it got me thinking. Why doesn't Canada have an equivalent award? We punch well above our weight in comedy.
Some potential inductees:
-Catherine O'Hara
-Eugene Levy
-Martin Short
-All of Kids in the Hall
-Mike Meyers
...
#canada
Some potential inductees:
-Catherine O'Hara
-Eugene Levy
-Martin Short
-All of Kids in the Hall
-Mike Meyers
...
#canada
May 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Ash showed me Conan O'Brian's Mark Twain Prize special yesterday, and it got me thinking. Why doesn't Canada have an equivalent award? We punch well above our weight in comedy.
Some potential inductees:
-Catherine O'Hara
-Eugene Levy
-Martin Short
-All of Kids in the Hall
-Mike Meyers
...
#canada
Some potential inductees:
-Catherine O'Hara
-Eugene Levy
-Martin Short
-All of Kids in the Hall
-Mike Meyers
...
#canada
It's pretty disturbing that the lesson that David Eby seems to be taking from the erosion of democracy in the US is that we need to undermine our own democracy. Bill 15 is a major overreach. #bcpoli
May 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's pretty disturbing that the lesson that David Eby seems to be taking from the erosion of democracy in the US is that we need to undermine our own democracy. Bill 15 is a major overreach. #bcpoli
@davidebybc.bsky.social is defending the profoundly undemocratic Bill 15 with the "trust us, bro" principle. It's either naive or deceptive for him to say this would protect indigenous consultation or not be applied to LNG projects without that language in the bill. 🧵 1/
Looking for Allies!
Who has the courage to stand against Premier David Eby's latest BC NDP Caucus loyalty test?
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May 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
@davidebybc.bsky.social is defending the profoundly undemocratic Bill 15 with the "trust us, bro" principle. It's either naive or deceptive for him to say this would protect indigenous consultation or not be applied to LNG projects without that language in the bill. 🧵 1/
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"David Eby's BC NDP government has claimed reconciliation as their crowning achievement, yet they push this bill forward despite no consultation with First Nations. This is not how a government committed to reconciliation behaves."
Wow.
#bcpoli
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Wow.
#bcpoli
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W̱ JOȽEȽP rejects unilaterally developed Bill 15, Infrastructure Projects Act, 2025
Statement PDF
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May 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"David Eby's BC NDP government has claimed reconciliation as their crowning achievement, yet they push this bill forward despite no consultation with First Nations. This is not how a government committed to reconciliation behaves."
Wow.
#bcpoli
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Wow.
#bcpoli
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May 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Great move. Bill 15 is another anti-democratic overreach by the BC NDP.
May 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Great move. Bill 15 is another anti-democratic overreach by the BC NDP.
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"The BC NDP just admitted they’re missing their own climate targets. And they have no plans to fix it,” said BC Green Interim Leader Jeremy Valeriote, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.
bcgreencaucus.ca/bc-greens-ca...
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bcgreencaucus.ca/bc-greens-ca...
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BC Greens call out government’s climate inaction as province veers off course - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2025 VICTORIA, B.C. – The BC Green Caucus is calling the latest climate update from the provincial government a “climate inaction plan,” pointing to a troubling lack of...
bcgreencaucus.ca
April 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"The BC NDP just admitted they’re missing their own climate targets. And they have no plans to fix it,” said BC Green Interim Leader Jeremy Valeriote, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.
bcgreencaucus.ca/bc-greens-ca...
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More reaction to the Climate Change Accountability Report, this time from @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social
ecojustice.ca/news/ecojust...
ecojustice.ca/news/ecojust...
April 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
More reaction to the Climate Change Accountability Report, this time from @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social
ecojustice.ca/news/ecojust...
ecojustice.ca/news/ecojust...
I just crunched some numbers. And if you take away any specifics from the equation. The odds of no Canadian team winning the Stanley Cup for 32 years is something in the ballpark of 1 in 1600 or 0.06%. That's pretty mind-blowing.
April 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I just crunched some numbers. And if you take away any specifics from the equation. The odds of no Canadian team winning the Stanley Cup for 32 years is something in the ballpark of 1 in 1600 or 0.06%. That's pretty mind-blowing.
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Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
CALGARY - During an outdoor campaign rally, security rushed a shaken Pierre Poilievre to safety after he was tragically struck by a lone question from a journalist.
www.thebeaverton.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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This minister has committed to
-continued logging of non-renewable old-growth forests
-reducing regulation and oversight of logging
-potentially opening up protected forest for logging
#bcpoli #EarthDay
-continued logging of non-renewable old-growth forests
-reducing regulation and oversight of logging
-potentially opening up protected forest for logging
#bcpoli #EarthDay
On Earth Day, we all reaffirm our commitment to this planet - to ensuring its protection. We all make a difference there.
Although I’ve toured across BC, I’m still a Langford-Highlands boy. So if you can today, visit the BC Parks of my home, whether Goldstream or Gowlland Tod.
#EarthDay
Although I’ve toured across BC, I’m still a Langford-Highlands boy. So if you can today, visit the BC Parks of my home, whether Goldstream or Gowlland Tod.
#EarthDay
April 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The. Sadness. In. Those. Eyes.
April 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The. Sadness. In. Those. Eyes.
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Tax cuts are government spending!
April 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tax cuts are government spending!
You would think polls like this would have reasonable parties other than the Greens talking about electoral reform.
I thought 2015 was gonna be the last election under FPTP. WHA HAPPENED!?
#cdnpoli
I thought 2015 was gonna be the last election under FPTP. WHA HAPPENED!?
#cdnpoli
Nightmare vote splitting numbers in my riding. First past the post is so damn tacky.
April 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
You would think polls like this would have reasonable parties other than the Greens talking about electoral reform.
I thought 2015 was gonna be the last election under FPTP. WHA HAPPENED!?
#cdnpoli
I thought 2015 was gonna be the last election under FPTP. WHA HAPPENED!?
#cdnpoli
When Nazis called themselves socialists, it was propaganda meant to confuse and neutralize their opposition. Either PP is falling for it or he's knowingly spreading it.
My ancestors may have been among the 10,000s of socialists killed by them if they were in Germany, not Sask. Disgusting.
#cdnpoli
My ancestors may have been among the 10,000s of socialists killed by them if they were in Germany, not Sask. Disgusting.
#cdnpoli
This guy is so blatantly unprepared and too unintelligent to lead Canada. He thinks like a 14 year old.
This angle is a regurgitation from Jordan Peterson’s playbook against Woke. It isn’t a good faith argument, it’s historically ignorant, and the rhetoric is attached to a disgusting body of work.
This angle is a regurgitation from Jordan Peterson’s playbook against Woke. It isn’t a good faith argument, it’s historically ignorant, and the rhetoric is attached to a disgusting body of work.
April 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
When Nazis called themselves socialists, it was propaganda meant to confuse and neutralize their opposition. Either PP is falling for it or he's knowingly spreading it.
My ancestors may have been among the 10,000s of socialists killed by them if they were in Germany, not Sask. Disgusting.
#cdnpoli
My ancestors may have been among the 10,000s of socialists killed by them if they were in Germany, not Sask. Disgusting.
#cdnpoli
Can anyone explain to me why my neighbours and I have an advanced voting poll that's 30 mins away and an electoral office that's 1.25 hrs away when there are multiple advanced polls within 10 minutes of us?
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Can anyone explain to me why my neighbours and I have an advanced voting poll that's 30 mins away and an electoral office that's 1.25 hrs away when there are multiple advanced polls within 10 minutes of us?
What is the "far right," exactly? It's a euphemism for fascism that situates the ideology on the inside of the oberheim window.
When we refer to Ezra Levant as "far-right" and not fascist, we are normalizing him and his cronies, even if we are critical. We need to stop pulling punches. #cdnpoli
When we refer to Ezra Levant as "far-right" and not fascist, we are normalizing him and his cronies, even if we are critical. We need to stop pulling punches. #cdnpoli
April 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
What is the "far right," exactly? It's a euphemism for fascism that situates the ideology on the inside of the oberheim window.
When we refer to Ezra Levant as "far-right" and not fascist, we are normalizing him and his cronies, even if we are critical. We need to stop pulling punches. #cdnpoli
When we refer to Ezra Levant as "far-right" and not fascist, we are normalizing him and his cronies, even if we are critical. We need to stop pulling punches. #cdnpoli