defunding the police has more support than a 0% property tax increase among participants of the city’s budget survey

fund the city, the people said.

All over, including in Vancouver with the last by-election, we are seeing the impact of mobilizing progressives and building class solidarity. That is where our opportunities are. We are not going to change hearts and minds on a platform that is literally engineered to centre neo-Nazi voices.

Again, I am pro-COPE, but using Twitter to "troll conservatives" is not productive, nor is it ideologically consistent. If anything, it's a distraction from the good work being done to counter Sim's policies, which is already an uphill battle; there is no virtue in meeting the right at their level.

... knee-jerk reactionary is counterproductive and legitimizes a full Nazi who would cheerfully finance the annexation of our country if it meant more car sales. Sorry for the novel in your mentions but this argument just doesn't resonate with me and I'm tired of the status quo on this topic.

... actually were, and not an online facsimile thereof. If our govt simply MUST be on Twitter, let it be for sharing official messages that could live on any platform; workflow-wise, that is easily solved through any number of tools that enable cross-platform posting. Using it like any other ...

... dem politician ever made any impact IRL? Social media is an important lever for mobilizing voters, but Zohran didn't post his way into mayorship — his team created thoughtful, shareable content that demonstrated people-first policies AND he was on the streets IRL, meeting voters where they ...

I'm aligned with COPE's policies but, respectfully, I do not agree that it serves the people of Vancouver to trade potshots with the chronically online on The Nazi Website. Again and again we can look to the U.S. for what works and what hasn't. When has a quote-tweet ~own~ of a Trump tweet by a ...

our govt seriously needs to get off twitter. not only is it run by a full nazi — which i naïvely hoped would be immediately disqualifying years ago — it's barely accessible if you don't have an account, which makes it useless as an official channel.

omg i really thought i'd win this one. this is impressive stuff. sharing here maiden name / married name. i just wanted a last name strangers could spell, is that a crime

Ok in my 20s I napped like a champion and now nothing when I need it most!! Why!! 😭