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anibyl.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
600+ people signed up to speak at the city meeting about the new budget brought by Ken Sim and his Austerity Budget Coalition. I don't think I've ever seen the number to be this high.

#vanpoli
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
power1312.bsky.social
Vancouver’s Cop City Budget

www.policeoversight.ca/p/cop-city #vanpoli
Vancouver’s Cop City Budget
Next year’s municipal budget is set to allocate half a billion dollars toward policing.
www.policeoversight.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
bcbrews.bsky.social
#Vanpoli Major impacts on a city's sustainability/livability that you will feel, can happen at the municipal level. Are you aware of what Sim & ABC want to do? 👇🏼
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
so i did the math and it will take like 13 hours+ to get to my number if no one is skipped… #vanpoli
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
copevancouver.bsky.social
NOW: Over 100 people are online right now taking part in our Budget Briefing.

Public presentations to Council begin tomorrow, with a record number of people signed up to speak.

Add your voice. Write to Council to oppose Ken Sim's cuts: vancouver.ca/your-governm...

#vanpoli #StopTheCuts
Contact Mayor and Council
Contact City Council and the mayor as a group.
vancouver.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
copevancouver.bsky.social
NEW: Over 400 people and counting have signed up to speak out on Ken Sim's brutal budget cuts.

Join the fight back. Deadline is 5pm TODAY to get on the speakers' list.

Sign up: vancouver.ca/your-governm... #vanpoli
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
natuaural.bsky.social
Speak out against Ken Sim’s budget #vanpoli:

Submit comments to Mayor and Council via vancouver.ca/your-governm...
Share ideas and feedback through www.shapeyourcity.ca.
Contact Mayor and Council
Contact City Council and the mayor as a group.
vancouver.ca
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
mtnbvan.bsky.social
betterdwelling.com/vancouver-re... #vanre #Moar #bubble #correction #vanpoli #bcpoli
Vancouver Real Estate Prices Slide As Inventory Hits 13-Year High - Better Dwelling
Vancouver real estate prices have been resilient, but they may have just run out of luck. Data from Greater Vancouver Realtors (GVR), formerly the REBGV, shows prices made a sharp drop in October. A m...
betterdwelling.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
🔔 DEADLINE to sign up, speak out: 5:00pm today/Tues Nov 11th

Vancouver Special Council Meeting - 2026 Budget

Meeting date: Wed Nov 12, 2025
Key issue: Mayor Sim & ABC party plans to eliminate the city's long-held climate & sustainability dept.

#ActOnClimate #VanPoli

vancouver.ca/your-governm...
Request to speak at a Council meeting
Request to speak at a Council meeting
vancouver.ca
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
🔔 DEADLINE to sign up: 5:00pm today/Tues Nov 11th

For the Wed Nov 12, 2025 Vancouver Special Council Meeting #VanPoli

Re 2026 Budget + deep cuts = 🪓elimination of #Vancouver climate & sustainability and several core services.
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
petequily.bsky.social
Always Bring Cash Ken Sim & his ABC Restated VPD 2025 budget. Millions

#CroniesFirst

Police services $479

Proposed 2026 budget $525.3

Cash change $46.2

% change 10%

Arts culture & community services

50.5

$44.1

-6

-12%

vancouver.ca/files/cov/pr... #vanpoli

V @vancouverobert.bsky.social
ON DAY ONE, AN ABC MAJORITY WILL EXPAND THE CAR 87 PROGRAM AND HIRE: 100 NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND 100 NEW MENTAL HEALTH NURSES VANCOUVER City of Vancouver propose 2026 budget Vancouver Police Union breaks with tradition and endorses ABC Vancouver for municipal election Advocates and legal experts say union's political involvement is unprecedented and may erode trust The Vancouver Police Union has broken with convention and become outwardly politically active, endorsing Ken Sim and his ABC Party in the 2022 municipal elections. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC) Vancouver's Police Union is endorsing mayoral candidate Ken Sim of the ABC Vancouver party in the upcoming municipal election on Oct. 15, breaking a tradition of staying out of municipal
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
petequily.bsky.social
Time for a new Vancouver gov to right size the we always need more $ & a larger share of the city budget VPD

Give the Vancouver Police Union politicized VPD by supporting ABC, it will be easier for non ABC parties to cut the VPD budget.

Put $ into civilian ONLY mobile mental health teams

#vanpoli
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
copevancouver.bsky.social
Help us stop Ken Sim's budget for billionaires.

Hundreds of people have already signed up to speak to City Council against ABC's brutal cuts.

Deadline to signup is 4pm Tuesday.

Join the fight. Sign up here: vancouver.ca/your-governm...

#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
vangreens.bsky.social
Still want Vancouver to be the Greenest City? Apparently, Ken Sim and ABC don't.

Saving a few bucks to the city will come at an even greater cost down the line.

Full article in @nationalobserver.com: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...

#VanPoli
A white and green graphic. The top, over the white, is the logo for Canada's National Observer and the headline, "Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department" by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson & Natasha Bulowski from Nov. 10. On the green is a quote from Vancouver City Councillor from the Vancouver Green Party, Pete Fry, saying, "It's 100 per cent ideologically motivated. What is incredibly frustrating about this is the lack of integrity or courage for them to come out and say what it is they're intending to do. They're trying to be sneaky with this, and it will blow up in their face."
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
sinistralscribe.bsky.social
You can also register online to speak at the City Council meeting briefly via phone about the 2026 Capital and Operating Budget: vancouver.ca/your-governm... The meeting is this Wednesday, November 12th at 9:30 am; you must register by Tuesday, November 11th at 5 pm.

#VanPoli
Request to speak at a Council meeting
Request to speak at a Council meeting
vancouver.ca
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
Vancouverites can request to speak to mayor Sim & ABC Party's elimination of #Vancouver climate & sustainability department and other core services.

Special Council meeting, 2026 budget - Wed Nov 12, 2025 (in-person or via phone)

#ClimateChange #ActOnClimate #VanPoli

vancouver.ca/your-governm...
Request to speak at a Council meeting
Request to speak at a Council meeting
vancouver.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
caroltreardon.bsky.social
ABC says there will be no cuts to core services. Perhaps we should be asking ABC to clarify what they consider to be a core service? #VanPoli #Vancouver #ClimateChange
jmcelroy.bsky.social Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d
Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
natashabulowski.bsky.social Natasha Bulowski @natashabulowski.bsky.social · 1d
SCOOP: 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 in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
tabmcleod.bsky.social
This is reprehensible. What message is it sending to the younger generations?

#vanpoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #environment #Vancouver

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
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 3:02 AM
copevancouver.bsky.social
Help us stop Ken Sim's cuts.

Sign up to speak to Council: vancouver.ca/your-governm...

#vanpoli
230+ speakers confirmed against Ken Sim's budget for billionaires. Sign up now to speak so we can show ABC Vancouver does not support Ken Sim's cuts.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
madhat59kenwood.bsky.social
lots of folks here, someone must know a few of them. We need to work as a community to stop this crap. If you or anyone you know recognizes one of these low lifes let CAHN know or local police. Its not just govt that needs to be active and diligent. We all need to. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli
antihate.ca Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 2d
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.

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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
copevancouver.bsky.social
🚨Local union leaders sounding the alarm on ABC's cuts.

“This proposed budget would not only have a serious impact on workers, but it will also likely have far-reaching consequences for public services throughout Vancouver’s communities and neighbourhoods.”

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

#vanpoli
Vancouver facing 400 job cuts amid mayor’s property tax freeze
The City of Vancouver expects to cut hundreds of full-time positions to accommodate Mayor Ken Sim’s “Zero Means Zero” property tax freeze for 2026.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
jenstden.bsky.social
@kehyslop.bsky.social took a deep dive into claims that a zero per cent tax increase proposed by Vancouver mayor Ken Sim will lead to tens of millions in cuts to parks and recreation. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Are Vancouver’s Parks Facing Tens of Millions in Cuts? | The Tyee
ABC Vancouver calls it ‘fear mongering.’ Independent park board commissioners say budget cuts are coming.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
madhat59kenwood.bsky.social
Stamp these POS out now! 🇨🇦 is no place for them. Shutdown their operations for fostering hate! This is NOT free speech its hate speech simole and period! #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli
savethecbc.bsky.social Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 1d
CBC uncovers a secret neo-Nazi gathering in Vancouver — attended by MMA gym owners, trainers & far-right extremists.

A chilling look at how hate is spreading in Canada — and why public journalism matters.

📰 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....

#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #AntiHate #Democracy
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
madhat59kenwood.bsky.social
👍😞 this is a 🇨🇦'n low low point in our history! #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli
bill-comeau.bsky.social Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 1d
Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
thetyee.ca
Mayor Ken Sim wants zero property tax increases without cutting core services — including community centres. The park board says that’s impossible. @kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
Are Vancouver’s Parks Facing Tens of Millions in Cuts? | The Tyee
ABC Vancouver calls it ‘fear mongering.’ Independent park board commissioners say budget cuts are coming.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM