tl:dr; what my kid said

Wear an orange shirt today, go to a march or event today, but settlers, remember that we’ve got a responsibility to work to support justice for Indigenous people and the return of land to Indigenous nations every day, not just one. #orangeshirtday#everychildmatters

On my work-from-home days I’m in charge of working, she’s in charge of couch naps and being shiny.

Today’s news is infuriating, but not really surprising, and it underscores stark inadequacy of the idea that we can fight climate change within capitalism, with slight, incremental tweaks to the status quo, rather than replacing it altogether. 3/3

Without accompanying laws to wind down the fossil fuel industry and war time level investments to build communities that can work without them, a carbon tax is so easy to scapegoat as an ineffective money grab, and right wing grifters here are really good at doing just that. 2/3

Was this not always where the markets-based, firmly-entrenched-within-capitalism, carbon-tax-and-not-much-else approach on climate change was going to lead? bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-will-scr... 1/3

B.C. will scrap carbon tax if feds remove requirement: Eby

British Columbia's premier says the province will end the consumer carbon tax if the federal government removes the legal requirement to have one.

Over the next five weeks lots of people will be asking you to vote for them on October 19th -- if old-growth is an issue that matters to you, you can ask them these questions: www.wildernesscommittee.org/sites/defaul...

We don't deserve better-than-the-worst-possible-option, we deserve a government that understands the value these forests holds and has the courage to fight for them. Thanks for reading. ✊❤️🌲

But it's important to remember that their own record is one of broken promises, neoliberal half-measures and a failure to stand up to the corporations that dominate and irreparably damage these precious, magic landscapes.

As Election Promise season kicks into high gear in this province the government points out the obvious fact that their main opponents would be a nightmare for the environment and climate.