It now looks like BC might have just barely avoided sleepwalking into a takeover by an anti-vax, anti-Indigenous, trans-hating, oil-loving, extreme Conservative party. By a few hundred votes. Whatever happens, the BC NDP and the Greens need to sit down together and work out how they are going to make sure we never get that close again. Don't point fingers, just tell us what you're going to do differently next time. #BCpoli #bcelection2024 #bcndp #greens

"I live in #BC. I have noticed that the constant barrage of Pierre #Poilievre ads on TV has stopped now that the provincial election is over.
Coincidence? I think not."

- @DavidFai

@BCGreens Fursteneau should refuse to negotiate with Eby until he follows his own party's policy and passes mixed member pro rep in the legislature. It will double or triple the greens' seats in the next election, and make a conservative takeover impossible for all time. It would be a brave, cool, democratic thing to do. Bonus: the Vancouver Sun will hate it. #BCpoli #bcgreens #greens #bcelection2024

What should Sonia Fursteneau ask for, when she's bargaining with the NDP or Cons? What should be her red line(s)? Cancel Site C? Cancel LNG? Free transit province-wide? Other stuff?
#BCpoli #bcgreens #bcelection2024

Today is the provincial election in New Brunswick. Susan Holt is poised to be the next Premier of #NB.

Polls close at 8pm. And every vote counts. Right? #BCElection2024

Sober second thought regarding the #BCelection2024 : the good news is that about 53% of the people that did vote were still willing to vote for nominally progressive parties, and hopefully the final seat count results in a minority government that reflects that. The bad news is that 43% of the people didn't even bother to vote. Participation rates in Canadian elections are becoming bleak. 20 years ago BC elections regularly had a 70% or better turnout.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli

Oh, BC ... *another* one

Rustad's Conservative candidate, "Dr." Jody Toor, IMD, PhD, has won in Langley-Willowbrook.
Ms. Toor is NOT an accredited medical doctor, she is not a health professional, she is not a naturopath."
Toor's degrees come from an online university which is not accredited to graduate doctors or naturopaths.

#bcpoli #BCElxn2024 #BCElection2024 #vancouver #BC #cdnpoli
https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/local-news/ndp-slams-langley-conservative-candidate-for-calling-herself-doctor-7590406

The BC Greens are just the shits at tactics and strategy. And they refused to take a moral stand on Gaza. Which was like dropping tens of thousands of youth votes at the dump. That's the Greens for ya. #BCpoli #bcgreens #greens #bcelection2024

via John Mark Taylor@prairiecentrist #BCElection2024 recap

"A lot of people are mad. They’re mad at the wrong things and the wrong people. Instead of being mad at #COVID, they’re mad at governments who struggled through the pandemic"

"Instead of being mad at Vladimir Putin for destabilizing Europe and the world food system worse than it already was, they’re mad at NATO and Volodymyr Zelenskyy for trying to stop a fascist takeover of a peaceful democratic state"

/1 #cdnpoli #canada

#Conservative candidate Brent Chapman wins Surrey South riding with nearly 60% of the vote.

"Voters in Surrey South going to
be so confused when Trudeau is still Prime Minister next week."

#BCElxn2024

'Very close #BC election results, the final tally is not in yet. A climate denying conspiracy party almost takes power? In BC?? Has MAGA crept north?"

via/@Raffi Cavoukian

"Another way to look at #BCelection2024 is that the "conservatives" would LIKELY have won in a landslide if they weren't so batshit facebook nazi crazy."

via/@sidgracious

This is why federal Conservative leader Pierre #Poilievre has been heavily campaigning in British Columbia for the past two years.

Those endless #BurnBabyBurn 'Axe the Tax' rallies during the BC wildfires? The Convoy 'anniversary' love-ins?

Rural #BC voters chose Conservatives as a vote against PM Trudeau... in a provincial election.

“John Rustad's vow to make things as difficult as possible for the NDP to govern and to bring them down ASAP tells you all you need to know about the Conservatives' real focus. It's on power and not the people of B.C.”

- via@RyneldStarr, Skeena, #BC

“Friend: I voted Conservative, can't stand Trudeau.
Me: Umm, this wasn't a federal election.
Friend: What?! Then who did I vote for?”

This pretty much sums up the #BCElection2024 results.

- Brad Barrett, #Vancouver

BC politics never fail to entertain - it's basically tied, but no matter what, the BC Greens will be King Maker

This is what they should do - don't get a Confidence and Supply agreement (as per 2017), but hold NDP to a parliamentary only vote to get rid of FPTP, go to ranked ballot - if that passes, then yes, negotiate government - if not, new fucking election

Very bittersweet night for BC Greens. Sonia won't win her seat but it looks like two other Greens will.
And it looks like the NDP will be held to minority, which is good...but nearly half the province voted for the lunatic Conservatives which is bad. Feeling very conflicted this evening.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #BCelection2024

54% turnout is despicable - frankly it's a show up that no party or candidate engaged with what people are actually experiencing daily - and again, to those in parties who got excited about huge advance votes, yeah, your GOTV works, but for that only, you didn't get votes, you got cults

#bcelection2024 if this doesn't show you that your vote matters, nothing will.

NDP 48
CON 43
GRN 2
️ IND 0

#bcelection2024
#BCelxn2024
#bcpoli