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Oct 25 • 6 tweets • 7 min read
Today I asked @AdrianDix to explain how we can trust his or the PHO’s word after this @CapitalDailyVic & @bbybeacon story.

BCers have been misled about #COVID19 transmissions in schools.

There needs to be accountability. 1/ #bcpoli #bced #COVID19BC
capitaldaily.ca/news/henry-sta…
Before a press conference in 2020, Dr Henry wrote to staff “We need to be able to give some data that supports what we keep saying - transmission in schools is low,” 2/ #bcpoli #bced #COVID19BC
The PHO and this government were trying to find data to support the narrative that Covid was not spreading among children in schools.

At the same time as telling teachers and parents that the reality they were experiencing was false. 3/ #bcpoli #bced #COVID19BC
Even more damning is the study co-authored by Dr Henry from that same time period found that students were responsible for close to half of all COVID transmission in communities. 4/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/study-co-…
This study, co-authored by the PHO found that COVID spread among kids was 92 times higher than what this government was reporting. 5/ #bcpoli #bced #COVID19BC
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
.@AdrianDix responded by saying that they’ve done a fantastic job and that the story is not worthy of a question.

Accountability to the public is not something the @bcndp values. 6/6 #bcpoli #bced #COVID19BC

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Oct 24
Yet another disturbing report on BC’s handling of #COVID19.

"During what officials called a ‘daunting’ spike in school exposures, the PHO maintained that spring break drove infections, not in-school transmission."

1/ #bcpoli #bced #COVID19BC
capitaldaily.ca/news/henry-sta…
Lack of transparency, inaccessible data, misleading information, downplaying risks - these have been trends we have seen over and over again.

In fact studies found "BC’s COVID death toll could be double what was reported"
2/ #bcpoli #Covid19BC
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As cases rise, an increasingly cumbersome system has left people struggling to get access to vaccine boosters, essentially the only public health tool that this government is still providing.

3/ #bcpoli #bced #Covid19BC
bc.ctvnews.ca/idling-immuniz…
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Oct 24
Today I asked Minister @NicholasSimons if he would immediately raise the rates for people with disabilities so that they are no longer forced to live below the poverty line.

The current disability assistance program undermines the human rights of #PWD across BC. 1/ #bcpoli
The cost of living is breaking records. Rent, food, fuel prices, medication – people everywhere are struggling to stay afloat. And for people with disabilities, they’re expected to live on $16,300 a year. 2/ #bcpoli #PWD
Currently #BillC22 is making its way through the federal parliament. The goal of this legislation is to ensure that people with disabilities are not living beneath the poverty line.

But Minister @CQualtro says it may be a year or more before benefits arrive. 3/ #bcpoli
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Oct 24
Real climate leadership needs political courage.

While I wrote this, wildfire smoke choked the sky, and the Sunshine Coast declared a local state of emergency due to drought & concerns about water shortages.

My latest in @NatObserver🧵1/ #bcpoli
nationalobserver.com/2022/10/24/opi…
Scientists have known of the link between burning fossil fuels and rising temperature on our planet since 1972.

The science is even clearer now — with evidence of a changing climate all around us.

50 years on and our leaders continue to hide their heads in the sand. 2/ #bcpoli
CleanBC targets a 40% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 (from '07 levels).

The latest data shows BC has only achieved a 1% reduction, time is running out and this gov't is still building more LNG. 3/ #bcpoli vancouversun.com/news/local-new…
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Oct 19
In the last 16 months we’ve experienced a heat dome, an atmospheric river, and record breaking wildfires and droughts.

At the same time the @bcndp meets with #oilandgas lobbyists as often as 80 times a month. 1/ #bcpoli #ClimateEmergency
The @bcndp don’t just meet with oil and gas lobbyists. They’re embedded right into their party. They aren’t just acquaintances, they aren’t just friends. They’re family. 2/ #bcpoli
This government’s regular political pundit Moe Sihota is a lobbyist for Woodfibre LNG. The Minister of Health’s former Chief of Staff and the Minister of Jobs’ former campaign manager, Stephen Howard, is a fossil fuel lobbyist. 3/ #bcpoli
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Oct 19
Corporations are encroaching on our #healthcare system

They are putting family doctors and other health professionals behind paywalls.

I first asked @adriandix about this in February.

8 months later and still no action. Unacceptable! 1/ #bcpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/1…
This report and the actions taken by the Medical Service Commission can have massive impacts on the future of our healthcare system and the role private corporations play.

It should be made available to the public. 2/ #bcpoli #healthcare
.@adriandix and the @bcndp talk a lot about the importance of equitable access to #healthcare but the role of corporations and privatized health care have grown under their watch.

Their indifference to this issue is 180 from their comments in opposition. 3/ #bcpoli #healthcare
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Oct 18
We're calling on the @bcndp to review the BC-based wood pellet operations of Drax, to ensure that no whole logs from primary forests are being used in wood pellet production.

And to immediately suspend Drax’s operating licenses pending this review. 1/ #bcpoli #oldgrowth
This company, whose executive includes BC’s former Chief Forester, operates a monopoly on wood pellet operations and obtains clean energy subsidies to log and process primary forests in British Columbia, which are burned as wood pellets in the UK. 2/ #bcpoli #oldgrowth
The @bcndp dances around numbers and definitions of wood products but internationally renowned media outlets have reported & collected video evidence that contradicts this government's statement that whole trees from primary forest are not being sued for wood pellets. 3/ #bcpoli
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