Today, in front of the famous unmoored barge that drifted across the Burrard Inlet during the unprecedented atmospheric river last November, & under smoke-choked skies, we announced the second plank of our New Deal for BC: our Healthy Climate Plan. 🧵/1 We are seeing - in real time - the staggering & escalating cost of climate inaction. It’s hard to imagine the world we are leaving behind for future generations if we do not act with urgency to tackle the most defining struggle of our time: the climate emergency. /2

Across the province, our systems are strained & people are in crisis. The impacts hit close to home for all of us. I have, first hand, heard the stories of how the status quo is leaving people behind. Transformative change can't come a moment too soon. 🧵/1 As a lifelong New Democrat, I know we have a legacy of instigating visionary changes to improve the health of people and their communities - a legacy that can be traced to Tommy Douglas. That’s why today, I'm proud to present our Healthy People, Healthy Communities plan. /2

What's happening in #fairycreek right now is absolutely unconscionable. These actions are a deliberate choice in the interest of profit over people, planet and Indigenous jurisdiction. I cannot stand behind this. This is a shameful abuse of power, a militarization of the police against one of the main things that strengthens democracy - civil disobedience.