[thread] British Columbia political sewer 🪠

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Comment: exemplar, negative political/social effect of hucksters like John Rustad on progressive politicians (David Eby)
* ditto federal level: huckster Pierre Poilievre viz-a-viz Justin Trudeau

Critics say overdose crisis politicized in BC election
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/critics-see-drug-debate-tainted-by-politicization-in-b-c-election-campaign-1.7055809

* NDP would open "secure facilities" for involuntary care for people w. severe drug addiction or mental health problems
* policy unity with rival B.C. Conservatives ahead of fall election

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

B.C. voters: your future leadership

BC Conservative Candidate Mike Harris Blames Staff for Video Claiming Hairdryers Can Cure COVID-19
Video on BC Conservative candidate’s LinkedIn profile claimed blowing hairdryer up your nose can “kill” COVID-19 virus
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-candidate-blames-staff-for-video-claiming-hairdryers-can-cure-covid-19

#Canada #BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #MikeHarris #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #homophobia #transphobia #disinformation #ChristianRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #pseudoscience

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/rustad-wants-b-c-indigenous-rights-law-repealed-chief-sees-that-as-40-year-setback-1.7056306

Rustad Threat to First Nations, Reconciliation
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113210090439578183

First Nations leader Says BC Conservative Candidate’s Residential School Postings are ‘Outrageous, Disgusting and Very, Very Sad’
https://pressprogress.ca/first-nations-leader-says-bc-conservative-candidates-residential-school-postings-are-outrageous-disgusting-and-very-very-sad

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #populism #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #Indigenous

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Where Does Rustad Draw the Line on Toxic Candidates?
After booting 5 of his own he echoes some of them
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/01/Where-Rustad-Draw-Line-Toxic-Candidates

* misogynist, anti-LGBTQ views expressed by BC Conservative candidates
* Rustad espouses belief that “climate narrative” conspiracy to reduce global population
* unclear where Rustad draws the line

#BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #disinformation #censorship #ConspiracyTheorists #InstitutionalRacism #transphobia #ClimateDenial #populism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[Canada] Drug Policy Experts Say BC Conservatives’ ‘Dehumanizing’ Rhetoric About People Who Use Drugs is Going Too Far
‘They’re eliciting emotional reactions like disgust, fear and anger’
https://pressprogress.ca/drug-policy-experts-say-bc-conservatives-dehumanizing-rhetoric-about-people-who-use-drugs-is-going-too-far

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #Poilievre #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[Canada] BC Conservatives Scrub Right-Wing Culture War Policies, Rhetoric f. Website
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-scrub-right-wing-culture-war-policies-rhetoric-from-platform-posted-on-partys-website

* John Rustad/BC Conservatives/proto-fascists
* removed sections on education, law and order, homelessness, drug policy

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

BC Conservatives Threaten Notwithstanding Clause If Courts Rule Involuntary Care Violates Human Rights
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-threaten-use-of-notwithstanding-clause-if-courts-rule-involuntary-care-violates-human-rights

* Rustad threatens to override Charter of Rights & Freedoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Lululemon billionaire / far-right political activist Chip Wilson Denounces BC NDP as Communists
1 day later
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad Accuses BC Premier David Eby of Being a Communist
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113250766674180983

#ChipWilson #Lululemon #billionaires #WealthTax #FarRight #TakeBackAlberta #JohnRustad
#propaganda #VancouverIsDying #homelessness #PovertyIndustrialComplex #discrimination

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[Canada] BC Conservative Leader Rustad Suggests Nuremberg-Style COVID-19 Trials
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-leader-john-rustad-suggests-province-would-participate-in-nuremberg-style-covid-19-trials

* Nuremberg 2.0: idea pushed by conspiratorial far-right groups
* prosecute politicians, doctors, others for ‘crimes against humanity’

Revisionism:
Rustad: Nuremberg/Nazi comparisons to COVID-19 measures 'unacceptable'
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/nuremberg-and-nazi-comparisons-to-covid-19-measures-unacceptable-rustad-1.7065088

#PublicHealth #COVID19
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #populism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Public health consequences of conspiracy theorists John Rustad (B.C.), Danielle Smith (Alberta)

Alberta Drug Czar departing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/marshall-smith-departs-chief-of-staff-alberta-addiction-recovery-1.7346529

* champion: abstinence-based treatment
* foe: harm reduction
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/10/09/Alberta-Drug-Czar-Marshall-Smith-Exits

* recovery model biased against harm reduction
* drug overdose deaths surged 2019+ under M. Smith
* BC Conservatives John Rustad promised to copy Alberta's approach

#BritishColumbia #Alberta #DanielleSmith #JohnRustad #MarshallSmith #PublicHealth #HarmReduction

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

23 Metro Vancouver doctors sign letter questioning BC Conservative policies
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/23-doctors-from-metro-vancouver-sign-letter-questioning-b-c-conservative-policies-1.7067035

* concerns about health-care system if John Rustad/Conservatives elected
* essent. that leaders make decisions based on science, best available evidence, rather than pandering to specific subsets of society
* “... we are extremely concerned by John Rustad’s comments on vaccines, undermining public health advice/medical science"

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #ConspiracyTheorists #antivax #populism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

BC Conservatives Using 2SLGBTQIA+ Student Supports as Wedge Election Issue, Experts Say
Rustad kicked off the election campaign by stating the SOGI 123 initiative is “too divisive"
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-are-using-2slgbtq-student-supports-as-a-wedge-election-issue-experts-say

Transphobia tactics
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113045722754370894

#BritishColumbia #dickhead #JohnRustad #BCconservatives #transphobia #WedgeTactics #antiLGBT #populism #DivisiveRhetoric #CultureWars #SOGI #conservatism #ConspiracyTheorists #WedgeIssue #FarRight #ChristianRight #discrimination #PublicEducation

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[Canada] 5 memorable moments from the B.C. leaders' debate
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/5-memorable-moments-from-the-b-c-leaders-debate-1.7067435

* John Rustad's populist policies, conservative ideology attacked (poorly defended)

Party Leaders Trade Barbs in TV Pitch to Voters
Rustad faced criticism re: lack of costed platform
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/09/Party-Leaders-Trade-Barbs-Tv-Pitch-Voters

* costed platform i.e. platform costing (funding accountability): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3642744

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #SOGI #conservatism #ConspiracyTheorists #FarRight #CostedPlatform

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Q. Did John Rustad witness overdose death on way to BC leaders' debate (as he claimed)? A: No. He lied
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/did-john-rustad-witness-an-overdose-death-on-his-way-to-the-b-c-leaders-debate-1.7068490

* BC Emerg. Health Services: no records of any patient events Oct. 8 at location Rustad mentions
* Rustad later on social media: happened at diff. location AND person did not die
* avg 6 people/d dying 2024
* ann. rate of death f. toxic drugs lowest over 3 y

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists #FarRight #HarmReduction

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Rustad changes story on fatal overdose coroner had no record of
B.C. Conservative leader had claimed at televised debate that he saw overdose at Robson and Hornby streets

Q. Did John Rustad witness overdose death on way to BC leaders' debate (as he claimed)? A: No. He lied
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113280770241191148

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists #FarRight #HarmReduction

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

BC Conservative Leader Was ‘Offensive and Insulting’ During BC Election Debate, First Nations Leaders Say
First Nations chiefs take issue with John Rustad’s paternalistic rhetoric and plan to roll back Indigenous rights
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-leader-was-offensive-and-insulting-during-bc-election-debate-first-nations-leaders-say

#JohnRustad #BCconservatives #antiLGBT #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists #FarRight #HarmReduction #ClimateDenial #FarRight #disinformation #Indigenous #colonialism #TRC #racism #SystemicRacism #StructuralViolence #conservatism #ChristianRight

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

BC Conservatives Under Fire Over Spokesperson Known for Insults, Slurs, Online Abuse
Anthony Koch repeatedly made misogynistic, divisive, & inflammatory remarks, targeting Muslims, Sikhs & women of color
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-under-fire-over-spokesperson-known-for-insults-slurs-and-online-abuse

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism #populism #racism #misogyny #poverty #demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #deception

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC provincial election?
https://www.policynote.ca/racial-equity

Comment: yes, it's the far right play book/wedge tactic/noise (distraction) ...

BC Conservatives Under Fire Over Spokesperson Known for Insults/Slurs/Online Abuse
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113286391578480947

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #populism #misogyny #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

B.C. Muslim Association calls for Conservative candidate’s removal over racist remarks
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-muslim-association-calls-for-conservative-candidate-s-removal-over-racist-remarks-1.7071245

A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC provincial election?
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113289440734610963

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #AnthonyKoch #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #populism #misogyny #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #ProtoFascism #racism #poverty #demonization #deception

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Lululemon billionaire Chip Wilson posts 3rd large sign criticizing NDP ahead of BC election
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113289630097773079

#billionaires #Lululemon #ChipWilson #TakeBackAlberta #PacificProsperityNetwork #capitalism #libertarianism #WealthTax #VancouverIsDying #copaganda
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #populism #misogyny #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #ProtoFascism #poverty #deception #addiction #homelessness