Grant Macdonald

[Thomas Cowan @koicows]

@timescolonist I’m all for being green, but if councils keep wanting raises? They need to realize the reality of economics.

[Thomas Cowan @koicows]

@timescolonist No oil. No Airbnb. Yes to drugs. Yes to more taxes. Yes to self voted raises.

This councils a treat 🤣

[Gavin Dew @gavindew]

What we need is a reset on the government.

[Á'a:líya Warbus @a_warbus]

What is the outcome of the work so far? What will this “advisor” finally learn that we don’t already know?

[Bob Mackin @bobmackin]

I asked PR staff for @christineeboyle a simple question.
Has @dave_eby $204K/year #DTES czar Larry Campbell submitted a single report? If so, please show me.
They sent this word salad. #bcpoli

[Vancity Vice @VanCityVice]

Since 2017, $3,302,828,561 in documented government money has gone through agencies tied to Vancouver’s DTES. The return: 2,475 overdose deaths and counting, plus chaos, murder, gutted businesses, and streets that look like a failed state.

The NDP’s answer? Another study more of your money spent explaining why the last billion failed.

We used @grok to pull the public trail: CRA filings, city reports, health contracts, federal grants. 507 agencies. 421 funded. PHS $434M. Atira $420M. Lookout $401M. RainCity $331M. Hundreds of millions stacked on the same blocks while the body count rose.

That’s only what they disclosed. Your money bought a death factory with a grant application attached.

https://t.co/P1hTon3CZm

[BCFerrys @BCFerrys]

Aaaaaaa-aaa-afternoon delays

[Thomas Cowan @koicows]

@DailyHiveVan It made holidays insanely expensive in what the restrictions did.

[Grant Macdonald @GrantMVan]

@conorsvan1 @koicows No doubt this “study” was paid for by the BC Hotel Association….again . Any calculation errors…again? Will McGill disassociate themselves from him…again?

[Brad Zubyk @Bzubyk]

Morning thought:

British Columbians deserve a better choice on the ballot next time than Eby vs KLF.

We have so much potential and too much at stake to settle for the current stale options.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I hereby retroactively declare the Montreal Expos 1994 world champions. I’ll be having a parade tomorrow in my living room.

[Grant Macdonald @GrantMVan]

@KerryLynneFindl You personally have decimated a prime opportunity to get rid of the NDP in this province. You HAVE to go away.

[James Moore @honjamesmoore]

This is what was on the other side of the table from Canada. Anyone still clinging to any narrative that this is a rational engagement of peers seeking a commercial agreement in good faith has lost the plot. We are in uncharted territory of an unhinged leader of a super power

[Deputy Chief Alison Laurin @DeputyLaurin]

Highlighting some crime that likely didn’t happen today thanks to the solid proactive work of VPD Constables Richmond and Dogra in the wee hours this morning.

While patrolling Gastown and Chinatown, they recognized a prolific BNE offender who was out well past his court-imposed curfew.

The suspect has more than 275 documented interactions with police and eight property-crime convictions since 2024. His curfew was imposed following a January 2026 BNE charge in which he stole $1,300 in cash and jewellery from a Mount Pleasant business.

Thankfully 🙏that business owner gave their time to support the court process, helping ensure appropriate conditions were imposed—and giving #VPD the tools to intervene when those conditions were breached, preventing the next victim. #CrimePrevention #VPD

[Peter Milobar @PeterMilobar]

“The public should be questioning performance bonuses when health care is in a situation that’s never been worse, you have officials in the Ministry of Finance presiding over the worst fiscal situation in B.C. history, you have people working in the Ministry of Solicitor General and Public Safety where public safety has never been a bigger concern for the public,” said Milobar.
“The list goes on and on. The average person might be justified in asking what performances are we actually giving a bonus for?”

[Geoff Sinclair @sinclair_geoff]

Victoria City Council, through their policies, destroyed downtown. The Gang of Five pushed a culture war on Victoria with little regard to unintended consequences.

For 2026, not only do we have the Gang of Five, but an even more radical slate of "Victoria for All" that will "double city spending" because "there’s a lot of wealth in this city". Not for long!

[Brad Zubyk @Bzubyk]

It's becoming clear that the Vancouver election is going to be about ending street disorder, open drug use and de-normalizing each.

I'm not sure any other issue can break through. People have had enough.

[Jordan Armstrong @jarmstrongbc]

“The situation at the Luugat is unacceptable” — Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs spokesperson.

But the government has accepted it for 48 days and counting.

#bcpoli
@GlobalBC

[Grant Macdonald @GrantMVan]

@Mariners Cool hat

[Mayor Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

This October 17th, you will have your voice heard.

Vancouverites will have the chance to bring lasting change to how we address open-air hard drug use in our public spaces and increase treatment capacity for those dealing with severe mental health and addiction challenges.

As Dr. Julian Somers explains, better care is possible. We have healthcare professionals ready and willing to provide better, recovery-oriented care. What we need is government prepared to act.

The public safety plebiscite will give Vancouverites the opportunity to deliver a clear mandate for tangible change.

Tangible change in our public spaces by giving the City another tool to address open-air hard drug use.

And tangible change in healthcare by giving the Province a clear path forward to create the secure medical care and treatment capacity needed to get people the help they need, break the revolving door of crisis, and ease pressure on our emergency rooms.

The Province has the authority. The healthcare system has people ready to provide better care. What we need now is action and this plebiscite will allow us to hold Premier Eby accountable for his lack of action.

Enough is enough.

It’s time to re-establish social expectations around hard drug use in our shared public spaces — and get people suffering from severe mental health and addiction disorders the care they need.

On October 17th, your voice will be heard.

Read the full Building a Safer Vancouver policy paper:
https://t.co/BhJ7XTUgBp

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Vancouver