This afternoon, I visited the Al Masjid Al Jamia mosque in Vancouver after its front doors were vandalized overnight with hateful graffiti.
This mosque has stood in Fairview since 1963. It’s the oldest in British Columbia, and for more than 60 years it has been a place of prayer, food drives, and neighbours helping neighbours.
No one in this province should arrive at their place of worship and find it targeted. An attack on one faith community is an attack on the freedom of worship that every British Columbian has a right to.
I'd like to thank the Vancouver Police for investigating this incident and for working to identify the person responsible.
To our Muslim neighbours: you belong here, you are valued, and we stand with you.
Press conference (live and ongoing), by @fbirol of @IEA at COP31 on electrification and global energy markets. Lifestream here: https://t.co/vmtlXVHmrF
My son has been proudly wearing his poppy, at all times, at school & hockey practice/games all month long. Proud of him. He has learned so much about remembering our Veterans. 🇨🇦🏒 #LestWeForget
It's Remembrance Day in Canada. In Ukraine, there is no remembering, as a war is ongoing — the longest and deadliest European war since World War II. Everyday, Ukrainian society stops to observe a one minute moment of silence at 9 am when it feels like time itself stands still.
I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.
(clip via @DropSiteNews)
Bad policy, bad character make bad politics: erratic tariffs, impulsive Iran war, blanket pardons, apparent corruption, weaponized justice, ICE brutality, mountainous deficits, hiding Epstein, abandoning allies and coddling enemies. Hoping for a course correction, for the country and for my party.
Canadians of all political persuasions should keep in mind that the election of a Conservative government in BC … and the Democratic sweep in the US midterms … are not endorsements of either of those parties, but a rejection of their opponents.
Sincere congrats to Premier-elect Lorne Doerkson. I got to know Lorne through the emergencies file. We spent many hours in debate while I was heavily pregnant; I joked Azalea would be born recognizing his voice! He's a decent man and I know he'll do his best to serve BC well.
The CBC is 90 years young today.
An incredible institution, an enormous target, an indispensable resource, a lightning rod, a national connector.
Hard to believe & very proud that for almost half those 9 decades, I was part of it.
Happy birthday @CBC