Lance Tracey

Former founder · Real estate & tech guy. Early to everything digital, fast follower. Wannabe farmer chasing Truth, Love & Freedom. “Reality checks never bounce.

[Lance Tracey @elty]

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[JayGen 𝕏 er🇨🇦 @JayGenXer]

Applauding Mark Carney’s Accomplishments 👏

[Lance Tracey @elty]

Chain Reaction Podcast - Episode 1 https://t.co/zl14TInqEZ via @YouTube

[Lance Tracey @elty]

Workflowy now has Google Calendar integration. Thank you @WorkFlowy and for the tables node.

[Thomas Beyer @ThomasBeyer]

The Pender Harbour Area Resident Association (@PharaBoard ) files updated legal action to strike down DRIPA (Declaration for the Rights of Indigeneous People Act) in BC:

PHARA’s core claims are:

A) Beyond provincial constitutional authority (ultra vires) — The province lacks the power under Canada’s Constitution to pass this kind of law.

B) Breaches democratic rights (Charter s. 3) — DRIPA subjects citizens to governance by unelected Indigenous governments or entities that residents did not elect and that are not accountable to the B.C. Legislative Assembly or electorate.

C) Violates parliamentary supremacy — The Act unconstitutionally “ties the hands” of future provincial governments and legislatures by requiring them to make all laws “consistent with” UNDRIP, which PHARA says improperly constrains future elected parliaments.

D) DRIPA conflicts with existing Section 35 Indigenous rights protections in the Constitution and improperly transfers statutory decision-making powers (e.g., over land-use or dock permits as one example) via Section 7 agreements.

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CLAIM OF THE PLAINTIFF

Part 1: STATEMENT OF FACTS

1. The Plaintiff seeks a ruling on the constitutionality of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Persons' Act ("DRIPA") on several grounds, including whether a Canadian province can, on its own accord, legislate and implement Indigenous rights in a manner that conflicts with section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and the related jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada.

2. It also concerns the issue of whether a provincial government can authorize Indigenous governing bodies (as defined in DRIPA) -representing no more than a minute fraction of the province - to have statutory decision-making authority over non-Indigenous persons under provincial law.

3. The Plaintiff, a grassroots community organization, brings this case with a deep sense of responsibility as the case concerns fundamental questions about the rule of law and democratic principles, and is not a challenge to, or disrespect of, the constitutionally protected rights of Indigenous peoples recognized and affirmed under Canada's constitution.

4. PHARA is committed to building and maintaining strong relationships within its community, including with the shIshálh Nation. PHARA's concerns in this case are not directed at the shIshálh Nation but rather at the Province, and PHARA brings this litigation only after concluding it has been left with no other realistic options.

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18. Canada is a constitutional democracy which, as noted in the preamble to the Charter "is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law." Canada is one of the few countries in the world that includes provisions respecting Indigenous rights in its constitution.

19. The Supreme Court of Canada stated in Reference re Secession of Quebec (para 48) that " .. the evolution of our constitutional arrangements has been characterized by adherence to the rule of law, respect for democratic institutions, the accommodation of minorities, insistence that governments adhere to constitutional conduct and a desire for continuity and stability."

20. A foundation of Canadian democracy since 1867 is that electors chose who will represent them, and those elected are accountable to the electorate. [ Note by me: and not advocacy groups like indigenous councils .. see relief sought ]
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Part 2: RELIEF SOUGHT

1. PHARA seeks the following orders:

A. A declaration that DRIPA is unconstitutional and inconsistent with section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and is, to the extent of such inconsistency, of no force and effect.

B. A declaration that the DRIPA is unconstitutional as it is in pith and substance a law related to "Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians", as those terms are used in section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 and is beyond the legislative authority of the Province of British Columbia and thus of no force and effect.

C. In the alternative, a declaration that section 7 of the DRIPA is unconstitutional because it:

(ii) violates the democratic rights guaranteed by section 3 of the Charter by authorizing the transference of governance powers to an entity that is not responsible to the Legislative Assembly or the electorate of British Columbia;

(iii) is not saved by section 1 of the Charter and
(iv) is of no force and effect.

D. An interim and interlocutory injunction preventing the Lieutenant Governor in Council of the Province of British Columbia, or a minister of the Crown, from entering into any agreements pursuant to DRIPA section 7;

E. A declaration that section 3 of DRIPA violates the principle of parliamentary supremacy by purporting to direct the substance of legislation that must be passed by future governments; and

F. Costs;

G. Such further and other relief as this Honourable Court may deem just.

More here: https://t.co/AXtcSGdjff

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[Lance Tracey @elty]

This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price https://t.co/tuRpcJSa5T

[Mike @midnightriderV2]

The @liberal_party in one short video

[Dimitris Soudas 🇨🇦⚜️🇬🇷☦️ 13.12.1943 @DimitrisSoudas]

Let me get this straight.

You’ve been in power for ten years. You’ve doubled the debt. You’ve weakened the economy. And now, your answer is to trap young Canadians?

On stage, the Liberal Party of Canada brings out Patrick Pichette, a former senior executive at Google, who now lives in Europe, to suggest that Canadians who want to pursue opportunities in the United States should face an exit tax of $500,000.

Half a million dollars to leave your own country.

This, from someone who once left Canada himself to build a career in the U.S. and paid virtually nothing to do so.

So let’s be honest about what this is.

It is not economic policy. It is not nation building. It is control.

A government that has mismanaged the economy now wants to limit your ability to seek opportunity elsewhere. Instead of creating reasons to stay, they are looking for ways to make it harder to leave.

You do not grow a country by locking people in. You grow it by giving them a reason to believe in it.

[Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives @dom_lucre]

🔥🚨DEVELOPING: Canada is being destroyed by memes in America after revealing their new LGBTQ community MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+

TBC: “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ is officially the Word of the Year. is officially the Word of the Year.”

[Lance Tracey @elty]

@ohalo Buy some

[James E. Thorne @DrJStrategy]

For the record.

Another Year in Paradise.

Canada is edging toward recession, and no amount of spin can hide it. Productivity has turned negative, the housing market is in recession, youth joblessness is climbing, food inflation leads the G7, and the deficit has nearly doubled, yet Bay Street applauds, demanding more rate hikes while Main Street quietly gets crushed. all while Ottawa blames Trump and the United States for what is, in reality, decades of homegrown mismanagement.

Interprovincial trade barriers still choke the economy despite triumphant proclamations that they’ve been swept away, the tariff position with the United States has deteriorated, and the vaunted “transformational” projects remain stuck on the launchpad, while Prime Minister Carney works the global conference circuit and leaves domestic stagnation on autopilot.

Canada now faces a toxic mix of negative productivity growth, a housing‑led downturn, stubbornly high food prices, rising youth unemployment, internal trade barriers, worsening frictions with its largest trading partner, and elevated interest rates that are squeezing over‑leveraged households and small businesses alike. Yet the official narrative insists the country is “on the right track” under a globe‑trotting prime minister and a central bank that alternates between complacency and overcorrection, an increasingly surreal disconnect that would be darkly funny if real people weren’t paying the price.

The central bank has become an enabler rather than a check. Tiff Macklem waved away inflation as “transitory,” then admitted a major forecasting failure only after prices exploded and he unleashed the most aggressive rate‑hike cycle in a generation, crushing mortgage holders and household spending while assuring Canadians the pain was both necessary and under control.

In an economy dangerously dependent on real estate, he now defends Powell’s spending‑driven stance, questions serious oversight, and shrugs that rate cuts “can’t help” just as what remains of the productive economy struggles to rebuild its capital stock, a posture that once would have sparked outrage but now barely registers.

Meanwhile, the government wraps itself in geopolitics. Military bases in the Middle East are attacked, and Ottawa’s reflex is to blame Trump and the war for Canada’s very local economic failures. MPs crossing the floor to join the government raise basic questions about democratic health that the political class refuses to ask. As other countries quietly retreat from climate‑handcuffed industrial policy, Canada clings to it with devotional zeal, putting its manufacturers at a built‑in disadvantage, yes another Carbon Tax hike April 1st! All while its posture toward Tehran edges the country toward becoming a convenient safe haven for elements of the Iranian regime.

Above it all floats a media narrative so disconnected from reality it borders on self‑parody. Much of the press still treats Carney as a secular saviour, the enlightened technocrat who can do no wrong, even as the data scream that almost everything is going wrong. Critical thinking in Canada’s public discourse is on life support; inconvenient facts are treated as rude interruptions to the story the political and financial class prefers to tell itself. But economic gravity does not care about talking points or photo‑ops. Facts eventually matter, and when they do, the reckoning will be especially unkind to those who insisted, with a straight face, that this was just another year in paradise.

[Lance Tracey @elty]

Heat speech!

[Trolling.Canuck @TrollingCanuck]

🚨BREAKING! Canada unveils its new flag.

[Kris Sims @kris_sims]

🚨BREAKING:

CBC Audience Share report:

CBCNN: 1.7 %
CBC TV: 3.6 %

MEANING:

🇨🇦 98% & 96% of Canadians

ARE CHOOSING TO WATCH SOMETHING ELSE

💰CBC is a huge waste of money

⬇️Nearly nobody is watching it

🚫Journalists should not be paid by the government

❌DEFUND THE CBC!

[United Canada 🇨🇦 @UnitedCanucks26]

There is approximately 14.6 million Canadian users on Twitter as of early 2026. 🇨🇦 #Canadians
Hello 👋 my fellow Canucks. Are you one of them?
If you're seeing this, drop a 🍁 & retweet to find more of us.

[Lance Tracey @elty]

Start saving up to pay.

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

RUMOR: Liberals planning a HOME EQUITY TAX

If they win a majority there will be nothing to stop them.

The 2016 Liberal proposal may be coming back.

SENIORS who rely on their home equity for retirement will be hit HARDEST.

[Lance Tracey @elty]

We’re being Royally screwed..

[The Fraser Institute @FraserInstitute]

All British Columbians—and indeed all Canadians—should understand what's happening in B.C.

https://t.co/0fDoYx2gEL #cdnpoli

[Lance Tracey @elty]

Classic.

[🇨🇦 Antonio Tweets @AntonioTweets2]

🤣🤣 Seriously, who did this? Priceless

[Lance Tracey @elty]

Great Question.

[Tom Luongo @TFL1728]

But who's going to pay their rent?

[Lance Tracey @elty]

Ottawa hates the West; would this happen back East?

[Steve Saretsky @SteveSaretsky]

First Nations legal expert says the Musqueam agreement is deliberately putting the province of BC into a headlock. Aboriginal title is senior to all other titles.