Suzanne Anton

Former BC Attorney General & Min of Justice, MLA Van Fraserview, City Councillor & Park Board Commissioner. Still loving politics.

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

The proposed Vancouver Cultural Precinct is "the product of wide industry collaboration with groups ...they’re the ones who decided what kinds of buildings we should have and how they would be used.”
Great piece by Anjini Snape in @bcbusiness
https://t.co/mlAWjflJ6D via @bcbusiness

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

@LennyNanZhou @sarahkirby_yung @MikeKlassen @PeterMeiszner Thanks Lenny - so glad you were there and appreciate your ongoing enthusiasm and support!

[Lenny Zhou 周楠 #144 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @LennyNanZhou]

Honoured to join the unveiling of the Vancouver Cultural Precinct vision—an inspiring roadmap to elevate Vancouver as a world-class performing arts city. With four potential locations identified, this vision could transform our cultural landscape for generations.

Thank you @SuzanneAnton and everyone for your outstanding leadership and dedication in bringing together 32 diverse arts organizations behind this initiative.

[Mike Klassen 麥嘉信 🇨🇦 @MikeKlassen]

Delighted to attend the unveiling of the Vancouver Cultural Precinct vision today. Congratulations to my longtime friend Suzanne Anton and everyone who has helped advance this ambitious plan.

A coalition of more than 30 arts organizations is working to create world-class performance venues that will strengthen Vancouver’s cultural life for generations to come. Our city thrives when we invest in arts and culture.

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

@JohnCCoupar Thanks John!

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

Thanks Glen for this piece - and for coming to our event yesterday.
Long way to go, but with all the support in the room we feel optimistic for success.

[Glen Korstrom @GlenKorstrom]

Advocates behind a Vancouver Cultural Precinct today released renderings and assembled supportive politicians from all levels.
Hub would have four new music halls — with capacities for 400, 800, 1,750 and 2,000 people.
Next step is to confirm location.
https://t.co/aCFxg7KJxt

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

Thanks @ncaddell for your piece on the Vancouver Cultural Precinct! Glad you were at our event yesterday.

Vancouver Cultural Precinct unveils plan for four-venue performing arts district https://t.co/hM6WzZUvPa via @georgiastraight

[Peter Meiszner @PeterMeiszner]

Delighted to attend the unveiling today of the Vancouver Cultural Precinct Vision. Councilors have been working closely with Vancouver Cultural Precinct Society on their vision to create a state-of-the-art performing arts district downtown.
Full report 🔗 https://t.co/30RSJh8FkM

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

Thanks, Mike and team! so pleased to see you and @LennyNanZhou, @sarahkirby_yung & @PeterMeiszner at our event today. The new images for the Vancouver Cultural Precinct are, we think, extraordinary. We hope the city will be inspired by the possibilities.

Looking forward to continuing working with you as we move into our next stage of final site selection.

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

Take $20b, dig a hole in the ground and pour it in. Terrible waste of tax dollars!
Refreshing to see this opinion by Martha Hall Findlay, recommending the Pathways carbon capture & storage project be abandoned. @MHallFindlay @CanadaWestFdn

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

Former Liberal MP and Suncor VP Martha Hall Findlay:

“As hard as it is, I am now recommending that Canada postpone the Pathways CCUS project. This is not the time. The world – and the facts – have changed dramatically.”

[Christine Van Geyn @cvangeyn]

I am excited to announce that the @CDNConstFound is growing! As we take on more and more cases defending fundamental freedoms and civil liberties, we need to grow our team. Today our team added a new constitutional lawyer, Alex Surgenor.

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

@DwightNewmanLaw @ubcokanagan Will it be streamed? Would like to see it.

[Rob Shaw @RobShaw_BC]

BC previously had a citizens' assembly in 2001, a referendum in 2005, another referendum in 2009 and a third referendum in 2018.
All have failed.

[Josh Dehaas @JoshDehaas]

It’s not crazy to ask whether this is terrorism. Terrorism, in basic terms, is intentionally creating a serious risk to safety or substantial property damage for a political, religious or ideological purpose with the intention of intimidating a segment of the public.

[Holly Doan @hollyanndoan]

“We don’t have house parties on our reserve now. We haven’t had a suicide in 7 years…
Why? Jobs. LNG.”

Inspiring remarks by @ellisbross newly elected MP for Skeena—Bulkley Valley.

#cdnpoli #bcpoli

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

$23b cost to Canadians with never an argument as to why carbon capture is a Good Thing.
King Canute had it right. Digging a big hole in the ground to pump in CO2 will make not a whit of difference to the climate in Canada.
We can all think of far more important ways to spend $23b. Prove me wrong!
Good piece by @terencecorcoran
@financialpost

 https://t.co/k7lKBoQBIt

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

So glad to hear there's been a reprieve.
No court has been prepared to let the owners challenge the cull. Both the Federal court and FC Appeal have said that if CFIA says the ostriches must be culled, then they must be culled.
The complete inability to challenge the administrative officials is wrong. Will be interesting to see if the SCC is willing to address the issue.
@DwightNewmanLaw @CDNConstFound @OstrichFarmBC

[Joe Warmington @joe_warmington]

Pretend animal rights celebrities did nothing to save ostriches from extermination. The people who worked hard to save the precious animals were ⁦@chrisdacey⁩ ⁦@rightblend⁩ ⁦@DreaHumphrey⁩ ⁦@RebelNewsOnline⁩ ⁦@DavidKrayden⁩ and ⁦@uasind⁩

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

No element of this ostrich cull makes sense. Just brutal look for CFIA and those “just following orders”.

Courts refused to intervene so now entirely up to politicians, with incredible advocacy by owners & supporters.
@OstrichFarmBC @bc_perspective

[Rebel News @RebelNewsOnline]

WATCH: Tensions are running high as authorities converge on Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C. ahead of the expected cull of nearly 400 ostriches.

[Jamie Sarkonak @sarkonakj]

Thanks to a reconciliation-minded judgment by the Supreme Court, B.C. is now being sued for not including an American indigenous group in consultations about development projects and the education system. We shouldn’t have to deal with this.

My column:
https://t.co/2hsNSK2X07

[Suzanne Anton @SuzanneAnton]

I remember the controversy in Vancouver when the Park board, which I was on at the time, wanted to put an artificial turf field at Prince of Wales. Advocates said the seniors in the neighbouring retirement homes wouldn’t like it. I said, give me the window next to the field when my time comes.

There is no more beautiful sound in the world than the sound of children playing.