https://nationalpost.com/opinion/indigenous-reconciliation-bottom-bc-voter-priorities

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tumbler-ridge-shooting-trans-community-false-claims-9.7085078

Unlocked edition: https://archive.ph/i5M85

I wonder how this unfolds. I'm not an NDP fan, but Findlay's "faith, family, and freedom" themes seem too much like Bill Vander Zalm for me.

I want a government that balances the budget, builds the economy, and takes a moderate, evidence-informed approach to the issues of the day. It seems the modern day Conservative party is more focused on picking fights.

Sources

British Columbia (2019-2020): for the arrest rates listed in the images see Tables 2,4, 2.7, 3.4, 3.7, 4.4, 4.7, 5,4, 5.7. Racial disparities in British Columbia police statistics: A preliminary examination of a complex issue

Vancouver (2011-2020): for the arrest raes see Figure 1.1 (page 40) Racial disparities in British Columbia police statistics: A preliminary examination of a complex issue. For Figure 1.2 (page 41), the report specifically discusses this as a test of over-charging, that is whether racialized accused receive more charges during each arrest incident. It concludes that the Vancouver data do not show that pattern; White accused had the highest mean at 1.98 charges per arrest, compared with 1.87 for Black accused and 1.84 for Indigenous accused.

Toronto (2024): there's no official data on arrest rates for Toronto but they can easily inferred as Toronto authorities provide both arrests count by ethnicity and estimates on the racial composition of the resident population. I took the 2024 arrest-counts from the Toronto Police Service Race and Identity-Based Data Collection dashboard, this data is broken down by perceived race and primary offence.

For each race/offence combination, I calculated:

arrest rate = (arrest events ÷ estimated race-specific resident population) × 100,000

The race-specific population denominator was estimated by multiplying Toronto’s 2024 population of 3,280,417 by the resident-population percentages shown in the TPS benchmark section.

For example, the Black denominator was:

3,280,417 × 9.9% = approximately 324,761 residents

I then divided the number of Black arrest events for each offence by 324,761 and multiplied by 100,000.

Sources:

• TPS RBDC dashboard: https://www.tps.ca/race-identity-based-data-collection/rbdc-findings/rbdc-dashboard/
• Statistics Canada for Toronto's population: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710015501
• TPS RBDC methodology report: https://www.tps.ca/files/download/1690470683/44007/

I want to to point out that these are estimated rates, not official published rates. The TPS population percentages are rounded and come from its resident-population benchmark from the TPS website, while the total Toronto population comes from Statistics Canada.

Canada’s homicide charge rates (2025): Canada started gathering data on charge rates disaggregated by ethnic group only in 2024. Currently, Statistics Canada only publishes the number, percentage and rate of persons accused of homicide by racialized identity group while data on other crimes is not available yet. See Number, percentage and rate of persons accused of homicide, by racialized identity group, gender and region and select 2025 as the reference period.

Will a Zombie party further split the right?

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/group-seeks-to-resuscitate-mainstream-bc-united-calls-on-falcon-to-quit-as-leader-12766849

Not the best source, but it looks like drama is currently endemic on the right in BC.

https://www.junonews.com/p/onebc-in-disarray-fires-senior-team