Justin McElroy 🇨🇦

I was lucky enough to illustrate for @jmcelroy.bsky.social's new book and here they are if you'd like to see them!

My god, Nordstrom is turning into an Aritzia/Simons/Uniqlo, it's like retail voltron

Well that's a quick domino to fall: BC Ferries CEO Nicolas Jimenez is OUT. He was formerly appointed ICBC CEO in 2018, less than a year after the NDP took power. The board called it a "leadership transition" in an email, only mentioning Jimenez in the second last paragraph. which is very funny

now that the elections are over i’m going back to the REAL accountability story: science world REFUSES to rotate its temu sphere pumpkin display so i can take part in the halloween season DISCRIMINATION

Alright you sickos here's your "speculate wildly about vote splitting" chart. In total, 13 ridings had a greater NDP+Green share than the Conservative winner. But given the margins and that Green voters aren't a monolith, I think only those top 4 Island ridings are a significant cause for wonder.

The absolute gift to the Conservatives to let them run a leader not chosen by the members.

god what do i do now other than my book tour and the mall podcast and restarting the grizzlies podcast and also my actual job which i have not booked time off from you know it’s possible i struggle with certain things

The Conservatives projected enough normalcy to the public. NDP voter enthusiasm collapsed. And David Eby made a decision that will be derided for decades. Here's my post-election column. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Conservatives will end the night fairly close to the 900,000 or so votes they got in 2024. The NDP will go from just under 950,000 votes in 2024 to less than 700,000 this time. Turnout was down — but how much of it was demotivated 2017-2024 NDP voters who stayed home is a massive question.

I YEARN FOR THE PYRAMIDS

David Eby

You can say a lot about Eby's decisions and legacy, but I think the fundamental moral is you can have the skills to be an effective opposition critic and cabinet minister, but different skills are required to be an effective premier

DAVID EBY ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION AS LEADER OF THE NDP

somewhere in port coquitlam brad west is cracking open a cold one and getting a lot of text messages

five weeks ago lorne doerkson was vacationing in africa while the conservative party was immolating and david eby was diving head first into a snap election call over the wishes of municipalities life comes at you fast

IT'S OFFICIAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 93 YEARS, THE B.C. CONSERVATIVE PARTY WILL LEAD THIS PROVINCE CBC IS PROJECTING A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT LORNE DOERKSON GOES FROM AN UNKNOWN MLA TO THE NEXT PREMIER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN FIVE WEEKS

me looking for a ndp path to victory

200,000 VOTES IN ACROSS THE PROVINCE AND IT'S 71 SEATS LEADING FOR THE CONSERVATIVES 21 SEATS FOR THE NDP EARLY DOMINANCE FOR DOERKSON NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR EBY CAN IT LAST WOW WOW WOW

Looks like the David Peterson Award Committee has scheduled an unspecified announcement for later.

100,000 VOTES IN ACROSS THE PROVINCE AND IT'S 51% CONSERVATIVES 37% NDP STILL EARLY BUT LOOKING VERY GOOD FOR THE CONSERVATIVES

TIME TO FREAK OUT ABOUT THE FIRST RESULT

HERE WE GO EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT WE NOW WAIT AN INDETERMINITE AMOUNT OF TIME UNTIL WE GET ACTUAL NUMBERS BUT HERE WE GO

was a lovely event at Writers Fest but most importantly I got a piece of chocolate made to look like my book

The joys of MCing an event for an author and taking questions and one of them is “can you talk about how the media has some responsibility for the housing crisis, I read a CBC article about why Pete Fry won that didn’t mention affordable housing” and you’re like “yeah that’s my article, let’s go” 😅

It’s been north/south for decades and my eight year old story explains why! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...